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TNO Middle-EastProduction Optimization – Introduction & cases
Anton Leemhuis
Contents
TNO: introduction, oil & gas, Middle-East
Production optimization: technology, advisory and knowledge transfer
Short cases: reservoir and productionLife cycle optimization: benchmarking of optimal water flooding strategyAssisted history matching using production and non-production dataRoot cause analysis and mitigation of slugging in horizontal wellsReal-time and optimal gas coning control Examples of new instrument development
Case studiesUsing coupled well-reservoir simulator to develop a optimal gas coning control strategyDevelopment and deployment of a real-time decision support off-shore North SeaIntelligent well survey
Examples long term collaboration & knowledge transf erIntegrated System Approach Petroleum Production (ISAPP) Increased Oil Recovery (IOR) program for horizontal wellsWorkshop examples
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TNO
TNO is a technology development and consulting company
with over 30 years of experience in the Oil & Gas industry
TNO Facts
Independent
Technology development, consulting, and contract R&D
Approximately 4500 employees
2/3 revenue from industry, 1/3 Dutch government
Markets
Oil & Gas, Defense & Safety, Mobility, Healthy Living, ICT
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Defense: main R&D contractor Dutch navy
Space: design of satellites, telescopes, mars pathfinder
Oil & Gas
High-tech Industries: main R&D contractor ASML lithography
Automotive: leading car crash testing Europe
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Business Focus Oil & Gas
Integrity Services
Instrumentation Carbon capture, storage & transport
Production Optimization
Flow, composition and integrity
Distributed sensing
Non intrusive sensing
Soft sensing
Exploration & Geomechanics
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Installation integrity: design, troubleshooting
Turbomachinery & acoustics
Testing
LNG Test and Technology Centre
Full Chain Carbon Capture Storage
H2S separation
CO2 separation
Sour gas services
Produced water treatment
Value Assessment of Production Technology
Real-Time Production Monitoring
Control of Unstable wells
Flow Assurance
Reservoir engineering
Petroleum System Modeling
Biostratigraphy
Basin Studies & Regional Mapping
Geomechanics
TNO Middle-East
Ambition
ApproachCollaboration projects with major industrial parties present in the region, making link to universities
FocusInitial focus on Oil & Gas Expanding into other strategic TNO markets: e.g. Industrial security, Water, Solar and Medical
To act as an accelerator of technology development and innovation in Gulf region
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Highlights
Opening by Dutch deputy PM Maersk Oil Qatar:
Start strategic long term project on Increased Oil Recovery (IOR) technology
Photo r - l: Sheikh Faisal Al-Thani of QP (dep MD Maersk Oil Qatar), Anton Leemhuis (MD TNO Middle-East), Lewis Affleck (MD Maersk Oil Qatar), Jan Mengelers (CEO TNO), Soren Frank (Dir. R&T Maersk Oil)
Photo l – r: Jan Mengelers (CEO TNO), Minister Verhagen , Dr. Tidu Maini (Chairman of the Qatar Science and Technology Park
TNO Middle-East office opened during state visit Dutch Queen to Qayar
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Current Activities Gulf
Consulting Services
Independent advice on deployment and
design of technology
NewTechnologies
Development and deployment of new
technologies to address issues in industry
Knowledge Transfer
Building R&D capabilities / labs
PhD programs
Workshops
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TNO Production Optimization
Assist operating companies with the development of production strategies that maximize asset performance and recovery
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Driven by solving case specific issues in operations, not by selling products
Working with multi-disciplinary teams including production, reservoir engineers
Focus on knowledge transfer
Activities
Consulting Services
Independent advice on optimal use of existing
technology
• Value assessments• Technology
roadmaps• Integrated design
studies• Technical reviews
NewTechnologies
Fill technology gaps where existing
technology is not sufficient
• Concept design and engineering
• R&D• Product development
together with partner• Field trials together
with end-users
Knowledge Transfer
Educate partners to make sure technology
has lasting impact
• Building R&D capabilities / labs
• PhD programs• Workshops• Exchange programs
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A Vision of Production Optimization
Monitor
Control
Aka: the digital oil field, Integrated Operations (IO), intelligent field, smart field or i-field
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Making Sense of it …
Optimi-zation
Control
Monitoring
Only a process that is monitored can be controlled
Only a process that is controlled can be optimized
UnderstandingOnly a process that is understood can be made ‘Intelligent’
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Time Scales
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TNO Technologies
Optimi-zation
Control
Monitoring
Understanding
Production Reservoir
Real-time production optimization methods
• gas lift• slugging• compressors• etc.
