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Waterflooding involves injecting water into the reservoir to maintain pressure and displace oil towards production wells. It's used to improve recovery rates after the primary recovery stage has diminished.

Involves strategies like gas or water injection to maintain the pressure within a reservoir, which helps in sustaining production rates and enhances recovery of hydrocarbons.

Implemented to prevent the production of sand from the reservoir through techniques like gravel packing, stand-alone screens, or chemical consolidation to preserve well integrity and productivity.

The equation accounts for the volume of hydrocarbons in place by balancing the initial volume with the volume changes due to production, injection, and expansion or contraction of reservoir fluids and rock.

IAM combines the subsurface reservoir model with surface facilities and economic factors to create a comprehensive view of the asset, facilitating optimization of the entire production system.

This strategy involves drilling additional wells within an already developed field to reduce the spacing between wells, thereby increasing recovery by targeting unswept zones of the reservoir.

Gas lift involves injecting gas into the well to reduce the density of the fluid column, thereby lowering the bottom-hole pressure and enhancing oil flow to the surface. It's particularly useful in wells with insufficient pressure to flow naturally.

Involves the use of geological, geophysical, and petrophysical data to understand the properties and behavior of the reservoir rock and fluids. Critical for predicting how a reservoir will perform.

EOR techniques aim to extract more oil from the reservoir by using thermal, chemical, or gas injection methods. These strategies are employed when primary and secondary recovery methods become inefficient.

This is a method used to estimate reserves and predict future oil and gas production by analyzing production decline trends over time using empirical models.

Methods such as hydraulic fracturing or acidizing are used to enhance the permeability of the reservoir rock around a well, thus improving the flow of hydrocarbons to the wellbore.

Reservoir simulation uses mathematical models to represent the physical and chemical interactions in the reservoir. This informs decision-making for optimal reservoir development and management.

Use of advanced sensors and digital technology to continuously monitor reservoir and well performance, enabling timely optimization and intervention.

Analyzing the mechanical integrity of the wellbore during drilling, completion, and production operations to prevent collapse or failure and ensure efficient hydrocarbon extraction.

A process of evaluating the amount of recoverable oil and gas in a reservoir using various techniques like analogies, volumetric calculations, or probabilistic methods.

Using seismic technology to monitor changes in the reservoir during production in order to understand fluid movements and guide development plan adjustments.

This technique analyzes the flow of fluids in a reservoir by considering the entire system from the reservoir to the surface facility to optimize production rates.

Conducting small-scale tests to evaluate the feasibility and efficiency of enhanced oil recovery methods before full-scale implementation to minimize risk and optimize performance.

These systems, such as rod pumps or electrical submersible pumps (ESP), are used to increase the flow rate of oil from a well by artificially reducing the bottom-hole pressure.