Saudi Arabian Oil Company

Mohammed N Mannai

Muhammad Imran Javed

Ayedh M Shehri

A method for operating water wells at optimum rates involves obtaining, for each of a multitude of wells, a target rate of fluid flow, obtaining, for each target rate of fluid flow, a corresponding target differential pressure using orifice performance curves stored in a database associated with the multitude of wells, and monitoring each of the multitude of wells for noncompliance. Noncompliance is determined based on a rate deviation of an actual rate of fluid flow from the target rate of fluid flow exceeding a predetermined threshold. The rate deviation is determined based on a differential pressure deviation of a measured differential pressure corresponding to the actual rate of fluid flow from the target differential pressure corresponding to the target rate of fluid flow. The method further involves bringing a non-compliant well of the multitude of wells into compliance.

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Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

Mohammed N Mannai