Real time monitoring and control of thermal recovery operations for heavy oil reservoirs
IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
G06G-007/48
출원번호
UP-0332576
(2006-01-13)
등록번호
US-7809538
(2010-10-26)
발명자
/ 주소
Thomas, Jacob
출원인 / 주소
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
대리인 / 주소
Griswold, Joshua A.
인용정보
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25인용 특허 :
517
초록▼
Systems and techniques, including computer programs, for monitoring and controlling thermal recovery involve generating input parameters for use in real time monitoring and controlling of a thermal recovery operation for a reservoir. The input parameters to a thermal generator are generated using a
Systems and techniques, including computer programs, for monitoring and controlling thermal recovery involve generating input parameters for use in real time monitoring and controlling of a thermal recovery operation for a reservoir. The input parameters to a thermal generator are generated using a reservoir simulator and an economic model, and the input parameters have a corresponding predicted output of the thermal recovery operation. Data indicative of actual output from the reservoir is received, and the reservoir simulator is automatically updated based on a comparison of the data indicative of the actual output with the predicted output.
대표청구항▼
What is claimed is: 1. A method for controlling thermal recovery, the method comprising: generating, by a computer, input parameters for use in controlling a thermal recovery operation for a reservoir, the input parameters generated using a reservoir simulator and the input parameters having a corr
What is claimed is: 1. A method for controlling thermal recovery, the method comprising: generating, by a computer, input parameters for use in controlling a thermal recovery operation for a reservoir, the input parameters generated using a reservoir simulator and the input parameters having a corresponding predicted output of the thermal recovery operation; continually receiving data indicative of actual output from the reservoir; automatically comparing the received data indicative of actual output with the predicted output; and automatically updating the reservoir simulator based on the comparison of the data indicative of the actual output with the predicted output. 2. The method of claim 1 wherein automatically updating the reservoir simulator based on the comparison comprises automatically updating the reservoir simulator in response to a detected change in at least one of the data indicative of the actual output, economic parameters, or reservoir conditions, the change exceeding a corresponding predetermined threshold. 3. The method of claim 1 wherein the reservoir simulator comprises a reservoir model defining a plurality of reservoir parameters. 4. The method of claim 1 wherein the thermal recovery operation comprises using a thermal generator operable to introduce steam into the reservoir. 5. The method of claim 1 wherein the input parameters comprise amounts of at least two substances selected from the group consisting of air, water, and fuel. 6. The method of claim 1 wherein the output of the thermal recovery operation comprises amounts of at least two substances selected from the group consisting of water, oil, and flue gas. 7. The method of claim 1 wherein comparing the received data indicative of actual output from the reservoir with the predicted output comprises comparing the received data indicative of actual output from the reservoir with the predicted output in real-time. 8. The method of claim 1 wherein generating input parameters includes performing an automated economic analysis involving the input parameters and the corresponding predicted output. 9. The method of claim 8 wherein the automated economic analysis comprises tuning the input parameters to improve a predicted economic output. 10. The method of claim 1 wherein the thermal recovery operation comprises using a downhole thermal generator. 11. The method of claim 1 wherein the thermal recovery operation comprises using a surface thermal generator. 12. The method of claim 1 wherein automatically updating the reservoir simulator comprises tuning the reservoir simulator based on at least two of historical input parameters, corresponding historical data indicative of actual output, or predicted output corresponding to the historical input parameters. 13. The method of claim 12 wherein tuning the reservoir simulator comprises adjusting at least one reservoir parameter to improve matching between an actual output from the reservoir and a predicted output from the reservoir. 14. A system comprising: a thermal generator; a reservoir simulator operable to model thermal operations in a subsurface reservoir, the thermal operations performed using the thermal generator; a data collection subsystem operable to collect data indicative of output levels predicted using the reservoir simulator, the predicted output levels corresponding to selected input parameters for the thermal generator, and data indicative of actual output levels, the data indicative of actual output levels continually collected, wherein the reservoir simulator is automatically tuned based on an automatic comparison between the collected data indicative of predicted output levels and the collected data indicative of actual output levels. 