PIPEPHASE

POPHOZN Horizontal Well Model

Input Reference
PIPEPHASE includes the Japan National Oil Company's
POPHOZN horizontal well simulator. Use of this module requires
a separate license agreement. Keywords are entered in the IPR
section of the Structure category of input.

STRUCTURE Data Category of Input

The Structure Data Category of input defines the piping system. It is
mandatory for all types of simulation.
Table 1: Structure Data Category of Input
Statement
Keywords

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Equipment Devices (No Length):

{IPR}

IPR

{NAME=}, MODEL= or TYPE=, IVAL=, RVAL=,

ARRAY=, {GROUP=}

4-116 in the
PIPEPHASE
Keyword
Manual

The Inflow Performance Relationship device models the relationship between

flowrate and reservoir pressure draw-down or pressure drop at the sand face in a
well. Several IPR models are supplied. Alternatively, user-defined IPR models may
be linked to PIPEPHASE and data for them entered through the IPR device.
The IPR device is also used to enter reservoir decline data which is required for timestepping.
The IPR device can also be used to shut-down sources depending upon whether a
maximum water cut or gas oil ratio has been exceeded in any given source.
This device also allows tabular data to be entered for interpolation or regression onto
one of the PIPEPHASE models and/or for use in a time-stepping run.
Units of measurement are those chosen on the DIMENSIONS statement and cannot
be changed for individual data items in the IPR device.

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Mandatory entries:
MODEL=

Enter 100 to define that the POPHOZN Horizontal

Well Model is to be used.

IVAL=

Integer data identified by Labels. These data are

input in the format:
IVAL = label, value/label, value/ ...
Refer to tables below for labels and descriptions.
Labels may be entered in full or may be truncated to
four characters. Except where stated, these data are
all mandatory.

RVAL=

Real data identified by Labels. These data are input

in the format:
RVAL = label, value/label, value/ ...
Refer to the following tables for labels and
descriptions. Labels may be entered in full or may
be truncated to four characters. Except where
stated, these data are all mandatory.

ARRAY=

Array data identified by Labels. These data are input

in the format:
Array = label, value1, value2,.../label, value1,
value2/ ...
Refer to the following tables for labels and
descriptions.Labels may be entered in full or may be
truncated to four characters. Except where stated,
these data are all mandatory.
Data specified by the ARRAY keyword represents
reservoir decline data.

Optional entries:
NAME=

Name of the Inflow Performance Relationship

device.

GROUP=

Name of the reservoir group. You must enter this if

you want to interpolate the decline curves of a
reservoir during time-stepping. The reservoir data
you use can be entered in this IPR.
If you want to use reservoir decline data (defined by
the ARRAY keyword) entered in another IPR device,
enter the same reservoir GROUP name of the IPR
device in which the data resides; do not enter any
reservoir data in this IPR device.
Conversely, if you enter reservoir decline data in this
IPR, the data can be used by another IPR device
draining the same reservoir.
You may enter data for multiple reservoirs in one
PIPEPHASE run.

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Table 2: Label Requirements for All Models

IVAL Labels for All Models
BASIS

Deliverability (flow rate) basis

1 = gas
2 = liquid
3 = oil
4 = water
5 = weight
Flow rate units in the IPR are fixed according to the BASIS
chosen:
BASIS
Flow rate units
1 (gas)
Gas volume units
2 (liquid)
Liquid volume units
3 (oil)
Liquid volume units
4 (water)
Liquid volume units
5 (weight)
Weight units
Babu-Odeh does not allow a Basis of 1 or 5

FLOW

Traverse direction: 1 = forward(default) 2 = backward

Optional RVAL Labels for All Models

DPMAX

Maximum pressure drawdown for the IPR device. This

constraint will be activated if all three of the following
conditions are satisfied:
1.
2.

3.

The IPR device is in a source link with the source pressure fixed.
A regulator is placed on the surface (in the link) and
the regulator pressure set to a very high value (higher
than any pressure in the system, e.g., 99999.0).
At least one device is placed downstream of the regulator.

FWMAX

Maximum acceptable water cut for the well.

GORMAX

GOR at which the well will shut down.

ABAN

Reservoir abandonment pressure.

WABP

Minimum bottomhole pressure.

OPEN

Well status flag. 1 for open, 0 for close.

