SPE Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering
Volume 13, Number 4, August 2010, pp. 588-595

SPE-123563-PA

Optimization Of Smart Wells in the St. Joseph Field

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DOI  More information 10.2118/123563-PA http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/123563-PA

Citation

  • van Essen, G.M., Jansen, J.D., Brouwer, D.R., Douma, S.G., Zandlvliet, M.J., Rollett, K.I., and Harris, D.P. 2010. Determination of In-Situ Two-Phase Flow Properties Through Downhole Fluid Movement Monitoring. SPE Res Eval & Eng  13 (4): 588-595. SPE-123563-PA. doi: 10.2118/123563-PA.

Discipline Categories

  • 6.5 Reservoir Simulation
  • 6.4 Primary and Enhanced Recovery Processes
  • 5.1 Design and Optimization
  • 1.6 Intelligent Completions

Keywords

  • smart wells, St. Joseph field, inflow control valves

Summary

The St. Joseph field has been on production since September 1981 under natural depletion supported by crestal gas injection. As part of a major redevelopment study, the scope for waterflooding was addressed using "smart" completions with multiple inflow control valves (ICVs) in the wells to be drilled for the redevelopment. Optimal control theory was used to optimize monetary value over the remaining producing life of the field, and in particular to select the optimal number of ICVs, the optimal configuration of the perforation zones, and the optimal operational strategies for the ICVs. A gradient-based optimization technique was implemented in a reservoir simulator equipped with the adjoint functionality to compute gradients of an objective function with respect to control parameters. For computational reasons, an initial optimization study was performed on a sector model, which showed promising results.

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History

  • Original manuscript received: 28 May 2009
  • Meeting paper published: 5 August 2009
  • Revised manuscript received: 26 November 2009
  • Manuscript approved: 26 January 2010
  • Published online: 12 August 2010
  • Version of record: 24 August 2010