CONVERSION OF GRAPHICAL TO NUMERICAL DATA WITH WEB PLOT DIGITIZER IN OIL RESERVE DETERMINATION

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  • Lia Yunita Universitas Proklamasi 45

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33480/jitk.v11i3.7226

Keywords:

Decline Curve, Reserve, Web Plot Digitizer

Abstract

Old oil fields that are to be reactivated have production data only in graphical form, making it difficult to determine remaining reserves. Web Plot Digitizer helps convert graphical data into numerical data for determining oil reserves using the decline curve method. The use of Web Plot Digitizer reduces numerical errors, which impact decline parameters (qi, Di, b) and time efficiency in reserve determination. The purpose of this study is to apply Web Plot Digitizer to convert graphical production data into numerical data and determine oil reserves using decline curve analysis. The novelty of this research lies in the use of digitized graph data as direct input in Decline Curve Analysis (DCA) analysis for oil reserve estimation. The purpose of this research is to apply Web Plot Digitizer in converting production graph data into numerical data, as well as determining oil reserves using decline curve analysis. This research method uses exponential Decline Curve Analysis (DCA), which is applied to old oil fields, production rate data in the form of graphs is converted into numerical data using Web Plot Digitizer. The digitized numerical data is then made into a semilog graph of production rate versus time, then a trend line is taken for the decline in oil production rate and used in determining oil reserves. The analysis results obtained an initial decline rate (Di) value of 0.041 per month and oil reserves are estimated at 5 million barrels of oil (5 MBO), where oil will be exhausted in January 1985 if no workover is carried out. The results of this analysis provide a solution for old oil fields that only have historical graphs without access to numerical data, so that they can still calculate reserves using Decline Curve

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2026-02-28

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Vol. 11 No. 3 (2026): JITK Issue February 2026

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“CONVERSION OF GRAPHICAL TO NUMERICAL DATA WITH WEB PLOT DIGITIZER IN OIL RESERVE DETERMINATION”, jitk, vol. 11, no. 3, pp. 1000–1008, Feb. 2026, doi: 10.33480/jitk.v11i3.7226.