New State-of-the-Art Asset-Optimization Data Applications for Intelligent Completions in Digital Oilfields

摘要

Information provided using intelligent completions in digital oil fields is increasing in importance, as it has the capability of minimizing the needs for custom data-gathering solutions as well as simplifying industry-data interfacing standards for multiple devices and systems. For assets using intelligent completions, solutions offered are attained by a combination of subsurface and surface or subsea sensors provided by several vendors. Challenges arise when attempting to manage the interfaces required for providing real-time data from all points of interest (i.e., subsurface choke positions, flow, pressures and temperatures, wellhead positions, subsea facility readings, etc.). This paper describes the design and implementation of an integrated data-applications system that can integrate data from multiple workflow sources for the purpose of maximizing field performance. The asset optimization applications acquire operating parameters from all points of interest, making them available to software modules designed to estimate key well- performance indicators. The asset-optimization application discussed here is an integrated system that performs the following five services. A data-interfacing methodology acquires data from multiple sources or directly from down-hole devices. The integration service converts the subsurface and surface data to engineering units of measured well parameters. The well performance service uses well PVT and device-integration service values to execute complex calculations, like virtual flow metering, water-cut estimates, etc. The human/machine/interface service provides visualization, trending, and querying. The connectivity service facilitates structured data transfer to field historians. The paper will explain how the system works and its implementation into fields of different scales and types to reduce information technology (IT) customization, simplify interfacing of multiple devices or systems, and accommodate evolutions in IT. Additional system benefits that included more efficient management of real-time data security, quality, redundancy, and mirroring will also be provided.