Mixed-integer nonlinear programming model for layout design of subsea satellite well system in deep water oil field

Abstract

This paper focuses on the concept of a subsea satellite well system in deep water oil field, and a mixed-integer nonlinear programming model (MINLP) is proposed to help design the layout to minimize the payback period. The proposed model has two key aspects. First, the objective function, payback period, reflects the link between the total cost and production. And second, the Floating Production Storage and Offloading units (FPSOs), subsea wells, flowlines, and subsea obstacles are integrated for the modeling, presenting the interaction of the components from underground to the sea level. A decomposition strategy based on gradient descent algorithm is proposed to solve the model. The case studies indicate the model's feasibility. Besides, two different applications of the model are presented, one is to optimize the layout under given horizontal displacements and the other is the cost comparison between drilling horizontal well and vertical well, indicating the model's flexibility.