EP2004953B1 - Procédés pour optimiser la production d'un groupe de puits - Google Patents
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- the invention relates to a method for optimising the production of a hydrocarbon production system comprising a cluster of hydrocarbon production wells and an associated fluid separation assembly.
- fluid streams produced by individual wells of a well cluster are commingled into multiphase streams in one or more production manifold (header) conduits and routed via a fluid separation assembly (comprising one or more bulk separators and/or production separators) into fluid outlet conduits for transportation and sales of at least nominally separated streams of liquids, gas and/or other fluids.
- a fluid separation assembly comprising one or more bulk separators and/or production separators
- a problem associated with management of fluid flow at the outlets of the bulk or production separator is that this fluid flow stems from the commingled flux from all the wells of the cluster and does not provide information about the composition and flux of fluids produced by the individual wells. Consequently, the individual flux of fluids produced by the individual wells cannot customarily be tracked accurately in real time or instantaneously.
- the production from the wells often interact due to limited capacity in the manifold and the separator to handle the full potential productions from the wells. As an example, over-production of gas in one well may reduce the total oil production in the cluster of wells.
- a further problem with monitoring and controlling the production of a hydrocarbon production well is that such a well may produce a mixture of crude oil, gas, water and condensates and that the production may contain irregular slugs of crude oil, water, solids and/or condensates.
- Multiphase flowmeters are often too expensive, have too restricted an operating envelop and are too complex to install on individual well flowlines to allow individual oil, water and gas components of the well production to be measured continuously in real time, particularly as the well multiphase flow characteristic changes significantly over the life of the well.
- These multiphase flowmeters also require calibration at start up and/or from time to time thereafter. Consequently, in the vast plurality of cases, the production of fluids by the individual wells is not customarily measured directly accurately continuously, or in real time.
- PU RTM Production Universe Real Time Monitoring
- the PU RTM method allows accurate real time estimation of the contributions of individual wells to the total commingled production of a cluster of crude oil, gas and/or other fluid production wells, based on well models derived from well test data and updated regularly using commingled production dynamic data.
- the PU RTM method also does not require the deployment of multiphase meters at each monitored well.
- SPE 83978 discloses the concept of real-time optimization in general terms.
- An object of the present invention is to provide a method and system to optimise production of a cluster of wells on the basis of an estimation of the contributions of individual wells to the production of the cluster of wells, tailored to the particular constraints and requirements of the oil and gas production environment.
- the wells in the cluster may differ in terms of nature and flux of its effluents, and/or mode of operation, stimulation and/or manipulation.
- the wells may also produce from multiple subsurface zones or branches.
- the wellheads of the wells in the cluster may be located on land or offshore, above the surface of the sea or on the seabed.
- the method according to the invention may be used to generate one or more optimisation models, taking into account only significantly relevant well and production system characteristics and effects.
- a method for optimising production of a cluster of wells of which well effluent streams are commingled and separated in a fluid separation assembly into at least partly separated streams of crude oil, gas and/or other fluids comprising:
- the method according to the invention may further comprise the step of periodically repeating the optimisation method by aligning the prediction models with the current flows so that the aligned prediction models reflect the current flows as estimated by the dynamic reconciliation process.
- the optimisation target may be a revenue function relating accumulated or averaged combined and / or individual well production to actual net or gross or incremental monetary revenue, optionally including associated production costs.
- the optimisation target may be required to be achieved while obeying production constraints, consisting of bounds on the manipulated variables and / or the individual well productions, and / or well production quantities, including measurements, and / or that of groups of wells and / or on the interaction pressure(s), and / or on the commingled total productions.
- the method according to the invention may further comprise the step of performing an optimisation using any of a plurality of numerical optimization algorithms over the manipulated variables based on the operational optimisation target, optionally with constraints, and well and/or overall commingled production prediction models to yield a set of optimised manipulated variables that achieve the operational optimisation target.
