OLGA the Dynamic Multiphase Simulator

Dynamic Well Simulation, application areas and benefits using

Transient Well Flow Simulations
OLGA for Wells

John Sundt
Senior Vice President, SPT Group

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OLGA application areas and
Wells

Well Flow
Control Assurance

Engineering Steady State Engineering

Operation Workflow OLGA Integration
Operation

Integrated Training
Solutions OTS
Online
Monitoring &
Optimization

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 Well
Well Control Control

20 years of Well control simulation with OLGA

Well control specific interface for OLGA, (OLGA ABC)

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 Well
Well Control Control
Essential part of emergency response planning
Blowout rate estimation
Relief well design
Bull heading
Dynamic kill parameters
Kill Rate
Pump Pressures and capacity

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OLGA for Wells Wells

Well interface to OLGA

Workflow and functionality for Dynamic simulation of well scenarios
Near Wellbore simulator ROCX

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Subsea and offshore Wells
High cost

Costly to work-over

High reliability required

Subsea wells have lower recovery rates

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Phenomena requiring dynamic modeling

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 A well can be a single flow path

Vertical Slanted

Horizontal Undulating

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 but can also be a complicated network

Multi-string Multi-zone

Multi-lateral Smart

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Accurate performance modeling of the flow control
equipment/devices

Flow Control
Choke
Check valve
ESP and PDP
Gravitational separator
ESD
SCSSV
Gas-lift valves
ICV and ICD
DIACS
Sliding sleeves
Slotted liner
Sand screen
Controllers

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 Bottomhole flowing pressure
Inflow performance relationship

Linear and non-linear mass-based IPR

Constant Productivity Index
Vogel equation
Saturated oil reservoir Q
Normalized Backpressure

Reservoir variables
Saturated reservoir (oil/gas) PR

Saturated oil wells

PI
Backpressure equation
Gas wells
Forcheimer model
Low pressure gas wells S

Single Forcheimer model

High pressure gas wells Time
User tabulated IPRs Water Saturation
0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8

Quasi-dynamic inflow performance 0

PR, TR, PI, k-h, S, D, n-C, GOR, WC etc are 20

available as time series for input 40

Z (Depth)
ROCX, Near Wellbore simulator 60

80

100

0 0.5 1 1.5 2
X

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Some examples

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Unloading Gas Lifted Well

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Well Clean-up / Start-up

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Clean-up to Host

Host

Well head

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Completion Stinger Design

200.0

199.5

200.0
199.0
pressure (bara)

199.5
198.5
200.0

199.0
(bara)

198.0
flowing

199.5
pressure

198.5
197.5
Wellbore

199.0
(bara)

Completion design 1: cemented and perforated casing

198.0
flowing

Completion design 2: cemented and perforated casing + passive stinger

pressure

197.0
198.5
Completion design 3: cemented and perforated casing + active stinger
197.5
Wellbore

196.5
198.0
Wellbore flowing

Completion design 1: cemented and perforated casing

197.0 Completion design 2: cemented and perforated casing + passive stinger

196.0
197.5 Completion design 3: cemented and perforated casing + active stinger
0 250 500 750 1000 1250 1500 1750 2000 2250 2500
Completion design 1: cemented and perforated casing
196.5
Distance from heel (m) 16
Completion design 2: cemented and perforated casing + passive stinger
 Production optimization/ Procedures

Gas Lift Riser: ID:8,

Rate Gas Lift Pipe: ID=8, length 4.6km depth: 120 m

Annulus: ID=0.216 m
Depth: 2840 m

Tubing: ID=0.1143 m

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Modeling wells in OLGA has become easy.
example; Dry-tree well geometry
in minutes!

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Gas lift valves and ESPs in OLGA

in seconds!

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Gas lift valves and ESPs in OLGA

In seconds!

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 Application areas Well Flow Assurance
of transient well flow simulations Hydrate

Wax

Heavy Oil
Well Flow Dynamics
Well Integrity
Drilling Hydraulics
Annulus Pressure Management
Completion Design
Leakage
Cleanup
Erosion
Well Testing
Corrosion
Artificial Lift
Equipment Integrity
Gas Well Deliquification
Temperature
Horizontal & Multilaterals
Well Control
Well-Pipeline Interaction
Well Surveillance
Well-Reservoir Interaction
DTS
Injection
PLT
CO2 Storage
Online/Offline Soft Sensing
SAGD
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Publications: more than 70 papers published

OLGA-for-Wells papers - yearly statistics (1990~)

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General
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Control and Optimisation

10 Validation

9 Near-Wellbore

Liquid Loading
Number of papers

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Flow Assurance
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Transient Operation
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Sluging
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Artificial Lift

4 Well Testing

3 Cleanup

2 Smart Wells

Well Control
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Summary of Values

Dynamic simulation has proven value throughout the wells life cycle
Planning & Design
Start-up
Production optimization / trouble shooting

For Operators
Reduced risk, increased production and reduced down time

For Service Companies

New service offers and value added solutions

For Engineering companies

Extending Flow assurance to include the well and near wellbore
Offering further value to your client base using familiar tools

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 be dynamic

Thank you for your attention and

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