Open AccessA novel optimization method considering fluid production rate and division time for 2D reservoir
Author(s) -
Yinfei Ma,
Aibin Shi,
Xiaohong Wang,
Bee Sian Tan,
Hanbing Sun
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
iop conference series. earth and environmental science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.179
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1755-1307
pISSN - 1755-1315
DOI - 10.1088/1755-1315/384/1/012063
Subject(s) - production (economics) , petroleum engineering , water cut , water flooding , division (mathematics) , oil production , environmental science , process (computing) , production rate , computer science , process engineering , engineering , mathematics , economics , arithmetic , macroeconomics , operating system
The adjustment and control of the fluid production rates is one of the primary methods to increase the cumulative oil production for water flooding reservoir. In this article, the oil production optimization problem of two-dimensional water-flooding reservoir under the condition of fixed total fluid production rate is studied. The production process is divided into several segments. The relevance between the division time and the fluid production rate is considered. A novel optimization method considering both segmented time and fluid production rate is proposed. The stimulating effect on oil production of this method is tested by a realistic 2 dimensional oil reservoir in China. Compared with other conventional strategies and optimization schemes, this optimization method gains higher cumulative oil production, with the better water sweeping efficiency. For engineering practice, the proposed method may bring more economic benefits.