Monitoring and managing a gas production system

A system for managing a gas production system, the system comprising:

• one or more processors configured to perform operations comprising:
• obtaining surface production data of wells in the gas production system;
• generating, using a well simulation module and a surface network module, predictions about a plurality of conditions in the gas production system;
• computing a difference between measured conditions obtained from the production data and predicted conditions obtained from the predictions about the plurality of conditions in the gas production system;
• determining, based on the computed difference, a performance deviation in the gas production system;
• comparing the performance deviation to a predetermined threshold value that represents an acceptable tolerance for variance in performance of the gas production system;
• and
• triggering, when the performance deviation exceeds the predetermined threshold value, a particular type of automated response comprising an action that addresses the variance in performance of the gas production system.

A non-transitory computer storage medium encoded with instructions that, when executed by one or more computers, cause the one or more computers to perform operations for managing a gas production system, the operations comprising:

• obtaining surface production data of wells in the gas production system;
• generating, using a well simulation module and a surface network module, predictions about a plurality of conditions in the gas production system;
• computing a difference between measured conditions obtained from the production data and predicted conditions obtained from the predictions about the plurality of conditions in the gas production system;
• determining, based on the computed difference, a performance deviation in the gas production system;
• comparing the performance deviation to a predetermined threshold value that represents an acceptable tolerance for variance in performance of the gas production system;
• and
• triggering, when the performance deviation exceeds the predetermined threshold value, a particular type of automated response comprising an action that addresses the variance in performance of the gas production system.