Schlumberger Technology Corporation

Westerngeco L.l.p.

Gregory P Grove

Raj Banerjee

Jeffrey Spath

R K Michael Thambynayagam

Ji Dong Li

Cengiz Esmersoy

Roger Griffiths

Andrew John Carnegie

Joseph Ayoub

Maurice Nessim

Peter Gerhard Tilke

Jeff Spath

Sudhendu Kashikar

Luca Ortenzi

Nader Dutta

Colin Atkinson

Annabelle Kania

Wentao Zhou

Yinli Wang

Michael K M Thambynayagam

Amina Boughrara

Christopher Hopkins

Eduardo Proano

Peng Fang

Nelson Bolanos

A method, apparatus and program product utilize an analytical reservoir simulator to perform inflow simulation for a node during nodal analysis in a multi-well petroleum production system. By doing so, time-lapse nodal analysis may be performed of a transient production system in a multi-well context, often taking into account production history and the transient behavior of a reservoir system. Moreover, in some instances, an interference effect from different wells in a multi-well production system may be considered, and in some instances nodal analysis may be performed simultaneously for multiple wells. Multi-layer nodal analysis may also be performed in some instances to account for the pressure loss in a wellbore between multiple layers.

Multi-well time-lapse nodal analysis of transient production systems

A system and method for controlling an advancing water front in a reservoir toward a wellbore is provided. The system has a production control unit. The production control unit has a reservoir unit for producing a reservoir model and a production path unit for producing a production path model that determines at least one pressure parameter about the wellbore during a life of the wellbore. The production control unit has a production optimizer unit for producing a well plan that optimizes a function of the wellsite. The production control unit may be for controlling an advancing fluid front in the reservoir with at least one control device, and wherein a production path is constructed based on the well plan.

System and method for controlling an advancing fluid front of a reservoir

A system and method for performing an adaptive drilling operation is provided. The method involves obtaining data prior to drilling, constructing a base model with a base model unit from data obtained prior to drilling, constructing an overburden posterior model with an overburden model unit using the base model and data obtained from overburden drilling, constructing a reservoir posterior model with a reservoir model unit using the overburden posterior model and the data obtained from reservoir drilling and updating drilling operation based on the models.

System and method for performing an adaptive drilling operation

A method is disclosed for modeling a first reservoir while drilling a wellbore into a corresponding second reservoir, the first reservoir having a plurality of stations, comprising: determining a plurality of values of net present value corresponding, respectively, to the plurality of stations of the first reservoir; and drilling the wellbore into the corresponding second reservoir in accordance with the plurality of values of net present value.

Method for determining a set of net present values to influence the drilling of a wellbore and increase production

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Gregory P Grove