petroleum experts IPM 13.5

petroleum experts IPM 13.5

 

Available versions: 13.5 , 13.0 , 12.5 , 11.0 , 10.0

Petroleum Experts (Petex) develop the Integrated Production Modelling software (IPM). IPM models the complete oil or gas production system including reservoir, wells and the surface network.

 

 

 

IPM 13 New Features and Software Enhancements

GAP

 Improvements in overall performance, parallelisation etc.
 External Equipment Interface
 Solver phase options
 Outflow well ports
 Bug fixes

PROSPER
 Gauges can now be specified as boundary conditions
 Improvements to the gradient calculation
 Bifurcation possible
 New results layout
 Plotting improvements
 Advanced thermal model added allow interaction between strings to be captured
 Now possible to capture Joule-Thomson affects across valves
 Possible to now apply a fixed dP or valve model to gaslift valves
 ESP efficiency look up tables now added
 Tandem ESP motors now available
 Parallelisation now possible in System, Gradient and Inflow calculations
 Bug fixes

RESOLVE
Data Objects
 Added data science objects for R and Jupyter Python
 Added GIS and Mapping Tool objects for GAP model building
 Added RE-Studio Integration Reader and Viewer objects
 SciKit PCA object added for Machine Learning
 To allow Web Connectivity, the following objects were added/extended:
 XML object added
 Generic Web Client object added
 Petroleum Experts Web Client object added
 JSON object extended

 MOVE Engine allowing MOVE to run non-GUI
Other Enhancements
 Introduction of the Petroleum Experts Web Service
 Continued enhancement of the MOVE-REVEAL connection for advanced integration
 DataStores now support CSV formats
 Now possible to use structured JSON data for GAP model building
 Now possible to run IPM on the Schlumberger DELFI platform, where the IX and Eclipse drivers are integrated with ODRS
 Implementation of semi-dynamic clustering, with work towards fully elastic clustering
 A new plotting interface has been implemented
 Improvements made to the archiving process
 Extensive improvements to Visual Workflows in the domain of visualisation, exception handling and intellisense
 General bug fixes

MBAL
 Minor cosmetic changes
 Bug fixes

PVTp
 Ability to export and import wax related properties to and from IPM *.prp file format
 Additional wax properties included
 Now possible to tune fluids to wax appearance and amount data
 Overall improvement to wax modelling
 Bug fixes

REVEAL
Calculation improvements:
 New linear solver default options implemented
 Updated the non-overlap parallel solver
 Added a GPU solver
Well modelling improvements:
 Gradual opening/closing of valves/chokes over an interval for transient modelling
 Can now add gauge depths to a well
 Ability to place the well within the reservoir graphical
 Screen/ICD velocity constraint added
 Orifices in annulus and second/coiled tubing added
 Transient 3-phase segregation model added
 Experimental transient dispersion limiting model added
 Transient max well time step added
 Transient calculations available for all pipe segments including completed pipes
 Can now schedule PI multipliers with respect to the original value
 Improved coupling of solids trapping and filtercake models for crossflowing wells
Fracture modelling improvements:
 Improved coupling to detailed wells for X-flow fracturing

 Improved stress calculation with vertical pinchouts within refinement
 Option to allow fracture cross flow for a no flow well
 Delaunay fracture gridding option added
 Absolute limits from linear fracture growth and shrinkage
 Acid fracturing enhancements
Water Chemistry improvements:
 Improved handling of redox reactions, for sulphate/sulphide with souring (pe tracking)
 Option to use new Phreeq 3.6.2 engine added
 H2, CH4, N2, O2, H2S, NH3 gas equilibrium now possible
Coupling improvements:
 Poro- and thermos- stress reversibility now possible
 Stress tensor added for grid and true alignment
 Vertical K1C modifier added
Grid generation improvements:
 Tartan grid extended to set model size
 Actnum array added
 Improved handling of pinchouts and faults within refined regions
 Rock thermal expansion option added
Visualisation improvements:
 Slider bar added to move through time in plots
 Integrated vertical properties and delta for 3D visualisation
 New 2D plotting interface
Fault improvements:
 Faults defined by I,J column with width and permeability
 Point cloud fault properties, width, permeability, hanging and foot wall throw change added
 Interaction with MOVE extended
Relative Permeability improvements:
 Extrapolated Corey method
 Corey exponent endpoint scaling
 Changed definition of Corey krog endpoint
Miscellaneous improvements:
 Extra results added, e.g. 3d results, gauge results etc.
 New OpenServer commands added
 Simple Kriging and sequential Gaussian simulation now possible
 Updated validation and warnings/errors
 More general use of mask arrays for history matching
 Wormhole model added
 EOS modelling extended
 Bug fixes

