Regular Article
Efficient workflow for optimizing intelligent well completion using production parameters in real-time
Departamento de Engenharia de Minas e de Petróleo, Escola Politécnica, Universidade de São Paulo, USP, Praça Narciso de Andrade S/N, Vila Mathias, CEP 11.013-560, Santos, 05508-010 São Paulo, Brasil
* Corresponding author: bruno.s@usp.br
Received:
25
May
2020
Accepted:
27
July
2020
Intelligent Well Completion (IWC) has been successfully deployed over the years to improve reservoir management, with better results in heterogeneous reservoirs. This work proposes an efficient workflow to identify well candidates for Inflow Control Valves (ICV) application and production optimization using parameters in real time. The methodology searches for potential reservoir layer grouping in the producer well, in order to control zonal flow, without expending too much computational time in valve positioning. ICV control strategy uses real-time production guide rates generated by the simulator, reducing optimization parameters. The proposed workflow is applied to a synthetic reservoir model, with properties similar to the Brazilian pre-salt area. This novelty strategy for ICV modelling and control presented a significant reduction in optimization parameters. Results show that Net Present Value (NPV) – and IWC economic gain – are highly dependent on the economic scenario. Nevertheless, the methodology has potential for application in more complex simulations, with greater number of wells or optimization parameters, like multi-position or continuously variable position ICV.
© B. da Cruz Schaefer & M.A. Sampaio, published by IFP Energies nouvelles, 2020
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