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The general form of objective function  for production targets optimisation is given by:


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G = \sum_{y=1}^{N_y} \frac{AG_y}{(1+r)^y} \rightarrow \rm max



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AG_y = \sum_{t=1+y_t}^{365+y_t} G_t

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anchorGt
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 = \sum_{t=1+y_t}^{365+y_t} 
\left( G_t^{+} - G_t^{-} \right)





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G_t^{+} =  \sum_{k=1}^{N^{\uparrow}_P} \left[ R_O(t) \cdot q^{\uparrow}_{O, k}(t) + R_G(t) \cdot  q^{\uparrow}_{G, k}(t) \right] 



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G_t^{-} = 
 \sum_{k=1}^{N^{\uparrow}_P} C^{\uparrow}_{L,k} \cdot q^{\uparrow}_{L, k}(t)
+\sum_{k=1}^{N^{\uparrow}_P} C^{\uparrow}_{O,k} \cdot q^{\uparrow}_{O, k} (t)
+\sum_{k=1}^{N^{\uparrow}_P} C^{\uparrow}_{G,k} \cdot q^{\uparrow}_{G, k} (t)
+\sum_{k=1}^{N^{\uparrow}_P} C^{\uparrow}_{W,k} \cdot q^{\uparrow}_{W, k}(t)
+\sum_{i=1}^{N^{\downarrow}_W} C^{\downarrow}_{W,j} \cdot q^{\downarrow}_{W, i}(t)
+\sum_{j=1}^{N^{\downarrow}_G} C^{\downarrow}_{G,j} \cdot q^{\downarrow}_{G, j}(t)
+ C_{WS} \cdot q_{WS}(t)
+ C_{GS} \cdot q_{GS}(t)




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q_{WS}(t) = \sum_{i=1}^{N^{\downarrow}_W}  q^{\downarrow}_{W, i}(t) - \sum_{k=1}^{N^{\uparrow}_P} q^{\uparrow}_{W, k}(t) 



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C_{WS}(t)= \begin{cases} 
C^{\uparrow}_{WS}(t), & \mbox{if } q_{WS}(t)>0 
\\ 
C^{\downarrow}_{WS}(t), & \mbox{if } q_{WS}(t)<0 
\end{cases}



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q_{GS}(t) = \sum_{j=1}^{N^{\downarrow}_G}  q^{\downarrow}_{G, j}(t) - \sum_{k=1}^{N^{\uparrow}_P} q^{\uparrow}_{G, k}(t)

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C_{GS}(t)= \begin{cases} 
C^{\uparrow}_{GS}(t), & \mbox{if } q_{GS}(t) > 0 
\\ 
C^{\downarrow}_{GS}(t), & \mbox{if } q_{GS}(t) > 0 
\end{cases}




where

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yearsassessment period

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days

running time in the form of the number of days past the start of production 

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years

number of whole years past the start of production by the current moment 

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bodyr

discount rate





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yearsassessment period

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bodyt

daysday within a given year

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bodyr

discount rate

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body--uriencoded--q%5e%7B\uparrow%7D_%7BO, k%7D(t)

volume/day

oil production rate for 

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-th producer

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body--uriencoded--C%5e%7B\uparrow%7D_%7BO,k%7D(t)

cash/volume

cost of produced oil treatment and transportation from 

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bodyk
-th wellhead to CMS

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bodyR_O(t)

cash/volumeoil selling price

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body--uriencoded--q%5e%7B\uparrow%7D_%7BG%7BO, k%7D(t)

volume/day

gas oil production rate for 

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bodyk
-th producer

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body--uriencoded--C%5e%7B\uparrow%7D_%7BG%7BO,k%7D(t)

cash/volume

cost of produced gas treatment oil treatment and transportation from 

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bodyk
-th wellhead to CMS CTM

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bodyR_GO(t)

cash/volumegas selling priceoil selling price

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body--uriencoded--q%5e%7B\uparrow%7D_%7BW%7BG, k%7D(t)

volume/day

water gas production rate for 

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bodyk
-th producer

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body--uriencoded--C%5e%7B\uparrow%7D_%7BW%7BG,k%7D(t)

cash/volume

cost of produced water treatment gas treatment and transportation from 

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bodyk
-th wellhead to CMS to CTM

