Dynamic production system management

• US 8,195,401 B2
• Filed: 01/19/2007
• Issued: 06/05/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 01/20/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Landmark Graphics Corporation (Halliburton Company)
• Original Assignee: Landmark Graphics Corporation (Halliburton Company)
• Inventors: Ella, Richard G., Russell, Andrew P., Reid, Laurence, Johnson, William D.
• Primary Examiner(s): Bhat, Aditya
• Application Number:
  US11/625,141
• Publication Number:
  US 20070271039A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,964 Days
• Field of Search: 702/6, 702/12, 702/13, 703 9- 10
• US Class Current: 702/13
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/06 Energy or water supply
• CPC Class Codes: Y02P 90/80 Management or planning

Abstract

Data about operation of a well for extracting a product from the subterranean reservoir and at least one of a characteristic of a subterranean reservoir or operation of a processing and transport system upstream of a point of sale is received. A corrective action can be automatically initiated on at least one of the well or the processing and transport system in response to a difference between the received data and a specified operational objective. An adjustment to a model of the reservoir, the well, and the processing and transporting system can be automatically initiated in response to the received data.

Claims

1. A computer implemented method executed by one or more processors comprising:

receiving data about operation of a well for extracting a product from a subterranean reservoir and about operation of a processing and transport system downstream of a well head and upstream of a point of sale;

automatically initiating and executing, using at least one processor, an adjustment to modeling of the processing and transport system continuously in response to the received data; and

after adjustment to the modeling of the processing and transport system, automatically outputting an instruction for, in response to the received data, initiating in real time a corrective action to the processing and transport system equipment downstream of the well head.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the processing and transport system comprises a production facility for processing the product upstream of a refinery and a gathering system for transporting the product from the well to the point of sale.

3. The method of claim 1 further including receiving data about a characteristic of the subterranean reservoir and automatically initiating and executing an adjustment to modeling of the reservoir in response to the received data.

4. The method of claim 1 further including automatically initiating and executing an adjustment to modeling of the well continuously in response to the received data.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the data about operation of the processing and transport system comprises at least one of flow rate, pressure, temperature, or fluid composition.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein receiving the data comprises receiving the data in real time.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein adjusting the modeling comprises adjusting the modeling in real time.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein the modeling comprises at least one of first principal modeling, proxy modeling, or derived modeling.

9. The method of claim 1 further including the modeling of one or more wells and wherein the modeling of the reservoir and the modeling of one or more wells is performed by a single integrated model of at least the reservoir and at least one or more wells.

10. The method of claim 1 wherein the modeling of the reservoir, the one or more wells and the processing and transport system is performed by a single integrated model of at least the reservoir, the one or more wells and the process and transport system.

11. An article comprising a non transitory machine-readable medium storing instructions operable to cause one or more machines to perform operations, comprising:

receiving data about operation of a well for extracting a product from a subterranean reservoir and about operation of a processing and transport system downstream of a well head and upstream of a point of sale;

automatically initiating and executing an adjustment to modeling of the reservoir in response to the received data and automatically initiating and executing an adjustment to modeling of the processing and transport system continuously in response to the received data, and

after adjustment to modeling of the processing and transport system, automatically outputting an instruction for, in response to the received data, initiating in real time a corrective action to the processing and transport system equipment downstream of the well head.

12. The article of claim 11 wherein the processing and transport system comprises a production facility for processing the product upstream of a refinery and a gathering system for transporting the product from the well to the point of sale.

13. The article of claim 11 further including receiving data about a characteristic of the subterranean reservoir and automatically initiating and executing an adjustment to modeling of the reservoir continuously in response to the received data.

14. The article of claim 11 further including automatically initiating and executing an adjustment to modeling of the well continuously in response to the received data.

15. The article of claim 11 wherein the data about operation of the processing and transport system comprises at least one of flow rate, pressure, temperature, or fluid composition.

16. The article of claim 11 wherein receiving the data comprises receiving the data in real time.

17. The article of claim 11 wherein adjusting the modeling comprises adjusting the modeling in real time.

18. The article of claim 11 wherein the modeling comprises at least one of first principal modeling, proxy modeling, or derived modeling.

19. The article of claim 11 further including the modeling of one or more wells and wherein the modeling of the reservoir and the modeling of one or more wells is performed by a single integrated model of at least the reservoir and at least one or more wells.

20. The article of claim 11 wherein the modeling of the reservoir and the processing and transport system is performed by a single integrated model of at least the reservoir and the process and transport system.

21. A system, comprising:

at least one processor; and

at least one memory coupled to the at least one processor and storing instructions operable to cause the at least one processor to perform operations comprising;

receiving data about operation of a well for extracting a product from a subterranean reservoir and about operation of a processing and transport system downstream of a well head and upstream of a point of sale;

automatically initiating and executing an adjustment to modeling of the reservoir in response to the received data and automatically initiating and executing an adjustment to modeling of the processing and transport system continuously in response to the received data; and

after adjustment to the modeling of the processing and transport system, automatically outputting an instruction for, in response to the received data, initiating in real time a corrective action to the processing and transport system equipment downstream of the well head.

22. The system of claim 21 wherein the processing and transport system comprises a production facility for processing the product upstream of a refinery and a gathering system for transporting the product from the well to the point of sale.

23. The system of claim 21 further including receiving data about a characteristic of the subterranean reservoir and automatically initiating and executing an adjustment to modeling of the reservoir continuously in response to the received data.

24. The system of claim 21 further including automatically initiating and executing an adjustment to modeling of the well continuously in response to the received data.

25. The system of claim 21 wherein the data about operation of the well comprises at least one of flow rate, pressure, temperature, or fluid composition.

26. The system of claim 21 wherein receiving the data comprises receiving the data in real time.

27. The system of claim 21 wherein adjusting the modeling comprises adjusting the modeling in real time.

28. The system of claim 21 wherein the modeling comprises at least one of first principal modeling, proxy modeling, or derived modeling.

29. The system of claim 21 further including the modeling of one or more wells and wherein the modeling of the reservoir and the modeling of one or more wells is performed by a single integrated model of at least the reservoir and at least one or more wells.

30. The system of claim 21 wherein the modeling of the reservoir and the processing and transport system is performed by a single integrated model of at least the reservoir and the process and transport system.