화학공학소재연구정보센터
Journal of Petroleum Technology, Vol.55, No.3, 59-60, 2003
Optimizing production operations
Optimizing production operations can increase production rates and reduce production costs. For single wells or other small systems, simple nodal analysis can be adequate. However, large, complex systems require a sophisticated approach. Many mature fields produce by use of gas lift under multiple constraints imposed by the system's capacity. An optimization technique was developed to allocate well production and lift-gas rates in large fields subject, to multiple flow-rate and pressure constraints.