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body--uriencoded--N%5e%7B\uparrow%7D_PR_G(t)

countscash/volumegas selling pricenumber of producers at 

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t

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body--uriencoded--q%5e%7B\uparrow%7D_%7BL%7BW, k%7D(t)

volume/day

liquid water production rate for 

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bodyk
-th producer

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body--uriencoded--C%5e%7B\uparrow%7D_%7BL%7BW,k%7D(t)

cash/volume

cost of fluid lift from reservoir to the produced water treatment and transportation from 

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bodyk
-th wellhead, cash/volume to CTM

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body--uriencoded--

N%5e%7B\uparrow%7D_

P(t)

volume/daycounts

number of producers at 

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bodyt
water supply/disposal rate

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body--uriencoded--

q%5e%7B\uparrow%7D_

%7BL, k%7D(t)

cash/volumevolume/day

liquid production rate for 

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bodyk
-th producer

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body--uriencoded--C%5e%7B\

uparrow%7D_

%7BL, k%7D(t)

cash/volume

cost of

water disposal

fluid lift from reservoir to the 

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bodyk
-th wellhead, cash/volume




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body--uriencoded--q_%7BWS%7D--uriencoded--q%5e%7B\uparrow%7D_%7BGS%7D(t)

volume/daygas supply rate

water supply/disposal rate

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body--uriencoded--C%5e%7B\uparrow%7D_%7BGS%7D%7BWS%7D(t)

cash/volumecost of gas water supply

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body--uriencoded--

C%5e%7B\downarrow%7D_

%7BWS%7D(t)

cash/volume/daycost of water disposal

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i

--uriencoded--q_%7BGS%7D(t)

volume/daygas supply/disposal rate

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body--uriencoded--C%5e%7B\

uparrow%7D_%7BGS%7D(t)

cash/volumecost of water injection, including treatment, transportation and pumping into gas supply

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i

-

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C%5e%7B\downarrow%7D_

%7BGS%7D(t)

countscash/volumenumber cost of water injectors at gas disposal

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t

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body--uriencoded--q%5e%7B\downarrow%7D_%7BG%7BW, i%7D(t)

volume/day

gas water injection rate for 

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bodyi
-th gas water injector

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body--uriencoded--C%5e%7B\downarrow%7D_%7BG%7BW,j%7Di%7D(t)

cash/volume

cost of gas water injection, including purchase, treatment, transportation and pumping into 

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bodyi
-th well

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body--uriencoded--N%5e%7B\downarrow%7D_GW(t)

counts

number of gas water injectors at 

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bodyt

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body--uriencoded--q%5e%7B\downarrow%7D_%7BG, i%7D(t)

volume/day

gas injection rate for 

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-th gas injector

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--uriencoded--C%5e%7B\downarrow%7D_%7BG,j%7D(t)

cash/volume

cost of gas injection, including purchase, treatment, transportation and pumping into 

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bodyi
-th well

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counts


number of gas injectors at 

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The objective function  

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can be rewritten in terms of Surface flowrates 
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body\{ q^{\uparrow}_L, q^{\downarrow}_W, q^{\downarrow}_G \}
 and usual subject to engineering restrictions:

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G_t = \sum_{p=1}^{N^{\uparrow}_P} C^{\uparrow}_{OGW}(t)  \cdot q^{\uparrow}_{L, p}(t)
- \sum_{i=1}^{N^{\downarrow}_W} C^{\downarrow}_{W,i} \cdot q^{\downarrow}_{W, i}(t) 
- \sum_{j=1}^{N^{\downarrow}_G} C^{\downarrow}_{G,j} \cdot q^{\downarrow}_{G, j}(t)
- 

...

C_{WS

...

} \cdot 

...

q_{WS}(t)
-

...

 C_{GS} \cdot 

...

q_{GS}(t)



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C^{\uparrow}_{OGW}(t) = \left[  (R_O(t) -  C^{\uparrow}_{O,p}) + (R_G(t) - C^{\uparrow}_{G,p}) \cdot  Y_{

...

G,p}(t) \right]  \cdot (1- Y_{

...

W,p}(t)) 
- C^{\uparrow}_{L,p} - C^{\uparrow}_{W,p} \cdot Y_{

...

W,p}(t) 



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0 \leq q^{\uparrow}_{

...

L, p}(t) 

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\leq  q^{\

...

uparrow}_{

...

LMAX, 

...

p}(t)

...



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0 \leq q^{\downarrow}_{W,

...

 i}(t) \

...

leq  q^{\

...

downarrow}_{

...

WMAX, 

...

i}(t)

...



