Testing the INSIM-FT Proxy Simulation Method

Abstract

This paper describes testing of the INSIM-FT proxy simulation method (interwell-numerical-simulation model improved with front-tracking method) to assess the dependencies between production and injection wells, as well as to assess the forecast of oil/liquid production by wells depending on their operation parameters. The paper proposes the approach of taking into account the influence of various production enhancement operations. The method was tested on a synthetic hydrodynamic model and on a sector of a real field. The results show a good match between historical data and simulation results and indicate significant computational efficiency compared to classical reservoir simulators.

Keywords

• proxy modeling
• ES-MDA
• history matching
• reservoir optimization