Abstract:Production optimization of oil, gas and geothermal wells suffering from unstable multiphase flow phenomena such as slugging is a challenging task due to their complexity and unpredictable dynamics. In this work, reinforcement learning which is a novel machine learning based control method was applied to find optimum well control strategies to maximize cumulative production while minimizing the negative impact of slugging on the system integrity, allowing for economical, safe, and reliable operation of wells an… Show more
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