term, Nasser highlighted plans to substantially increase the resource base and hydrocarbon recovery factors of existing fields. He told conference delegates about the company's investment in intelligent fields and their implementation, through an integrated process of real-time measurement, optimization and control. Nasser detailed the use of subsurface and surface sensors, which transmit well and field production data in real time to data centers and asset teams. In addition, earth models are continually updated to reassess optimization strategies using integrated simulation environments that combine reservoir, well and surface characteristics. He also shared Saudi Aramco's successes with intelligent Maximum Reservoir Contact. “In particular,” he said, “all of our new fields are intelligent fields. The latest is the Abu Hadriyah–Fadhili–Khursaniyah field development (AFK), which is slated to commence production at 500 million barrels per day in about two months. Wells in this field are equipped with remotely operated chokes, emergency shut-down systems, permanent downhole monitoring systems, compact multiphase flow meters and where applicable in some wells, variable speeds drive pumps and smart well completions.” --MORE
