Increasing the development efficiency of gas condensate fields by oprimizing well arrangement patterns and gas production elements

Background. Effective planning of gas and gas-condensate fields requires an integrated approach, which could ensure maximal economic effects while observing the conditions for the rational use of hydrocarbon reserves of the field. This includes not only effective technological solutions for field development, such as the number of wells and development systems, but also the optimal design of the entire infrastructure.

Aim. To develop a methodology for optimizing the placement of production wells, well pads, and booster compressor stations (BCS) taking into account technological, economic, and geographical constraints.

Materials and methods. The proposed approach is based on mathematical modeling, including an analysis of the density of reserves in the reservoir for the most competent placement of design wells, accounting for the costs of infrastructure construction and minimizing the costs of gas transportation. Additionally, landscape constraints affecting the placement of infrastructure facilities are considered.

Results. The developed approach allows the amount of hydrocarbon reserves involved in development to be maximized and the capital costs for infrastructure construction and operating costs to be minimized, which constitutes the key task of gas field planning.

Conclusion. The developed methodology and its software implementation can be used in the design of new gas condensate fields, as well as for optimizing the development schemes of existing facilities.

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