A method is disclosed for controlling production of oil and/or gas from an
underground reservoir by means of a closed loop production control
system, in which: an assembly of monitoring sensors (4) monitor the
physical properties of hydrocarbon and other fluids within the reservoir;
a plurality of high order and/or low order mathematical reservoir models
(5,7) calculate each an estimate of the physical properties of
hydrocarbon and other fluids in the hydrocarbon containing formation and
in the wells; the mathematical reservoir models (5,7) are iteratively
updated in response to data provided by the assembly of sensors such that
any difference between the properties monitored by the assembly of
sensors and those calculated by each of the reservoir models is
minimized; an optimal mathematical reservoir model (5,7) or an optimal
combination thereof is selected during at least one updating step for
which an averaged difference between the calculated properties and the
properties monitored by the assembly of sensors (4) is minimal; and an
optimization algorithm (8) controls, on the basis of data provided by the
selected optimal mathematical reservoir model or optimal combination
thereof, production control assemblies of a plurality of wells which
traverse the formation.