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In the current and future scenario of an increasing demand for hydrocarbons, many companies have oriented their efforts to maximize the recovery in mature fields. This paper presents the implementation and results of an integrated reservoir management strategy that allowed revitalizing a field, which was previously considered as a marginal and currently is one of the main assets of the company. Yarigui-Cantagallo Field, Colombia, is a compartmentalized, varying-dip monocline, with three main tertiary reservoirs. The field was discovered in the 1940's and reached its production peak of 20,400 STB/day in 1962 after two aggressive drilling programs. A third drilling campaign in the 1980's had poor results and no additional wells were drilled. At 1999 production declined to 5,000 STB/day. In order to mitigate production decline, and maximize final recovery, integrated reservoir characterization including structural, stratigraphic, and petrophysical reinterpretation, geostatistic modeling, advanced production analysis, PVT and pressure reinterpretation, and reservoir simulation have been conducted. An effective reservoir management has been implemented, including infill drilling, optimized well completion, hydraulic fracturing and production optimization. As a result, production levels had increased up to 13,000 STB/day and 40 MMSTB of reserves have been incorporated. Future implementation of a waterflooding project and additional infill program will incorporate 35 MMSTB of reserves. |
