A Methodology for the Optimisation of Heavy Oil Production Strategies

P17 A METHODOLOGY FOR THE OPTIMISATION OF HEAVY OIL PRODUCTION STRATEGIES Abstract 1 MARTINI R.F.(1) CAVALCANTE FILHO J.S.A.(1) SCHIOZER D.J.(1) (1) - Dept. of Petroleum Engineering/FEM UNICAMP C.P. 6122 Campinas- SP 13083-970 Brazil e-mail for contact (Dr. MARTINI): [email protected] (Professor SCHIOZER): [email protected] Previous works have presented a methodology developed to assist in the optimisation of production strategies based on technical parameters such as the field cumulative oil production and economic parameters such as the net present value. This methodology adopts an interactive approach between the user and an expert system which was proved to be highly efficient in the case