Data-Driven Proxy Models for Improving Advanced Well Completion Design under Uncertainty

Ali Moradi, Javad Tavakolifaradonbe and Britt M. E. Moldestad ()
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Ali Moradi: Department of Process, Energy and Environmental Technology, University of South-Eastern Norway, 3918 Porsgrunn, Norway
Javad Tavakolifaradonbe: Department of Process, Energy and Environmental Technology, University of South-Eastern Norway, 3918 Porsgrunn, Norway
Britt M. E. Moldestad: Department of Process, Energy and Environmental Technology, University of South-Eastern Norway, 3918 Porsgrunn, Norway

Energies, 2022, vol. 15, issue 20, 1-15

Abstract: In order to improve the design of advanced wells, the performance of such wells needs to be carefully assessed by taking the reservoir uncertainties into account. This research aimed to develop data-driven proxy models for the simulation and assessment of oil recovery through advanced wells under uncertainty. An artificial neural network (ANN) was employed to create accurate and computationally efficient proxy models as an alternative to physics-based integrated well–reservoir models created by the Eclipse ® reservoir simulator. The simulation speed and accuracy of the data-driven proxy models compared to physic-driven models were then evaluated. The evaluation showed that while the developed proxy models are 350 times faster, they can predict the production of oil and unwanted fluids through advanced wells with a mean error of less than 1% and 4%, respectively. As a result, the data-driven proxy models can be considered an efficient tool for uncertainty analysis where several simulations need to be performed to cover all possible scenarios. In this study, the developed proxy models were applied for uncertainty quantification of oil recovery from advanced wells completed with different types of downhole flow control devices (FCDs). According to the obtained results, compared to other types of well completion design, advanced wells completed with autonomous inflow control valve (AICV) technology have the best performance in limiting the production of unwanted fluids and are able to reduce the associated risk by 91%.

Keywords: ANN; proxy models; advanced wells; FCD; AICV (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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