 

MOVE
MOVE 2022 is a part of the IPM 13 release:
 New option for deploying MOVE with the rest of IPM, or separately on its own.
 New option for installing the MOVE Tutorials and Tutorial examples.
 Important for API and workflows that utilise both RESOLVE and MOVE.
MOVE 2022 introduces new ability to create 3D GeoCellular Volumes
 Create 3D Grids as input for reservoir simulation (e.g. REVEAL)
 The creation method will honour Faults.
 New export Volume in REVEAL format
 Improved MOVE import and export to/from ECLIPSE format
 GeoCellular Volume Attributes are now saved in export formats
MOVE 2022 extends further the API for either RESOLVE or OPENSERVER
 More MOVE tools exposed to the API.
MOVE 2022 introduces a brand new RESOLVE Data Object (RDO), MOVE Engine:
 Access MOVE Data and operations – without GUI;
 Compliments the existing API.
 Improve performance and efficiency of RESOLVE workflows using MOVE.
Model Building improvements
 Resample Tool and Surface with Boundaries Tool
Improvements in 2D Kinematic Modelling
 Display of Thermal subsidence and burial history curves
 2D Decompaction tool with polygons
Improvements in Fault Analysis
 Extract Vshale input from a GeoCellular Volume, instead of Wells.
MOVE links to Petrel and GST updated to support latest versions

 

IPM 12.5 New Features and Software Enhancements

 

CTRES

 

GAP
 Improvements in overall performance, parallelisation etc.
 External Equipment Interface
 Solver phase options
 Outflow well ports
 Bug fixes

 

PROSPER
 Gauges can now be specified as boundary conditions
 Improvements to the gradient calculation
 Bifurcation possible
 New results layout
 Plotting improvements
 Advanced thermal model added allow interaction between strings to be captured
 Now possible to capture Joule-Thomson affects across valves
 Possible to now apply a fixed dP or valve model to gaslift valves
 ESP efficiency look up tables now added
 Tandem ESP motors now available
 Parallelisation now possible in System, Gradient and Inflow calculations
 Bug fixes

 

RESOLVE
Data Objects
 Added data science objects for R and Jupyter Python
 Added GIS and Mapping Tool objects for GAP model building
 Added RE-Studio Integration Reader and Viewer objects
 SciKit PCA object added for Machine Learning
 To allow Web Connectivity, the following objects were added/extended:
 XML object added
 Generic Web Client object added
 Petroleum Experts Web Client object added
 JSON object extended
 MOVE Engine allowing MOVE to run non-GUI

Other Enhancements
 Introduction of the Petroleum Experts Web Service
 Continued enhancement of the MOVE-REVEAL connection for advanced integration
 DataStores now support CSV formats
 Now possible to use structured JSON data for GAP model building
 Now possible to run IPM on the Schlumberger DELFI platform, where the IX and Eclipse drivers are integrated with ODRS
 Implementation of semi-dynamic clustering, with work towards fully elastic clustering
 A new plotting interface has been implemented
 Improvements made to the archiving process
 Extensive improvements to Visual Workflows in the domain of visualisation, exception handling and intellisense
 General bug fixes

 

