Fast Tracking Field Development Optimisation With Nature Inspired Heuristics

Ilamah, Osho; Ebere, Maurice

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“…The subject of the presented work is an attempt to build an optimization algorithm for the selection of the number and placement of production wells with simultaneous optimization of the mentioned parameters (Ilamah and Ebere, 2017;Onwunalu, 2014;Isebor et al, 2015). As a measure of operational efficiency the NPV (net present value) was taken under consideration based on the analysis of discounted cash flows at a given rate of return.…”

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Optimization algorithm for number and wells placement

Łętkowski¹,

Badawczy²

2019

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Determination of the optimal number and placement of production wells is crucial for the effective depletion of the hydrocarbon reservoir. Due to the strongly non-linearity of the problem and the occurrence of multiple local minimums in the response function the non-gradient optimization methods in combination with reservoir simulations are most commonly used for its solution. However, it should be noted that most of the research works dedicated to this issue describe the process of placement optimization but not the number of drilling wells assuming that it was arbitrary set. This is partly due to the fact that known and used optimization methods operate on a fixed number of optimization parameters, therefore the number of production wells can not change during the optimization process. The paper is dedicated to the attempt to build an algorithm that allows simultaneous optimization of the number and position of production wells with respect to the discounted profit in a given period of operation. The basic optimization method in the presented algorithm is the Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO)-one of the most effective non-gradient optimization methods that belongs to the group of methods applying the swarm's intelligence. Taking into account the number of drilling wells in the optimization process means that the algorithm operates on a variable number of parameters. The objective algorithm starts optimization from an arbitrarily set number of producers, reducing it gradually. Efficiency tests conducted on the sample reservoir PUNQ-S3 indicated a satisfactory convergence of the proposed method. The computing program created implements the mechanisms of convergence enhancement by improving the boundary conditions for the optimization method. The minimum separation distance control between production wells was also introduced at the initial stage of optimization process. Although the algorithm is characterized by satisfactory convergence it would be advisable to improve it by using a hybrid method to increase its effectiveness in the local optimization phase and to introduce minimum well spacing during the entire optimization process.

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Optimization algorithm for number and wells placement

Łętkowski¹,

Badawczy²

2019

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Maximizing Oil Recovery in a Naturally Fractured Carbonate Reservoir using Computational Intelligence Based on Particle Swarm Optimization

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A major challenge in carbonate reservoirs is the highly-fractured nature of the rock. The flow rate may be high or low depending on the targeted fracture clusters. In addition, it is possible that flow rates vary from one region of the reservoir to another. Smart wells furnished with smart completion strategy presents great prospects to produce such reservoirs intelligently, thereby, helping to deal with heterogeneities rather smartly. It is established that early water break-through occurs when multi-lateral wells are completed with constant choke settings, and therefore one way to mitigate this problem is using smart completions that manage the unexpected production through fractures, thereby increasing ultimate recovery. The early water breakthrough is obvious because if a lateral section intersects a clusters of fracture zone, there is a possibility that these fractures may connect with the water zone that may trigger the breakthrough. This can be managed by preferentially regulating production from manifold laterals. The evident communication among the various laterals of the mother bore raises difficulty in optimizing the production from the variable productivity intervals. In theory, the optimization scheme of smart completion involves different constraints, nevertheless, the settings of the smart inflow control valve (ICV) is the single most important parameter that may prove to be the differentiating factor between a high producing well to a poorly producing one. This study engrosses its effort on the reservoir engineering characteristics of finding the optimum choke setting that would lead to maximum recovery. Computational Intelligence through Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) is utilized as the integral algorithm to determine the optimal ICV configuration for a fishbone well in a naturally fractured carbonate reservoir. A commercial black oil simulator was used to determine the objective function; whose role here is to evaluate the fitness of a configuration of the choke; this was carried out under a workflow programmed in the MATLAB programming language that coupled the optimization algorithm with the numerical simulator. A single fishbone well, having 15 laterals was studied in order tot see the effect of the fracture network on the water breakthrough and consequent impact on recovery. Three different scenarios are developed to see the impact of optimization; a base case employing only multilateral well technology without the smart well completion, a smart well completion scheme with no optimization and finally the optimized smart well completion. The results very sequentially clarify the need for not only optimization but also highlights the role of intelligent completions for wells in the reservoir being studied. It is evident that without using smart wells, the water breakthrough is relatively earlier and produces less hydrocarbons, but as the use of smart wells is incorporated, the results start improving and for complete optimization scheme of the ICVs, it is observed that the recovery has increased by almost 80% from 21% to 38%. Moreover, the time to water breakthrough and eventually the cumulative water cut has also been managed quiet significantly.

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Fast Tracking Field Development Optimisation With Nature Inspired Heuristics

Cited by 2 publications

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Optimization algorithm for number and wells placement

Optimization algorithm for number and wells placement

Maximizing Oil Recovery in a Naturally Fractured Carbonate Reservoir using Computational Intelligence Based on Particle Swarm Optimization

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