Prospective Approaches to Field Model Adjustment over Oil Production Process

When designing automated management systems for oilfield development one of the main problems is the uncertainty of control object stemming from natural factors. Field properties' identification becomes a key task here. Field model adjustment plays a crucial role in this process. It is clear that history matching, as well as control, should be conducted on different time scales. Under the close-loop management, real-time adjustment (history matching) is used, but long-term management requires the model to be adjusted over the entire production lifecycle. This problem can be solved with the help of synergetic models. This article explains why and how the synergistic approach can be applied to the problem of field development management and describes some prospective approaches to field model adjustment throughout the life cycle.