| US 7,430,501 B2 | ||
| Decision support method for oil reservoir management in the presence of uncertain technical and economic parameters | ||
| Mathieu Feraille, Nanterre (France); Emmanuel Manceau, Rueil Malmaison (France); and Isabelle Zabalza-Mezghani, Rueil Malmaison (France) | ||
| Assigned to Institut Francais du Petrole, Rueil Malmaison Cedex (France) | ||
| Filed on Jun. 02, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/857,937. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 03 06636 (FR), filed on Jun. 02, 2003. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2005/0096893 A1, May 05, 2005 | ||
| Int. Cl. G06G 7/48 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 703—10 | 13 Claims |
| 1. A method for conducting development of a hydrocarbon reservoir modelled by a flow simulator, by taking account of economic
implications of uncertain economic parameters and uncertain technical parameters associated with an uncertain domain that
influence a production of the reservoir, the flow simulator being constructed from known physical data as a function of the
technical parameters, comprising the steps:
a) selecting a number of the uncertain technical parameters involved in the flow simulator;
b) determining a first analytic model relating the production of the reservoir as a function of time, by taking account of
the uncertain technical parameters selected in step a) and matching a finite number of production values obtained by means
of the flow simulator;
c) from the first analytic model determined in step b), determining a second analytic model as a function of the uncertain
technical parameters determined in step a) and of selected economic implications of the uncertain economic parameters, wherefrom
an evaluation of a decision support criterion determined by taking account of production uncertainties linked with the selected
economic implications of the uncertain economic parameters and the uncertain technical parameters is deduced; and
d) modifying development conditions of the hydrocarbon reservoir based on an evaluation obtained for the decision support
criterion.
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