Forum for Reservoir Characterisation, Reservoir Engineering and Exploration Technology Cooperation

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• Forum for Reservoir Characterisation, Reservoir
  Engineering and Exploration Technology
  Cooperation
• Officially opened by Jens Stoltenberg 17.
  November 1995.
• Phase V 2008 - 2010
• FORCE has 32 members 30 oil companies, NPD and
  NRC (observer).
• Chairman of the Board Robert Nygård,
  StatoilHydro,
• Project leader Arild Haugen, NPD

Co-operation
Technology
Implementation
Userss needs
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www.force.org
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Main Objectives

• Development and demonstration of tools and
  methods which will increase petroleum resources
  from the NCS
• Increased subsurface understanding.
• Be an active market place
• Stimulate learning
• Define technology gaps.
• Establish networks.
• Experience transfer.
• Facilitate projects.

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Network
FORCE FORUM
Public
Authorities

• Universities

Service Industry
Research Institutes
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Future Petroleum Research Directions

• Improve contact and create networks between the
  oil companies and the universities and research
  institutions in order to stimulate projects and
  activities
• Define long-term strategy for recruitment needs
  and petroleum research in Norway
• Establish Norway as one of the leaders within
  petroleum industry research

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Technology Target Area Exploration and
Reservoir Characterisation

• 2004 2005 Lead Party FORCE2005
  Comprehensive Technology Strategy plan by FORCE
  work-group
• 2005 2008 Lead Party NPD using FORCE for
  implementation

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OG21 Technology Target Area Exploration and
Reservoir Characterization Technology Strategy
Plan

• Authors
• Arild Haugen (NPD/FORCE)
• John R Berry (BP)
• Per Arne Bjørkum (Statoil)
• Robert J Hofer (ConocoPhillips)
• Robert P Johannessen (Total)
• Kristian Kolbjørnsen (Lundin Norway AS)
• Arnd Wilhelms (Norsk Hydro)
• Final version 17/06/2005

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• 1. Executive Summary1.1 Background..............
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• 1.2 Status and gaps..............................
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• 1.3 Conclusions..................................
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• 2. Introduction2.1 Background....................
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• 3. Inventory mapping
• 3.1 Present Status................................
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• 3.1.1 Geophysics..................................
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• 3.1.2 Sedimentology and Stratigraphy..............
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• 3.1.3 Structural Geology..........................
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• 3.1.4 Basin Analysis Source rocks, generation
  and migration.................................20
• 3.1.5 Rock Physics................................
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• 3.1.6 Geomechanics................................
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• 3.1.7 Reservoir Modelling and Simulation..........
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  ...21
• 3.2 Ongoing initiatives...........................
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• 4. Gap analysis4.1 Geophysics....................
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• 4.2 Sedimentology and Stratigraphy................
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• 4.3 Structural Geology............................
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• 4.4 Basin analysis Source rocks, generation and
  migration.........................................
  .26
• 4.5 Rock Physics..................................
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TTA 2 Exploration and Reservoir Characterization
Sub basalt exploration Improved imaging below
basalts. Drilling of a stratigraphic well in the
outer Norwegian margin.
ArcticExploration methods in arctic
areas. Prospects over oceanic crust. New play
models.

• Integration of disciplines
• ranging from seismic and rock physics
• to sequence stratigraphy and basin
• modelling to obtain better geomodels
• and reduce uncertainties.

Ocean Bottom Seismic Improved processing and
imaging Improved acquisition technology cost
efficiency

• Higher education
• Develop and implement a strategy for
• higher education and new creative talent.

• Lithology and fluid prediction
• Where are the sands in the
• Norwegian Sea?

ElectroMagnetic methodsDevelopment of new
modelling tools. Characterization of non-HC
anomalies.
A detailed technology strategy report has been
developed by FORCE (www.force.org)

• Cooperation
• Push cooperation as far as possible
• in the present competitive environment.