Print this pageDevelopment Of The West Ramadan Field, Blocks GS302 and SB293, Gulf Of Suez, Egypt
By
Maher Haddad1, Ahmed H. Ahmed1, Fielding Turlington1, Paul Henning1, Ron Krenek1, Bruce May1, Gary Mercado1, John Petler1
(1) GUPCO, Cairo, Egypt
The development of the West Ramadan Field since its discovery in June 2000
has presented challenges and risks that are best addressed with a
multi-disciplinary approach. The field produces from the Miocene Hawara
Sandstone in a down thrown block west of the prolific Ramadan Field. The key
challenges to developing the Hawara Sandstone include; sandstone and reservoir
distribution, reservoir continuity, drive mechanism, performance and trap
definition. Economic risks and 
benefits
are being addressed by the development
of parts of the West Ramadan Field from the existing infrastructure. An active
program of data collection; reservoir pressures, well performance and core
address some of the reservoir challenges. Material balance work provides
feedback to reservoir distribution and trap geometries defined by seismic and
geological
data. This multi-disciplinary approach leads to the identification of
additional opportunities, better risk management and an understanding of
reservoir performance.