No.1(45),2026 PP.173-188

Neftyanaya provintsiya No. 1(45), 2026

An integrated approach to enhancing the efficiency of oil field development at a late stage (on the example of a field in the Republic of Tatarstan)

D.A. Proshletsov, Sh.М. Akhunov, V.S. Makarov, T.R. Zainagutdinov, R.R. Timerbaev
DOI: https://doi.org/10.25689/NP.2026.1.173-188

Abstract

Within the petroleum engineering community, there is a prevailing belief that integrated models are primarily valuable for "green" fields and gas fields, where the surface network significantly impacts facility investment and production lift efficiency, respectively. In this paper, the authors demonstrate the practical value of using integrated modeling for mature fields with existing infrastructure. The article addresses the challenge of planning well interventions (workovers) at a late stage of development for such an oil field. Using an example from a field in the Republic of Tatarstan, characterized by high water cut and technical constraints in the reservoir pressure maintenance system, it is shown that traditional geological and reservoir simulation models do not account for the impact of surface infrastructure and well equipment. The authors propose an integrated approach utilizing Integrated Asset Modeling (IAM), which combines reservoir, well, and surface network models. It is proven that the application of IAM not only improves the accuracy of production rate forecasts but also reveals hidden effects (wellhead interference, capacity constraints) that influence the ultimate economic efficiency of the project. The research findings can be applied to fields with similar geological and engineering conditions.

Key words:

integrated modeling, geological and technical operations, late development stage, wellhead interference, RPM system, hydrodynamic model, optimization of ground-based infrastructure, polymer flooding

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Authors

D.A. Proshletsov, graduate student at Advanced Petroleum Engineering School, Almetyevsk State Technological University "Higher School of Petroleum"
186a Sovetskaya St., Almetyevsk, 423462, Russian Federation
E-mail: den02pro@gmail.com

Sh.M. Akhunov, postgraduate student, Almetyevsk State Technological University "Higher School of Petroleum"
186a Sovetskaya St., Almetyevsk, 423462, Russian Federation
E-mail: axunmaratovich@gmail.com

V.S. Makarov, graduate student at Advanced Petroleum Engineering School, Almetyevsk State Technological University "Higher School of Petroleum"
186a Sovetskaya St., Almetyevsk, 423462, Russian Federation
E-mail: vadimmakarov2002@mail.ru

T.R. Zainagutdinov, graduate student at Advanced Petroleum Engineering School, Almetyevsk State Technological University "Higher School of Petroleum"
186a Sovetskaya St., Almetyevsk, 423462, Russian Federation
E-mail: zainagutdinov.t@gmail.com

R.R. Timerbaev, graduate student at Advanced Petroleum Engineering School, Almetyevsk State Technological University "Higher School of Petroleum"
186a Sovetskaya St., Almetyevsk, 423462, Russian Federation
E-mail: 2002ruslan13@gmail.com

For citation:

D.A. Proshletsov, Sh.М. Akhunov, V.S. Makarov, T.R. Zainagutdinov, R.R. Timerbaev Kompleksnyy podkhod k povysheniyu effektivnosti razrabotki neftyanogo mestorozhdeniya na pozdney stadii (na primere mestorozhdeniya Respubliki Tatarstan) [An integrated approach to enhancing the efficiency of oil field development at a late stage (on the example of a field in the Republic of Tatarstan)]. Neftyanaya Provintsiya, No. 1(45), 2026. pp. 173-188. DOI https://doi.org/10.25689/NP.2026.1.173-188. EDN YFDQQN (in Russian)

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An integrated approach to enhancing the efficiency of oil field development at a late stage (on the example of a field in the Republic of Tatarstan) D.A. Proshletsov, Sh.М. Akhunov, V.S. Makarov, T.R. Zainagutdinov, R.R. Timerbaev DOI: https://doi.org/10.25689/NP.2026.1.173-188

Key words: integrated modeling, geological and technical operations, late development stage, wellhead interference, RPM system, hydrodynamic model, optimization of ground-based infrastructure, polymer flooding

An integrated approach to enhancing the efficiency of oil field development at a late stage (on the example of a field in the Republic of Tatarstan)

D.A. Proshletsov, Sh.М. Akhunov, V.S. Makarov, T.R. Zainagutdinov, R.R. Timerbaev
DOI: https://doi.org/10.25689/NP.2026.1.173-188

Key words:

integrated modeling, geological and technical operations, late development stage, wellhead interference, RPM system, hydrodynamic model, optimization of ground-based infrastructure, polymer flooding