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RateLimit
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0 \leq q^{\

...

downarrow}_{

...

G, j}(t) 

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\leq q^{\

...

downarrow}_{GMAX, j}(t)



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\sum_{

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p=1}^{N^{\uparrow}_P} q^{\uparrow}_{

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L, 

...

p}(t) 

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\leq q^{\uparrow}_{LMAX}



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q^{\

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WMIN}(t) 

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\leq 
\sum_{

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i=1}^{N^{\downarrow}_

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W} 

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q^{\downarrow}_{

...

W, 

...

i}(t) 

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\

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where

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body--uriencoded--Y_%7Bw,k%7D(t) = q_%7BW,k%7D / q_%7BL,k%7D

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Watercut in 

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-th well

...

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body--uriencoded--Y_%7Bg,k%7D(t) = q_%7BG,k%7D / q_%7BO,k%7D

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Gas-Oil Ratio in 

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-th well

...

leq q^{\downarrow}_{WMAX}



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q^
\sum_{j=1}^{N^{\
uparrow
downarrow}_
{LMIN, p
G} 
\leq
q^{\
uparrow
downarrow}_{
L
G, 
p
j}(t)

\leq 
q^{\
uparrow
downarrow}_{
LMAX, p
GMAX}




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q^{\downarrow}_{WMIN
, i} \leq
}(t) = \sum_{p=1}^{N^{\uparrow}_P} q^{\
downarrow
uparrow}_{W, 
i
p}(t) 
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q^{\downarrow}_{GMIN, j} \leq q^{\downarrow}_{G, j}(t) \leq q^{\downarrow}_{GMAX, j}




where

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body--uriencoded--Y_%7BW,k%7D(t) = q_%7BW,k%7D / q_%7BL,k%7D

Watercut in 

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-th well

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body--uriencoded--Y_%7BG,k%7D(t) = q_%7BG,k%7D / q_%7BO,k%7D

Gas-Oil Ratio in 

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-th well



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titleSandface Formalism



The objective function  

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can be further rewritten in terms of Sandface flowrates 
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body\{ q^{\uparrow}_t, q^{\downarrow}_w, q^{\downarrow}_g \}
:

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G = \sum_{k=1}^{N^{\uparrow}_P} G^{\uparrow}_{t,k} \cdot q^{\uparrow}_{t, k}
- \sum_{i=1}^{N^{\downarrow}_W} G^{\downarrow}_{w,i}  \cdot 
q^{\downarrow}_{w, i}
- \sum_{j=1}^{N^{\downarrow}_G} G^{\downarrow}_{g,j}  \cdot q^{\downarrow}_{g, j} - 
- 
C^
C_{
\uparrow}_{WS,k
WS} \cdot q_{WS}(t)
- C_{GS} \cdot 
q^{\uparrow}
q_{
WS
GS}(t)
 \rightarrow \rm max


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G^{\uparrow}_{t,k} = \frac{\left[  (R_O -  C^{\uparrow}_{O,k}) + (R_G - C^{\uparrow}_{G,k}) \cdot  Y_{
g
G,k} \right]  \cdot (1- Y_{
w
W,k}) 
- C^{\uparrow}_{L,k} - C^{\uparrow}_{W,k} \cdot Y_{
w
W,k} }
{B_{w,k} Y_{
w
W,k} + \left[ (B_{o,k} - R_{s,k} B_{g,k}) + (B_{g,k} - R_{v,k} B_{o,k}) \, Y_{
g
G,k} \right] \cdot (1-Y_{w,k})}


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G^{\downarrow}_{w,i} = B_{w,i} C^{\downarrow}_{W,i} 


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G^{\downarrow}_{g,i} = B_{g,i} \cdot C^{\downarrow}_{G,i}


where

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bodyB_{w,k} = B_w(p_{wf,k}(t))

Water FVF for 

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-th well

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BHPin 

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-th well

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bodyB_{o,k} = B_o(p_{wf,k}(t))

Oil FVF for 

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-th well

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bodyR_{s,k} = R_s(p_{wf,k}(t))

 Solution GOR in 

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-th well

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bodyB_{g,k} = B_g(p_{wf,k}(t))

Gas FVF for 

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-th well

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bodyR_{v,k} = R_v(p_{wf,k}(t))

