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Production Optimization

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You have decisions waiting in Production Optimization. Approving unlocks value from the KWD 118M pool today.
KOC business value P-01 · Sustainable Capacity P-03 · Heavy Oil Ramp P-06 · Operational Excellence· Production Cost / bbl Cash KWD 118M annualised value
The problem today

Water cut climbing in Burgan mature zones; deferment leaks 1–2 MMbbl per quarter.

What Bayan does

Scans all 1,012 producing wells hourly and surfaces the barrels we can recover this week.

Path to KOC 2040
Sustainable Capacity60%
2.41 MMbbl/d (2.90 capacity) → 4.00 MMbbl/d by 2040
Heavy Oil Ramp19%
52 kbbl/d → 270 kbbl/d Lower Fars

Production optimisation scorecard

Industry-standard upstream KPIs · targets · peer benchmarks
84
Production health
Production efficiency at 94.1% — one point above KOC 2040 stretch. ESP optimisation on 22 wells recovered 4.6 kbpd. Water cut on Burgan West trending amber; gas-lift optimiser queued.
Prod. efficiency
Production efficiency (actual/potential)
on target
94.1%
tgt93%+1.1
Peer NOC92%+2.1
Ahead of 2040 stretch — sustained by ESP optimiser.
Uptime
GC / facility uptime
on target
98.6%
tgt98%+0.6
IOC top-quartile98.2%+0.4
Uptime steady; unplanned trips at GC-15 down 60% YoY.
Water cut
Field water cut
near miss
41%
tgt40%-1.0
Peer NOC38%-3.0
Amber — Burgan West sector driving the rise.
GOR
Gas-oil ratio
on target
720scf/bbl
tgt750scf/bbl+30.0
Peer NOC800scf/bbl+80.0
Within envelope; gas capture project protecting margin.
Well decline
Base decline rate (annual)
on target
6.4%
tgt7%+0.6
Peer NOC8%+1.6
Below plan — infill program and ESP uplift compensating.
Well availability
Producer well availability
on target
96.2%
tgt95%+1.2
Peer NOC94%+2.2
Above target — predictive maintenance closing surveillance loop.

Going good

On plan right now
  • Adjust ESP frequency · BG-441
    Recovers ~480 bbl/d. · 00:00
  • Wells AI-optimized: 412
    +38 (30d)

Needs attention

Early warnings — not decisions yet
  • Open choke +5% · RA-128 → GC-08
    Separator inlet pressure has 1.2 bar margin.
  • BG-441 water cut crossing 80% — ESP frequency +3 Hz inside 72h recovers ~480 bbl/d, ROI $1.8M/yr.
  • Wafra Heavy steam allocation re-balance projects +9.8 kbbl/d toward Lower Fars 270 kbbl/d ramp target.
External signals
  • ADNOC (peer)· 6h agolow
    ADNOC reports 22% ROP uplift from closed-loop drilling on Ghasha field
    ↳ Same PDC-bit and lithology class as Lower Fars LF-A12 — worth a controlled pilot.
  • Saudi Aramco (peer)· 1w agolow
    Aramco publishes ML-based analog matching results for shared carbonate play
    ↳ Analog-field library can absorb their public dataset; ~40 wells match Burgan Mauddud.

Needs your decision

Approval goes to the audit ledger
Action Center
  • Defer workover · MG-204
    Test data shows decline within natural range.
    Frees rig-day for higher-value well.09:30· 76%
  • Run nodal · South Kuwait gathering network
    Forecast deferment risk 1.2 MMbbl over 30d.
    Identifies 2 bottleneck stations.12:00· 87%
  • Publish 90-day production forecast
    Base/up/down case with confidence bands.
    Feeds executive brief + market agent.18:00· 90%

Automation

2 active rules
Recently auto-handled
  • Auto-approve11:05 PM
    Approved choke +5% · RA-128 → GC-08
    Separator inlet margin 1.2 bar; confidence 0.81
Rules ready to run now
  • Auto-approveAuto-approve choke +/−5% inside separator margin
  • Auto-notifyNotify Reservoir Eng. on water-cut jump