Amal Field Case History: An Approach to New Plays, Prospects and Development of Old Producing Fields
By
Tarek Gaber1, Said El Gamil1
(1) Amapetco, Giza, Egypt
Amal field is located in the southern province of the Gulf of Suez; the
first oil discovery was in 1968, the first production was in 1989, the field
passed through different exploration & development phases, each phase
reflects
specific objectives.
Strategic goals and objectives usually amended by time even for the same firm, especially in oil business, thirty years ago investments usually were directed to oil exploration & production nowadays global demands of energy sources are directed to gases, but oil is still on the top rank.
Evolution of Amal field is an example for this subject through subsequent
operators, where the first exploration phase
targeting deep oil reservoirs, huge
oil reserves and paying no attention to gas discovery & production as gases was
not considered one of the main exploration objectives in addition to, the
agreement regulations at that time. The first exploration
phase
does not fulfill
the main objectives even with oil and gas discovery in shallow reservoirs.
The Second phase
reflects a new strategy to explore and produce limited
reserves. The lifetime commercial production for the estimated reserve was about
seven years.
The third and current phase
, efforts to extend lifetime for the field were
successful. Also, making use of new technology to revive the Amal field
potentialities, delineate new plays, prospects, and overall field development.
In brief, the aim of this study is to explore and produce any commercial hydrocarbon reserves in one of the old fields “Amal field”.