• Real-time monitoring methods• New instrumentation concepts
• Water flooding optimization methods• WAG optimization
• Dynamic multiphase flow models• Coupled well-reservoir models
• History matching tools• Coupled well-reservoir models
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Case overview
Short cases: reservoir and production1. Life cycle optimization: benchmarking of optimal water flooding strategy2. Assisted history matching using production and non-production data3. Root cause analysis and mitigation of slugging in horizontal wells4. Real-time and optimal gas coning control 5. Examples of new instrument development
Case studies6. Using coupled well-reservoir simulator to develop optimal gas coning control strategy7. Development and deployment of a real-time decision support off-shore North Sea8. Intelligent well survey
Examples long term collaboration & knowledge transf erIntegrated System Approach Petroleum Production (ISAPP) Increased Oil Recovery (IOR) program for horizontal wellsWorkshop examples
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1. Life Cycle optimization
SPE 119094 (2010)
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SPE “Brugge” caseA group of companies benchmarks strategies for life cycle optimization
Role TNOIn-house methods for history matching In-house water flooding optimization control algorhitms (e.g. reactive, pro-active, robust)Independent reviewer and collect best practices
Result: use a realistic test case field to determine added value of:
ICVs / zonesProactive water flooding controlIncreasing update frequencyAdvanced history matching (EnKF)
Similar casesDevelopment of water flooding optimization algorithms and testing on sector model of NOC in Gulf regionValue assessment of water flooding strategies for IOC in a carbonate field in Gulf region
Seismic Interpretation
Geological Modeling
Geomechanicsand Subsidence
Structural Modeling
Uncertainty Management and History Matching
Integrated Reservoir
Modeling
2. Assisted history matching
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JEWEL suite developmentDevelopment of a tool for making an efficiency history matching workflow
Role TNOIn-house developed models and systems for assisted history matching (e.g. EnKf)Development of software tool that interfaces to industry standard systems (e.g. SLB)Licensing for commercialization
Result - Software tool that enables high frequency
Incorporating various sources of real-time dataMaximize data utilizationAvoid data tsunamiIncrease update frequency
3. Slugging Mitigation
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Horizontal well sluggingCausing unstable and reduced oil production, separator Limited down hole data to understand what is happening
Role TNOCombining in-house and industry standard modelling capabilities for route cause analysis (severe, terrain etc.)Innovative solutions for slugging mitigationExperimental testing and model valdiation
Results from various projectsStructural insights into factors that influence onset sluggingReal-time dynamic gas lift optimization systemValue assessment for mitigation solutions
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4. Optimal gas coning control
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Short-medium long term optimization of horizontal well production asks for:
Incorporating production dynamics of well and reservoir Dealing with uncertaintiesTime varying production control
Role TNOSimulation environment to integrate dynamic reservoir, well and top side models and apply optimization toolsIn-house model based optimization toolsReduced order dynamic production models (proxy) of well and reservoir to speed up high computational load of dynamic optimization
Results on a realistic test case field reservoir show that optimal ICV control shows 17% higher production and 11% higher NPV compared to conventional well head control SPE 134308
Comparison (550 days)GOR well head control results in sub optimal drainage area, 13.2Mstb total oil produced and NPV of 5.75 M$
Optimal model based ICV control results in better drainage, 15.5 Mstb total oil produced and NPV of 633 M$
5. Instrumentation
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Need for new instrumentationIncreasingly complex reservoirs, processes and extreme environments requires improved:
(Distributed) well monitoringMonitoring subsurface dynamicsFacility & well integrity monitoring
Role TNOCreate, develop & demonstrate new sensing concepts (fiber optic, ultrasonic, sonar, radar, EM, sensing materials, nanophotonics & -materials)License to commercial partyCharacterizing subsurface behaviour by translating clients’existing sensor data (i.e. seismics, subsidence) using proprietary toolsAssess the value of information of (new) sensors
Ultrasonic bore hole radar (ALT)
Non intrusive real-time corrosion monitoring (Industrial JIP)
Nano sensors for reservoir monitoring (Advanced Energy Consortium)
In-line fiber optic flow meter (Shell / SmartFibres)
Distributed Chemical Sensor (Shell)
6. Case study: thin oil rim optimization
Two issues
Gas break through
Wax deposition
Find optimal strategy
Intermittent production
(on-off)
Automated well head
control to limit GOR
Critical rate (for
benchmark only)
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TNO executes the value assessment in direct corporation with asset team, getting input to build trust in models and end solutions
1. Analyse Production Data
2. Build a case specific integrated production model and validate it with field data
3. Simulate the impact of production optimization technology on production (off-line)
Impact on produced oil & gas (e.g. barrels)
Economic impact on assets (e.g. NPV)
4. Optimize design or usage of production optimization technology (off-line)
5. Implement in field
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oil
gas
water
Topside:
• Separators
• Chokes
• Sensors
• Process equipment
• Dedicated models of equipment. Developed by TNO or customer.
• Industry standard tool HYSYS is integrated.