15. The system of claim 14 wherein the input parameters for the thermal generator are selected, at least in part, by the reservoir simulator. 16. The system of claim 14 wherein the reservoir simulator is automatically tuned in response to at least one of a detected change in conditions or a detected difference between the predicted output levels and the actual output levels. 17. The system of claim 14 wherein the predicted output levels and the actual output levels comprise amounts of fluids recovered from the reservoir. 18. The system of claim 14 wherein the reservoir comprises a heavy oil reservoir. 19. The system of claim 14 wherein the thermal generator comprises a steam generator and the selected input parameters comprise control parameters for the steam generator. 20. The system of claim 19 wherein the steam generator comprises a surface steam generator. 21. The system of claim 19 wherein the steam generator comprises a downhole steam generator. 22. The system of claim 14 further comprising an economic model operable to model economic results corresponding to at least one set of input parameters, the selected input parameters determined, at least in part, using the economic model. 23. The system of claim 14 further comprising sensors operable to detect at least one of input levels for the thermal generator, output levels from the thermal generator, or output levels from the reservoir. 24. An article comprising a computer-executable program tangibly embodied on a computer-readable storage medium, the program comprising instructions for causing data processing apparatus to perform operations comprising: calculating a predicted output level for a thermal recovery operation in a reservoir using a set of reservoir modeling parameters; identifying a set of input parameters corresponding to the predicted output level; performing continual monitoring of a difference between an actual output level for the reservoir and the predicted output level; and automatically updating the set of reservoir modeling parameters based on the monitored difference. 25. The article of claim 24 wherein automatically updating the set of reservoir modeling parameters is further based on detected input levels for a downhole steam generator used in the thermal recovery operation. 26. The article of claim 24 wherein the instructions further cause data processing apparatus to perform operations comprising: calculating an economic result associated with at least one set of input parameters; and tuning the set of input parameters and the corresponding predicted output level based on the calculated economic result. 27. The article of claim 24 wherein automatically updating the set of reservoir modeling parameters based on the monitored difference is performed in response to identifying a difference in excess of a threshold level between the predicted output level and the actual output level. 28. The article of claim 24 wherein the predicted output level comprises at least one of a rate or a composition of fluids recovered from the reservoir. 29. A system comprising: means for generating input parameters for use in controlling a thermal recovery operation for a reservoir, the input parameters generated using a means for simulating the reservoir and the input parameters having a corresponding predicted output of the thermal recovery operation; means for substantially continuously receiving data indicative of actual output from the reservoir; means for automatically comparing the received data indicative of actual output from the reservoir and the predicted output; and means for automatically updating the means for simulating the reservoir based on the comparison of the data indicative of the actual output with the predicted output. 30. The system of claim 29 wherein the means for generating input parameters includes means for performing an automated economic analysis involving the input parameters and the corresponding predicted output. 31. The system of claim 29 wherein the means for automatically updating tunes the means for simulating the reservoir based on at least two of historical input parameters, corresponding historical data indicative of actual output, or predicted output corresponding to the historical input parameters, wherein at least one of the historical input parameters or the historical data indicative of actual output are collected in real time. 32. The method of claim 1, further comprising: performing a first thermal recovery operation; determining that the comparison does not exceed a predetermined threshold difference; and performing a second thermal recovery operation based on the reservoir simulator without updating the reservoir simulator based on the comparison of the data indicative of the actual output with the predicted output.
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Schuring John R. (Blairstown NJ) Kosson David S. (Neshanic Station NJ) Fitzgerald Conan D. (Maplewood NJ) Venkatraman Sankar (Piscataway NJ), Pneumatic fracturing and multicomponent injection enhancement of in situ bioremediation.
Butler Roger M. (7 Bayview Drive S.W. Calgary ; Alberta CAX T2V 3N7 ), Process and apparatus for the recovery of hydrocarbons from a reservoir of hydrocarbons.
