TEAM  MAK  EAGE  SC    Project   Title:   Technical   Paper   Presentation   at   the   79th   EAGE   CONFERENCE   AND  EXHIBITION  and  Society  Of  Petroleum  Engineers  –  Europec   in  Paris,  France  (11-­‐16  June  2017).    Project  Description:      Research  in  Albertine  Graben  an  important  location  for  oil  and  gas  in  Uganda.    The research was conducted in the Semliki basin located in Ntoroko district in Western Uganda

and it lies within the Albertine graben South and East of Lake Albert basin on the shores. It is

part of the western arm of the East African Rift System and is bounded by the eastern

escarpment to the east and south and by River Semliki to the west.

The Graben has undergone several tectonic episodes of both extensional and compressional

regimes. Evidence of stress regimes oblique and perpendicular to the boundary faults is seen

through the geometry and orientation of the fault systems defining the basins in the Graben.

Sedimentation produced the probable source rocks like clay, Albertine Graben rocks such as

fine to medium sands, and potential cap rocks such as gypsum and clay which were deposited

along bedding planes and along vertical fractures. Tectonic activity led to formation of faults

and anticlines which act as traps.

The presence of the various oil seeps suggests the availability of migration pathways; the

seeping probably occurs along the fractures. Hence the area has a complete petroleum system.

With presence of all working petroleum systems in the Albertine graben, the research aimed to

determine original fluids-in-place based on static pressure data. This was done by use of the

Albertine Graben monitoring techniques, which relates the original oil, gas, and water in the

Albertine Graben to production volumes and current pressure conditions and fluid properties.

The data obtained was used in construction of a computer model of the Albertine Graben to

understand how to improve estimation of reserves and making decisions regarding the

development of the field, predicting future production, placing additional wells, evaluating

alternative Albertine Graben management scenarios as well construction of the paleo-

depositional environment.

Our models represent the physical space of the Albertine Graben by an array of discrete cells,

delineated by a grid which are both regular and irregular in 3-D to provide a static description of

the Albertine Graben, prior to production.

Seismic to simulation was done for the quantitative integration of all field data into an

updateable reservoir model built by the team members. Key techniques used in the process

include integrated petrophysics and rock physics to determine the range of lithotypes and rock

properties, geostatistical inversion to determine a set of plausible seismic-derived rock property

models at sufficient vertical resolution and heterogeneity for flow simulation, stratigraphic grid

transfer to accurately move seismic-derived data to the geologic model, and flow simulation for

model validation and ranking to determine whether the model that best fits all the data.

To further implement the reservoir, a sort of ground trothing where the team members acquired

structural and stratigraphic logs from logs and the data was interpreted by use of, Integrated

Platform for Earth Exploration- Oasis Montaj Geosoft Petrel, a Schlumberger window owned

application software intended to aggregate oil Albertine Graben data from multiple sources. The

software used in the exploration and production sector of the petroleum industry. It allows the

user to interpret seismic data, perform well correlation, build Albertine Graben models,

visualize Albertine Graben simulation results, calculate volumes, produce maps and design

development strategies to maximize Albertine Graben exploitation. Risk and uncertainty can be

assessed throughout the life of the Albertine Graben.

The fifth generation of integrated software platform- KAPPA Workstation was also used to

understand Pressure Transient Analysis, Rate Transient Analysis , full field numerical modeling

Formation Testing, the freestanding Production Logging, and Field Performance Analysis

The  following  participated  in  the  research  project.      13/U/4460/PS   BALYESIIMA   MUSTAQIM   (Bsc   IV   Petroleum   Geoscience   &   Production-­‐

College  of  National  Sciences)-­‐TEAM  LEADER  

12/U/2232  MUSASIZI  JOSEPHAT  (Bsc  IV  Petroleum  Geoscience  &  Production-­‐  College  of  

Natural  Sciences)  

214004301  AIJUKA  NICHOLA   (BSc   Civil   Engineering   –  College   of   Engineering,   Design  

Art  and  Technology)  

2014/HD/13/800U   KICONCO   RHONA   (MSc   Petroleum   Geophysics-­‐   College   of   Natural  

Sciences)  

2014/HD13/796U   AJUNA   BANET   (MSc   Petroleum   Geochemistry-­‐   College   of   Natural  

Sciences)  

 

 

EAGE  Makerere   University   Students   Chapter     (EAGE  MAK   SC)   was   found   in   2014   by   a  

group  of   students   from  both  college  of  Natural  Science  and  College  Engineering,  Design,  

Art   and   Technology   under   guidance   of   Dr.   John   Mary   Kiberu   the   current   patron   with  

support  from  Dickens  Kamugisha,  CEO  Africa  Institute  for  Energy  Governances  in  order  to  

promote  Petroleum  Geosciences  and  Engineering  disciplines  among  students  

 

 EAGE  is  a  global  professional  association  for  geoscientists  and  engineers  with  more  than  

19,000  members  worldwide.   It   provides   a   global   network   of   commercial   and   academic  

professionals  to  all  members.  The  association  is  truly  multi-­‐disciplinary  and  international  

in  form  and  pursuits.  

 

All  members  of  EAGE  are  professionally   involved  in  (or  studying)  geophysics,  petroleum  

exploration,   geology,   reservoir   engineering,   mining   and   mineral   exploration,   civil  

engineering,  tunneling  and  environmental  matters.    

 EAGE  TEAM  MAK  SC  started  their  research  in  oil  and  gas  in  2015.  Team  members  had  to  think  outside  the  box  and  came  up  with  basin  evaluation  model  based  on      The  Chapter  through  the  President  and  the  project  team  leader  Mr.  Balyesiima  Mustaqim  applied   for   the  Team  Total  Grants-­‐a  TOTAL  S.A  platform   that  offers   funds  every  year   to  outstanding  university  team  projects  from  allover  the  world.    Team  Mak  EAGE  SC   competed  with  other   teams   from  Europe,  Asia,  Australia   and  South  America  in  the  Dream  Ticket  category  for  a  share  of  41,000  Euros  in  funding.    The   Dream   Ticket   grant   provides   support   for   geosciences   and   petroleum   engineering  student   associations   to   complete   study   trips,   international   conference   participation   or  professional  development  activities.  

 Team  Mak  EAGE  SC  was  selected  for  funding  to  enable  the  team  members  travel  to  Porte  De  Versailles,   France  and  Present   their   research  papers   to  a   technical   audience  of  more  than  5,000  oil  and  gas  professionals.  The  event  will  take  place  from  11-­‐16  June  2017.    On  addition  to  the  funding,  TEAM MAK EAGE SC Project was voted as the best and received more votes than any other Dream Ticket Project from the global Total Campus Audience and received a special addition gift of camera to document our adventures at the EAGE Conference and Exhibition 2017.    TEAM  MAK  EAGE  SC      

   FIGURE  1.  Team  MAK  EAGE  SC  group  members    (from  left  to  right:  Mr.  Musasizi  Joesphat,  Balyesiima  Mustaqim,  Aijuka  Nicholas,  Kiconco  Rhona)            

TEAM  LEADER        

   Team  leader.    Mr.  Balyesiima  Mustaqim