RTD TOPICS/ OBJECTIVES	                                                                                           Category

1.	To improve quantitative characterisation of fractured reservoirs:                                  TE + E

      	-	method for upscaling of data;
      	-	better methods for well and field performance prediction;
     	-	improved methods of inputting fault/fracture data to reservoir simulators;
      	-	improved methods of integrating analogue data into reservoir descriptions.

	(Asset focus: appraisal, field development and production involving fractured 
        reservoirs)

2.	To improve geostatistical methods for reservoir description and	modelling:                     TE 

     	-	application to fracture data;
      	-	application to sand body geometry data;
      	-	application to upscaling of diagenetic characteristics;
      	-	application to interpolation of data gained from horizontal wells;
      	-	improved means of data integration, modelling and visualisation.

	(Asset focus: appraisal, field development, improving recovery 	from existing 
        fields)

3.	To improve understanding/predictions of the effects of reservoir                                  TE + CR
         depressurisation in HP/HT fields on, for example effective stress, sand 
         production, fines mobilisation and permeability.

         (Asset focus: HP/HT field development)
 
4.	To improve prediction of sealing faults, including prediction of any dynamic                   E
         behaviour during production which may influence transmissibility.
	
(Asset focus: field development and improved recovery from existing fields, 
especially HP/HT fields)
	

TE- technology enhancement.  CR- cost reduction.  E- enabling.