System and method for real time reservoir management
First Claim
1. A method of real time field wide reservoir comprising the steps of:
- (a) processing collected field wide reservoir data in accordance with one or more predetermined algorithms to obtain a resultant desired field wide production/injection forecast;
(b) generating a signal to one or more individual well control devices instructing the device to increase or decrease flow through the well control device;
(c) transmitting the signal to the individual well control device;
(d) opening or closing the well control device in response to the signal to increase or decrease the production of one or more selected wells; and
(e) repeating steps (a) through (d) on a real time basis.
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Abstract
A method of real time field wide reservoir management comprising the steps of processing collected field wide reservoir data in accordance with one or more predetermined algorithms to obtain a resultant desired field wide production/injection forecast, generating a signal to one or more individual well control devices instructing the device to increase or decrease flow through the well control device, transmitting the signal to the individual well control device, opening or closing the well control device in response to the signal to increase or decrease the production for one or more selected wells on a real time basis. The system for field wide reservoir management comprising a CPU for processing collected field wide reservoir data, generating a resultant desired field wide production/injection forecast and calculating a target production rate for one or more wells and one or more down hole production/injection control devices.
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1. A method of real time field wide reservoir comprising the steps of:
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(a) processing collected field wide reservoir data in accordance with one or more predetermined algorithms to obtain a resultant desired field wide production/injection forecast;
(b) generating a signal to one or more individual well control devices instructing the device to increase or decrease flow through the well control device;
(c) transmitting the signal to the individual well control device;
(d) opening or closing the well control device in response to the signal to increase or decrease the production of one or more selected wells; and
(e) repeating steps (a) through (d) on a real time basis. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 32)
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20. A system for field wide reservoir management comprising:
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a CPU for processing collected field wide reservoir data in real time, generating a resultant desired field wide production/injection forecast in real time and calculating in response to the desired forecast a target production rate for one or more wells;
one or more down hole sensors for obtaining field wide reservoir data;
one or more above ground sensors for gathering field wide reservoir data;
a data base accessible by the CPU for storing the field wide reservoir data and seismic data;
said sensors coupled to the data base for transmitting thereto the field wide reservoir data for use by the CPU in real time processing; and
a down hole production/injection control device coupled to the CPU to receive from the CPU a signal indicative of the target production rate. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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