Burrill ; Jr. Charles E. (Billerica MA) Smirlock Martin E. (Brimfield MA) Krepchin Ira P. (Newton Upper Falls MA), Process and apparatus for thermal enhancement.
Lee Robert (Montreal CAX) Hornsey Derek (Beaconsfield CAX) Garrido Guillermo (St. Bruno CAX) Diguez JosM. (St. Bruno de Montarville CAX), Process and device for oil recovery using steam and oxygen-containing gas.
Combe Jean (Bougival FRX) Renard Gerard (Rueil-Malmaison FRX) Valentin Emmanuel (Le Vesinet FRX), Process for assisted recovery of heavy hydrocarbons from an underground formation using drilled wells having an essentia.
Gregoli A. A. (Tulsa OK) Oko Uriel M. (Tulsa OK) Leder Frederic (Tulsa OK), Process for converting heavy crudes, tars, and bitumens to lighter products in the presence of brine at supercritical co.
Megyeri Mihly (Nagykanizsa HUX) Koncz Istvn (Nagykanizsa HUX) Tiszai Gyrgy (Nagykanizsa HUX) Pal Tibor (Nagykanizsa HUX) Szittr Antal (Gellnhza HUX), Process for increasing the yield of oil reservoirs.
Gregoli Armand A. (Tulsa OK) Olah Andrew M. (Spencer OH) Hamshar John A. (Owasso OK) Rimmer Daniel P. (Broken Arrow OK) Yildirim Erdal (Calgary CAX), Process for producing bitumen.
Shu Paul (Princeton Junction NJ) Shu Winston R. (Dallas TX), Process for selective placement of polymer gels for profile control in thermal oil recovery.
Ellingsen Olav (Floro NOX) Carvalho de Holleben Carlos Roberto (Rio de Janeiro BRX) de Castro Goncalves Carlos Alberto (Rio de Janeiro BRX) Bonet Euclides J. (Rio de Janeiro BRX) Villani de Andrade P, Process to increase petroleum recovery from petroleum reservoirs.
Huang Wann-Sheng (Houston TX) Hight Margaret A. (Houston TX), Producing hydrocarbons through successively perforated intervals of a horizontal well between two vertical wells.
Stoddard Xerxes T. (4617 W. 27th Ave. Denver CO 80212) Vaseen Vesper A. (9840 W. 35th Ave. Wheat Ridge CO 80033) Terry Ruel C. (3090 S. High St. Denver CO 80210), Production and wet oxidation of heavy crude oil for generation of power.
Vinegar, Harold J.; Wellington, Scott Lee; de Rouffignac, Eric Pierre; Karanikas, John Michael; Berchenko, Ilya Emil; Stegemeier, George Leo; Maher, Kevin Albert; Fowler, Thomas David; Ryan, Robert C, Production of synthesis gas from a hydrocarbon containing formation.
Price Ernest H. (1266 Pepper Dr. El Centro CA 92243), Pulsed in situ exothermic shock wave and retorting process for hydrocarbon recovery and detoxification of selected waste.
Supernaw Irwin R. (P.O. Box 430 Bellaire TX 77402-0430) Savage Kerry D. (9130 Olathe Houston TX 77055), RF in situ heating of heavy oil in combination with steam flooding.
Mims Donald S. (Houston TX) Huang Wann-Sheng (Houston TX) Haynes Stewart (Houston TX), Recovering hydrocarbons with a triangular horizontal well pattern.
Anderson Donald J. (Newport Beach CA) Kirkvold Charles F. (Calgary CA) Pisio Peter (Calgary CA) Lishman John R. (Calgary CA), Recovering viscous petroleum from thick tar sand.
McKay Alexander S. (Las Vegas NV) Nasr Tawfik N. (Edmonton CAX), Recovery of bitumen or heavy oil in situ by injection of hot water of low quality steam plus caustic and carbon dioxide.
