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Barros, E.G.D. (author), Szklarz, S.P. (author), Khoshnevis Gargar, N. (author), Hopman, J. (author), Zirotti, G. (author), Bascialla, G. (author), Ramsay, T.S. (author), Fonseca, R.M. (author)Field development planning activities involve decisions that entail multi-billion-dollar investments. Making right design choices is crucial to the techno-economic success of the project. In this paper we demonstrate how state-of-the-art numerical model-based optimization techniques can support asset teams in this complex decision-making process...conference paper 2023
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Barros, E.G.D. (author), van Aken, B.B. (author), Burgers, A.R. (author), Sloof-Hoek, L.H. (author), Fonseca, R.M. (author)The scarcity of land near energy demand poses the challenge of designing multi-functional solar parks in terms of land use in some countries. This requires solutions accounting for multiple conflicting objectives, e.g., power generation and multi-functional use of the land (agricultural, construction, ecological). Moreover, the performance of...article 2021
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Krishna Swamy, S. (author), Szklarz, S. (author), Fonseca, R.M. (author), Bulder, B.H. (author)Applications of the wind farm layout optimisation problem focus on optimally positioning a certain number of turbines within a wind farm so that annual energy production (AEP) is maximised. This study addresses an earlier stage in the wind farm development process. Instead of optimising the individual positions of a certain number of turbines of...article 2020
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Ramaswamy, K.R. (author), Fonseca, R.M. (author), Leeuwenburgh, O. (author), Siraj, M.M. (author), van den Hof, P.M.J. (author)We are concerned with the efficiency of stochastic gradient estimation methods for large-scale nonlinear optimization in the presence of uncertainty. These methods aim to estimate an approximate gradient from a limited number of random input vector samples and corresponding objective function values. Ensemble methods usually employ Gaussian...article 2020
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Kahrobaei, S.S. (author), Fonseca, R.M. (author), Willems, C.J.L. (author), Wilschut, F. (author), Wees, J.D.A.M. (author)In the geothermal energy domain, it is common practice to drill a doublet (i.e. an injection and production well pair) system for heat production from the subsurface. Injector-producer spacing typically varies between 1 to 2 km. This well spacing distance is usually chosen through engineering judgement. The concept of drilling doublet systems is...conference paper 2019
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Hanea, R.G. (author), Bjorlykke, O.P. (author), Hashmi, Y. (author), Feng, T. (author), Fonseca, R.M. (author)In this paper we present our results, challenges and learnings, over a two-year period wherein robust multi-objective optimization was applied at the Mariner asset which is being currently developed. Many different problems were solved with different objectives. These problems were formulated based on the phases of planning and development at...conference paper 2019
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de Moraes, R.J. (author), Fonseca, R.M. (author), Helici, M.A. (author), Heemink, A.W. (author), Jansen, J.D. (author)We present an efficient workflow that combines multiscale (MS) forward simulation and stochastic gradient computation - MS-StoSAG - for the optimization of well controls applied to waterflooding under geological uncertainty. A two-stage iterative Multiscale Finite Volume (i-MSFV), a mass conservative reservoir simulation strategy, is employed as...article 2019
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Fonseca, R.M. (author), Della Rossa, E. (author), Emerick, A.A. (author), Hanea, R.G. (author), Jansen, J.D. (author)Since the early 2000's there has been a significant focus from many groups around the world towards the development and application of innovative technologies in order to improve reservoir management strategies and optimize field development plans. Benchmark studies are a very valuable way of evaluating and demonstrating the status and potential...conference paper 2018
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Hanea, R.G. (author), Casanova, P. (author), Hustoft, L. (author), Bratvold, R.B. (author), Nair, R. (author), Hewson, C.W. (author), Leeuwenburgh, O. (author), Fonseca, R.M. (author)The goal of reservoir management is to make decisions with the objective of maximizing the value creation from the oil or gas production. In order to do this models that preserve geological realism and have predictive capabilities are being developed and used. These models are commonly calibrated by using Assisted History Matching (AHM) methods...conference paper 2017
