ANALYZING AN OILFIELD NETWORK FOR OILFIELD PRODUCTION
First Claim
1. A method for performing an analysis of an oilfield network comprising:
- collecting oilfield data from the oilfield network, wherein the oilfield network comprises a plurality of wellsites;
modeling a first wellsite of the plurality of wellsites using the oilfield data to create a first production model of the first wellsite;
modeling a second wellsite of the plurality of wellsites using the oilfield data to create a second production model of the second wellsite,modeling a sub-network of the oilfield network to create a third production model of the sub-network, wherein modeling the sub-network comprises;
identifying a junction of a branch associated with the first wellsite and a branch associated with the second wellsite;
combining the first production model with the second production model to create a fourth production model for the junction, wherein the third production model is created using the fourth production model;
solving the oilfield network based on the third production model to create a production result; and
storing the production result.
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Abstract
A method for performing an analysis of an oilfield network. The oilfield network includes multiple wellsites. The method includes collecting oilfield data from the oilfield network, modeling a first wellsite using the oilfield data to create a first production model of the first wellsite, and modeling a second wellsite using the oilfield data to create a second production model of the second wellsite. The method further includes modeling a sub-network of the oilfield network to create a third production model of the sub-network. The modeling of the sub-network includes identifying a junction of a branch associated with the first wellsite and a branch associated with the second wellsite. A fourth production model is created for the junction by combining the first production model with the second production model. The production model of the sub-network is created using the fourth production model of the junction. The method further includes solving the oilfield network based on the third production model to create a production result, and storing the production result.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for performing an analysis of an oilfield network comprising:
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collecting oilfield data from the oilfield network, wherein the oilfield network comprises a plurality of wellsites; modeling a first wellsite of the plurality of wellsites using the oilfield data to create a first production model of the first wellsite; modeling a second wellsite of the plurality of wellsites using the oilfield data to create a second production model of the second wellsite, modeling a sub-network of the oilfield network to create a third production model of the sub-network, wherein modeling the sub-network comprises; identifying a junction of a branch associated with the first wellsite and a branch associated with the second wellsite; combining the first production model with the second production model to create a fourth production model for the junction, wherein the third production model is created using the fourth production model; solving the oilfield network based on the third production model to create a production result; and storing the production result. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A system for oilfield network analysis comprising:
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an oilfield transceiver for obtaining oilfield data for an oilfield; an oilfield modeler executing on a processor for modeling at least a portion of the oilfield using the oilfield data; an oilfield analyzer executing on the processor comprising; an offline tool configured to model the portion of the oilfield to create a first production model; and a network solver configured to solve the portion of the oilfield based on the first production model to create a production result; and a data repository to store the production result. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A computer readable medium comprising computer readable program code embodied therein for causing a computer system to:
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collect oilfield data for an oilfield network comprising a plurality of wellsites; model a first wellsite of the plurality of wellsites using the oilfield data to create a first production model of the first wellsite, wherein modeling the first wellsite comprises; generating a production function for a first value of an operational condition; generating a production function for a second value of the operational condition; and joining the production function for first value with the production function for the second value into the first production model model a sub-network of the oilfield network using the first production model to create a second production model of the sub-network; and solve the oilfield network based on the second production model to create a production result; and display the production result. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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