IP Library Granted Patent US 12,205,201
Granted Patent B2
US 12,205,201 · App. 17/370,278 · Granted Jan 21, 2025

Systems and methods for reservoir history matching quality assessment and visualization

Inventor: Babatope Kayode (Dhahran, SA)
Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
G06T11/206G01V20/00G06T7/001E21B41/00E21B2200/20G01V2210/624G01V2210/644G01V2210/663G06F2218/12G06T2207/30108
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Patent No.
US 12,205,201
App. No.
17/370,278
Granted
Jan 21, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Systems and methods are provided for determining and presenting field view history-matched well quality data. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving well data for a plurality of wells and performing a plurality of functional operations including a trend operation to determine well groups using pattern recognition of well time lapse pressure trends, the trend operation configured to identify at least one connected reservoir region (CRR), a geo-probe integration operation configured to integrate data for each CRR and evaluate a three-dimensional (3D) static model for wells; a history match advisor operation to generate a combined display of time dependent and depth dependent representation of the well data; a spatio-temporal operation configured to generate a space and time visualization of the well data; a front operation configured to track simulated injected fluid front; and an insight operation configured to report static changes between a well field model and history match model.

Claims (20)

1. A system for determining and presenting field view history-matched well quality data, the system comprising:

a plurality of wells in a well field;

a plurality of downhole sensors in the well field, the plurality of downhole sensors configured to generate well data including dynamic well data measurements for datum pressure, water-cut, gas to oil ratio (GOR), measurement of pressure with depth (MDT), well fractional water saturation variation with depth (PNL), well productivity variation and water production variation with depth (PLT), or combinations thereof;

at least one receiver configured to receive the well data for the plurality of wells in the well field; and

at least one history matching processor configured to

perform a plurality of functional operations using the well data and a model of the well field, and

output a history match advisor interface, the history match advisor interface including visualizations for each of the plurality of functional operations and a representation of a history match static model, wherein the plurality of functional operations include:

a trend operation configured to determine well groups using pattern recognition of well time lapse pressure trends based on the well data, wherein the trend operation is configured to identify at least one connected reservoir region (CRR);

a geo-probe integration operation configured to integrate data for each CRR and evaluate a three-dimensional (3D) static model for wells in of each CRR, wherein the geo-probe integration operation is configured to assess geo-model characterization of simulated well pressure;

a history match advisor operation configured to generate the history match static model including a combined display of time dependent and depth dependent representation of the well data;

a spatio-temporal operation configured to generate a space and time visualization of the well data as well as a history match quality visualization including a plurality of graphical elements within a well plot, each of the plurality of graphical elements corresponding to one of the plurality of wells in the well field and representing a history match quality for at least one of the dynamic well data measurements;

a front operation configured to track simulated injected fluid front using the well data; and

an insight operation configured to report static changes between the model of the well field and the history match static model.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the trend operation generates a time-lapse pressure plot display for the at least one CRR including seismic and geologic faults overlaid on a pressure group map display for all wells in the CRR.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the geo-probe integration operation is configured to output a visualization to compare simulated pressures for all wells within a CRR and provide a reference for observed pressure data.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the history match advisor operation is configured to display a plurality of history match parameters including match quality of simulated time-lapse datum pressure to observed datum pressure.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the front operation is configured to generate a spatial and time visualization of fluid front advance through well water-cut data.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the insight operation is configured to generate a visualization of well results including a graphical element representing permeability for each well.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one history matching processor is further configured to calibrate the model of the well field using at least one determination of the functional operations.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one history matching processor is further configured to calibrate the model of the well field using time dependent and depth dependent parameters simultaneously.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 8, 2021
From: KAYODE, BABATOPE
To: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
Reel/Frame 056791/0946 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 63054301 · Jul 21, 2020
Related Publication 20220027616A1 · Jan 27, 2022
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