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APPLICATION OF THE METHOD OF SENSITIVITY COEFFICIENTS TO SIMULATOR HISTORY MATCHING

Objectif

Mathematical models are commonly used to predict the future behaviour of oil and gas fields. A key element in the process is calibration of the mathematical model, known as a reservoir simulator, so that it honours historical data. This is known as history matching.
History matching is a highly interactive and time consuming procedure. At each stage, small changes are made to the model which is then re-run. The results are inspected to see if the match between the predictions of the model and the observed history has been improved.
The current project is intended to develop an approach to history matching based on the method of simulation coefficients. This will allow the level of improvement in the calibration which would normally be obtained from multiple simulation runs to be derived from a single run.L%
The project is now somewhat more than half way through. Progress is on schedule for release of the first commercial product by the end of 1997.
Results of testing of the program to date by GeoQuest and by the project sponsors have been encouraging. A wide range of parameters with respect to which sensitivities can be calculated have been implemented and work on this area is continuing. The most appropriate way of handling information known prior to the start of the project is currently being evaluated.
The techniques being developed during this project use the Method of Sensitivity Coefficients. It involves calculation of the sensitivity coefficients associated with a set of prescribed parameters during a normal run of the reservoir simulator. As a consequence, rather than submitting one additional run for each sensitivity required, it is possible to obtain the instantaneous sensitivities for all parameters at once. Not only is this more convenient than submitting lots of separate runs of the simulator, it is also much faster. Typically, the calculation of one parameter's gradients over the entire simulation time period increases the CPU time by approximately 10 per cent. With one extra run the increase would be 100 per cent. The method also includes the use of a non-linear regression algorithm which uses the sensitivities to direct the change of model parameters of interest semi-automatically.
Application of this technique offers the prospect of streamlining the history matching of reservoir simulation models dramatically. Any simulation model used to predict the future behaviour of an existing field already on production has to be matched to the existing production data. In the case of complex models with years of history, this can take six months. The History Match module will allow the same level of match to be achieved in much less time. We conservatively estimate that the time taken to history match a moderately complex model with a number of years of history is likely to be reduced by 50 per cent. This represents a major saving in the time of the professionals involved in the exercise.

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Geoquest Reservoir Technologies Ltd
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11 Foxcombe Court Wyndyke Furlong Abingdon Business Park
OX14 1DZ Abingdon
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