Intelligent, real-time response to changes in oilfield equilibrium

US11725489B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Landmark Graphics Corporation · US

Inventors

• Joseph Blake Winston · Houston, US
• Brent Charles HOUCHENS · Houston, US
• Feifei Zhang · Beijing, CN
• Avinash Wesley · New Caney, US
• Andrew Shane Elsey · Spring, US
• Jonathan Nguyen · Somerville, US
• Keshava Prasad Rangarajan · Rua Engenheiro Marcondes Ferraz, US
• Olivier Roger Germain · Houston, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 27, 2017
• Grant date: Aug 15, 2023
• Expiry date: Jun 25, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC E): Fixed Constructions
• CPC primary: E21B2200/22
• WIPO field: Civil engineering
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are described for intelligent, real-time monitoring and managing of changes in oilfield equilibrium to optimize production of desired hydrocarbons and economic viability of the field. In some examples, a method can involve generating, based on a topology of a field of wells, a respective graph for the wells, each respective graph including computing devices coupled with one or more sensors and/or actuators. The method can involve collecting, via the computing devices, respective parameters associated with one or more computing devices, sensors, actuators, and/or models, and identifying a measured state associated with the computing devices, sensors, actuators, and/or models. Further, the method can involve automatically generating, based on the respective graph and respective parameters, a decision tree for the measured state, and determining, based on the decision tree, an automated adjustment for modifying production of hydrocarbons and/or an economic parameter of the hydrocarbon production.