- the production of well effluents of the wells may be varied by adjusting the opening of a production choke valve at the wellhead of the wells or in flowlines connected to the wells, or of a flow control valve in a lift gas injection system of the wells, or by other means of stimulating or restricting the production of the wells.
- the production of well effluents of the wells may be varied by adjusting the interaction pressure(s) of the production system by means of rerouting well production through parallel production manifold conduits that are connected between upstream and downstream manifolds, or by adjusting the pressure of the fluid separation assembly or assemblies.
- Required adjustments predicted by the method according to the invention to achieve the optimisation targets may be automatically transmitted to the wells and the production system, or alternatively, after validation by a human operator.
- estimation and/or prediction models may optionally be generated in part or in full from theoretical and/or empirical physical and/or mechanical and/or chemical characterization of the wells and/or the production system.
- the optimization target can be adjusted in reaction to and/or in anticipation of changes to the production requirements and/or costs and/or revenues and/or production infrastructure and/or state of the wells and/or the state of the production facilities; and optionally followed up by the conduct of the optimization process, the results of which are implemented and/or used for analysis and planning and/or recorded for future action.
- the method and system outlined herein is further applicable to the case where the optimisation target is achieved by optional means of temporary close in of production in one or more wells of the well cluster, or the initiation of production of wells of the well cluster that were initially not in production.
- estimation and/or prediction models may optionally be compared and/or evaluated against theoretical and/or empirical physical and/or mechanical and/or chemical characterization of the wells and/or the production system; for the purposes of troubleshooting and/or diagnosis and/or for improving the models and/or for analysis leading to longer time horizon production management and optimization activities.
- the methods of this invention apply also when one or more of the wells from the cluster of wells are periodically, or intermittently, operated, or are operated from time to time, and the production or associated quantities to be optimised, and optionally, constrained, are evaluated, for example averaged, over fixed periods of time larger than that characteristic of the periodicity or intermittent operation.
- the methods of this invention apply also when one or more of the wells from the cluster of wells are periodically, or intermittently, operated, or are operated from time to time, and the duration of its operation, as a proportion of a fixed period of time, is taken a manipulated variable for the well.
- the methods of this invention apply additionally to an optimization target defined on wells in the well cluster with two or more subsurface zones.
- zone production estimation models and “zone production prediction models” are generated in addition to the “well production estimation models” and “well production prediction models”.
- the method according to the invention allows the characterization of the behaviour of wells individually and within the context of the overall production facility as a function of variables that can be freely manipulated at the wells and also for the overall facility.
- the characterization of the wells and their interactions with the facility allows directly the accurate real time prediction and optimisation of well production within the context of the production facility.
- the method according to the invention may include consideration of constraints on the production, arising from both the interactions between wells due to the limitations on the facilities, as well as externally imposed constraints.
- the method according to the invention is also referred to as "Production Universe Real Time Optimisation" (PU RTO).
- the "PU RTO” method according to the invention has several advantages over prior art methods, for example, as outlined in PU RTM described in International patent application PCT/EP2005/055680 .
- the "PU RTO” method according to the invention may be used to derive various well and production system characteristics from simple well and production testing at the well and production facility alone, enabling easier model maintenance and dispensing with measurements and quantities not continuously measured, but nevertheless unpredictably variable over periods of time in a production environment, such as piping surface roughness, reservoir pressure-volume-temperature fluid characteristics and composition, equipment and well performance curves, and similar.
- "PU RTO” is "data driven”.
- the "overall well and production system model" of the commingled well production system may be constructed without preconceptions as to its underlying physical nature other than the use basic fundamental topological and physical relations, and purely from measured data.
- the method according to the present invention may be used to provide characterization of the combined well and production system that will be of benefit additionally for offline analysis and planning activities.
- FIG. 1 depicts a simple embodiment of a production system comprising a cluster of wells of which effluents are commingled at a production manifold and routed to a production separator.
