METHOD, SYSTEM, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FORFIELD LIFT OPTIMIZATION USING DISTRIBUTED INTELLIGENCE AND SINGLE-VARIABLE SLOPE CONTROL

摘要

A method, computing device, computer-readable storage medium, and system perform field lift optimization using single-variable slope control, and typically using distributed intelligence between a central controller and individual well controllers to provide lift optimization for the artificial lift mechanisms used by a plurality of wells in an oilfield. An oilfield-wide slope control variable is generated and distributed to the various wells within an oilfield for localized control at each well of the artificial lift mechanism therefor to provide for optimized oil production across an oil field. The oilfield-wide slope control variable is typically used to determine a well-specific lift parameter for each well based upon a well-specific performance curve for the well.