Any idiot (myself including) with eyes in their head can understand a simple picture.
and yet you confused a computer simulation with an actual map created from seismic?
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Saudi Arabia made public this information a decade ago. Why have they shut out public viewing since? Answer; it is obvious from the data. Saudi reserves do not match Saudi's claims for reserves.
and yet we have the two largest reserve audit firms in the world saying that the reserves touted to the world by SA are in line with their own assessments. Why would they lie? Given what normal reserve audits cost even for large companies there is no way in the world they would put their reputations and their ability to continue a practice that pulls in 10's or more millions of dollars a year for the sake a few hundred thousand dollars. If they stated something falsely it puts them at odds with whatever exchange ARAMCO decides to list on and since Sarbanes Oxley these audit firms are legally at risk for false reporting which is exactly why it is impossible to influence them to any degree.
Yes, it is a reservoir simulation of the northern portion of the 'Ain Dar region of Ghawar. Data is from Alhuthali et al, Society of Petroleum Engineers Paper #93439.
no the data is not from that paper, which I've read years ago. That paper speaks to how ARAMCO contolled water cut in Ain Dar. And something that you don't realize is that much of the oil produced in Ghawar is produced from behind the water flood advance