US 12,215,585 B2
System and method for identifying productive health of wells while ensuring safe operating conditions
Syed Khalid Gilani, Abqaiq (SA); Hemant Kumar Sharma, Udhailiyah (SA); Naresh Kumar Purusharthy, Udhailiyah (SA); and Imran Muhammad Javed, Abqaiq (SA)
Assigned to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY, Dhahran (SA)
Filed by SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY, Dhahran (SA)
Filed on Apr. 26, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/240,256.
Prior Publication US 2022/0341317 A1, Oct. 27, 2022
Int. Cl. G06Q 10/063 (2023.01); E21B 49/00 (2006.01); E21B 49/08 (2006.01); G06Q 10/0631 (2023.01); G06Q 10/0633 (2023.01); G06Q 10/0639 (2023.01)
CPC E21B 49/008 (2013.01) [E21B 49/0875 (2020.05); G06Q 10/06312 (2013.01); G06Q 10/0633 (2013.01); G06Q 10/06393 (2013.01); E21B 2200/20 (2020.05); E21B 2200/22 (2020.05)] 3 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
accessing at least one sensor disposed on or proximate a first well among a plurality of wells;
acquiring one or more live measurements from the at least one sensor, the one or more live measurements comprising a shut-in well head pressure for the first well;
obtaining, by a network controller comprising a computer processor, attribute data for the plurality of wells, wherein the attribute data comprises the one or more live measurements and a well type, and wherein the plurality of wells are connected to the network controller over a network and comprise an oil well, a gas well, a water injection well, a water supply well, and an observation well;
obtaining, by the network controller, a set of weightages;
obtaining, by the network controller, a set of correspondences between a plurality of well types and a plurality of well attribute sets;
generating, by the network controller, a first Well Health Index (WHI) set from a well attribute set for the well type of the first well according to the set of correspondences;
automatically generating, by the network controller, attribute flags for one or more attributes in the first WHI set automatically based on the attribute data and predefined conditions for the attributes of the first WHI set;
iteratively, until a remediation category for the first well is determined to be in good health:
obtaining, by the network controller, a second WHI set, wherein the second WHI set is selected by a user by altering or confirming an attribute flag for each of the attributes in the first WHI set, wherein altering consists of either generating an attribute flag for an attribute without a flag or removing an attribute flag for an attribute with a flag, and wherein each attribute in the second WHI set is associated with a weight from the set of weightages;
determining, by the network controller, a sum of weightages by summing the weight of each attribute in the second WHI set;
determining, by the network controller, the remediation category among a plurality of remediation categories for the first well based on the sum of weightages, wherein each of the plurality of remediation categories correspond to a unique range of values of the sum of weightages;
determining, by the network controller, a remediation action for the first well based on the remediation category, wherein the remediation action is an acid stimulation procedure that enhances oil production at the first well;
obtaining, by the network controller, an updated attribute data for the first well in response to determining the remediation action;
updating, by the network controller, the attribute flags of the first WHI set to produce updated attribute flags automatically based on the updated attribute data; and
automatically generating, by the network controller, a plurality of tracking notifications and action reports for the plurality of wells based on the updated attribute flags, wherein the plurality of tracking notifications and action reports correspond to a plurality of remediation actions for the plurality of wells, and wherein the plurality of remediation actions comprise the first remediation action; and
transmitting, by the network controller and based on the updated attribute flags, the plurality of tracking notifications and action reports to at least one user device connected to the network,
wherein the plurality of tracking notifications are repeatedly transmitted by the network controller to the at least one user device until the plurality of remediation actions are performed.