PR-03Frontier
Gas Lift Allocation Optimization
Decides how to split a limited supply of lift gas across the wells that want it, to maximise oil rather than gas injected.
Production & Artificial LiftAIDomain
PR-14FrontierWave 3AIDomain
Gathering Network Optimization
In one sentence
Optimises the whole surface network together — chokes, routing and separator pressures — rather than one well at a time.
The problem
Wells interact through shared flowlines and separators. Optimising each well against a fixed assumed back-pressure gives a set of setpoints that are individually sensible and collectively wrong.
How it works
A steady-state network model couples every well’s inflow and tubing performance with the pipeline hydraulics and separator constraints, and a global optimiser searches chokes, routing and separator pressure against total oil subject to handling limits. Recommendations are reviewed by the production supervisor before implementation.
Data required
- Network topology, pipeline dimensions, elevations and equipment specifications
- Calibrated well models from nodal analysis
- Separator and compression capacity limits
- Current setpoints and measured pressures throughout the network
What you get
- Optimised choke and separator setpoints with expected network gain
- Bottleneck identification with the debottlenecking value quantified
- What-if evaluation for routing and capacity changes
What it cannot do
Network model calibration is a substantial field effort and the model drifts as conditions change, so without a maintenance commitment the recommendations degrade within months. This capability is also the one most often blocked not by technology but by operating discipline: setpoints that are recommended and then not implemented produce no value, and we scope it only where the operator commits to acting on the output.
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Related capabilities
- PR-06Intermediate
Virtual Flow Metering
Estimates each well’s oil, water and gas rate continuously from pressure and temperature, between the physical tests.
Production & Artificial LiftAIDomain - PR-13Foundational
Automated Nodal Analysis
Runs the inflow-outflow calculation for every well in the field on a schedule, instead of for a few wells when someone has time.
Production & Artificial LiftDomain - OP-08Frontier
Real-Time Decision Support Layer
Brings the recommendations from every capability into one prioritised queue, so the team works the highest-value item rather than the loudest alarm.
Operations DigitalizationAIIT