BAKU, Azerbaijan, September 24. At Embamunaigas
(EMG), a subsidiary of Kazakhstan's KazMunayGas (KMG), further
stages for the development of a digital twin of the Vostochny
Moldabek field and the Integrated Operations Center, as well as the
improvement of the ABAI platform, were determined during a two-day
strategic session, KMG's press service said.


“By January 2027, the models of the reservoir and wells,
drilling and downhole operations, production and surface
infrastructure are planned to be integrated into a single digital
environment at Vostochny Moldabek. This will make it possible to
create a digital twin of the asset and ensure end-to-end work with
production data,” the company said.


Earlier, around 700 scenario calculations were carried out as
part of a pilot project at Vostochny Moldabek. The time required to
perform this volume of work was reduced from more than 38 days to
six days.


Based on the modelling results, an optimal development option
was identified, involving the drilling of two horizontal wells
instead of six directional wells. The project is expected to
provide additional oil production of around 100,000 tons per
year.


The next stage will be the development of the EMG Integrated
Operations Center, which will combine monitoring of production, the
well stock, drilling and construction, analysis of production
deviations, and scenario assessment of engineering solutions.







The session also considered further development of digital tools
on the ABAI platform for monitoring current and workover
operations, selecting the optimal location and design of new wells,
hydraulic fracturing design, and waterflooding management.


In particular, the Waterflood Management 2.0 module allows
automatic selection of well operating modes and optimization of
injection volumes.


KMG plans to scale digital twins to 12 of its largest fields,
which account for more than 90% of oil production.


Embamunaigas is a Kazakh oil company and a 100-percent
subsidiary of KazMunayGas. The company includes six production
structural units in Atyrau and four districts of the Atyrau region.
It supplies produced oil to export and domestic markets.