- Well 1 is shown in detail, and may be taken as representative of the other wells in the cluster.
- the other wells in the cluster may however differ in terms of nature and flux of its effluents, and / or mode of operation / stimulation / manipulation.
- Well 1 comprises a well casing 3 secured in a borehole in the underground formation 4 and production tubing 5 extending from surface to the underground formation.
- the well 1 further includes a wellhead 10 provided with monitoring equipment for making well measurements, typically for measuring Tubing Head Pressure (THP) 13 and Flowline Pressure(FLP) 14.
- monitoring equipment for making subsurface measurements, for example Downhole Tubing Pressure(DHP) 18, and/or subsurface and/or surface tubing and/or flowline differential pressure meters, for example wet gas meters (not shown).
- DHP Downhole Tubing Pressure
- the wells may also produce from multiple subsurface zones or branches.
- the wellheads of the wells in the cluster may be located on land or offshore, above the surface of the sea or on the seabed.
- the well 1 will also have some means of adjusting production, such as: a production control choke 11 or a fixed bean choke (not shown) and/or a lift-gas injection control system 12 or downhole interval control valves (not shown), which control the production from one or more inflow regions of the well.
- a production control choke 11 or a fixed bean choke not shown
- a lift-gas injection control system 12 or downhole interval control valves not shown
- Numerical "manipulated variables" are associated with each of these means of adjusting production.
- the production system further includes a plurality of well production flow lines 20, extending from the wellheads 10 to a production manifold 21, a production pipeline 23 and a means of separating the commingled multiphase flow, in this case a production separator 25.
- Production manifold pressure measurement 22 and production separator pressure measurement 26 will often be available on the production manifold and the production separator as shown. There will be some means of regulating the level of the production separator, and optionally its pressure or the pressure difference between the separator its the single-phase outlets. For simplicity a pressure control loop 27 is show in FIG. 1 .
- the production manifold pressure measurement 22 (alternatively the production separator pressure measurement 26) will be used as "interaction pressure", the variation of which as the well production rates are varied, is an indicator of the degree of interaction between the wells.
- the production separator 25 is provided with outlets for water, oil and gas 35, 36 and 37 respectively. Each outlet 35, 36 or 37 is provided with flow metering devices, 45, 46 and 47 respectively. Optionally, the water and oil outlets can be combined.
- the production separator pressure may optionally be controlled by regulating the gas flow from 37, thereby affecting the manifold pressure 26 and the flowline pressure 14 and thus the production of the individual wells.
- the well measurements comprising at least data from 13 and optionally from 14, 18, liftgas injection rate from 12, position of production choke 11, and other measurements as available, are continuously transmitted to the "Production Data Acquisition and Control System” 50.
- the commingled production measurements 45, 46, 47 are continuously transmitted to the "Production Data Acquisition and Control System” 50.
- the typical data transmission paths are illustrated as 14a and 45a.
- the data in 50 is stored and is then subsequently available for non-real time data retrieval for data analysis and model construction as outlined in this patent.
- the data in the "Production Data Acquisition and Control System” is also accessed by "PU RTM" in real time for use in conjunction with "well production estimation models” for the continuous real time estimation of individual well productions.
- Some well production rate controls will also be adjustable from "Production Data Acquisition and Control System” 50 for remotely adjusting and optimising the well production, for example, the production choke opening or the liftgas injection rate, and the signal line for liftgas injection rate control is shown as 12a.
- An associated well testing facility may optionally and is preferably to be available for the individual testing and characterization of the wells. In the absence of a well testing facility, testing for well model construction may be conducted utilizing measurements 45, 46, 47 from the production separator.
- FIG. 2 provides one preferred embodiment of the "data driven” modelling process for this invention.
- the intent is to generate sustainably useful models fit for the purpose of the invention, taking into account only significantly relevant well and production system characteristics and effects.
- "PU RTM” is run online to produce continuous real time estimates of production at each individual well 70.
