Input signal design to estimate interwell connectivities in mature fields from the capacitance-resistance model

Interwell connectivities are fundamental parameters required to manage waterfloods in oil reservoirs. Data-driven models, such as the capacitance-resistance model (CRM), are fast tools to estimate these parameters from time-correlations of input (injection rates) and output (production rates) signals. Noise and structure of the input time-series impose limits on the information that can be extracted from a given data-set. This work uses the CRM to study general prescriptions for the design of input signals that enhance the information content of injection/production data in the estimation of well-to-well interactions. Numerical schemes and general features of the optimal input signal strategy are derived for this problem.