HE Chunyan, ZHAO Yong, LI Nanying, et al. Intelligent production adjustment early warning for shale gas wells based on fuzzy logic control[J]. Petroleum Reservoir Evaluation and Development, 2025, 15(1): 152-160. DOI: 10.13809/j.cnki.cn32-1825/te.2025.01.019.
Intelligent production adjustment early warning for shale gas wells based on fuzzy logic control
Against the backdrop of continuously advancing big data technology
digitization and intelligent production management of oil and gas fields have become an inevitable trend. Shale gas wells face challenges such as liquid accumulation
sand production
and high stress sensitivity
necessitating the consideration of numerous factors during production adjustment. Traditional methods
which require extensive manual labor and exhibit low efficiency in production adjustment warnings
fail to consider multiple factors for optimal adjustment. To address this issue
considering the typical lifecycle characteristics of shale gas wells
the study divided the lifecycle into three stages: liquid unloading and gas transportation
stable production and pressure reduction
and fixed pressure and production reduction. Specific production adjustment rules tailored to different lifecycle stages were defined and six types of production adjustment indicators were proposed
including pressure drop method in stable production period
gas production per unit pressure drop method
critical sand-carrying flow rate method
critical liquid-carrying flow rate method
empirical chart method
and intermittent well-switching method. Based on these production adjustment rules and indicators
combined with field experience
an intelligent production adjustment early warning model for shale gas wells using fuzzy logic control was established. Implemented in Python
this model allows for real-time calculation of all production adjustment indicators and the fuzzy logic control algorithm as the well production dynamics change. This method has been applied in over a hundred wells in the Weirong shale gas field
reducing early warning times for production adjustments to just 30 seconds
compared to the traditional methods that require at least 5 days. The timely early warning of production adjustment needs has achieved good application results. In the future
combining remote control of oil nozzles or choke valves to adjust the production regime can provide technical support for intelligent oil and gas fields.