Many companies have embraced new technologies available for increasing oil and gas production from difficult and challenging subsurface environments. These new technologies include 3D seismic acquisition and processing, improved drilling and completion technologies, new logging tools, and comprehensive core studies. However, a critical component to the success of these new technologies is the rigorous application of workflows that integrate the myriad of elements required to identify reserves growth opportunities. Scotia’s workflow has been designed to provide a fast-track interpretation of reserves growth potential in reservoirs, with the final product being a list of technically justified, relatively low risk, economic drilling and workover opportunities.

Scotia has had a successful history of developing and implementing an integrated study approach to increasing production and reserves for various companies and agencies. This integrated study team approach has included application of Scotia’s Standardized Workflow© via a mentoring concept to encourage advances in the quality and quantity of work in each team, and in the professional development of the oil company’s staff. Scotia mentors young professionals by working side-by-side or within multi-discipline client-Scotia study teams. In addition, Scotia has developed a diagnostic report which is designed to measure progress in the implementation of the Scotia Standardized Workflow©. This automated diagnostic report has been successfully used to document the advances of integrated study teams. Use of the diagnostic report is important in the mentoring of integrated teams as the direct benefits of such mentoring are often difficult to measure. This integrated study team approach has been successfully utilized on projects for various companies and agencies.