Abstract: A system for optimally controlling gas flows in a pipeline network having gas import points, gas export points, and pipelines connected therebetween. The pipelines are interconnected by at least one junction. Each gas import point, gas export point and junction has a sensor and a flow control device, both of which correspond to a unique smart meter. Each smart meter includes a communication network interface and a flow control device controller. Each smart meter is capable of repeatedly: (1) receiving system gas data and first local gas request parameters from at least one other smart meter; (2) controlling the flow control device via the flow control device controller; (3) generating local gas values based on an output from the corresponding sensor; (4) calculating second local gas request parameters based on the local gas values and the system gas data; and (5) transmitting the system gas data.

Abstract: A system for optimally controlling gas flows in a pipeline network having gas import points, gas export points, and pipelines connected therebetween. The pipelines are interconnected by at least one junction. Each gas import point, gas export point and junction has a sensor and a flow control device, both of which correspond to a unique smart meter. Each smart meter includes a communication network interface and a flow control device controller. Each smart meter is capable of repeatedly: (1) receiving system gas data and first local gas request parameters from at least one other smart meter; (2) controlling the flow control device via the flow control device controller; (3) generating local gas values based on an output from the corresponding sensor; (4) calculating second local gas request parameters based on the local gas values and the system gas data; and (5) transmitting the system gas data.

Abstract: An example method of providing a digital representation of a well schematic includes storing a set of text strings and a set of image regions into a coordinate map. The method includes associating one or more text strings with one or more image regions. A text string is associated with an image region based on a context of the text string in the coordinate map. The method further includes linking one or more image regions with a corresponding catalogued image stored in a component database. The catalogued image represents a well schematic component. The method also includes generating a well schematic topology in accordance with the coordinate map and the one or more catalogued images linked with the one or more image regions. The method further includes updating the well schematic topology in accordance with one or more business rules.

Abstract: A system for automatically and optimally balancing lift gas in a pipeline network for lift-gas wells of an oil field. The system includes peer-to-peer sensors for (1) generating local gas values, (2) receiving system data including local gas target values for each of the sensors and first local gas request parameters from at least one other sensor, (3) controlling a corresponding flow control device based on the local gas values and target local gas values for the sensor, and the first local gas request parameters, (4) calculating second local gas request parameters for the sensor based on the local gas values, the local target values, and the system data; and (5) transmitting the system data including the second local gas request parameters to at least one other sensor.

Abstract: A pressure-volume-temperature (PVT) modeling system includes a sensing device configured to obtain a fluid measurement of a production fluid in a downhole portion of a well system or in a surface portion of the well system, and a processor comprising a PVT model builder, the processor configured to receive the fluid measurement from the sensing device, apply the fluid measurement as an input into the PVT model builder, and generate a PVT model.

Abstract: A method includes obtaining an available supply of a commodity using information provided by one or more commodity producers included in a network that also includes one or more commodity consumers, obtaining a demand for the commodity using information provided by the one or more commodity consumers, controlling the available supply of the commodity from the one or more commodity producers using information provided by the one or more commodity consumers, and supplying the commodity to the one or more commodity consumers based on the demand for the commodity.

Abstract: Systems and methods for total asset modeling by updating a preexisting integrated asset model in the form of a unique type model during different stages of an asset lifecycle to identify and evaluate a new asset during the asset lifecycle.