- the symbols A i , B i can be envisaged as either matrices or functionals operating on ⁇ v i and ⁇ w .
- cross terms and second and higher order terms on ⁇ v i and ⁇ w can be inserted without loss of generality.
- the well optimisation, 78 may then be conducted to solve for the optimal value of v i , 79, the manipulated variable at well i .
- the well optimisation necessarily assumes the common well interaction variable w , which is an variable affected by the collective production of the wells and variables at the overall production system level, is unchanged by the well optimisation, or has negligible effect on the optimisation result.
- the optimised variables 84 may be directly computed or an automated numerical iterative optimisation procedure applied.
- automated numerical iterative optimisation approaches that are applicable depending on the form of 83.
- manipulated variables are continuous variables, and 83 is defined by continuous smooth nonlinear model and revenue functions and inequality constraints
- SQL sequential quadratic programme
- the set of "optimised manipulated variables” is then available for further action.
- the "optimised manipulated variables” are reported to the production facility operators for implementation at the wells and the facility, or alternatively, directly transmitted to the "Production Data Acquisition & Control System” 50 for automated implementation.
- optimised manipulated variables is conducted from time to time, and is controlled by a "Optimization Initiation System” 90.
- "Well Operational Production Optimisation” and the “Overall Facility Operational Production Optimisation” are initiated on a periodic basis, for example once every day, and/or on demand, in anticipation of changes to the state of the philosophy of management of the wells or of the production system or of the constraints or of the optimisation target.
- changes in gaslift availability will automatically initiate an optimisation.
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- Procédé d'optimisation de la production d'un ensemble de puits, dont des courants effluents sont mêlés et séparés dans un ensemble de séparation de fluides en courants au moins partiellement séparés de pétrole brut, de gaz et/ou d'autres fluides, le procédé comprenant les étapes consistant à :a) effectuer un test sur chacun des puits, au cours duquel la production du puits testé est modifiée et une ou plusieurs variables de production de puits individuels est ou sont contrôlées ;b) tirer de données (60) obtenues par les tests sur les puits un modèle d'évaluation (61) pour chaque puits se référant à la variation du motif d'écoulement d'effluents produits par le puits testé et des variables de production de puits contrôlées ;c) amener l'ensemble de puits en production mixte normale d'huile et/ou de gaz ;d) contrôler au cours de l'étape c) un motif d'écoulement de fluides dynamiques des courants au moins partiellement séparés de pétrole brut, de gaz et/ou d'autres fluides au moyen de débitmètres aménagés dans les courants au moins partiellement séparés de pétrole brut, de gaz et/ou d'autres fluides en aval de l'ensemble de séparation de fluides ;e) contrôler au cours de l'étape c) une ou plusieurs variables de production de puits se rapportant à des caractéristiques des courants d'écoulement multiphase produits par les puits individuels ;f) évaluer de manière répétée un motif d'écoulement de fluides dynamiques mixtes de l'ensemble de puits sur la base des modèles d'évaluation (61) selon l'étape b) et des variables de production contrôlées selon l'étape e) ;g) effectuer un processus de réconciliation dynamique, dans lequel, au cours d'une période de réconciliation choisie :- on suppose que le motif d'écoulement de fluides dynamiques mixtes évalué selon l'étape f) est une accumulation desdits modèles d'évaluation de production des puits individuels qui sont multipliés par des coefficients pondéraux inconnus ;- les coefficients pondéraux inconnus sont évalués en faisant varier de manière itérative chaque coefficient pondéral jusqu'à ce que le motif d'écoulement de fluides dynamiques mixtes évalué corresponde sensiblement au motif d'écoulement de fluides dynamiques contrôlé ; et- de meilleures évaluations de l'écoulement de production sont fournies pour la période de réconciliation choisie et l'usage de facteurs de réconciliation de puits individuels avec les modèles d'évaluation pour évaluer la production de chaque puits pendant une période de réconciliation suivante ;h) définir une cible d'optimisation opérationnelle constituée d'une cible à optimiser concernant la production d'un ou plusieurs puits et/ou de l'ensemble des puits ;i) ajuster la production d'effluents de l'ensemble de puits de sorte que la cible d'optimisation soit approchée ; etj) les étapes g et i sont répétées de temps à autre.
