MULTI-WELL TIME-LAPSE NODAL ANALYSIS OF TRANSIENT PRODUCTION SYSTEMS

A method, apparatus and program product utilize an analytical reservoir simulator to perform inflow simulation for a node during nodal analysis in a multi-well petroleum production system. By doing so, time-lapse nodal analysis may be performed of a transient production system in a multi-well contex...

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Main Authors PROANO EDUARDO, BOLANOS NELSON, LI JI, FANG PENG, GROVE GREGORY P, SPATH JEFFREY B, ZHOU WENTAO, THAMBYNAYAGAM R.K. MICHAEL, BANERJEE RAJ, WANG YINLI
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 26.04.2012
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ANALOGUE COMPUTERS
CALCULATING
COMPUTING
COUNTING
EARTH DRILLING
EARTH DRILLING, e.g. DEEP DRILLING
ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
MINING
OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR ASLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
PHYSICS
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Summary:A method, apparatus and program product utilize an analytical reservoir simulator to perform inflow simulation for a node during nodal analysis in a multi-well petroleum production system. By doing so, time-lapse nodal analysis may be performed of a transient production system in a multi-well context, often taking into account production history and the transient behavior of a reservoir system. Moreover, in some instances, an interference effect from different wells in a multi-well production system may be considered, and in some instances nodal analysis may be performed simultaneously for multiple wells. Multi-layer nodal analysis may also be performed in some instances to account for the pressure loss in a wellbore between multiple layers.
Bibliography:Application Number: US201113281152