Reservoir Modeling of Sand Injections and Significance to Field Performance – Balder Field, Norwegian North-Sea

A048 Reservoir modeling of sand injections and significance to field performance: Balder Field Norwegian North-Sea Abstract 1 A.HJELLBAKK¹ D.BERGSLIEN¹ N.BRIEDIS¹ R.E.HILL² and G.J.MOIR³ ¹ExxonMobil Exploration and Production Norway AS PO Box 60 4064 Stavanger; Norway ªExxonMobil Upstream Research Company currently Mobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited ³ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company currently retired/consultant The Balder Field started production in 1999 and is producing from seven oil accumulations in three stratigraphic intervals of Paleocene to early Eocene age. The reservoirs are deep-water gravity flow deposited sands draped and sealed by hemipelagic mud and volcanic tuff. Initial reservoir compartmentalization was modified by post-depositional sand remobilization