Case specific coupled production model Wells:
• Transient/dynamic
• Stead-state
• Industry standard tools OLGA is integrated
•Simplified and dedicated models available to describe specific phenomena: e.g. slugging
Down hole:
• Multilateral horizontal/wells
• Interval Control Valves (ICVs)
• Gages (P, T)
Reservoir:
• Industry standard tool ECLIPSE is integrated
• Simplified and dedicated models (proxy) available to describe specific phenomena: e.g. movement of gas-oil-contact
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Model detailswell-reservoir model that tracks coning behaviourIncludes thermodynamic for waxingValidated on production data
ResultsSimulations show for what wells continuous closed loop production with flow controller is optionImplementation (current): simulation model is used to improve time dependant tuning of controllers
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Simulation demonstration model made to compare added value:Production optimization using well head feedback con trol on GOR – allowing for production intervals at relative low gas inflows leading to a increase in cumulative oil production of 30% as compared to intermittent productionIntermittent production – leading to low gas production but also low oil production due to down timeCritical rate (benchmark) – low gas due to fact gas cap is kept intact but uneconomical oil production Uncontrolled (benchmark ) – highest oil production because no choking back but also high gas
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8. Real-time production monitoring
Goal
Improve decision making
Increase availability of data
Increase reliability of data
Starting point
Production historian off-shore
and on-shore
Large amounts of
real-time data available
On-shore operation
centre
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DiagnosisAction
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A phase approach was used
1. Needs analysis & technology roadmap by TNO using input production technologists, reservoir engineers, maintenance, asset management, operations
2. Develop demonstrator application for 1 well on hi storic dataTNO: suite of real-time production monitoring and analysis methods, developer of applicationWintershall: define functionality and interfaces, testing, existing production models which are linked to system
3. Pilot application for F-16 A on real-time dataSame roles as in phase (2), adding:
TNO: develop a 24/7 available robust server implentationWintershall: integration into company ICT enviromentTNO and Wintershall engineers together build applications
4. Increase functionality Remote on-shore control room (operations)Head quarters (engineers)
5. Roll out to other North sea assets
Similar casesMaking of a road map for deployment I-Field technologies at a NOC in the Gulf region
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Real time database(s)
Operator GUIs
Engineering workbench and GUIs
View sharing
Automatic real-time processes that ensure data consistency
(real-time methods)
Automatic real-time processes to compute KPI’s, virtual sensing, event detection, RTPO
TNO Real-time Monitoring Suite
Automated
Interactive
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Key features of developed system
Runs 24/7
Real-time PI connection
Model based
Examples functionality
Filter real-time data, data repair and data
reconciliation
Real-time models make production forecasts and
detect trends
Early event detecting of e.g. salt precipitation
Models used for predictive maintenance compressors
Automated flow meter accuracy indicator and drift
detections
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Benefits - Case
Intelligent Energy – March 2010• Sustainable 5% increase production• Less down-time asset• Better planning maintenance
(SPE 128300)
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9. Intelligent Well Survey
Example: 2009 ‘Intelligent Wells Market Survey’ (TNO/OTM) • Deployment rate of smart wells• Experience from end users and interviews IOCs, NOCs, Independents• Application areas
TNO uses its independent position to gather
• Best practices at operating companies around the world
• State-of-the art overview of products in the oil field service industry
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Long term collaborations
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Increased Oil Recovery ProgramMaersk Oil - TNO
Focus on horizontal wellsDeveloping and deploying Intelligent field technology for production monitoring, control and optimizationFrom offices of Maersk and TNO in Qatar Science and Technology Park
Integrated System Approach Petroleum Production (ISAPP)Delft University, TNO, Shell
Reservoir optimizationProduction optimizationSmart well technologyClosed program focus on bringing methods from academia to field~50 PhDs
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Workshop examples
• The Intelligent Oil-field –Practical Approach
• Oct 2010• SPE Applied Technology
Workshop, Abu Dhabi
• Opportunities for practical use of intelligent technology in long and short terms optimization.
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Real-Time Production Monitoring
Dec 2009 / Jan 2010London, SMi
Turning data into information An introduction into using real-time data to monitor performance and optimize an oil & gas assetKey insights into the benefits of
the technologyLessons learned about
implementations in various types of companiesAn understanding of the major technical conceptsLessons learned about
embedding it in an organization
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Workshop examples
Inflow Control Technology
Aug 2009, IQPCKuala Lumpur
Optimizing well Production through Effective In-flow Control Solutions Focus on how integrated production models can be used to design optimal well production strategiesCases covering e.g. severe slugging, water flooding optimization, gas coning and liquid loading
• Closed- Loop Reservoir Management
• March 2008• SPE Applied Technology
Workshop, Brugge
• TNO organizer• Optimizing well Production
through Effective In-flow Control Solutions
• Focus on how integrated production models can be used to design optimal well production strategies
• Cases covering e.g. severe slugging, water flooding optimization, gas coning and liquid loading
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For questions, please contact:
Managing Director Middle-East
Anton Leemhuis
+974 33 57 33 86
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