Sequential Quadratic Programming (SQP) for solving constrained production optimization - Case study from Brugge field

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Reservoir Simulation Symposium 2011

Volumn 1, Issue , 2011, Pages 592-606

  Dehdari, Vahid ^a   Oliver, Dean S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b Uni Research   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE CONSTRAINTS; BFGS METHOD; BOTTOMHOLE; COMPLEX RESERVOIRS; COMPUTATION TIME; CONTROL SETTINGS; DOWNHOLE CHOKES; EFFICIENT STRATEGY; GAS INJECTION; GRADIENT APPROXIMATION; GRADIENT TIME; GRADIENT-BASED OPTIMIZATION; INEQUALITY CONSTRAINT; NET PRESENT VALUE; NON-NEGATIVITY; NUMERICAL CALCULATION; OBJECTIVE FUNCTIONS; OIL PRODUCTION; OPTIMAL CONTROLS; OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHMS; OPTIMIZATION METHOD; PRACTICAL PRODUCTION; PRODUCTION OPTIMIZATION; PRODUCTION RATES; RESERVOIR PROPERTY; SECONDARY PRODUCTION; SEQUENTIAL QUADRATIC PROGRAMMING; SMART WELLS; STANDARD PRACTICES; SWEEP EFFICIENCY; SYNTHETIC MODELS; TIME STEP; TIME-PERIODS; UNDER WATER; WATER INJECTORS; WATER PRODUCTION;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY; CONSTRAINED OPTIMIZATION; EFFICIENCY; ESTIMATION; JET PUMPS; LIQUIDS; OPEN CHANNEL FLOW; PETROLEUM ENGINEERING; PRODUCTION; QUADRATIC PROGRAMMING; RESERVOIR MANAGEMENT; THREE DIMENSIONAL; WATER INJECTION; WELLS;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION;

EID: 79957917109     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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