Identifying Correct Oil-Well Bean Up Profile

At this plant, oil wells have a choke to control the flow from the well. This choke both decreases the chance of instabilities and helps to control the pressure. As a result, blow-outs can be prevented which is important to operate at maximum efficiency. When wanting to startup a well after a shutdown, the plant needs to get oil flowing from the reservoir, and the flow rate needs to be increased in a controlled manner. The profile that leads towards the operating flowrate is called the bean-up profile. If this profile is not satisfied, instabilities will cause a well to shutdown fast. Therefore, to avoid this issue, an optimal bean-up profile must be identified to more accurately monitor the well start-up behavior and prevent fast shutdowns.