Use of Petroleum Experts Prosper software to obtain additional oil production by analysis of well operation mode

Abstract

Relevance. Current situation, when an increasing number of subsoil users are moving towards the correct choice of a development system. Therefore, the applicability of integrated asset models is growing exponentially every year. One of the integrated approaches in the field of reservoir–well–ground infrastructure modeling is the use of Petroleum Experts software. This solution has successfully established itself in the international market due to the presence of a large number of various correlations suitable for certain geological conditions, as well as a complex methodology for calculating the tasks. Thanks to the above product, the tasks of calculating the inflow from a reservoir, well flow rate and infrastructure throughput analysis formed a single integrated solution for high-quality modeling of fields/groups of fields. In its turn, the Petroleum Experts Prosper software allows you to evaluate the efficiency of a well, as well as to obtain additional production through optimization calculations on a well model tuned to actual parameters. Aim. To form and analyze the approach to setting up component models (wells) by adapting parameters to actual data in order to obtain additional oil production. Methods. Setting up and adaptation of well models equipped with installations of electrical center pumps, setting up and adaptation of fountain wells, approach to working with a periodical fund, assessment of the effectiveness of the use of Prosper in terms of additional oil production. Results. The results obtained allow us to adapt well models with an accuracy of more than 95%, which simulates the operating mode of the mechanized and fountain mining fund in order to optimize and increase oil production. As a result of the analysis, the criteria for tuning wells were identified, and the minimum necessary set of parameters for high-quality adaptation of models was presented. The effectiveness and accuracy of the method by comparing the actual data on the regimes of the wells with synthetic are also proved. Based on the work done, we can conclude that the use of an integrated model shows us a high convergence with real data, which allows you to conduct optimization calculations with high accuracy with obtaining a result that provides the greatest effect.