Beyond late life optimization: You can’t enhance recovery you didn’t design for

Hydrocarbon recovery is most effective when it's treated as a life cycle objective rather than a late stage response to declining performance. By reducing reservoir uncertainty early, designing for continuous surveillance, and connecting subsurface insight to development decisions, operators can preserve flexibility, improve sweep and pressure management, and maximize asset value over time. Doing so also enables teams to identify emerging risks sooner, adapt strategies as reservoir behavior evolves, and protect recovery opportunities that may otherwise be lost.