Implementation of the integrated hydrocarbon reservoir management system by the example of exploiting Polish Lowland’s natural gas reservoirs

Abstract

Nowadays, because of the smaller and smaller chances of discovering new hydrocarbon deposits with abundant resources as well as significant technological advance, the proper strategy of reservoir management connected with simultaneous optimization of its production parameters is the key element in the process of development the most economically advantageous variant of reservoir management and field development. In Polish Oil and Gas Company, the project called as “Digital reservoir” based on the interactive IAM platform was initiated, thanks to which the work of all upstream segments was integrated, starting from geophysics, geology through reservoir engineering, production engineering, process engineering ending with the economic model that allows for verification of the economic efficiency of the investment. This paper presents the methodology of integration all of the above elements and the results of the IAM system implementation with further production forecasts, on the example of selected natural gas reservoirs in the Polish Lowlands being PGNiG S.A. assets.