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PETROMAKS-Maksimal utnyttelse av petroleumsreserver

Production optimisation and model predictive control for improved reservoir management

Awarded: NOK 10.0 mill.

Modern drilling and completion technology offers overwhelming flexibility in the design and operation of an oil well. The current trend of equipping the wells with increasingly sophisticated instrumentation provides continuous downhole measurements of ke y properties like pressure, temperature and flow rates. This development reflects an industry that gradually seeks to change their approach towards a seamless integration of observations, optimal decisions and interventions. To achive this, new methodolo gy is required. Here we will focus on develop methodology that improves the reservoir management at two different levels. We will develop methodology for optimal reservoir drainage based on local or field scale reservoir models. The outcome of this optimi zation problem will be target rates for injectors and producers. We will further work on establish the necessary tools for achiving these target rates using closed-loop control. The project will be performed in cooperation with Gubkin Russian State Univ ersity of Oil and Gas and the oil industry. The project includes the education of two PhD candidates in a multidisiplinary environment combining flow modeling, data assimilation, optimization and process control. In the education of the PhD candidates i nternational cooperation is focused, and they will all get international experience by taking part of their studies at a leading universitiy in Russia.

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PETROMAKS-Maksimal utnyttelse av petroleumsreserver