- Procédé selon la revendication 1, comprenant par ailleurs les étapes consistant à :- identifier pour au moins un des puits de l'ensemble une ou plusieurs variables numériques de production de puits manipulées qui peuvent être manipulées directement pour faire varier la production du puits et, ensuite, tirer de données obtenues par les tests des puits et/au cours d'une production mixte normale, et/ou du modèle d'évaluation, un modèle de prédiction rapportant les variables manipulées des puits à la variation de l'écoulement ou du motif d'écoulement et/ou d'autres caractéristiques des effluents produits dans les puits, dans lequel les puits éventuels sans variables de production de puits manipulées identifiées auront des modèles de prédiction qui sont des nombres constants égaux à une production théorique évaluée des puits ;- sommer les modèles de prédiction de tous les puits de l'ensemble de puits pour fournir un modèle de prédiction de production mixte global ;- ajuster la production des effluents de puits au moyen des variables manipulées des puits, telles qu'elles sont guidées par les modèles de prédiction de puits individuels et le modèle de prédiction de production mixte globale pour obtenir ladite cible d'optimisation.
- Procédé selon la revendication 2, comprenant par ailleurs les étapes consistant à :- mesurer une ou plusieurs pressions d'interaction, telles qu'une pression dans un ou plusieurs collecteurs de production dans des conduites d'écoulement de puits qui sont raccordées aux têtes des puits de l'ensemble de puits, dans lesquels collecteurs l'écoulement provenant d'une pluralité de conduites d'écoulement de puits est mélangé, la variation de la pression d'interaction, lorsque les productions totales des puits varient, indiquant et liant les interactions entre courants d'effluents des divers puits ;- obtenir des données dynamiques rapportant les variations de la ou des pressions d'interaction aux variables mesurées des puits, à partir d'une production mixte normale et/ou au cours de périodes de dérèglement de la production et/ou en effectuant une série de tests d'interaction de puits, au cours desquels la pression d'interaction est modifiée ;- obtenir à partir de données dynamiques rapportant les variations de la ou des pressions d'interaction aux variables mesurées, des modèles de prédiction de puits rapportant les variations de variable(s) manipulée(s) des puits et la ou les pressions d'interaction à la production des puits ;- obtenir des données dynamiques rapportant les variations d'une ou plusieurs pressions d'interaction à la production mixte totale, à partir de périodes de production mixte normale et/ou au cours de périodes de dérèglement de production et/ou en effectuant une série de tests au cours desquels la pression d'interaction est modifiée, et ensuite, un ou plusieurs modèles d'interaction de collecteurs rapportant la variation d'une ou plusieurs pressions d'interaction aux écoulements de production totale mixte s'écoulant à travers les collecteurs ;- combiner les modèles de prédiction des puits avec les modèles de pression d'interaction pour obtenir un modèle de prédiction de production mixte global.
- Procédé selon les revendications 2 et 3, dans lequel le procédé comprend par ailleurs la répétition périodique du procédé d'optimisation en alignant les modèles de prédiction avec les écoulements courants de sorte que les modèles de prédiction alignés reflètent les écoulements courants tels qu'ils sont évalués par le procédé de réconciliation dynamique.
- Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 4, dans lequel la cible d'optimisation est une fonction de revenu rapportant la production de puits accumulée ou moyenne combinée et/ou individuelle au revenu monétaire réel net ou brut ou incrémental, incluant éventuellement des coûts de production associés.
