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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2016
Ian Graham Brown, Houston, TX (US);
Eric Thiessen, Houston, TX (US);
Coen Smits, Houston, TX (US);
BAKER HUGHES, A GE COMPANY, LLC, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A method for ranking performance of each production well in a plurality of production wells includes sensing a production parameter value for each production well using a sensor and receiving the production parameter value for each production well using a processor. The method also includes performing two or more different calculations for each production well using the production parameter value, each calculation providing a calculated performance indicator, multiplying each calculated performance indicator by a weight factor to provide a weighted performance indicator; and summing each of the weighted performance indicators for each production well to provide a unit-less performance index value for each production well. The method further includes inputting into the processor a threshold value of the unit-less performance index and identifying any production well that has a corresponding unit-less performance index value that exceeds the unit-less performance index threshold value as an under-performing well.