MBAL
 Minor cosmetic changes
 Bug fixes

 

PVTp
 Ability to export and import wax related properties to and from IPM *.prp file format
 Additional wax properties included
 Now possible to tune fluids to wax appearance and amount data
 Overall improvement to wax modelling
 Bug fixes

 

REVEAL
Calculation improvements:
 New linear solver default options implemented
 Updated the non-overlap parallel solver
 Added a GPU solver

Well modelling improvements:
 Gradual opening/closing of valves/chokes over an interval for transient modelling
 Can now add gauge depths to a well
 Ability to place the well within the reservoir graphical
 Screen/ICD velocity constraint added
 Orifices in annulus and second/coiled tubing added
 Transient 3-phase segregation model added
 Experimental transient dispersion limiting model added
 Transient max well time step added
 Transient calculations available for all pipe segments including completed pipes
 Can now schedule PI multipliers with respect to the original value
 Improved coupling of solids trapping and filtercake models for crossflowing wells

Fracture modelling improvements:
 Improved coupling to detailed wells for X-flow fracturing

 Improved stress calculation with vertical pinchouts within refinement
 Option to allow fracture cross flow for a no flow well
 Delaunay fracture gridding option added
 Absolute limits from linear fracture growth and shrinkage
 Acid fracturing enhancements

Water Chemistry improvements:
 Improved handling of redox reactions, for sulphate/sulphide with souring (pe tracking)
 Option to use new Phreeq 3.6.2 engine added
 H2, CH4, N2, O2, H2S, NH3 gas equilibrium now possible

Coupling improvements:
 Poro- and thermos- stress reversibility now possible
 Stress tensor added for grid and true alignment
 Vertical K1C modifier added

Grid generation improvements:
 Tartan grid extended to set model size
 Actnum array added
 Improved handling of pinchouts and faults within refined regions
 Rock thermal expansion option added

Visualisation improvements:
 Slider bar added to move through time in plots
 Integrated vertical properties and delta for 3D visualisation
 New 2D plotting interface

Fault improvements:
 Faults defined by I,J column with width and permeability
 Point cloud fault properties, width, permeability, hanging and foot wall throw change added
 Interaction with MOVE extended

Relative Permeability improvements:
 Extrapolated Corey method
 Corey exponent endpoint scaling
 Changed definition of Corey krog endpoint

Miscellaneous improvements:
 Extra results added, e.g. 3d results, gauge results etc.
 New OpenServer commands added
 Simple Kriging and sequential Gaussian simulation now possible
 Updated validation and warnings/errors
 More general use of mask arrays for history matching
 Wormhole model added
 EOS modelling extended
 Bug fixes

 

MOVE

MOVE 2020 is a part of the IPM 12.5 release:
 New option for deploying MOVE with the rest of IPM, or separately on its own.
 New option for installing the MOVE Tutorials and Tutorial examples.
 Important for API and workflows that utilise both RESOLVE and MOVE.

MOVE 2020 introduces new ability to create 3D GeoCellular Volumes
 Create 3D Grids as input for reservoir simulation (e.g. REVEAL)
 The creation method will honour Faults.
 New export Volume in REVEAL format
 Improved MOVE import and export to/from ECLIPSE format
 GeoCellular Volume Attributes are now saved in export formats

MOVE 2020 extends further the API for either RESOLVE or OPENSERVER
 More MOVE tools exposed to the API.

MOVE 2020 introduces a brand new RESOLVE Data Object (RDO), MOVE Engine:
 Access MOVE Data and operations – without GUI;
 Compliments the existing API.
 Improve performance and efficiency of RESOLVE workflows using MOVE.

Model Building improvements
 Resample Tool and Surface with Boundaries Tool

Improvements in 2D Kinematic Modelling
 Display of Thermal subsidence and burial history curves
 2D Decompaction tool with polygons

Improvements in Fault Analysis
 Extract Vshale input from a GeoCellular Volume, instead of Wells.