Optimizing well operating plans

A system associated with production of hydrocarbons, the system comprising:

• a well operatively connected to a subsurface reservoir;
• wherein the well includes at least one component selected based at least in part on a computerized simulation constructed and arranged to:
• 1) characterize reservoir potential of the subsurface reservoir over space and time using a reservoir model;
• 2) characterize near-well capacity of a formation adjacent to the well using a near-well model of a simulated well accessing the reservoir, the near-well model considering effects on the formation over time and space due to at least one of particulate movement, filter-cake presence, and scale build-up, wherein the near-well capacity comprises a capacity of the formation adjacent to the well to flow fluids without one of triggering and initiating a negative production event;
• 3) characterize an effective production capacity based at least in part on the characterized reservoir potential as modified by the characterized near-well capacity;
• 4) determine an optimized well potential over space and time relative to the characterized effective production capacity using a well model of the simulated well accessing the reservoir;
• and 5) determine at least one component that can be incorporated into a well operating plan to provide the determined optimized well potential in the well.

A system for optimizing hydrocarbon well decision-making, the system comprising:

• a processor;
• a non-transitory storage medium;
• and
• a computer application accessible by the processor and stored on at least one of the non-transitory storage medium and the processor, the computer application constructed and arranged to:
• characterize reservoir potential of a reservoir over space and time using a reservoir model;
• characterize near-well capacity of a formation adjacent to a well using a near-well model of a simulated well accessing the reservoir, the near-well model considering effects on the formation over time and space due to at least one of particulate movement, filter-cake presence, and scale build-up, wherein the near-well capacity comprises a capacity of the formation adjacent to the well to flow fluids without one of triggering and initiating a negative production event;
• characterize an effective production capacity based at least in part on the characterized reservoir potential as modified by the characterized near-well capacity;
• determine an optimized well potential over space and time relative to the characterized effective production capacity using a well model of the simulated well accessing the reservoir;
• and
• determine at least one component that can be incorporated into a well operating plan to provide the determined optimized well potential in the well.