Field Production Facility Optimization Using Sequential Quadratic Programming

Abstract

Concrete is the most versatile construction material in the world today. It is estimated that approximately 50% of the expenditure in the construction industry is spent on repair and rehabilitation of the existing structures in aggressive environmental conditions. This implies a need to study the reasons for its deterioration and make the necessary changes required. A marine environment is the condition prevailing in and in the vicinity of an ocean or sea. Coastal areas, which can be characterized to have a marine climate, reach normally some 10 km from the coastline, due to wind-blown salt mist. The study of concrete in this environment deserves special attention due to the nature of deterioration. In this thesis work complete surface subsurface model was coupled with reservoir simulation model. The coupled model provides a practical tool that aids production and reservoir engineers to assign production rates and notice the affects of these rates on the total network. It also provides a mean of integrated optimization where the effects of each optimization scenario would be carried over the entire network taking all network constrains into consideration.

في ُذا العول أطزّحةة الاقتةزاى الابهلةَ لٌوةْاج الوحب ةب الجْفيةة السةطحية هةم ًوةْاج هحب ةب لواوةةي الةةٌف .ّضةةم الةةن جبًةةب الةةو ا ا تةةْفز افنةةل عوليةةة اًتةةبج هواٌةةَ ببسةةتخدام البزهجةةَ التزبيعيَ التسلسليَ ّالتي تسبعد الوٌِدسيي للحصْل علن افنل هعدلات للاًتبج لال بئز ضوي الشباَ هم الاخذ ببلعتببر تأثيز هعدلات الاًتبج علن الشباَ الاليَ . ُذا البحث ر ز علن استخدام الاقتزاى الابهل لٌوْاج الوحب ب الجْفيَ السطحيَ هم ًوْاج هحب

في ُذا العول أطزّحةة الاقتةزاى الابهلةَ لٌوةْاج الوحب ةب الجْفيةة السةطحية هةم ًوةْاج هحب ةب لواوةةي الةةٌف .ّضةةم الةةن جبًةةب الةةو ا ا تةةْفز افنةةل عوليةةة اًتةةبج هواٌةةَ ببسةةتخدام البزهجةةَ التزبيعيَ التسلسليَ ّالتي تسبعد الوٌِدسيي للحصْل علن افنل هعدلات للاًتبج لال بئز ضوي الشباَ هم الاخذ ببلعتببر تأثيز هعدلات الاًتبج علن الشباَ الاليَ . ُذا البحث ر ز علن استخدام الاقتزاى الابهل لٌوْاج الوحب ب الجْفيَ السطحيَ هم ًوْاج هحب In this thesis work complete surface subsurface model was coupled with reservoir simulation model. The coupled model provides a practical tool that aids production and reservoir engineers to assign production rates and notice the affects of these rates on the total network. It also provides a mean of integrated optimization where the effects of each optimization scenario would be carried over the entire network taking all network constrains into consideration. The coupled model was optimized utilizing sequential quadratic programming. Two scenarios where utilized in order to optimize crude handling facilities configurations showing the effects of change in surface facilities on reservoir level.