General Electric Company
OPTIMIZATION APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RESOURCE PRODUCTION SYSTEM

Abstract:

An optimization apparatus for optimizing an objective function of a resource production system, comprising: an analytical model of the resource production system configured to receive data from the resource production system, the analytical model comprising a reservoir model, a plurality of well models coupled to the reservoir model, and a surface pipeline model coupled to the plurality of well models, wherein the plurality of well models comprise a first set of segments associated with a first set of operating parameters; and an optimization module configured to vary a set of variable parameters of the analytical model and satisfy a set of pre-determined constraints to optimize an objective function of the resource production system, wherein running the optimization includes calculating pressures of each of the first set of segments based on the analytical model. An optimization method and system are also described.