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Moraes, R. (author), Fonseca, R.M. (author), Helici, M. (author), Heemink, A.W. (author), Jansen, J.D. (author)We present an efficient workflow that combines multiscale (MS) forward simulation and stochastic gradient computation - MS-StoSAG - for the optimization of well controls applied to waterflooding under geological uncertainty. The Iterative Multiscale Finite Volume (i-MSFV), a mass conservative reservoir simulation strategy, is employed as the...conference paper 2017
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Hanea, R.G. (author), Casanova, P. (author), Hustoft, L. (author), Wilschut, F. (author), Fonseca, R.M. (author)A key objective in any reservoir development plan is to achieve maximum reservoir exploitation which is usually quantified using an economic objective such as net present value (NPV). A key element of such an optimized development plan is an optimized well planning scheme (number, placement and trajectories of the wells). In the well planning...conference paper 2017
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Chen, B. (author), Fonseca, R.M. (author), Leeuwenburgh, O. (author), Reynolds, A.C. (author)We develop a framework based on the lexicographic method and the newly developed Stochastic-Simplex-Approximate-Gradient (StoSAG) algorithm to maximize the expected net-present-value (NPV) and minimize the associated risk or uncertainty in robust life-cycle production optimization. With the lexicographic method, we first maximize the expectation...article 2017
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Fonseca, R.M. (author), Leeuwenburgh, O. (author), van den Hof, P.M.J. (author), Jansen, J.D. (author)Ensemble optimization (referred to throughout the remainder of the paper as EnOpt) is a rapidly emerging method for reservoirmodel-based production optimization. EnOpt uses an ensemble of controls to approximate the gradient of the objective function with respect to the controls. Current implementations of EnOpt use a Gaussian ensemble of...article 2015
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Fonseca, R.M. (author), Leeuwenburgh, O. (author), Rossa, E.D. (author), van den Hof, P.M.J. (author), Jansen, J.D. (author)We consider robust ensemble-based (EnOpt) multi-objective production optimization of on-off inflow control devices (ICDs) for a sector model inspired on a real-field case. The use of on-off valves as optimization variables leads to a discrete control problem. We propose a re-parameterization of such discrete controls in terms of switching times,...conference paper 2015
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Fonseca, R.M. (author), Kahrobaei, S.S. (author), van Gastel, L.J.T. (author), Leeuwenburgh, O. (author), Jansen, J.D. (author)With an increase in the number of applications of ensemble optimization (EnOpt) for production optimization, the theoretical understanding of the gradient quality has received little attention. An important factor that influences the quality of the gradient estimate is the number of samples. In this study we use principles from statistical...conference paper 2015
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Fonseca, R.M. (author), Leeuwenburgh, O. (author), Van den Hof, P.M.J. (author), Jansen, J.D. (author)In an earlier study, two hierarchical multiobjective methods were suggested to include short-term targets in life-cycle production optimization. However, this earlier study has two limitations: (1) the adjoint formulation is used to obtain gradient information, requiring simulator source code access and an extensive implementation effort, and (2...article 2014
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Fonseca, R.M. (author), Stordal, A.S. (author), Leeuwenburgh, O. (author), van den Hof, P.M.J. (author), Jansen, J.D. (author)We consider robust ensemble-based multi-objective optimization using a hierarchical switching algorithm for combined long-term and short term water flooding optimization. We apply a modified formulation of the ensemble gradient which results in improved performance compared to earlier formulations. We also apply multi-dimensional scaling to...conference paper 2014
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Fonseca, R.M. (author), Leeuwenburgh, O. (author), van den Hof, P.M.J. (author), Jansen, J.D. (author)Ensemble Optimization (EnOpt) is a rapidly emerging method for reservoir model based production optimization. EnOpt uses an ensemble of controls to approximate the gradient of the objective function with respect to the controls. Current implementations of EnOpt use a Gaussian ensemble with a constant standard deviation, i.e. a diagonal...conference paper 2013
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Fonseca, R.M. (author), Leeuwenburgh, O. (author), Jansen, J.D. (author)In a recent study two hierarchical multi-objective methods were suggested to include short-term targets in life-cycle production optimization. However this previous study has two limitations: 1) the adjoint formulation is used to obtain gradient information, requiring simulator source code access and an extensive implementation effort, and 2)...conference paper 2012