Method for operating an oil pool based on a reservoir model gradually deformed by means of cosimulations
AssigneeIfp Energies Nouvelles
InventorsMickaële Le Ravalec, Sébastien Da Veiga
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Abstract
A method is disclosed for operating an oil pool based on a reservoir model gradually deformed by means of cosimulations. A map of a property of the pool is obtained by a stochastic simulation of a first random function. A correlation coefficient is chosen between the first random function and a second random function with an identical mean and covariance. The map is modified by a cosimulation of the two random functions by using the correlation coefficient. The correlation coefficient is modified and the cosimulation step is reiterated to deform the map and minimize a matching objective function. Finally, the pool is operated by implementing an operating scheme accounting for the deformed map.
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A method for operating an oil pool according to an operating scheme based on a representation of the pool including obtaining a meshing associated with at least one map of a property of the pool by a stochastic simulation of a first random function, in which dynamic data are acquired during operation of the pool and the at least one map is modified to minimize an objective function measuring a difference between the dynamic data which are simulated by the representation of the pool and a flow simulator comprising:
- i. choosing at least one correlation coefficient between the first random function and at least one second random function with an identical mean and covariance;
- ii. modifying the at least one map by performing a cosimulation of the first random function and the at least one second random function by using the at least one correlation coefficient;
- iii. modifying the at least one correlation coefficient and reiterating the cosimulation with the at least one modified correlation coefficient in order to produce a random function with an identical mean and covariance as the first random function until the objective function converges toward a minimum;
- iv. changing the pool operating scheme by accounting for the modified map;
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- v. operating the pool implementing the modified operating scheme.
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