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1984 - PIPESIM developed on Unix Platform

1985 - PIPESIM ported to DOS & Baker Jardine formed

1990 - PIPESIM GOAL (Gas Lift Optimization & Allocation)

Developed

1993 Windows GUI added to PIPESIM

1994 PIPESIM Net Launched

1996 PIPESIM FPT Launched

1997 PIPESIM FPT linked to ECLIPSE

2000 PIPESIM 2000 developed (New 32-bit GUI) 2001 Baker Jardine Acquired by Schlumberger

2003 Q1 Release of PIPESIM 2003

A Brief History of PIPESIM

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Total Production

System

Completion

Choke

Safety Valve

Tubing

Flowline

Pump

Compressor

Separator

Export

lines

Rise

r

Reservoir

gas

oil

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Outflow

Inflow

PR

PR

Psep

PsepPwf

Pwf

Flow rate

Nodal Analysis

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DP3 = PUSV

PDSV

DP1 = PR

PwfsDP2 = Pwfs

DP5 = Ptf

PDSC

DP6 = PDSC

PRB

DP8 = Psep

PCD

DP10 = PCDPGD

DP11 = PPD

PLDDP4 = Pwf

Ptf

DP7 = PRB

Psep DP9 = Psep

PPD

Pressure Loss in

System

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Tulsa University Fluid Flow

Projects

Leader in Multiphase Flowresearch for over 30 years

Schlumberger rejoinedAugust 2002

Have recently developedUnified Mechanistic Modelvalid for all angles ofinclination will appear inPIPESIM 2003

3 phase mechanistic modelin development

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Single Branch Operations

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Single branch operations

System Analysis

Pressure/Temperature Profile

Flow Correlation Matching

Nodal Analysis Optimum Horizontal Well Length

Reservoir Tables

Gas Lift Rate v Casing Head Pressure

Artificial Lift Performance

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Flow correlation matching

To determine the most suitable flow correlation

Select the required flow correlations

Enter known pressure and temperature at

different measured depths (MD) Enter known boundary conditions

Results show each correlation and the entered

data

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Flow correlation matching

Ansari

Measured

Hagedorn

Brown

Beggs Brill

Orkezewsk

i

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Pressure/temperature profile

Compute the pressure and temperature profile for

a system and also vary some other parameters

within system

Enter sensitivity variable Enter boundary conditions

Resulting PSPLOT shows pressure or

temperature against depth (well) or elevation

(flowline)

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Pressure/temperature profile

Single Simulation

Run

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System analysis

Set up model to compute

Outlet Pressure with given Flowrate

Inlet Pressure with given Flowrate

Deliverability with given any other system variable

In addition, also sensitivity test on

One variable

Several variables that change together

Several variables permuted against one another

Combination of above

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System Analysis Variables Permuted

4 tubing

3.5

tubing3 tubing

Each point represents separate

simulation

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System Analysis Variables Change in

Step

4 tubing

3.5

tubing3 tubing

Each point represents separate

simulation

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Nodal analysis

Classical nodal analysis at any point

Break the system into two and compute the inflow

and outflow around that point

Resulting PSPLOT shows the classicalinflow/outflow curves

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Nodal Analysis

Skin = 2

Skin = 0

Skin = -2

Tubing ID =

3Tubing ID = 3

1/2

Tubing ID =4

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Reservoir tables

Produce a table of bottom-hole pressure that

can be utilised by reservoir simulator

Interface to common reservoir simulators such

as:

ECLIPSE VIP

PORES

COMP4

MoRes

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Reservoir tables

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Artificial lift performance

Allows artificial lift performance curves (gas or

ESP) to be generated and also varies some other

parameters within system

To produce input performance curves for GOAL

Resulting plot is gas lift quantity (or ESP power)

versus oil production rate

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Artificial lift performance

Psep = 75

psig125 psig

150 psig

175 psig

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Horizontal well performance

A horizontal well with multiple sources along the

wellbore which encounters reservoir drawdown

and wellbore pressure drop

Accurately predicts hydraulic wellbore

performance in the completion

Productivity investigation via Optimum horizontal

completion length option

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Optimum Horizontal Well Length

Specify:

- reservoir pressure

- outlet pressure

- completion length