Method for management of multiple wells in a reservoir

• US 7,266,456 B2
• Filed: 04/19/2005
• Issued: 09/04/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 04/19/2004
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Intelligent Agent Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intelligent Agent Corporation
• Inventors: De Guzman, Neil, Lafferty, Lawrence
• Primary Examiner(s): MCELHENY JR, DONALD E
• Application Number:
  US11/109,151
• Publication Number:
  US 20050246104A1
• Time in Patent Office: 868 Days
• Field of Search: 702/12, 702/13, 703/10, 166/250.15, 166/369, 166/52
• US Class Current: 702/13
• CPC Class Codes: E21B 43/00 Methods or apparatus for obtaining oil, gas, water, soluble or meltable materials or a slurry of minerals from wells applicable only to water E03B
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06393 Score-carding, benchmarking or key performance indicator [KPI] analysis

Abstract

A method of managing multiple wells connected to a reservoir comprises the steps of:

• • setting production and performance goals for each individual well;
  • monitoring the performance of each individual well;
  • enabling each individual well to assess its own situational state; and
  • enabling socially interactive corrective actions, comprising enabling collaboration and cooperation among the wells, such that the wells share with each other their situational states, goals, and plan data; developing and refining remediation strategies for problems detected within the wells; allowing execution of the remediation strategies either independently, or by operator intervention; applying the remediation strategies to each individual well; revising and resetting the goals, and integrating pattern recognition and machine learning within all preceding steps.

Claims

1. A method of managing multiple wells connected to a reservoir. comprising the steps of:

a. setting production and performance goals for each individual well;

b. monitoring the performance of each individual well;

c. enabling each individual well to assess its own situational state; and

d. enabling socially interactive corrective actions comprising enabling collaboration and cooperation among the wells, such that the wells share with each other their situational states, goals, and plan data;

developing and refining remediation strategies for problems detected within the wells;

allowing execution of the remediation strategies either independently, or by operator intervention;

applying the remediation strategies to each individual well;

revising and resetting the goals, and integrating pattern recognition and machine learning within all preceding steps,

wherein associative memories are used in the step of monitoring the performance of each individual well.

2. A method of managing multiple wells connected to a reservoir, comprising the steps of:

a. selling production and performance goals for each individual well;

b. monitoring the performance of each individual well;

c. enabling each individual well to assess its own situational state; and

d. enabling socially interactive corrective actions, comprising enabling collaboration and cooperation among the wells, such that the wells share with each other their situational states, goals, and plan data;

developing and refining remediation strategies for problems detected within the wells;

allowing execution of the remediation strategies either independently, or by operator intervention;

applying the remediation strategies to each individual well;

revising and resetting the goals, and integrating pattern recognition and machine learning within all preceding steps,

wherein associative memories are used in the step of enabling each individual well to assess its own situational state.

3. A method of managing multiple wells connected to a reservoir, comprising the steps of:

a. setting production and performance goals for each individual well;

b. monitoring the performance of each individual well;

c. enabling each individual well to assess its own situational state; and

d. enabling socially interactive corrective actions, comprising enabling collaboration and cooperation among the wells, such that the wells share with each other their situational states, goals, and plan data;

developing and refining remediation strategies for problems detected within the wells;

allowing execution of the remediation strategies either independently, or by operator intervention;

applying the remediation strategies to each individual well;

revising and resetting the goals, and integrating pattern recognition and machine learning within all preceding steps,

wherein associative memories are used in the step of enabling socially interactive corrective actions.

4. A method of managing multiple wells connected to a reservoir, comprising the steps of:

a. setting production and performance goals for each individual well;

b. monitoring the performance of each individual well;

c. enabling each individual well to assess its own situational state; and

d. enabling socially interactive corrective actions, comprising enabling collaboration and cooperation among the wells, such that the wells share with each other their situational states, goals, and plan data;

developing and refining remediation strategies for problems detected within the wells;

allowing execution of the remediation strategies either independently, or by operator intervention;

applying the remediation strategies to each individual well;

revising and resetting the goals, and integrating pattern recognition and machine learning within all preceding steps,

wherein the parts of the step of enabling socially interactive corrective actions are performed using auctioning algorithms.

5. A method of managing a reservoir connected to multiple wells, comprising the steps of:

a. selling production and performance goals for each individual well and for the

b. monitoring the performance of each individual well and of the reservoir as a whole;

c. enabling each individual well to assess its own situational state; and

d. enabling socially interactive corrective actions, comprising enabling collaboration and cooperation among the wells, such that the wells share with each other their situational states, goals, and plan data;

developing and refining remediation strategies for problems detected within the wells;

allowing execution of the remediation strategies either independently, or by operator intervention;

applying the remediation strategies to the individual wells and to the reservoir as a whole;

revising and resetting the goals, and integrating pattern recognition and machine learning within all preceding steps,

wherein associative memories are used in the step of monitoring the performance of each individual well and of the reservoir as a whole.