- Procédé selon la revendication 5, dans lequel la cible d'optimisation doit être réalisée tout en répondant à des contraintes de production, qui sont constituées de limites sur les variables manipulées, et/ou à des productions de puits individuels et/ou à des quantités de production de puits, notamment des mesures, et/ou à celles de groupes de puits et/ou sur une ou plusieurs pressions d'interaction et/ou sur la production totale mixte de l'ensemble de puits.
- Procédé selon la revendication 5 ou 6, comprenant par ailleurs l'étape de réalisation d'une optimisation en utilisant l'un quelconque d'une pluralité d'algorithmes d'optimisation numériques sur les variables manipulées sur la base de la cible d'optimisation opérationnelle, éventuellement avec des contraintes, et des modèles de prédiction de production mixte et/ou globale des puits pour donner un ensemble de variables optimisées manipulées qui assure la cible d'optimisation opérationnelle.
- Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 7, dans lequel la production d'effluents des puits est modifiée en ajustant l'ouverture d'une soupape d'étranglement de production sur la tête des puits ou dans les conduites d'écoulement raccordées aux puits, ou d'une soupape de commande d'écoulement dans un système d'injection de gaz sustentateur des puits ou par d'autres moyens de stimulation ou de restriction de la production des puits, notamment tout moyen réversible et contrôlée de fermeture et d'ouverture d'un puits, un point de consigne d'une boucle de commande dans le puits avec la soupape d'étranglement de production comme moyen d'actionnement, un point de consigne d'une boucle de commande sur le taux d'injection ou la pression de gaz sustentateur, une durée d'arrêt d'injection de gaz sustentateur des puits, une injection de gaz sustentateur des puits sur la durée, un taux d'injection de gaz sustentateur de puits, un point de consigne d'une boucle de commande sur la conduite d'injection de fluide hydraulique dans les pompes d'injection de puits, une vitesse de la pompe submersible électrique des puits (ESP), une vitesse de moteur de pompes à tiges de puits, une durée d'arrêt de pompes à tiges de puits et/ou une ouverture de la soupape de commande d'intervalle de forages de puits.
- Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 8, dans lequel la production des effluents des puits est modifiée en ajustant une ou plusieurs pressions d'interaction du système de production au moyen d'un ré-acheminement de la production de puits via des conduites de collecteurs de production parallèles qui sont raccordées entre collecteurs amont et aval et/ou en ajustant la pression de l'ensemble de séparation de fluides et/ou en ajustant les soupapes pour l'acheminement des effluents de puits à un ou plusieurs collecteurs qui mélangent la production ou qui acheminent la production mixte à un ou plusieurs séparateurs de production, et/ou en ajustant la vitesse d'un compresseur dans une conduite de sortie de l'ensemble de séparation de fluides.
- Procédé selon les revendications 1 à 9, dans lequel les ajustements requis prédits pour obtenir les cibles d'optimisation sont automatiquement transmis aux puits et au système de production, éventuellement, après validation par un opérateur humain.
- Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 10, dans lequel un ou plusieurs des modèles d'évaluation et/ou de prédiction peut ou peuvent éventuellement être générés en partie ou en totalité à partir d'une caractérisation physique et/ou mécanique et/ou chimique théorique et/ou empirique des puits et/ou du système de production.
- Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 11, dans lequel la cible d'optimisation est ajustée en réaction et/ou en anticipation de variations des exigences de production et/ou des coûts et/ou des revenus et/ou de l'infrastructure de production et/ou de l'état des puits et/ou de l'état des installations de production ; le tout étant éventuellement suivi par la réalisation du processus d'optimisation, dont les résultats sont mis en oeuvre et/ou utilisés pour l'analyse et la planification et/ou enregistrés pour une action future.
- Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 12, dans lequel la cible d'optimisation est obtenue par des moyens facultatifs de fermeture temporaire de la production dans un ou plusieurs puits de l'ensemble de puits, ou par l'initiation de la production de puits de l'ensemble de puits qui n'étaient initialement pas en production.
