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Technical Paper Reference Handbook Asset Optimization / Schlumberger Software Technical Paper Reference Handbook Asset Optimization / Schlumberger Software Papers from 2006-2012 © 2013 Schlumberger. All rights reserved. An asterisk is used throughout this presentation to denote a mark of Schlumberger. Other company, product, and service names are the properties of their respective owners. About this Document (version 1.1; 9th May 2013) The objective of this document is to capture and catalog industry technical papers that reflect good practice or the application of notable techniques where Schlumberger software was used. All papers referenced in this document have been published between 2006 and 2012, with a priority given to more recent papers (2010 onwards). Authors include Schlumberger employees and customers. 1 | P a g e Contents I. INTEGRATION, OPENNESS & STANDARDIZATION ........................................... 11 Production Performance Monitoring Workflow (SPE 103757)............................................................... 11 Optimizing the Production System Using Real-Time Measurements: A Piece of the Digital Oilfield Puzzle (SPE 110525) ................................................................................................................................ 12 Improved Production and Process Optimization Through People, Technology, and Process (SPE 110655) ................................................................................................................................................... 13 WITSML Changing the Face of Real-Time (SPE 112016) ......................................................................... 14 Measuring Development and Adoption of New Oilfield Systems Using Technologies with Real-Time Capability (SPE 112023) .......................................................................................................................... 15 From Data Monitoring to Performance Monitoring (SPE 112221) ......................................................... 16 Production Data Standards: The PRODML Business Case and Evolution (SPE 112259) ......................... 17 Enabling an Intelligent Energy Strategy Through Industrialization of IT (SPE 127754) .......................... 18 An Integrated Framework for SAGD Real-Time Optimization (SPE 128426) .......................................... 19 Streamlined Production Workflows and Integrated Data Management: A Leap Forward in Managing CSG Assets (SPE 133831) ......................................................................................................................... 20 Using RESQML for Shared Earth Model Data Exchanges between Commercial Modelling Applications and In-House Developments, Demonstrated on Actual Subsurface Data (SPE 143846)........................ 21 Integrating All Available Data To Improve Production in the Marcellus Shale (SPE 144321) ................ 22 Improved Performance in Real-Time Operational Support Processes via Application Process Workflow Optimization Techniques in Russia (SPE 149345) ................................................................................... 23 Enhancing Production, Reservoir Monitoring, and Joint Venture Development Decisions with a Production Data Center Solution (SPE 149641) ...................................................................................... 24 Integrating WITSML, PRODML, and RESQML Standards for Cross-Domain Workflows (SPE 150057) ... 25 Transforming IT To Sustain And Support Real-Time Operations Globally (SPE 150095) ........................ 26 Efficient Use Of High Frequency Data Through Production Data Management System Implementation (SPE 150214) ........................................................................................................................................... 27 A WITSML Enabled Workflow for Integrating Offset Well Drilling Risks and Events into Well Planning and Execution (SPE 150382) ................................................................................................................... 28 II. MODELING & OPTIMIZATION ........................................................................ 29 Optimization of Riser Design and Drill Centers With a Coupled Reservoir and Facility-Network Model for Deepwater Agbami (SPE 90976) ....................................................................................................... 29 2 | P a g e From Reservoir Through Process, From Today to Tomorrow—The Integrated Asset Model (SPE 99469) ................................................................................................................................................................ 30 Integrated Optimization of Field Development, Planning, and Operation (SPE 102557) ...................... 31 A New Approach to Gas Lift Optimization Using an Integrated Asset Model (IPTC 11594) ................... 32 A Fieldwide Integrated Production Model and Asset Management System for the Mumbai High Field (OTC 18678) ............................................................................................................................................ 33 Online Integrated Asset Models With Map-Based Visualization (SPE 106914) ...................................... 34 Integration of Production and Process Facility Models in a Single Simulation Tool (SPE 109260) ........ 35 Developing a Holistic Global Approach to Asset Management (SPE 109963) ........................................ 36 An Integrated, Innovative Solution To Optimize Hydrocarbon Production Through the Use of a Workflow Oriented Approach (SPE 118452) .......................................................................................... 37 Production Enhancement for Khafji Field Using Advanced Optimization Techniques (SPE 120664) ..... 38 Energy Balance in Steam Injection Projects Integrating Surface-Reservoir Systems (SPE 121489) ....... 39 Optimizing CO2 Injection and Storage: A New Approach Using Integrated Asset Modeling (SPE 121970) ................................................................................................................................................... 40 Coupling a Reservoir Simulator With a Network Model to Evaluate the Implementation of Smart Wells on the Moporo Field in Venezuela (SPE 122421) ................................................................................... 41 Implementation of Integrated Network Optimization Model for the Mumbai High Field—Crucial to Field-Wide Optimization (SPE 123799) ................................................................................................... 42 Optimization of Stimulation Treatments in Naturally Fractured Carbonate Formations Through Effective Diversion and Real-Time Analysis (SPE 126136) ...................................................................... 43 Investigation of Gas Well Liquid Loading With A Transient Multiphase Flow Model (SPE 128470) ...... 44 Gulf of Suez Continuous Gas Lift Real-Time Optimization Strategy (SPE 128533) ................................. 45 Comparisons of Various Algorithms for Gas-lift Optimization in a Coupled Surface Network and Reservoir Simulation (SPE 130912) ......................................................................................................... 46 Real Time Production Surveillance and Optimization Solution Implementation in an Offshore Brownfield in Malaysia (SPE 133515) ..................................................................................................... 47 Dynamic Well Clean-up Flow Simulation for Field Start-up Planning in the Pyrenees Development, Offshore Western Australia (SPE 133838) .............................................................................................. 48 Gas Lift Optimization Under Facilities Constraints (SPE 136977) ........................................................... 49 Gas Lift Optimization Under Facilities Constraints (SPE 142878) ........................................................... 50 Simulation of Two-Phase Flow in Carbon Dioxide Injection Wells (SPE 144847) ................................... 51 Gas Field Production System Optimization using Coupled Reservoir - Network Simulator and Optimization Framework (SPE 150770) .................................................................................................. 52 3 | P a g e Modelling System Failures of Electric Submersible Pumps in Sand Producing Wells (SPE 151011) ...... 53 Innovative Intelligent Technologies used for Production Optimization and Infrastructure Integrity Surveillance (SPE 150131) ....................................................................................................................... 54 A Field Wide Surface Network Modeling and De-bottlenecking of Production Network for Nine Fields of GNPOC (SPE 150555) .......................................................................................................................... 55 Semi-Analytical Production Simulation of Complex Hydraulic Fracture Network (SPE 157367) ........... 56 Delivering Optimal Brownfield Development Strategies: Use of Multi-Constrained Optimisation Combined with Fast Semi-Analytical and Numerical Simulators (SPE 163337)...................................... 57 III. FLOW ASSURANCE ....................................................................................... 58 SS FA- Deliquification of an Offshore Oil Well - An Innovative Approach to Overcome Paraffin Plugging (OTC 20900) ............................................................................................................................................ 58 The Importance
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