Controlling fluid flow through a wellbore tubular

Abstract

A wellbore flow control system includes a production tubular member configured to run into a wellbore formed from a terranean surface and into a subterranean formation; a plurality of autonomous inflow control valves (AICVs) positioned on the production tubular member, each of the plurality of AICVs controllable based at least in part on at least one of a density or a viscosity of a formation fluid; and a plurality of sliding sleeves mounted in the production tubular member, each of the plurality of sliding sleeves mounted near a set of AICVs of the plurality of AICVs, each of the plurality of sliding sleeves controllable based on a wellbore drawdown pressure to fluidly couple or fluidly decouple an inner volume of the production tubular member with the subterranean formation through the particular set of AICVs.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A wellbore flow control system, comprising:
 a production tubular member configured to run into a wellbore formed from a terranean surface and into a subterranean formation;   a plurality of autonomous inflow control valves (AICVs) positioned on the production tubular member, each of the plurality of AICVs controllable based at least in part on at least one of a density or a viscosity of a formation fluid; and   a plurality of sliding sleeves mounted in the production tubular member, each of the plurality of sliding sleeves mounted near a set of AICVs of the plurality of AICVs, each of the plurality of sliding sleeves controllable based on a wellbore drawdown pressure to fluidly couple or fluidly decouple an inner volume of the production tubular member with the subterranean formation through at least one of the particular set of AICVs.   
     
     
         2 . The wellbore flow control system of  claim 1 , wherein the set of AICVs comprises a single AICV or a pair of AICVs. 
     
     
         3 . The wellbore flow control system of  claim 2 , wherein each of the plurality of sliding sleeves is controllable based on the wellbore drawdown pressure to fluidly couple or fluidly decouple the inner volume of the production tubular member with the subterranean formation through one AICV of the pair of AICVs in the particular set of AICVs. 
     
     
         4 . The wellbore flow control system of  claim 1 , wherein the production tubular member comprises a plurality of compartments, each compartment comprising a particular set of AICVs and at least one sliding sleeve of the plurality of sliding sleeves. 
     
     
         5 . The wellbore flow control system of  claim 4 , wherein a number of the plurality of compartments is based at least in part on a reservoir pressure of the subterranean formation and a target flow rate of the formation fluid through the plurality of AICVs. 
     
     
         6 . The wellbore flow control system of  claim 5 , wherein the wellbore drawdown pressure comprises a difference between the reservoir pressure and a flowing bottomhole pressure of the wellbore. 
     
     
         7 . The wellbore flow control system of  claim 4 , further comprising one or more packers positioned on the production tubular member. 
     
     
         8 . The wellbore flow control system of  claim 7 , wherein adjacent compartments of the plurality of compartments are fluidly separated by at least one packer of the plurality of packers. 
     
     
         9 . The wellbore flow control system of  claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of screens, each screen mounted across one or more AICVs of the plurality of AICVs. 
     
     
         10 . A wellbore fluid flow control method, comprising:
 operating a production tubular member run into a wellbore formed from a terranean surface and into a subterranean formation, the production tubular member comprising a plurality of autonomous inflow control valves (AICVs) and a plurality of sliding sleeves, at least one of the plurality of sliding sleeves in a closed position to fluidly decouple a first set of AICVs of the plurality of AICVs from the subterranean formation;   determining a composition of a wellbore fluid flowing from the subterranean formation into the production tubular member through a second set of AICVs of the plurality of AICVs;   based on the determined composition, autonomously modulating a second set of AICVs of the plurality of AICVs toward a closed position;   determining a flowing bottomhole pressure; and   based on the determined flowing bottomhole pressure being less than a desired value, adjusting the at least one sliding sleeve of the plurality of sliding sleeves towards an open position to fluidly couple the production tubular member to the subterranean formation through at least one of the first set of AICVs.   
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 10 , wherein autonomously modulating the first set of AICVs of the plurality of AICVs toward the open position comprises autonomously modulating one or two AICVs of the plurality of AICVs toward the open position. 
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 10 , wherein the production tubular member comprises a plurality of compartments, each compartment comprising a particular set of AICVs and at least one sliding sleeve of the plurality of sliding sleeves, the first set of AICVs positioned in a first compartment and the second set of AICVs positioned in a second compartment. 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 12 , wherein the first set of AICVS comprises a pair of AICVs, and adjusting the at least one sliding sleeve of the plurality of sliding sleeves towards the open position to fluidly couple the production tubular member to the subterranean formation through the first set of AICVs comprises:
 adjusting the at least one sliding sleeve of the plurality of sliding sleeves towards the open position to fluidly couple the production tubular member to the subterranean formation through one AICV of the pair of AICVs of the first set of AICVs.   
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 12 , wherein a number of the plurality of compartments is based at least in part on a reservoir pressure of the subterranean formation and a target flow rate of the formation fluid through the plurality of AICVs. 
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 12 , further comprising fluidly isolating the first compartment from the second compartment within an annulus between the production tubular member and the subterranean formation by at least one packer positioned on the production tubular member. 
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 15 , further comprising hydraulically actuating the at least one packer positioned on the production tubular member to fluidly isolate the first compartment from the second compartment. 
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 10 , further comprising:
 re-determining the flowing bottomhole pressure; and   based on the re-determined flowing bottomhole pressure being less than a desired value, adjusting at least another sliding sleeve of the plurality of sliding sleeves toward the open position to fluidly couple the production tubular member to the subterranean formation through a third set of AICVs of the plurality of AICVs.   
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 10 , further comprising screening the wellbore fluid flowing from the subterranean formation into the production tubular member through the second set of AICVs with a plurality of screens, each screen mounted across one or more AICVs of the second set of AICVs. 
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 10 , further comprising:
 running the production tubular member into the wellbore; and   maintaining the at least one sliding sleeve in the closed position during the running.   
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 10 , further comprising:
 determining the flowing bottomhole pressure with a pressure sensor positioned at or near an entry of the wellbore; and   measuring a flow rate of the wellbore fluid with a flowmeter positioned at or near the entry of the wellbore.   
     
     
         21 . The method of  claim 10 , wherein determining the composition of the wellbore fluid flowing from the subterranean formation into the production tubular member through the second set of AICVs comprises determining the composition of the wellbore fluid based on at least one of the viscosity or density. 
     
     
         22 . The method of  claim 21 , wherein determining the composition of the wellbore fluid flowing from the subterranean formation into the production tubular member through the second set of AICVs comprises determining the composition of the wellbore fluid at the second set of AICVs.