Effective treatment of geometric constraints in derivative-free well placement optimization

• Published in: Journal of petroleum science & engineering Vol. 215; p. 110635
• Main Authors: Zou, Amy, Ye, Tianrui, Volkov, Oleg, Durlofsky, Louis J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 01.08.2022
• Subjects: Geometric constraints; Hyperparameter tuning; Population-based search; Reservoir simulation; Well placement optimization; Population-based search; Well placement optimization; Geometric constraints; Reservoir simulation; Hyperparameter tuning

A robust workflow for optimizing the placement of multiple deviated wells subject to challenging geometric constraints is presented and applied. The workflow entails the use of population-based global stochastic search algorithms in conjunction with a solution-repair method. The repair procedure, wh...