Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Simulating fluid production using a reservoir model and a tubing model
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Application No.: US16753146Application Date: 2017-11-13
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Publication No.: US11492875B2Publication Date: 2022-11-08
- Inventor: Mahdi Parak , Joseph Chukwuma Nwachukwu
- Applicant: LANDMARK GRAPHICS CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: LANDMARK GRAPHICS CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: LANDMARK GRAPHICS CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Agency: Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
- International Application: PCT/US2017/061335 WO 20171113
- International Announcement: WO2019/094050 WO 20190516
- Main IPC: E21B43/00
- IPC: E21B43/00 ; G06F30/28 ; E21B49/00 ; G06F113/08 ; G06F111/10 ; E21B41/00

Abstract:
Fluid production can be simulated using a reservoir model and a tubing model. For example, pressure data and saturation data can be received from a reservoir model simulating a hydrocarbon reservoir in a subterranean formation. A tubing model can be generated by performing nodal analysis using the pressure data and the saturation data. A well-test result can be received that indicates an amount of fluid produced by the wellbore at a particular time. A tuned tubing model can be generated by adjusting the tubing model such that a tubing-model estimate of the amount of fluid produced by the wellbore at the particular time matches the well-test result. An estimated amount of fluid produced by the wellbore can then be determined using the tuned tubing model. The estimated amount of fluid produced by the wellbore may be used for production allocation or controlling a well tool.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200256164A1 SIMULATING FLUID PRODUCTION USING A RESERVOIR MODEL AND A TUBING MODEL Public/Granted day:2020-08-13
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