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Elgin-Franklin 4D Seismic – Encouraging Results for Reservoir Monitoring & Development Planning
- Publisher: European Association of Geoscientists & Engineers
- Source: Conference Proceedings, 69th EAGE Conference and Exhibition incorporating SPE EUROPEC 2007, Jun 2007, cp-27-00022
- ISBN: 978-90-73781-54-2
Abstract
A026 Elgin-Franklin 4D Seismic – Encouraging Results for Reservoir Monitoring & Development Planning N. Taylor* (Total E&P UK) L. Ben-Brahim (Total E&P UK) C. Tindle (Total E&P UK) G. Joffroy (Total E&P UK) C. Hubans (Total Research Center Pau) & A. Onaisi (Total Research Center Pau) SUMMARY Elgin and Franklin are deep HP/HT (1100 bar 190degC) gas condensate fields situated in the Central Graben of the North Sea. A 4D seismic monitor survey was acquired in 2005 four years after production start-up when the reservoir pressure had declined by 600 – 650 bars. Compaction of the reservoir has caused a