System and method for well control

摘要

Systems and methods are provided for supervising the control of wells in a grouping of wells, or “well pads,” in a subterranean hydrocarbon reservoir so as to coordinate operation of the well pad. By coordinating operation of the well pad, hydrocarbon production for the well pad can be optimized. An exemplary method includes the steps of generating a plurality of requests to control individual wells of the well grouping, queuing the requests, and authorizing the requests based on one or more criteria associated with the well grouping so as to coordinate operation of the well grouping.

主权项

1. A well control system for a subterranean hydrocarbon reservoir, the system comprising:
a plurality of well control systems, each of the well control systems being associated with an individual well of a grouping of wells from a well pad in fluid communication with the subterranean reservoir; a plurality of well controllers associated with each of the individual well control systems that control operation of the individual well control systems based on one or more criteria associated with the individual well; and a supervisor controller in communication with each of the well controllers for coordinating operation of each of the well control systems by allowing or postponing operation of individual wells within the grouping of wells from the well pad until one or more criteria associated with the well pad is satisfied.