Software Datasheet

Summary

PIPEPHASE is the

simulator of choice

for the world’s leading

oil and gas producing

companies. The

software combines

proven solution

algorithms with modern

production methods

and software analysis

techniques to create

a robust and efficient

oil field design and

planning tool with

an extensive physical

property data bank.

Business Value

• Increased overall asset-wide production

• Improved well & flow line performance

• Improved pipeline & facilities design

• Integrated field development & planning

• Reduced operating costs

• Reduced capital costs

• Increased engineering

productivity

QUICK OVERVIEWPIPEPHASE® simulation software rigorously models steady-state multi-phase flow in oil and gas networks and pipeline systems with the power and flexibility to model applications ranging from the sensitivity analysis of key parameters in a single well, to multi-year facilities planning studies for an entire field. PIPEPHASE covers the complete range of fluids encountered in the petroleum industry, including single phase, black oil, and compositional mixtures. The program may also be applied to single-component stream or CO2 injection networks.

APPLICATIONSThe combination of multi-phase flow analysis coupled with extensive thermodynamic property prediction capabilities makes PIPEPHASE suitable for a wide range of applications and industries, from single link to complex networks, including:•Oil and gas gathering networks•Natural gas transmission and distribution

pipelines•Sensitivity analysis•Line sizing•Field planning & asset management studies•Steam injection networks•CO2 pipelines•Gas-lift analysis•Heat transfer analysis for heavy oil

pipelines•Hydrate prediction•Aviation fuel systems

PIPEPHASE 9.4

INDUSTRIES SERVED•Petroleum exploration and production•Natural gas transmission•Utility networks•Complex downstream hydraulics

PIPELINE FLOW ANALYSISPIPEPHASE provides a comprehensive set of industry-standard empirical and mechanistic methods for analyzing multi-phase flow phenomena in pipes. Coupled with extensive fluid models and a rigorous energy balance incorporating detailed heat transfer analysis capability, PIPEPHASE is a flexible tool for evaluating the complete range of fluid flow phenomena encountered in single-phase and multi-phase pipelines.

INTEGRATION WITH RESERVOIR SIMULATION SOFTWAREOil producers have a real, quantifiable problem managing and modeling their reservoirs and linking them to the surface. PIPEPHASE 9.4 completes the modeling capabilities needed to accurately manage and model reservoirs by developing an interface with reservoir simulators and enhancing PIPEPHASE’s technology.

Integration with reservoir simulation software also allows the simulation of the following: •CO2 Sequestration•Enhanced Oil Recovery of Depleted Fields•Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage (SAGD)

PRODUCTION PLANNINGThe time-stepping feature in PIPEPHASE makes it a flexible field planning tool. Reservoir depletion can be simulated with decline curves or using a reservoir simulator to reflect actual field development strategy. Once a field-wide network model has been built, the planning tool is created by setting up scenarios for future facilities expansion along with reservoir decline characteristics. The completed model provides a unique look-ahead capability for the entire asset, incorporating the long-term effects of both reservoir decline and investment in new facilities.

FIELD-WIDE NETWORK MODELINGThe robust, field-proven network simulation capability in PIPEPHASE enables the user to model large networks of connected wells, pipes, and associated facilities. The detailed well bore model and extensive in-flow performance (IPR) library, combined with a complete set of surface equipment modules, allows the user to configure the necessary details of a field-wide oil and gas gathering (or injection) system, incorporating all of the interdependent components from the sand face to the downstream separation facilities.

COMPATIBILITYPIPEPHASE’s Graphical User Interface (GUI) is designed for intuitive data input, and is coupled with a Results Access System (RAS) for the graphical representation of calculation results. PIPEPHASE contains a robust API (application programming interface) that allows access to calculated data, to change input data, control of the execution sequence, and custom report generation. Tools within PIPEPHASE such as case study, time stepping, and optimization use the API to interact with simulation data. The PIPEPHASE API can also link to CMG reservoir simulators, the PRO/II process simulator and the ROMeo on-line simulator.

SIM4ME PORTALThe SIM4ME® Portal can easily link PIPEPHASE simulations with Microsoft Excel®, and provides an Excel interface to PIPEPHASE. It enables Excel users to interact with a PIPEPHASE simulation model without requiring knowledge of coding or simulation techniques.

SIM4ME Portal increases the return on invest-ment (ROI) in a simulation model by extending the usage of a model. The simulation can be used by anyone who can use Microsoft Excel.

SIM4ME Portal allows the user to: •Open a PIPEPHASE simulation using Excel•Change defined attributes •Run the simulation•View results in Excel •View the “Solution History”•Create automated case studies in Excel•Link data across multiple simulations

PRO/II & ROMeo INTEGRATIONPRO/II and ROMeo allow for the integration of PIPEPHASE simulations within each product. The PIPEPHASE unit operation in PRO/II allows PRO/II users to embed and save complex hydraulic models. Since it is a native PRO/II unit operation, it can be included or excluded from the calculation sequence, included in recycles, and PRO/II can manipulate PIPEPHASE variables. ROMeo can use compositions, temperatures, pressures and flows predicted by PIPEPHASE to reconcile the well flow rates for certain types of networks.

NETOPTNETOPT® is a PIPEPHASE add-on that opti-mizes simulation models using a non-linear SQP optimization algorithm. NETOPT is a flexible & robust optimizer that can maximize or minimize an objective function or tune a simulation to mea-sured data. NETOPT can be used to optimize any PIPEPHASE model, including these examples:•Gas-lift optimization•Optimization of compressor size and

placement in a gas network•Optimization of pipeline size and insulation

thickness•Optimization of production rates by

manipulating choke diameters

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TACITETACITE® is a transient multi-component, multi-phase flow simulator for the design and control of oil and gas pipelines and production wells. TACITE can predict the propagation of liquid slugs during transient flow conditions in multi-phase pipelines, including flow rate changes, start-up/shut-down, pipeline depressurization, and variations in pipeline topography. TACITE is a unique tool for economical pipeline design or for defining safe operations guidelines, due to its ability to predict slug flow characteristics during transient flow conditions.

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTSThe PIPEPHASE program is designed to run on a PC/Windows platform with the following requirements:•Default Installation (no user-added subroutines) 200 MB•Full Installation (with user-added subroutines) 350 MB•Windows XP SP3, Windows Vista SP2 (Business/ Enterprise), Windows 2008 Server Standard SP2 or

Windows 7 Professional •Proper installation of PIPEPHASE under all operating systems requires administrator rights •MS Office 2000, MS Office XP, Office 2003, Office 2007

To build User-Added Subroutines applications, the following compiler is required:• Intel® FORTRAN Compiler Integration for Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003, Version10.0.027.2003,

Copyright© 2002-2007 Intel Corporation.

UPSTREAM OPTIMIZATION SUITEInvensys’ Upstream Optimization Suite (UOS) is a set of integrated, decision-support tools designed to provide sand face-to-surface facility asset management. UOS unites the needs of the oil and gas production industry, current software standards, and SimSci-Esscor’s technical expertise to deliver best-in-class solutions to real world problems.

PIPEPHASE® - A steady-state, multi-phase, fluid flow simulator that rigorously models oil and gas gathering and transportation networks.

NETOPT® - A software tool that optimizes oil and gas production operations by the integration of a non-linear SQP algorithm with PIPEPHASE, and links to reservoir simulators for integrated full-field modeling

TACITE® - A multi-phase simulator for analyzing complex transient flow phenomena in multi-component oil and gas pipeline systems.

Rev. 08/10 PN SE-0111