Update on Norne Full Field

Simulation Model for IO Center

NTNU

Nan Cheng - 2012

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 The previous Norne model at IO
Center
• Rel. perm issue:
– 88+ rel. perm. tables
– End-point scaling done outside the dataset
– SWL is a function of permeability of the cell
– Two rock types: one for Tofte, one for Not, Ile & Tilje
• Saturation tables are permeability dependent in the model
– Two Gas-oil rel. perm. tables: one for cell perm < 250 md and one for cell
perm > 250 md
• Hysteresis in the model
• Extreme values in the model?

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 Saturation end-point values
• Implement end-point scaling
• End-point values for drainage: SWL, SGU, SWCR, SOWCR, SGL,
SGWCR, SWU, SOGCR?
• End-point values for imbibition: ISWL, ISGU, ISWCR, ISOWCR, ISGL,
ISGWCR, ISWU, ISOGCR?

• Investigate the impact of these end point values

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 Initialization
• Initial water saturations imported from the previous model (SWATINIT)
• One set of rock tables
• Hysteresis is included
• End-point scaling is used
• End-point values bearing uncertianty and may be used as tuning
parameters in history matching
• Good match on fliud-in-place volumes

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 Volumetrics
Initial field fluid in‐place volumes
Oil Water Gas comments
Sm3 Sm3 Sm3
end‐point scaling used, initial water 
New model 1.608E+08 4.021E+08 2.706E+10 saturation export from the original 
model
Original model 1.608E+08 4.020E+08 2.706E+10

Diff, % 0.028 ‐0.011 0.006 original model as reference

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 Schedule sections
• Checked the Schedule section of the model
• No Schedule project provided and it is thus tedious to make changes to
the Schedule section
• No essential changes made, but
– Max. WBHP of 600 added to avoid many warnings and to help identify well
injectivity problems
– Excluded data for the prediction phase

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 Run performance
• CPU time investigated and model tuned when necessary
• CPU time reduced significantly (almost halved)
• Checke and clarified all the comments in all files
• …

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 Simulaton results from the selected
(final) run

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 Performance plots – field oil
production

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 Performance plots – field water
production

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 Performance plots – field gas
production

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 Performance plots – field water
injection

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 Performance plots – field gas
injection

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 Performance plots – field water-cut

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 Performance plots – field producing
GOR

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 Performance plots – field average
pressure

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 Performance plots – total CPU time

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 Production wells

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 Injection wells

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 Indicating
mismatch of
injectivity

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 Indicating
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 Summaries
• Key updates are the implementations of end-point scaling and singel set
of saturation functions
• Saturation end-point vaules have uncertainties and may be used as
history matching parameters
• Preserved fluid-in-place volumes - good match in fluid-in-place volumes
• Checked and corrected extreme non-physical values
• Improved model simulation performance - the updated model is much
more efficient to run
• Clarified all comments in all files
• Excluded prediction Schedule

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