Guided Deep Learning Manifold Linearization of Porous Media Flow Equations

Author:

Dall’Aqua Marcelo J.1ORCID,Coutinho Emilio J. R.2ORCID,Gildin Eduardo3ORCID,Guo Zhenyu4ORCID,Zalavadia Hardik4ORCID,Sankaran Sathish4ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Texas A&M University / Currently with ExxonMobil Technology and Engineering Company (Corresponding author)

2. Texas A&M University / Currently at Petrobras

3. Texas A&M University

4. Xecta Digital Labs

Abstract

Summary Integrated reservoir studies for performance prediction and decision-making processes are computationally expensive. In this paper, we develop a novel linearization approach to reduce the computational burden of intensive reservoir simulation execution. We achieve this by introducing two novel components: (1) augmention of the state-space to yield a bilinear system and (2) an autoencoder based on a deep neural network to linearize physics reservoir equations in a reduced manifold using a Koopman operator. Recognizing that reservoir simulators execute expensive Newton-Raphson iterations after each timestep to solve the nonlinearities of the physical model, we propose “lifting” the physics to a more amenable manifold where the model behaves close to a linear system, similar to the Koopman theory, thus avoiding the iteration step. We use autoencoder deep neural networks with specific loss functions and structure to transform the nonlinear equation and frame it as a bilinear system with constant matrices over time. In such a way, it forces the states (pressures and saturations) to evolve in time by simple matrix multiplications in the lifted manifold. We also adopt a “guided” training approach, which is performed in three steps: (1) We initially train the autoencoder, (2) then we use a “conventional” model order reduction (MOR) as an initializer for the final (3) full training, when we use reservoir knowledge to improve and to lead the results to physically meaningful output. Many simulation studies exhibit extremely nonlinear and multiscale behavior, which can be difficult to model and control. Koopman operators can be shown to represent any dynamical system through linear dynamics. We applied this new framework to a 2D two-phase (oil and water) reservoir subject to a waterflooding plan with three wells (one injector and two producers) with speedups around 100 times faster and accuracy in the order of 1% to 3% on the pressure and saturation predictions. It is worthwhile noting that this method is a nonintrusive data-driven method because it does not need access to the reservoir simulation internal structure; thus, it is easily applied to commercial reservoir simulators and is also extendable to other studies. In addition, an extra benefit of this framework is to enable the plethora of well-developed tools for MOR of linear systems. To the authors’ knowledge, this is the first work that uses the Koopman operator for linearizing the system with controls. As with any MOR method, this can be directly applied to a well-control optimization problem and well-placement studies with low computational cost in the prediction step and good accuracy.

Publisher

Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE)

Subject

Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology,Energy Engineering and Power Technology

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