US 12,291,947 B2
Hydrocarbon flow avatar
Ram Kinkar Thakur, Houston, TX (US); Vivek Kumar Singh, Asker (NO); Glen Lillehammer, Stavanger (NO); and Niels Kueck, Lysaker (NO)
Assigned to SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, Sugar Land, TX (US)
Filed by Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US)
Filed on Aug. 30, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/458,310.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/374,392, filed on Sep. 2, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0076969 A1, Mar. 7, 2024
Int. Cl. E21B 43/12 (2006.01); E21B 47/10 (2012.01); G06F 30/28 (2020.01); G06F 113/08 (2020.01)
CPC E21B 43/12 (2013.01) [E21B 47/10 (2013.01); G06F 30/28 (2020.01); E21B 2200/20 (2020.05); G06F 2113/08 (2020.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for evaluating flow assurance issues and risks in at least one network of oilfield facilities, the method comprising:
executing a digital avatar on a data processor, the digital avatar representing the at least one network of oilfield facilities during operation of the at least one network of oilfield facilities, wherein the digital avatar is configured to:
i) receive real-time sensor data communicated from field sensors disposed within the at least one network of oilfield facilities;
ii) construct at least one model of the at least one network of oilfield facilities from the real-time sensor data;
iii) configure at least one simulator to use the model of ii) to predict fluid flow through the at least one network of oilfield facilities for at least one what-if scenario, wherein configuring the at least one simulator comprises selecting at least one configuration parameter for the what-if scenario;
iv) present for display a user interface that enables a user to evaluate performance and at least one flow assurance risk or issue associated with the at least one network of oilfield facilities for the at least one what-if scenario, wherein evaluating the performance and at least one flow assurance risk or issue comprises:
determining a first average value of a risk performance indicator for a well;
determining a second average value of the risk performance indicator for a flowline in communication with the well;
determining an aggregated value of the risk performance indicator for the at least one network of oilfield activities based upon the first and second averages; and
determining a severity level of the at least one flow assurance risk or issue based upon the aggregated value; and
v) recommend to an operator a set of actions or tasks to address the at least one flow assurance risk or issue and optimize a flow of produced hydrocarbons in the at least one network of oilfield facilities.