Wells-to-tankers: Dynamic oil and gas production optimization via explicit reservoir CFD simulation

Dimitrios I. Gerogiorgis*, Michael C. Georgiadis, Efstratios N. Pistikopoulos

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Abstract / Description of output

Dynamic oil and gas production systems simulation and optimization is a research trend with a potential to meet the challenges faced by the international oil and gas industry, as has been already demonstrated in a wide variety of publications in the open literature. The complex two-phase flow in reservoirs and production wells governs fuel transport, but is mostly handled by algebraic approximations in modern optimization applications; the true reservoir state variable profiles (initial/boundary conditions) are not known. Integrated modeling and optimization of oil and gas production systems treats oil reservoirs, wells and surface facilities as a single (yet multiscale) system, focusing on computing accurate reservoir and well state variable profiles, useful for optimization. This paper discusses a strategy for interfacing reservoir simulation (ECLIPSE®) with equation-oriented process optimization (gPROMS®) and presents a relevant application.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationCHISA 2006 - 17th International Congress of Chemical and Process Engineering
Publication statusPublished - 2006
EventCHISA 2006 - 17th International Congress of Chemical and Process Engineering - Prague, Czech Republic
Duration: 27 Aug 200631 Aug 2006

Publication series

NameCHISA 2006 - 17th International Congress of Chemical and Process Engineering

Conference

ConferenceCHISA 2006 - 17th International Congress of Chemical and Process Engineering
Country/TerritoryCzech Republic
CityPrague
Period27/08/0631/08/06

Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)

  • Modeling
  • Multiphase flow simulation
  • Oil and gas production
  • Optimization

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