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US 10,108,167 B2Granted
Systems and methods for adjusting production of a well using gas injection
AssigneeRockwell Automation Asia Pacific Business Center Pte. Ltd.
InventorHassan S. Suheil
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Abstract
A system may include a monitoring device that receives data associated with one or more properties at a well. The monitoring device may determine a plurality of expected flow rates of hydrocarbons produced from the well with respect to a plurality of gas injection rates associated with the well based on the data and a hydrocarbon model. The hydrocarbon model may estimate the plurality of expected flow rates of hydrocarbons. The monitoring device may then adjust a gas injection rate at the well based on the plurality of expected flow rates of hydrocarbons.
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A system, comprising:
- a monitoring device configured to receive data associated with one or more properties at a well, wherein the monitoring device is configured to:
- determine a plurality of expected flow rates of hydrocarbons produced from the well with respect to a plurality of gas injection rates associated with the well based on a hydrocarbon model configured to estimate the plurality of expected flow rates of hydrocarbons;
- determine a current flow rate of hydrocarbons at the well based on the data and the hydrocarbon model;
- determine, based on the plurality of expected flow rates, a first range of flow rates that substantially maximizes a flow rate of hydrocarbons at the well, and a second range of gas injection rates that corresponds to the first range of flow rates;
- determine whether the current flow rate of hydrocarbons at the well is within the first range of flow rates;
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- adjust a gas injection rate at the well in response to the current flow rate of hydrocarbons at the well not being within the first range of flow rates, wherein adjusting the gas injection rate comprises sending one or more commands to one or more components associated with the well, wherein the one or more commands are configured to cause the one or more components to adjust the gas injection rate to be within the second range of gas injection rates.
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A system, comprising:
- a monitoring device configured to receive data associated with one or more properties at a well, wherein the monitoring device is configured to:
- determine a plurality of expected flow rates of hydrocarbons produced from a plurality of wells with respect to a plurality of gas injection rates based on the data, wherein each of the plurality of gas injection rates is associated with a respective one of the plurality of wells;
- determine a plurality of current flow rates of hydrocarbons based on the data, wherein each of the plurality of current flow rates is associated with a well of the plurality of wells;
- determine, based on the plurality of expected flow rates, a first plurality of ranges of flow rates, wherein each of the first plurality of ranges of flow rates is configured to substantially maximize a respective flow rate of the plurality of current flow rates;
- determine, based on the plurality of expected flow rates, a second plurality of ranges of gas injection rates that corresponds to the first plurality of ranges of flow rates, wherein each of the second plurality of ranges of gas injection rates corresponds to a respective range of flow rates of the first plurality of ranges of flow rates;
- determine whether a current flow rate of the plurality of current flow rates is within a range of flow rates of the first plurality of ranges of flow rates;
- and
- adjust a gas injection rate at the well in response to the current flow rate associated with the well not being within a range of flow rates of the first plurality of ranges of flow rates, wherein adjusting the gas injection rate comprises sending one or more commands to one or more components associated with the well, wherein the one or more commands are configured to cause the one or more components to adjust the gas injection rate to be within a range of gas injection rates of the second plurality of gas injection rates.
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A method, comprising:
- receiving, via a processor, data associated with one or more properties at a well;
- determining, via the processor, a plurality of expected flow rates of hydrocarbons produced from the well with respect to a plurality of gas injection rates associated with the well based on a hydrocarbon model configured to estimate the plurality of expected flow rates of hydrocarbons;
- determining, via the processor, a current flow rate of hydrocarbons at the well based on the data and the hydrocarbon model;
- determining, via the processor and based on the plurality of expected flow rates, a first range of flow rates that substantially maximizes a flow rate of hydrocarbons at the well, and a second range of gas injection rates that corresponds to the first range of flow rates;
- determining, via the processor, whether the current flow rate of hydrocarbons at the well is within the first range of flow rates;
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- adjusting, via the processor, a gas injection rate at the well in response to the current flow rate associated with the well not being within the first range of flow rates, wherein adjusting the gas injection rate comprises sending one or more commands to one or more components associated with the well, wherein the one or more commands are configured to cause the one or more components to adjust the gas injection rate to be within the second range of gas injection rates.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.