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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2019

Filed:

Sep. 26, 2016
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Andrew R. Conn, Mount Vernon, NY (US);

Lior Horesh, North Salem, NY (US);

Matthias Kormaksson, Rio de Janeiro, BR;

Moshood O. Saliu, Calgary, CA;

Theodore G. van Kessel, Millbrook, NY (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/24 (2006.01); E21B 41/00 (2006.01); G05B 13/04 (2006.01); G06F 17/11 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/2406 (2013.01); E21B 41/0092 (2013.01); G05B 13/048 (2013.01); G06F 17/11 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for increasing efficiency in emulsion production for a steam-assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) oil well system includes generating a multiple time step model of the SAGD oil well system and training the multiple time step model of the SAGD oil well system utilizing historical time series data relating to one or more SAGD oil wells at one or more SAGD production sites of the SAGD oil well system. The historical time series data is obtained from a plurality of sensors in the SAGD oil well system. The method also includes utilizing the multiple time step model to determine, based on a set of objectives and subject to one or more constraints, two or more sets of values for control parameters associated with one or more of the SAGD production sites of the SAGD oil well system for respective ones of two or more time steps. The method further includes adjusting, in each of the two or more time steps, a set of controls of the SAGD oil well system based on the determined values of the control parameters for the corresponding time step.


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