Systems and Methods of Monitoring a Multiphase Fluid

A method of monitoring a fluid, comprising:

• generating optically interacted light by interacting electromagnetic radiation with the fluid and at least one integrated computational element;
• receiving the optically interacted light from the integrated computational element with at least one detector;
• generating an output signal corresponding to at least one characteristic of a phase of the fluid with the at least one detector;
• receiving the output signal with a signal processor communicably coupled to the at least one detector;
• and
• determining the at least one characteristic of each phase of the fluid with the signal processor.

A method of operating a multilateral completion system, comprising:

• determining a characteristic of a phase of a first fluid in a first multilateral leg with a first optical computing device arranged within the first multilateral leg, the first optical computing device having at least one integrated computational element configured to optically interact with the first fluid;
• determining a characteristic of a phase of a second fluid in a second multilateral leg with a second optical computing device arranged within the second multilateral leg, the second optical computing device having at least one integrated computational element configured to optically interact with the second fluid;
• and
• modifying a production strategy in the multilateral completion system based on the characteristic of the phase of the first and second fluids.