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OGJ FOCUS: KHURAIS COMPLEX—1: Field development required best practices, leveraged technology

02/22/2010
By Waleed A. Al
Based on an article published in Saudi Aramco Journal of Technology, Winter 2009.Development of Khurais complex required best practices and leveraged various technologies such as 3D seismic, advanced mathematical modeling, and smart completions.The Khurais complex is Saudi Aramco's largest intelligent field (I-field) initiative and is the flagship for I-field technologies. Development work reflects both as-needed fit-for-purpose technology applications and long-term vision for the life of the oil assets.This series of two articles discusses upstream development of the Khurais complex, consisting of several fields and reservoirs capable of producing 1.2 million b/d of Arabian Light crude.T...
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