Optimization of lift gas allocation in a gas lifted oil field as non-linear optimization problem

Modeling, Identification and Control

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 13-25

  Sharma, Roshan ^a   Fjalestad, Kjetil ^b   Glemmestad, Bjørn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH EASTERN NORWAY   (Norway)

^b STATOIL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cascade control structure; Gas lifted oil well; Hill climbing; Non linear programming; Optimization; Self optimization

Indexed keywords

CASCADE CONTROL STRATEGY; CASCADE CONTROL STRUCTURE; COMMON SOURCE; DECISION VARIABLES; GAS ALLOCATIONS; GAS OPTIMIZATION; HILL CLIMBING; HILL-CLIMBING METHODS; INPUT DISTURBANCE; NON-LINEAR OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS; NONLINEAR OBJECTIVE FUNCTIONS; OIL PRODUCTION; OPTIMAL DISTRIBUTIONS; OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS; OPTIMIZERS; SELF-OPTIMIZATION; SELF-OPTIMIZING CONTROL; SETPOINTS; STEADY STATE; TIME OPTIMIZATION;

CASCADE CONTROL SYSTEMS; GASES; MATLAB; OIL FIELDS; OIL WELLS;

OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 84860648558     PISSN: 03327353     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4173/mic.2012.1.2     Document Type: Article

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