Tom Davis presents latest advances in permanent reservoir monitoring enabling higher resolution, increased record density and higher speed.
The purpose of dynamic reservoir characterisation is to see what changes in your reservoir as it is being produced and developed. Permanent reservoir monitoring (PRM) is a monitoring technology that enhances the definition of these changes and is used to get more reserves out of reservoirs and lower costs. This technology is rapidly evolving with new fibre-optic sensors that facilitate higher resolution and increased recording density.
The largest gap is the cycle time to acquire, process and analyse the data. That bottleneck is changing but for some it cannot come fast enough. Education, technology innovation and the willingness to work together in an integrated environment is essential. Many challenges lie ahead but for those with foresight the challenges can become opportunities. Those opportunities begin with educating the young people of today to meet the challenges of tomorrow.
