Patent ID: 7891423

Claim:
A system for optimizing gravel deposition in a completion interval of a well, the system comprising: a pumping system operable to deliver a gravel pack slurry to the completion interval; an actuator system operable to control properties of the gravel pack slurry; a downhole sensor system operable to monitor parameters representative of gravel deposition in the completion interval; a downhole dynamic gravel pack model defined in a downhole computer that is operable to receive data from the sensor system and provide estimates of gravel deposition in the completion interval; a surface dynamic gravel pack model defined in a surface computer that is operable to receive estimates from the downhole dynamic gravel pack model and provide estimates of gravel deposition in the completion interval; and a control system operable to control the pumping system and the actuator system in relation to a gravel pack deposition plan and the dynamic gravel pack models, wherein the gravel deposition estimates of the surface dynamic gravel pack model are input into the control system to automatically modify the gravel pack deposition plan.