Method for management of multiple wells in a reservoir

• US 20050246104A1
• Filed: 04/19/2005
• Published: 11/03/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 04/19/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Intelligent Agent Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intelligent Agent Corporation
• Inventors: Lafferty, Lawrence, De Guzman, Neil
• Granted Patent: US 7,266,456 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 702/6
• 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.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the parts of the step of enabling socially interactive corrective actions are done in any order.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the parts of the step of enabling socially interactive corrective actions are done simultaneously.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of enabling each individual well is the first step of the method.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of setting goals and the step of enabling each individual well are done simultaneously.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of revising and resetting goals, within the step of enabling socially interactive corrective actions, may be done by either a human operator or automatically.

7. The method as in any of claims 1-6, wherein the steps of monitoring, enabling each individual well, and enabling socially interactive corrective actions are done by intelligent agent computer programs.

8. The method as in any of claims 1-6, wherein associative memories are used in the step of monitoring the performance of each individual well.

9. The method as in any of claims 1-6, wherein associative memories are used in the step of enabling each individual well to assess its own situational state.

10. The method as in any of claims 1-6, wherein associative memories are used in the step of enabling socially interactive corrective actions.

11. The method as in any of claims 1-6, wherein the parts of the step of enabling socially interactive corrective actions are performed using auctioning algorithms.

12. 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

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the parts of the step of enabling socially interactive corrective actions are done in any order.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein the parts of the step of enabling socially interactive corrective actions are done simultaneously.

15. The method of claim 12, wherein the step of enabling each individual well is the first step of the method.

16. The method of claim 12, wherein the step of setting goals and the step of enabling each individual well are done simultaneously.

17. The method of claim 12, wherein the step of revising and resetting goals, within the step of enabling socially interactive corrective actions, may be done by either a human operator or automatically.

18. The method as in any of claims 12-16, wherein the steps of monitoring, enabling each individual well, and enabling socially interactive corrective actions are done by intelligent agent computer programs.

19. The method as in any of claims 12-16, wherein associative memories are used in the step of monitoring the performance of each individual well and of the reservoir as a whole.

20. The method as in any of claims 12-16, wherein associative memories are used in the step of enabling each individual well to assess its own situational state.

21. The method as in any of claims 12-16, wherein associative memories are used in the step of enabling socially interactive corrective actions.

22. The method as in any of claims 12-16, wherein the parts of the step of enabling socially interactive corrective actions are performed using auctioning algorithms.

23. 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.

24. The method of claim 23, wherein the parts of the step of enabling socially interactive corrective actions are done in any order.

25. The method of claim 23, wherein the parts of the step of enabling socially interactive corrective actions are done simultaneously.

26. The method of claim 23, wherein the step of enabling each individual system is the first step of the method.

27. The method of claim 23, wherein the step of setting goals and the step of enabling each individual system are done simultaneously.

28. The method of claim 23, wherein the step of revising and resetting goals, within the step of enabling socially interactive corrective actions, may be done by either a human operator or automatically.

29. The method as in any of claims 23-28, wherein the steps of monitoring, enabling each individual system, and enabling socially interactive corrective actions are done by intelligent agent computer programs.

30. The method as in any of claims 23-28, wherein associative memories are used in the step of monitoring the performance of each individual system.

31. The method as in any of claims 23-28, wherein associative memories are used in the step of enabling each individual system to assess its own situational state.

32. The method as in any of claims 23-28, wherein associative memories are used in the step of enabling socially interactive corrective actions.

33. The method as in any of claims 23-28, wherein the parts of the step of enabling socially interactive corrective actions are performed using auctioning algorithms.