Meana Petro
SR-02FrontierWave 3AIDomain

Automated History Matching

In one sentence

Tunes the reservoir model until it reproduces what the field actually produced, automatically and with the uncertainty kept rather than discarded.

The problem

Manual history matching takes three to six months per field and produces a single "matched" model whose uncertainty has been argued away rather than quantified. Decisions are then made as if that one model were the truth.

How it works

An ensemble smoother with multiple data assimilation updates the property ensemble against production history, keeping a family of matched models rather than collapsing to one. Parameter groups are constrained to geologically plausible ranges agreed with the geomodeller before the run.

Data required

  • Simulation model with a defined uncertain-parameter set
  • Clean production and injection history by well, with allocation quality flagged
  • Pressure surveys and well test results with dates
  • Geological constraints on each uncertain parameter

What you get

  • Ensemble of matched models with posterior parameter distributions
  • Match quality by well and by phase, with the poorly matched wells named
  • Forecast bands rather than a single deterministic forecast

What it cannot do

The method assimilates the data it is given, so allocation error in the production history becomes a property of the matched model. In fields with back-allocated rates and no well-test discipline the result is a model that matches wrong numbers precisely. We run a data-quality gate first and have refused this work where the gate failed.

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