preview

Industry Software Assignment : An Analysis Of Petroleum

Better Essays
Open Document

Many different industry software packages are available to model fluid inflows, reservoir-wellbore interactions, and production forecasts. We have chosen to use the Petroleum
Experts IPM (Integrated Production Model) suite due to its ability to connect reservoir, wellbore, and production systems together in a single model using constituent programs GAP (surface production equipment modeler), PROSPER (well design and performance modeler), and MBAL
(material balance and reservoir dynamics modeler).
In the paper “Recent Advances and Practical Applications of Integrated Production
Modeling at Jack Asset in Deepwater Gulf of Mexico,” authors built an integrated production model to evaluate artificial lift mechanisms and design asset-specific …show more content…

Some parts of a well design cannot be explicitly mathematically modeled, so certain features are left out or given a single, numerical value. For instance, authors were not able to properly model multistacked frac packs, and so these were reduced to a single skin value.
Thirdly, inputs to each respective part of the model are run through a static quality check from reservoir to separator by an engineer familiar with the data. Authors identified this as the key step in the workflow, as the static quality check allows PVT and hydrocarbon data to be adjusted prior to coupling the parts of the model together and running the simulation in steps 4 and 5. Once the static check is complete, the reservoir and wellbore models are coupled to the surface equipment model and run for a while until a solution is converged upon. Input and output data are checked during this time to their real-world initial data equivalents to certify coupling accuracy. Finally, the entire integrated production model was run through a dynamic quality check throughout a full production time period and dynamic pressure and temperature responses were measured at different nodes. Once the model has been created, checked, and tested it is ready to be used for predictions if no issues are apparent with the output data
(Ozdogan et al. 2008). In our workflow we will most likely implement a similar quality check system, as the Jack Asset will closely match with the deepwater environment we are ultimately
hoping

Get Access
Related
Get Access