Development Planning
A simplified version of the development cycle for an oil or gas field is shown below. PDC has experience of each phase of the development process.
Examples are given below of typical recent development projects that we have undertaken.
| Client |
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| Aurelian Oil & Gas plc |
| Company Description |
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| UK Independent Oil & Gas Company on UK AIM Stock Exchange. |
| Project Location |
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| Romania |
| Project Name |
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| Bilca Gas Development |
| Project Description |
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| Development of three onshore gas fields in an isolated area of northern Romania near the border with Ukraine. |
| PDC Activities |
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- Support during appraisal programme, particularly covering development objectives
- Pre-project economics and partner support
- Coordination and preparation of development plan for government and partners
- Obtained development approval from partners and National Agency for Mineral Resources
- Led gas negotiations
- Managed gas transportation negotiations
- Preparation of overall project schedule
- Awarded project management contract
- Procurement activities for coated pipe acquisition and dehydration unit
- Carried out design tender and awarded design contract
- Carried out public construction tender according to Romanian legislation
- Managed construction - including monthly meetings with contractors and dealing with variation orders
- Reported cost and schedule progress to partners on a monthly basis
- Carried out recruitment for production manager.
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| Project Completion Date |
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| 2006 | |
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| Client |
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| ADMA-OPCO |
| Company Description |
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| UAE Operating Company owned by ADNOC (60%), BP (14.7%), Total (13.3%) and Jodco (12%) |
| Project Location |
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| Abu Dhabi |
| Project Name |
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| Fields Master Plan |
| Project Description |
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| Prepared Field Master Plans (FMP) for the Umm Shaif and Lower Zakum offshore oil fields and for additional fields to be developed. |
| PDC Activities |
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- Reviewed previous FMP prepared by client and made suggestions on improvement
- Made visits to both fields and reviewed status of facilities
- Received and incorporated in FMP long-term reservoir engineering forecasts
- Prepared description of all major facilities
- Prepared project development schedules (short-term, medium term and long-term)
- Prepared capital cost schedules (short-term and medium term)
- Prepared overall resource requirements (rigs, personnel, barges, etc)
- Presented results to asset teams and senior management
- Prepared plans for updating of FMP.
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| Project Completion Date |
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| 2006 | |
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| Client |
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| RepsolYPF |
| Company Description |
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| Tenth largest international oil company. |
| Project Location |
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| Mendoza, Argentina. |
| Project Name |
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Project 1: Visualization study, Lunlunta Carrizal field
Project 2: Conceptualization study, Lunlunta Carrizal field. |
| Project Description |
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| Lunlunta Carrizal has been producing oil since 1950’s and is now producing at a high water cut. The projects are to evaluate what can be done to enhance oil production by, for example, drilling new vertical and horizontal infill wells and carrying out workovers. |
| PDC Activities |
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Project 1: - Reviewed all existing data and prepared a data model
- Carried out petrophysical analysis
- Prepared static model of field using Petrel
- Prepared material balance of field
- Prepared decline analysis of field and future projections
- Prepared evaluation of investment opportunities
- Prepared business plan documentation.
Project 2: - Carried out additional petrophysical analysis
- Visited field office, Mendoza Argentina
- Prepared revised Petrel model including information from adjacent fields
- Reviewed deeper horizons for productivity
- Carried out reservoir simulation using ECLIPSE
- Prepared business plan documentation.
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| Project Completion Date |
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Project 1: 2006
Project 2: 2008 | |
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