Pattern Balancing and Waterflood Optimization of a Super Giant: Sabiriyah Field, North Kuwait, a Case Study

This paper outlines the successful integration of subsurface,<br>water handling, well surveillance and production operations<br>teams across the North Kuwait asset to significantly improve<br>the operating procedure for waterflooding the Sabiriyah<br>Mauddud field. This effort required a new way of managing<br>this reservoir in NK: a multifaceted approach of balancing<br>voidage with injection, conducting extensive<br>surveillance/analysis within the reservoir to assess the efficacy<br>of various courses of action and, most significantly, adjusting<br>various teams’ “key performance indicators” (KPIs) to align<br>injection and production allowables with sound reservoir<br>management principles.