 Vaporized Oil Ratio in 

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-th well




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titleDerivation


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G(t) = \sum_{p=1}^{N^{\uparrow}_P} \left[ 
(R_O -  C^{\uparrow}_{O,p}) \cdot q^{\uparrow}_{O, p} + (R_G - C^{\uparrow}_{G,p}) \cdot  q^{\uparrow}_{G, p} 
- C^{\uparrow}_{L,p}  - C^{\uparrow}_{W,p} \cdot q^{\uparrow}_{W, p}
\right]  
- \sum_{i=1}^{N^{\downarrow}_W} C^{\downarrow}_{W,j} \cdot q^{\downarrow}_{W, i} 
- \sum_{j=1}^{N^{\downarrow}_G} C^{\downarrow}_{G,j} \cdot q^{\downarrow}_{G, j}


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G(t) = \sum_{p=1}^{N^{\uparrow}_P} \left[ 
\left[  (R_O -  C^{\uparrow}_{O,p}) + (R_G - C^{\uparrow}_{G,p}) \cdot  Y_{
g
G,p} \right]  \cdot q^{\uparrow}_{O, p} 
- C^{\uparrow}_{L,p}  - C^{\uparrow}_{W,p} \cdot Y_{
w
W,p} \cdot q^{\uparrow}_{L, p}
\right]  
- \sum_{i=1}^{N^{\downarrow}_W} C^{\downarrow}_{W,j} \cdot q^{\downarrow}_{W, i} 
- \sum_{j=1}^{N^{\downarrow}_G} C^{\downarrow}_{G,j} \cdot q^{\downarrow}_{G, j}


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G(t) = \sum_{p=1}^{N^{\uparrow}_P} \left[ 
\left[  (R_O -  C^{\uparrow}_{O,p}) + (R_G - C^{\uparrow}_{G,p}) \cdot  Y_{
g
G,p} \right]  \cdot (1- Y_{
w
W,p}) 
- C^{\uparrow}_{L,p} - C^{\uparrow}_{W,p} \cdot Y_{w,p} 
\right]  \cdot q^{\uparrow}_{L, p}
- \sum_{i=1}^{N^{\downarrow}_W} C^{\downarrow}_{W,j} \cdot q^{\downarrow}_{W, i} 
- \sum_{j=1}^{N^{\downarrow}_G} C^{\downarrow}_{G,j} \cdot q^{\downarrow}_{G, j}

Translating 

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 and 
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bodyq^{\downarrow}_{G, j}
 to Sandface flowrates 
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bodyq^{\downarrow}_{w, i}
 and 
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bodyq^{\downarrow}_{g, j}
 with formation volume factor and substituting liquid production rate 
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bodyq^{\uparrow}_{L, p}
 from 
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pageLiquid production rate = qL
 one arrives to:

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G(t) = \sum_{p=1}^{N^{\uparrow}_P}  \frac{\left[  (R_O -  C^{\uparrow}_{O,p}) + (R_G - C^{\uparrow}_{G,p}) \cdot  Y_{g,p} \right]  \cdot (1- Y_{w,p}) 
- C^{\uparrow}_{L,p} - C^{\uparrow}_{W,p} \cdot Y_{
w
W,p} }
{B_w Y_{
w
W,p} + \left[ (B_o - R_s B_g) + (B_g - R_v B_o) \, Y_{
g
G,p} \right] \cdot (1-Y_{
w
W,p})}
 
 \cdot q^{\uparrow}_{t, p}
- \sum_{i=1}^{N^{\downarrow}_W} C^{\downarrow}_{W,j} \cdot B_w \cdot q^{\downarrow}_{w, i} 
- \sum_{j=1}^{N^{\downarrow}_G} C^{\downarrow}_{G,j} \cdot B_g \cdot q^{\downarrow}_{g, j}

which is equivalent to 

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Depending on Lift mechanism the rates in equation 

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 may be set directly or calculated from THP and formation pressure 
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(which is a usual case in injection wells):

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q^{\uparrow}_{t, k} = J_{t,k} \cdot ( p_{e,k} - p_{wf,k} )


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G^
q^{\downarrow}_{w,i} = J_{w,i} \cdot ( p_{wf,i} - p_{e,i} )


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G^
q^{\downarrow}_{g,i} = J_{g,i} \cdot ( p_{wf,i} - p_{e,i} )


Producing wells may spontaneously vary between Constant rate production: qL = const and Constant pressure production: pwf = const (see Constant rate production: qL = const for alternation details).



See Also

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Petroleum Industry / Upstream / Production / Field Development Plan

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Constant rate production: qL = const ] [ Constant pressure production: pwf pwf = const ]