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SINTEF Petroleum Research
www.sintef.com
February 2011
Advanced Model for Drilling and Well Operations
Advanced hydraulics modeling
The SINTEF model is an advanced, transient, integrated
hydraulics and thermal wellbore model, based on many
years of development and use in offshore drilling
operations. The main features are:
n Two-dimensional dynamic temperature model
n Two-phase flow
n Compisitional PVT
n Pressure and temperature dependent density and
rheology
n Transient drilling operations
n Multiple well control methods
n Pressure/ECD, temperature, and pit volume vs. time
while drilling, circulating and displacement, including
flow of cuttings.
n Transient well pressure and flow vs. time
n Surge and swab effects
n ESD and temperature vs. time during static periods,
e.g. flow tests.
n Transient pressure and flow vs. time while resuming
circulation after static periods.
n Real-time enabled
A general dynamic model for single and multi-phase flow operations
during drilling, completion, well control and intervention
Projects and Commercial Products
The model is an essential part of many products and
solutions for both automatic control and monitoring and
advisory systems, including:
n eDrilling
n eControl
n Gullfaks C MPD project
n Kvitebjrn MPD project
n Drilling Training simulator
n Controlled mud pressure technology
n Well control studies
n Validation of new drilling concepts
Q
IN
Q
OUT
DYNAMIC INFLUX
Q
RESERVOIR
Q
LOSS
CUTTINGS
TRANSPORT
PHASE/PVT PROPERTIES
MUD/GAS/OIL/CONDENSATE
MULTI PHASE FLOW
THERMOPHYSICAL
PROPERTIES
RHEOLOGY(p,T,i)
DENSITY(p,T,i)
MUD
COMPOSITION
MULTIPLE
FLUIDS
GAS
DISOLUTION
IN OBM
The physics of a well and flow model
Photo: Statoil
CONTACT
SINTEF Petroleumsforskning AS (SINTEF Petroleum Research)
POB 4763 Sluppen, NO-7465 Trondheim, Norway
Phone: + 47 73 59 11 00, www.sintef.no/petroleum
Thor Ole Gulsrud
Cellphone: +47 469 69 237
e-mail: thor.o.gulsrud@sintef.no
Offshore operations
The model has been used successfully in 7 managed
pressure drilling operations with automatic pressure
control in the North Sea. The model is an esssential part
of the control loop, by calculating the necessary surface
pressure to keep a constant bottomhole pressure. In
addition to use for planning up-coming operations, the
following operations have been performed with automatic
control based on the SINTEF model:
n Drilling and tripping
n Running of 7 liner
n Cementing a 7" liner
n Displacement operations
n Placement and displacemend of balanced mud pill
Publications
n SPE/IADC 130311, 2010. Successful use of real time
dynamic flow modelling to control a very challenging
managed pressure drilling operation in the North Sea.
n IADC/SPE 114688, 2008. A General Dynamic Model for
Single and Multi-phase Flow Operations during Drilling,
Completion, Well Control and Intervention.
n IADC/SPE 115291, 2008. Dynamic Pre-Modelling of
MPD Operations Enabled Optimal Procedures and
Operations.
n IADC/SPE 112739, 2008. MPD Operation Solved Drilling
Challenges in a Severely Depleted HP/HT Reservoir.
Drilling in MPD mode