Fast Assisted History Matching of Fractured Vertical Well in Coalbed Methane Reservoirs Using the Bayesian Adaptive Direct Searching Algorithm
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Methods
2.1. Basics of the AHM
2.2. BADS Algorithm
2.3. Setup of Reservoir Model
2.3.1. Construction of the Grid Model
2.3.2. Parameters to Be Tuned
2.4. Workflow of the AHM
3. Case Study
4. Results and Discussion
4.1. Performance of BADS
4.2. Comparison with Existing Algorithms
5. Conclusions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Variable | Lower Boundary | Upper Boundary |
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Porosity | 0.001 | 0.05 |
In situ permeability, mD | 0.01 | 1.0 |
In situ Compressibility, MPa−1 | 0.001 | 0.1 |
Sorption strain | 0.001 | 0.03 |
Langmuir volume, m3/t | 25 | 40 |
Langmuir pressure, MPa | 1.0 | 6.0 |
Swc | 0 | 0.9 |
krw0 | 0.1 | 1 |
λ | 0.1 | 10 |
β | 0 | 5 |
η | 1 | 10 |
Length of SA, m | 50 | 120 |
Width of SA, m | 10 | 50 |
Permeability of SA, mD | 1 | 50 |
Compressibility of SA, MPa−1 | 0.01 | 0.1 |
Well ID | Algorithm | Minimized Objective Function Value | |||||||
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Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Run 5 | Max. | Min. | Avg. | ||
Well #1 | BADS | 0.729 | 0.626 | 0.644 | 0.661 | 0.624 | 0.729 | 0.624 | 0.657 |
PSO | 0.759 | 0.621 | 0.634 | 0.731 | 0.856 | 0.856 | 0.621 | 0.720 | |
CMA-ES | 0.887 | 0.724 | 0.845 | 0.841 | 0.891 | 0.891 | 0.724 | 0.838 | |
Well #2 | BADS | 1.081 | 1.132 | 1.038 | 1.140 | 1.022 | 1.140 | 1.022 | 1.083 |
PSO | 1.161 | 1.099 | 1.367 | 1.025 | 1.256 | 1.367 | 1.025 | 1.182 | |
CMA-ES | 1.859 | 1.497 | 1.888 | 1.423 | 1.516 | 1.888 | 1.423 | 1.636 | |
Well #3 | BADS | 1.102 | 1.041 | 1.128 | 1.396 | 1.265 | 1.396 | 1.041 | 1.186 |
PSO | 1.468 | 1.267 | 1.264 | 1.553 | 1.844 | 1.844 | 1.264 | 1.479 | |
CMA-ES | 2.173 | 2.101 | 3.182 | 2.920 | 2.210 | 3.182 | 2.101 | 2.517 |
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Li, Z. Fast Assisted History Matching of Fractured Vertical Well in Coalbed Methane Reservoirs Using the Bayesian Adaptive Direct Searching Algorithm. Processes 2023, 11, 2239. https://doi.org/10.3390/pr11082239
Li Z. Fast Assisted History Matching of Fractured Vertical Well in Coalbed Methane Reservoirs Using the Bayesian Adaptive Direct Searching Algorithm. Processes. 2023; 11(8):2239. https://doi.org/10.3390/pr11082239
Chicago/Turabian StyleLi, Zhijun. 2023. "Fast Assisted History Matching of Fractured Vertical Well in Coalbed Methane Reservoirs Using the Bayesian Adaptive Direct Searching Algorithm" Processes 11, no. 8: 2239. https://doi.org/10.3390/pr11082239