Oilfield Hosting Application Integrating Simulator Plug-ins
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current oilfield simulators are limited in their ability to consider cascading effects across different segments of the production system, often failing to integrate data from various simulators and account for changes in one segment's impact on upstream and downstream operations.
Innovation Solution
A method is introduced that involves collecting oilfield data and deploying a plug-in with oilfield technology functionality into an oilfield hosting application, allowing for comprehensive analysis and adjustment of operations based on generated outputs, thereby integrating data from multiple simulators and accounting for cascading effects.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If separate simulators are used for different segments of the production system, then each simulator can focus on specific behavior of discrete portions, but the simulators fail to consider cascading effects and fail to integrate data from other simulators
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple separate simulators (reservoir simulator, wellbore simulator, surface processing simulator) into a single integrated simulation system. The host application provides a common platform that links these simulators, allowing them to share data and consider cascading effects across the entire production system while maintaining their specialized simulation capabilities.
Solution Approach 2:
The host application serves as a universal platform that can accommodate multiple different simulators and types of oilfield operations. It provides common functionality for data management, user interface, and coordination, while allowing each simulator to maintain its specific simulation functions.
2Adaptability or versatility
If a comprehensive integrated simulation system is implemented, then cascading effects across the production system can be considered, but the system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The integrated simulation system is segmented into distinct modular components (reservoir simulator, wellbore simulator, surface processing simulator), each handling specific portions of the production system. This modular architecture reduces overall system complexity by allowing independent development, testing, and maintenance of each simulator while maintaining integration through the host application.
Solution Approach 2:
The host application acts as an intermediary that manages communication and data exchange between the different simulators. It provides a standardized interface and coordination mechanism, simplifying the integration process and reducing the complexity that would otherwise arise from direct interconnections between multiple simulators.
3Loss of information
If multiple simulators are integrated into a single hosting application, then data from various simulators can be considered together, but the device complexity and integration difficulty increase
Solution Approach 1:
The host application provides universal data management functionality that can handle data from multiple different simulator types. It implements common data structures, input/output interfaces, and processing routines that work across all integrated simulators, ensuring complete data integration while reducing the complexity of creating separate integration solutions for each simulator pair.
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AI summary
A method for performing an oilfield operation of an oilfield having a subterranean formation. The method includes collecting oilfield data and deploying a first plug-in including a first oilfield technology functionality into an oilfield hosting application. The method further includes performing an oilfield analysis on the collected oilfield data in the oilfield hosting application using the first oilfield technology functionality of the first plug-in to generate an oilfield output and adjusting an oilfield operation based on the oilfield output.