OMV’s production technologists are faced with a tough task: balancing long-term goals (the life cycle of the field) against short-term goals (meeting demand and producing condensate) while making sure the field is operated within its constraints. To achieve this in day-to-day operations, the operators have flowed the wells from highest to lowest priority as given by a well priority list prepared by the production technologists.
**By optimizing condensate production according to the constraints instead of sequentially flowing the wells from highest to lowest priority, OMV could achieve the same goals while also producing more condensate.**
an optimization model that uses information such as condensate-gas ratios (CGR), water-gas ratios (WGR), well minimum and maximum rates, facility capacities, planned outages, and more to propose optimal flow rates for the wells at the gas field.