Use Of Reservoir Simulation Models In The Development Planning Of The Statfjord Field

1978 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claude L. McMichael
Keyword(s):  
Reservoir Simulation ◽  
Simulation Models ◽  
Development Planning

scholarly journals Developing a workflow to represent fractured carbonate reservoirs for simulation models under uncertainties based on flow unit concept

2019 ◽  
Vol 74 ◽  
pp. 15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seyed Kourosh Mahjour ◽  
Manuel Gomes Correia ◽  
Antonio Alberto de Souza dos Santos ◽  
Denis José Schiozer
Keyword(s):  
Uncertainty Analysis ◽  
Reservoir Simulation ◽  
Reference Model ◽  
Simulation Models ◽  
Development Planning ◽  
Reservoir Rock ◽  
Geostatistical Modeling ◽  
Flow Units ◽  
Uncertainty Space ◽  
Fractured Carbonate

Description of fractured reservoir rock under uncertainties in a 3D model and integration with reservoir simulation is still a challenging topic. In particular, mapping the potential zones with a reservoir quality can be very useful for making decisions and support development planning. This mapping can be done through the concept of flow units. In this paper, an integrated approach including a Hierarchical Cluster Analysis (HCA), geostatistical modeling and uncertainty analysis is developed and applied to a fractured carbonate in order to integrate on numerical simulation. The workflow begins with different HCA methods, performed to well-logs in three wells, to identify flow units and rock types. Geostatistical techniques are then applied to extend the flow units, petrophysical properties and fractures into the inter-well area. Finally, uncertainty analysis is applied to combine different types of uncertainties for generating ensemble reservoir simulation models. The obtained clusters from different HCA methods are evaluated by the cophenetic coefficient, correlation coefficient, and variation coefficient, and the most appropriate clustering method is used to identify flow units for geostatistical modeling. We subsequently define uncertainties for static and dynamic properties such as permeability, porosity, net-to-gross, fracture, water-relative permeability, fluid properties, and rock compressibility. Discretized Latin Hypercube with Geostatistical (DLHG) method is applied to combine the defined uncertainties and create an ensemble of 200 simulation models which can span the uncertainty space. Eventually, a base production strategy is defined under operational conditions to check the consistency and reliability of the models created with UNISIM-II-R (reference model) as a real reservoir with known results. Results represent the compatibility of the methodology to characterize fractured reservoirs since those models are consistent with the reference model (used to generate the simulation models). The proposed workflow provides an efficient and useful means of supporting development planning under uncertainty.

Convolutional Neural Network Formulation to Compare 4-D Seismic and Reservoir Simulation Models

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Klaus Rollmann ◽  
Aurea Soriano-Vargas ◽  
Forlan Almeida ◽  
Alessandra Davolio ◽  
Denis Jose Schiozer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Neural Network ◽  
Convolutional Neural Network ◽  
Reservoir Simulation ◽  
Simulation Models

Hybrid Fluid Flow Simulation Combining Full Physics Simulation and Artificial Intelligence

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mokhles Mezghani ◽  
Mustafa AlIbrahim ◽  
Majdi Baddourah
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Reservoir Simulation ◽  
History Matching ◽  
Hybrid Approach ◽  
Flow Simulation ◽  
Latin Hypercube Sampling ◽  
Simulation Models ◽  
Fine Scale ◽  
Simulation Results ◽  
Optimization Loop

Abstract Reservoir simulation is a key tool for predicting the dynamic behavior of the reservoir and optimizing its development. Fine scale CPU demanding simulation grids are necessary to improve the accuracy of the simulation results. We propose a hybrid modeling approach to minimize the weight of the full physics model by dynamically building and updating an artificial intelligence (AI) based model. The AI model can be used to quickly mimic the full physics (FP) model. The methodology that we propose consists of starting with running the FP model, an associated AI model is systematically updated using the newly performed FP runs. Once the mismatch between the two models is below a predefined cutoff the FP model is switch off and only the AI model is used. The FP model is switched on at the end of the exercise either to confirm the AI model decision and stop the study or to reject this decision (high mismatch between FP and AI model) and upgrade the AI model. The proposed workflow was applied to a synthetic reservoir model, where the objective is to match the average reservoir pressure. For this study, to better account for reservoir heterogeneity, fine scale simulation grid (approximately 50 million cells) is necessary to improve the accuracy of the reservoir simulation results. Reservoir simulation using FP model and 1024 CPUs requires approximately 14 hours. During this history matching exercise, six parameters have been selected to be part of the optimization loop. Therefore, a Latin Hypercube Sampling (LHS) using seven FP runs is used to initiate the hybrid approach and build the first AI model. During history matching, only the AI model is used. At the convergence of the optimization loop, a final FP model run is performed either to confirm the convergence for the FP model or to re iterate the same approach starting from the LHS around the converged solution. The following AI model will be updated using all the FP simulations done in the study. This approach allows the achievement of the history matching with very acceptable quality match, however with much less computational resources and CPU time. CPU intensive, multimillion-cell simulation models are commonly utilized in reservoir development. Completing a reservoir study in acceptable timeframe is a real challenge for such a situation. The development of new concepts/techniques is a real need to successfully complete a reservoir study. The hybrid approach that we are proposing is showing very promising results to handle such a challenge.

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