Integrated Methodology for Production Optimization from Multiple Offshore Reservoirs in the Santos Basin

Autor: Luis Kin Miyatake, Snjezana Sunjerga, Thiago Lima Silva, Eduardo Camponogara, Alex Furtado Teixeira, Eduardo Otte Hülse
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering. 14:669-680
ISSN: 1558-3783
1545-5955
DOI: 10.1109/tase.2016.2640240
Popis: A methodology is proposed for production optimization of oilfields consisting of multiple offshore reservoirs. In such complex systems, several production units are interconnected by a subsea pipeline network that transfers fluids to onshore terminals. A graph-based model of production units, pipelines, and nonlinear phenomena leads to a mixed-integer nonlinear problem for production optimization. Owing to its sheer size, the proposed approach relies on piecewise-linear proxy modeling of the production units and fluid flow. The end result is a mixed-integer linear problem to which robust algorithms can be applied. By means of simulation, the methodology is tested for an offshore oilfield in the Santos Basin, encompassing multiple reservoirs and production platforms.
Databáze: OpenAIRE