Development of the Hochleiten Oilfield.

This paper is concerned with development of a new oil field in West Germany. Beginning in the years 1981-1982, the Hochleiten Oilfield is supposed to produce about 500 metric tons of crude oil per day out of 45 wells. The different reservoirs lie in depths between 900 m and 1600 m in sands and rocks of Sarmatian, Badenien and upper Cretacian (flysch) age. Starting with the applied drilling and well completion techniques there is given a description of the technical and economical aspects, for the evaluation of the production lifting process, and the gathering - metering - and pipe systems, based on current reservoir data and reserves.