OIL FIELDS
THE REASON FOR OUR ATTEMPT TO APPLY “GENERAL MANAGEMENT”
CONCEPT TO TECHNICAL “RESERVOIR MANAGEMENT” IS THE GREAT
RESEMBLANCE BETWEEN THE TASK OF “MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS” AND THAT
OF “RESERVOIR MANAGEMENT” PRINCIPLES IN AS MUCH AS AN OIL FIELD , AFTER
ITS DISCOVERY , BECOMES AN ENTITY REQUIRING CAREFUL HANDLING AND
MANAGEMENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH AN APPROPRIATE AND REALISTIC
PLANNING FOR THE EFFICIENT PRODUCTI ON OF OIL RESERVES , AND PROPER
ARRANGEMENT AND FUNCTION OF ALL SURFACE AND SUBSURFACE
INSTALLATIONS , WITH CONTINUOUS OBSERVATI ON AND RECTIFICATION
MECHANISM .
TO ELUCIDATE OUR POINT FURTHER, WE INTRODUCE BELLOW THE
SCIENTIFIC AND THEORETICAL BACKGROUND FOR RESERVOIR MANAGEMENT
AND THE PROBLEM FACING IT FROM THE BEGINNING OF OIL PRODUCTI ON AND
THE CONTINUATION OF SUCH PRODUCTI ON THROUGHOUT THE LIFE OF THE FIELD