China Petroleum Exploration ›› 2018, Vol. 23 ›› Issue (2): 76-82.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1672-7703.2018.02.010

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Deepening the exploration-development integration to provide effective reserves for development

Zhang Kang1, Jiao Yang2   

  1. 1 SINOPEC Petroleum Exploration and Production Research Institute;
    2 Oil and Gas Resources Survey Center, China Geological Survey
  • Received:2017-12-26 Revised:2018-02-28 Online:2018-03-15 Published:2018-03-16
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Abstract: The exploration-production integration is one of the contents of cost reduction, efficiency increase and petroleum system management reform. The exploration shall make full use of limited funds to efficiently provide sufficient effective reserves for development. Therefore, it is necessary to reverse the phenomenon that more and more economic recoverable reserves are turned out be practically unrecoverable reserves. It is recommended to investigate the actual recoverability of existing remaining economic recoverable reserves and classify those reserves based on different areas, and the method shall be implemented when the reserves is submitted in the future. It is necessary to recognize the importance of potential tapping for reserves and production increasing in the mature oil fields from the strategic perspective of sustainable development, and extend the exploration to the development. It is suggested to check the submitted reserves based on abundant new cognitions obtained from previous development and exploit new series of strata, new types and new blocks constantly. These are important measures to increase the reserves efficiently and deal with low oil price.

 

Key words: exploration-development integration, efficient exploration, economic recoverability, reserves increase in the mature oil field, tactical and strategic replacement

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