6. A method of managing a reservoir connected to multiple wells, comprising the steps of:

a. setting production and performance goals for each individual well and for the reservoir;

b. monitoring the performance of each individual well and of the reservoir as a whole;

c. enabling each individual well to assess its own situational state; and

d. enabling socially interactive corrective actions, comprising enabling collaboration and cooperation among the wells, such that the wells share with each other their situational states, goals, and plan data;

developing and refining remediation strategies for problems detected within the wells;

allowing execution of the remediation strategies either independently, or by operator intervention;

applying the remediation strategies to the individual wells and to the reservoir as a whole;

revising and resetting the goals, and integrating pattern recognition and machine learning within all preceding steps,

wherein associative memories are used in the step of enabling each individual well to assess its own situational state.

7. A method of managing a reservoir connected to multiple wells, comprising the steps of:

a. setting production and performance goals for each individual well and for the reservoir;

b. monitoring the performance of each individual well and of the reservoir as a whole;

c. enabling each individual well to assess its own situational state; and

d. enabling socially interactive corrective actions, comprising enabling collaboration and cooperation among the wells, such that the wells share with each other their situational states, goals, and plan data;

developing and refining remediation strategies for problems detected within the wells;

allowing execution of the remediation strategies either independently, or by operator intervention;

applying the remediation strategies to the individual wells and to the reservoir as a whole;

revising and resetting the goals, and integrating pattern recognition and machine learning within all preceding steps,

wherein associative memories are used in the step of enabling socially interactive corrective actions.

8. A method of managing a reservoir connected to multiple wells, comprising the steps of:

a. setting production and performance goals for each individual well and for the reservoir;

b. monitoring the performance of each individual well and of the reservoir as a

c. enabling each individual well to assess its own situational state; and

d. enabling socially interactive corrective actions, comprising enabling collaboration and cooperation among the wells, such that the wells share with each other their situational states, goals, and plan data;

developing and refining remediation strategies for problems detected within the wells;

allowing execution of the remediation strategies either independently, or by operator intervention;

applying the remediation strategies to the individual wells and to the reservoir as a whole;

revising and resetting the goals, and integrating pattern recognition and machine learning within all preceding steps,

wherein the parts of the step of enabling socially interactive corrective actions are performed using auctioning algorithms.

9. A method of managing multiple gathering and production systems connected to a reservoir, comprising the steps of:

a. setting production and performance goals for each system;

b. monitoring the performance of each individual system;

c. enabling each individual system to assess its own situational states; and

d. enabling socially interactive corrective actions, comprising enabling collaboration and cooperation among the systems, such that the systems share with each other their situational states, goals, and plan data;

developing and refining remediation strategies for problems detected within the systems;

allowing execution of the remediation strategies either independently, or by operator intervention;

applying the remediation strategies to each individual system;

revising and resetting the goals, and integrating pattern recognition and machine learning within all preceding steps,

wherein associative memories are used in the step of monitoring the performance of each individual system.

10. A method of managing multiple gathering and production systems connected to a reservoir, comprising the steps of:

a. setting production and performance goals for each system;

b. monitoring the performance of each individual system;

c. enabling each individual system to assess its own situational states; and

d. enabling socially interactive corrective actions, comprising enabling collaboration and cooperation among the systems, such that the systems share with each other their situational states, goals, and plan data;

developing and refining remediation strategies for problems detected within the systems;

allowing execution of the remediation strategies either independently, or by operator intervention;

applying the remediation strategies to each individual system;

revising and resetting the goals, and integrating pattern recognition and machine learning within all preceding steps,

wherein associative memories are used in the step of enabling each individual system to assess its own situational state.

11. A method of managing multiple gathering and production systems connected to a reservoir, comprising the steps of:

a. setting production and performance goals for each system;

b. monitoring the oerformance of each individual system;

c. enabling each individual system to assess its own situational states; and

d. enabling socially interactive corrective actions, comprising enabling collaboration and cooperation among the systems, such that the systems share with each other their situational states, goals, and plan data;

developing and refining remediation strategies for problems detected within the systems;

allowing execution of the remediation strategies either independently, or by operator intervention;

applying the remediation strategies to each individual system;

revising and resetting the goals, and integrating pattern recognition and machine learning within all preceding steps,

wherein associative memories are used in the step of enabling socially interactive corrective actions.

12. A method of managing multiple gathering and production systems connected to a reservoir, comprising the steps of:

a. setting production and performance goals for each system;

b. monitoring the performance of each individual system;

c. enabling each individual a system to assess its own situational states; and

d. enabling socially interactive corrective actions, comprising enabling collaboration and cooperation among the systems, such that the systems share with each other their situational states, goals, and plan data;

developing and refining remediation strategies for problems detected within the systems;

allowing execution of the remediation strategies either independently, or by operator intervention;

applying the remediation strategies to each individual system;

revising and resetting the goals, and integrating pattern recognition and machine learning within all preceding steps,

wherein the parts of the step of enabling socially interactive corrective actions are performed using auctioning algorithms.