Iraqi oil licensing rounds a new strategy for exploration and marketing

Iraqi oil licensing rounds a new strategy for exploration and marketing


The Journal News

Called for an international oil expert, to review contracts for licensing rounds, for reasons Klfoah technical and related to the behavior of the reservoir and the increased costs and the lack of what makes up the large water-delayed implementation of much injection project (the responsibility of the Iraqi side).

He said the international oil expert Thamer Ugaili, in a minute memo unique (Journal News) published, "suggested updated proven reserves Proved Reserve in accordance, modify the extraction rates of conservative values ​​days of national oil company since, completing the assessment of reservoirs and green-producing rates and low-lying fields (early production), and to identify the reservoir layer specification (the quality of the sedimentary composition and subdivisions of class, permeability, porosity, and are variable specifications vertically and horizontally and where), and this applies to the reservoir producing classes received water injection. This is done by examining drill bits and pulp rocks as well as class tests.

Ugaili added that "the process of assessing the reservoir associated with its production and the longer the commercial production period had the opportunity to learn about the behavior of the reservoir problems, reservoir evaluation, which was not subject to probation for a period of sufficient and of which the reservoir contracted or which are under the national operator's management. Pour the steps preceding paragraph to monitor the behavior of the reservoir, which includes a digital analogy to him Numerical Analysis to determine fluid movement from the reservoir to the well where he is identified efficiently sweep oil gaps reservoir layer by water configuration process (water layer under the oil if any or water injection) is called "displacement process", which may require the relocation of injection wells or injected part of the class as a result of the monitoring process. "

"The escalation of the percentage of water in the oil produced from wells with time (oil wet) could require a partial closure or whole part class reclaiming the well and guess the costs resulting from such operations during the lifetime of production and estimate when to abandon the well or field."

Ugaili and that "the biggest burden is on the reservoir engineer who is chosen and the development of his experience in programmer. It is the center of my visits to the Ministry of Oil and its extractive found that reservoir management gaunt and unable to keep up with the profession that you need to develop fields and private contracted rather than the level of other disciplines better plans to cope with the requirements of this dilemma? To reach the unification of agreements ((Unitization Agreements fair with participation in border fields countries, shortening the Ministry of Oil in the field of gas investment associated along the line since April 2003, and holds oil ministers responsibility for it, has written a lot of Iraqi specialists, on this point and others (including full Almhedy, Ali Merza and Thamer Ugaili) without ministers and politicians take any step towards it, and accelerate the re-establishment of the national oil company and the enactment of the oil and gas law and the restructuring of the Ministry of oil. "

With regard to the presentation of new fields, Ugaili said that "Iraq does not need new contracts where they can achieve increased production of contracted fields and use some of the remaining fields with the national operator and gradually to prolong peak years, and prefer to support the national effort for direct implementation of (this experience) instructed to develop two or three of the small size of the average there is nothing wrong that the local government is involved in the province where there is a field. Uses the national effort carried out by contractors and contracting companies are now using the drilling contractors and service wells and designs subject to availability of management leadership expert and efficient is not far from the old symbols.

He added Ugaili that "explore the maritime domain is contained in the present time is that land exploration is directed must continue to preserve the exploration development and maintained by the oil exploration company that provides strategic and before the Iraqi National Oil Company and resulted in the discovery of more than 60 new fields. I think it is necessary to devote one towers of the Iraqi Drilling Company (average if not heavy) to drill wells with the assessment tests, in selected structures and green fields. "

He pointed out that "the reduction of Iraq's production as part of OPEC production, without taking other influences on oil prices in world markets may not keep the price or bump, Iraq has forced a fight Daesh in the absence of other projects Kalptrrukemaoyat fertilizer national energy strategy issued in 2013 which it seems that the ministries of oil industry and a blind eye to their application as is the case in Saudi Arabia. "

He called on the international expert and the Ministry of Oil to "support oil projects company and the influence of a partnership Joint Venture with an international company to improve its performance and complete the refinery in Karbala and the referral of the refinery Erbil and Kirkuk on them., And the cancellation of the decision to cancel the national oil company and its return as it was and have an independent chairman and board of directors, and remains planning a central five - year plans.



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