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Cost-Effective PC-based
Reservoir Simulation and Management
The Schaben Field (Mississippian)
Ness County, Kansas

Paul Gerlach, Saibal Bhattacharya,Tim Carr, Willard Guy, Scott Beaty, and Evan Franeen
Kansas Geological Survey, University of Kansas

Characterize and simulate a typical Mississippian age reservoir in Kansas
Use modern and cost-effective tools that are affordable to independent producers
Design field management and future infill drilling plans

General Description of Schaben Field
Discovery Date:	October, 1963
Producing Zone:	Mississippian Warsaw-Osagian
Drive Mechanism:	Active Bottom Water
Producing Depth:	4400 feet
Cumulative Field Production:	9,249,504 STB (Oct.,1997)
Producing Wells in Field:	77 (Oct.,1997)
Cumulative Production from Study Area:	7,230216 STB (Oct.,1997)
Producing Wells in Study Area:	48 (Oct.,1997)
Estimated OOIP in Study Area:	37.6 MMSTB
Average Field Recovery Effeciency:	17%

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Last updated December 12, 1998
http://www.kgs.ku.edu/DPA/Schaben/ResSim/index.html