- Procédé selon les revendications 2 et 3, dans lequel un ou plusieurs des modèles d'évaluation et/ou de prédiction peut ou peuvent éventuellement être comparés et/ou évalués vis-à-vis de la caractérisation physique et/ou mécanique et/ou chimique théorique et/ou empirique des puits et/ou du système de production ; aux fins de dépanner et/ou de diagnostiquer et/ou d'améliorer les modèles et/ou pour l'analyse menant à des activités de gestion de production et d'optimisation à plus long terme.
- Procédé selon les revendications 1 à 13, dans lequel un ou plusieurs des puits de l'ensemble de puits est ou sont exploités de manière périodique ou intermittente ou sont exploités de temps à autre, et la production de quantités associées à optimiser et éventuellement contraintes est évaluée, par exemple mises en moyenne, sur des périodes de temps fixes plus grandes que la caractéristique de l'exploitation périodique ou intermittente.
- Procédé selon la revendication 15, dans lequel un ou plusieurs des puits de l'ensemble de puits est ou sont exploités périodiquement ou de manière intermittente ou sont exploités de temps à autre et la durée de leur exploitation, en proportion d'une période de temps fixe, est prise comme variable manipulée pour le puits.
- Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendication 1 à 13, dans lequel le procédé est appliqué en outre à une cible d'optimisation définie sur les puits de l'ensemble de puits avec deux zones d'influx de sous-surfaces ou plus, auquel cas des « modèles d'évaluation de production de zones » et des « modèles de prédiction de production de zones » sont générés en plus des « modèles d'évaluation de production de puits » et des « modèles de prédiction de production de puits ».
- Procédé selon la revendication 1, dans lequel les variables de production de puits, telles que la pression et/ou d'autres caractéristiques d'écoulement de fluides des courants d'effluents de puits individuels comprennent une ou plusieurs des variables suivantes : pression de tête des canalisations de puits, pression de canalisation de puits, température de tête des canalisations de puits, température de canalisations de puits, pressions différentielles aux bornes de la soupape d'étranglement de production de puits, pressions différentielles aux bornes du producteur de pression différentielle éventuel, notamment un venturi à gaz humide, sur la conduite d'écoulement de puits, des débitmètres, convenant théoriquement uniquement à un écoulement en phase unique, qui conviennent pour être utilisés afin de fournir une entrée aux modèles d'évaluation de puits, même si le puits a un écoulement multiphase, un état ou une position d'ouverture de la soupape d'étranglement de production, un état ou une position d'ouverture d'un moyen quelconque de fermeture et d'ouverture réversible et contrôlée de puits, taux d'injection de gaz sustentateur de puits, taux d'injection de fluide hydraulique de pompe à jet de puits, pression de cuvelage de production de puits, vitesse de pompe submersible électrique (ESP) de puits, pression d'admission de pompe ESP de puits, pression de décharge de pompe de forage ESP de puits, pression différentielle venturi de forages ESP de puits, consommation d'énergie ESP de puits, courant de phase motrice ESP de puits, entrée d'énergie de moteur de pompe à tige de puits, vitesse de moteur de pompe de tige de puits, déplacement de course de pompe à tige de puits, cellule de charge de pompe à tige de puits, position de l'arbre de la boîte de vitesse du mât de charge, vitesse différentielle de pompe à tige de puits/moteur/glissement de la boîte de vitesse, pression de cuvelage de forages de puits, pression d'anneau de forages de puits, température de cuvelage ou d'anneau de forages de puits ou leurs diverses dérivations contrôlées par des capteurs de température distribués, ouverture de soupape de commande à intervalles de forages de puits, amplitude d'une sélection de fréquences sonores provenant d'un ou plusieurs capteurs sonores montés sur une canalisation de puits, retard de propagation de motifs sonores corrélés pour une sélection de fréquence provenant de deux ou plusieurs capteurs de son montés dans la direction amont-aval sur une canalisation de puits.
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