Fisher Sidney T. (53 Morrison Ave. Montreal ; Quebec CA) Fisher Charles B. (2850 Hill Park Road Montreal ; Quebec CA), Recovery of hydrocarbons from partially exhausted oil wells by mechanical wave heating.
Nielson Jay P. (3490 Monte Verde Dr. Salt Lake City UT 84109), Recovery of oil from oil-bearing formation by continually flowing pressurized heated gas through channel alongside matri.
Terry Ruel C. (3090 S. High St. Denver CO 80210) Stoddard Xerxes T. (4617 W. 27th Ave. Denver CO 80212), Recovery of petroleum from tar and heavy oil sands.
Cram Phillip J. (Calgary CAX) Pachovsky Roman A. (Calgary CAX), Recovery of petroleum from viscous petroleum-containing formations including tar sands.
Slater Frank W. (P.O. Box 186 Durant OK 74701) Fuqua Dale (P.O. Box 247 ; Star Route Durant OK 74701), Secondary recovery method and system for oil wells using solar energy.
Nzekwu Ben I. (Calgary CAX) Sametz Peter D. (Calgary CAX) Pelensky Peter J. (Calgary CAX), Single horizontal wellbore gravity drainage assisted steam flooding process.
Sanchez J. Michael (Carrollton TX), Single horizontal wellbore process/apparatus for the in-situ extraction of viscous oil by gravity action using steam plu.
Duerksen John H. (Fullerton CA) Anderson Donald J. (Costa Mesa CA) McCallum Doug J. (Calgary CAX) Petrick Mark (Calgary CAX), Single well injection and production system.
Wellington, Scott Lee; Vinegar, Harold J.; de Rouffignac, Eric Pierre; Berchenko, Ilya Emil; Stegemeier, George Leo; Zhang, Etuan; Shahin, Jr., Gordon Thomas; Fowler, Thomas David; Ryan, Robert Charl, Situ thermal processing of a hydrocarbon containing formation to control product composition.
Bacon Russell McNeill,CAX ; Scott George Robert,CAX ; Youck Daryl Gordon,CAX ; Chan Kai Sun,CAX, Steam distribution and production of hydrocarbons in a horizontal well.
Hopkins Daniel N. (Dallas TX) Snavely Earl S. (Arlington TX), Steam drive oil recovery method utilizing a downhole steam generator and anti clay-swelling agent.
Eisenhawer Stephen (Albuquerque NM) Mulac Anthony J. (Bernalillo County NM) Donaldson A. Burl (Albuquerque NM) Fox Ronald L. (Albuquerque NM), Steam generator having a high pressure combustor with controlled thermal and mechanical stresses and utilizing pyrophori.
Duerksen, John H.; Wall, Robert G.; Knight, Jack D., Steam injection including alpha-olephin sulfonate dimer surfactant additives and a process of stimulating hydrocarbon recovery from a subterranean formation.
Rhoades Craig A. (9025 Wilshire Blvd. ; No. 215 Beverly Hills CA 90211) Meeks Thomas (3656 Virginia Ave. Lynwood CA 90262), Steam injection method and apparatus for recovery of oil.
Hopkins Daniel N. (Dallas TX) Snavely Earl S. (Arlington TX), Stem drive oil recovery method utilizing a downhole steam generator and anti clay-swelling agent.
Brown Richard A. (Ewing NJ) Caropreso Frank E. (Skillman NJ) Lymburner Charles J. (Vancouver WA) Norris Robert D. (Cranbury NJ), Stimulation of hydrocarbon flow from a geological formation.
Calcote Hartwell F. ; Berman Charles H., Submerged combustion process and apparatus for removing volatile contaminants from groundwater or subsurface soil.
Closmann Philip J. (Houston TX) Drinkard Gary (Houston TX) Street Evan H. (Houston TX) Templeton Charles C. (Houston TX) Tham Min Jack (Houston TX), Subterranean oil shale pyrolysis with permeating and consolidating steps.
