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Petroleum production optimization utilizing adaptive network and genetic algorithm techniques

  • US 6,236,894 B1
  • Filed: 12/19/1997
  • Issued: 05/22/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/19/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of operating a computer to determine optimized operating conditions for a petroleum production field having a plurality of wells, comprising the steps of:

  • producing a first generation of solution vectors, each solution vector including a plurality of field operating parameters associated with the production field;

    evaluating product output from the production field for each of the first generation of solution vectors;

    producing a second generation of solution vectors from selected solution vectors of the first generation, according to a genetic algorithm;

    repeating the evaluating and producing steps until a convergence criterion is met; and

    reporting the field operating parameters from a solution vector having an optimum product output, for use in operating the production field.

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