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Table 3: Label Requirements for POPHOZN Model

IVAL Labels for POPHOZN Model

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NHOR

Number of segments in horizontal wellbore

KPDPH

Multiphase correlation for horizontal section

4 = Beggs and Brill
5 = Dukler, Eaton, and Flanigan
6 = Mukherjee and Brill
10 = Mechanistic Model

KPDPV

Multiphase correlation for vertical section

1- Hagedorn and Brown
2- Duns and Ros
3- Orkiszewski
4- Beggs and Brill
5- Dukler, Eaton and Flanigan
6- Mukherjee and Brill
7- Aziz et al.
8- Ansari
10- Mechanistic Model

ICODE

Calculation Method of bubble point pressure and solution

gas oil ratio
0- Lasater
1- Standing
2- Vazquez & Beggs

JCODE

Calculation Method for oil formation volume factor

0- Vazquez & Beggs
1- Standing
2- Glaso

MCODE

Calculation Method for z-factor

0- Hall & Yarborough
1- Standing
2- Dranchuk, Purvis & Robinson
3- Gopal

PIOPT

IPR calculation method

1- Modified pi for vertical wells
2- Babu & Odeh
3- Peaceman
4- PI for vertical wells
5- Ozkan & Raghavan
10- Confluent

IOZ

Water drive
1=bottom
2=edge

ICONI

Coning calculation method

1=Chaperon
2=Giger)

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ICONII
Coning type
1=single
2=two cone
RVAL Labels for POPHOZN Model
API

Oil API gravity @ 14.7psig 60F

RP

Production gas oil ratio (scf/stb) @ 14.7psig and60F

SGPG

Producing gas gravity (air=1.0) @ 14.7psig 60 F

SGW

Producing water gravity (water=1.0)

KX

Horizontal permeability in RESA direction (Darcy)

KY

Horizontal permeability in RESB direction (Darcy)

KZ

Vertical permeability (Darcy)

RESA

Reservoir width, (ft)

RESB

Reservoir length, (ft)

THICKNESS

Reservoir height, (ft)

XCORD

Well location RESA direction (ft)

YCORD

Well location RESB direction (ft)

ZCORD

Well location vertical direction (ft)

PERMG

Gravel permeability (Darcy).

If negative, open hole. Otherwise gravel pack

RW

Wellbore diameter, (ft)

SPF

Perforation density (shot/ft)

DPERF

Diameter of perforation (ft)

TDIST

Distance between gas-oil and oil-water contact (ft)

ADIST

Distance between gas-oil contact and well (ft)

BDIST

Distance between well and oil-water contact (ft)

PHAI

Porosity

SW

Water saturation

SOR

Irreducible oil saturation

ARRAY Labels for POPHOZN Model

ROUGHNESS

Array of absolute roughness

ANGLE

Array of angles (deg)

LENGTH

Array of pipe lengths (ft)

ID

Array of pipe diameters (ft)

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Example:
TITLE PROBLEM=IPR, USER=JASON, DATE=02/17/98, *
SITE=BREA
$
DESCRIPTION
DESCRIPTION
DESCRIPTION
DESCRIPTION
$
DIMENSION

RATE(LV)=BPD

$
CALCULATION NETWORK, Blackoil, PRANDTL
$
DEFAULT IDPIPE=4.026, IDTUBING=4.026, IDRISER=4.026, *
IDANNULUS=6.065
$
PRINT INPUT=FULL, DATABASE=FULL
$
SEGMENT AUTO=ON, DLHORIZ(FT)=2000, DLVERT(FT)=500
$
NETWORK DATA
$
SOLUTION PBALANCE, FLOWAL=2, STEP=1
$
PVT PROPERTY DATA
$
SET SETNO=1, GRAV(OIL,API)=30, GRAV(GAS,SPGR)=0.75, *
GRAV(WATER,SPGR)=1
$
STRUCTURE DATA
$
SOURCE NAME=S001, PRIORITY=0, SETNO=1, *
PRES=2985.3, TEMP=197.5, RATE(ESTI)=2000, *
GOR=1000, WCUT=10, XCORD=43, *
YCORD=584
$
SINK NAME=D002, PRES=2775.2, RATE(ESTI)=2000, *
XCORD=760, YCORD=638
$

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$
LINK NAME=L001, FROM=S001, TO=D002
IPR NAME=E001, model=100, *
$
IVAL=BASIS,3/NHOR,8/*
ICODE,2/JCODE,2/MCODE,2/*
PIOPT,5/IOZ,2/ICON1,2/ICON2,1/*
KPDPV,4/KPDPH,4, *
$
RVAL=KX,0.01/KZ, 0.005/ PERMG,-1/*
RESA, 1000 / RESB, 1000 / THICKNESS, 100 / *
XCORD, 500 / YCORD, 500 / ZCORD, 50 /*
RW, 12/DPERF,0.6/SPF,10 / *
TDIST,100/ADIST,100/BDIST,0/*
$
API,48/RP,1000/SGPG,0.75/SGW,1/PHAI,0.2/SW,0.4/SOR,0.25*
$
ARRAY=ID, 2.41, 2.42, 2.43, 2.44, 2.45, 2.46, 2.47, 2.47/ *
ROUGHNESS, 0.0018, 0.0018, 0.0018, 0.0018, 0.0018,*
0.0018, 0.0018, 0.0018/ *
ANGLE, 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5, 0.6, 0.7, 0.8/ *
LENGTH, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80,
$

GROUP=RES1

OPEN,1 / UPTIME,1

END

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