Jacob Thomas ; Craig William Godfrey ; William Launey Vidrine ; Jerry Wayne Wauters ; Douglas Donald Seiler, System and method for real time reservoir management.
Thomas Jacob ; Godfrey Craig ; Vidrine William Launey ; Wauters Jerry Wayne ; Seiler Douglas Donald, System and method for real time reservoir management.
Thomas, Jacob; Godfrey, Craig William; Vidrine, William Launey; Wauters, Jerry Wayne; Seiler, Douglas Donald, System and method for real time reservoir management.
Thomas,Jacob; Godfrey,Craig William; Vidrine,William Launey; Wauters,Jerry Wayne; Seiler,Douglas Donald, System and method for real time reservoir management.
Acheson Willard P. (Pittsburgh PA) Morris Richard A. (Missouri City TX) Viswanathan Thiagarajan (Allison Park PA), System for combustion of gases of low heating value.
Boyer Lyndon D. (Ponca City OK) Anderson Ardis L. (Ponca City OK) Britton Michael W. (Corpus Christi TX), Thermal oil recovery with solvent recirculation.
Stoddard Xerxes T. (4617 W. 27th Ave. Denver CO 80212) Terry Ruel C. (3090 S. High St. Denver CO 80210), Thermal recovery of hydrocarbons by washing an underground sand.
Suarez Simon (Los Teques VEX) Rios Carlos (Caracas VEX) Layrisse Ignacio (Caracas VEX) Tovar Jose Gregorio (Los Teques VEX), Thixotropic fluid for well insulation.
Hyne James B. (Calgary CAX) Tyrer J. David (Oakville CAX), Use of hydrogen-free carbon monoxide with steam in recovery of heavy oil at low temperatures.
Sustek ; Jr. Alvin J. (Houston TX) Hall Wilbur L. (Bellaire TX) Teasdale Thomas S. (Houston TX) Wiechel John F. (Columbus OH), Varying temperature oil recovery method.
Williams Richard A. ; Hess Ronald E. ; Salotti Michael T. ; Thomasser John F. ; Huber Scott M. ; Duffney Eliott N. ; Mancini Alfonso R., Vertical isolation system for two-phase vacuum extraction of soil and groundwater contaminants.
Toma Petre (Edmonton CAX) Redford David A. (Edmonton CAX) Livesey Declan B. (Calgary CAX) Coates Roy M. (Ardrossan CAX), Well with sand control and stimulant deflector.
Pottorf, Robert J.; Srnka, Leonard J.; Bond, William; Dreyfus, Sebastien L.; Lawson, Michael; Meurer, William P.; Cherney, Daniel P.; May, Steven R.; Powell, William G.; Vandewater, Christoper J.; Ertas, Mehmet D.; Raman, Sumathy; Regberg, Aaron B.; N'Guessan, A. Lucie; Robinson, Amelia C.; Rudolph, Kurt W., Exploration method and system for detection of hydrocarbons.
Pottorf, Robert J.; Srnka, Leonard J.; Bond, William; Dreyfus, Sebastien L.; Lawson, Michael; Meurer, William P.; Cherney, Daniel P.; May, Steven R.; Powell, William G.; Vandewater, Christopher J.; Ertas, Mehmet D.; Rudolph, Kurt W.; Raman, Sumathy; Regberg, Aaron B.; N'Guessan, A. Lucie; Robinson, Amelia C., Exploration method and system for detection of hydrocarbons with an underwater vehicle.
Busby, Daniel; Feraille, Mathieu; Romary, Thomas; Touzani, Samir, Method for evaluating an underground reservoir production scheme taking account of uncertainties.
Usadi, Adam; Li, Dachang; Parashkevov, Rossen; Terekhov, Sergey A.; Wu, Xiaohui; Yang, Yahan, Methods and systems for machine-learning based simulation of flow.
Usadi, Adam; Li, Dachang; Parashkevov, Rossen; Terekhov, Sergey A.; Wu, Xiaohui; Yang, Yahan, Methods and systems for machine—learning based simulation of flow.
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