A major oilfield in the Middle East that has a major gas cap and has been on production since the 1960’s has gas communication through its fracture network.  The operator had aggressive gas breakthrough throughout the field and many of the wells also suffered from a large increase in water production.

The high GOR (gas oil ratio) made the wells un-producible and the operator had to shut wells in, leaving significant oil reserves and production stranded.  Maintaining oil production was a challenge due to increased gas and water ingress.