PIPESIM QUICK REFERENCE

Workflow for Well Performance,

Pipeline, and Facilities Modeling

GETTING STARTED Full user manual available in help system

See Help > Contents or click and click on screen.
File > New—Select Single Branch
Learn from Prebuilt case studies
File > Save As—Name and Save File (*.bps) Refer to Case Studies folder in the
Setup > Units—Select system of units you will be working with C:\Program Files\Schlumberger\PIPESIM directory.

1. CREATE PHYSICAL MODEL 1. Select node objects and drop in the model-building environment
using the tool bar.
Note: Place cursor over toolbar icons to identify the function. 2. Select connector objects and drag-stretch to connect node objects.

3. Specify a Completion ( or ) or a generic Source ( )

at the flow inlet.
Node objects Connector objects
4. Specify an inlet temperature.

5. Specify a boundary node ( ) at the flow outlet.

6. Double-click each object to enter data. For connector objects,
Note: Objects or fields surrounded by a red box require data. choose Simple or Detailed view.
Tubing may contain equipment including gas lift valves, ESPs,
Specify Completion Model (IPR) PCPs, subsurface safety valves, and downhole separators.

Gas Wells Oil Wells

Heat transfer data may be entered for flowlines and risers.
- Productivity Index - Productivity Index – U-values may be user specified or calculated based on
- Forcheimer - Vogel
- Backpressure Eq. - Fetkovich
specified pipe and coating conductivities, ambient fluid
- Pseudo-Steady State - Pseudo-Steady State velocities, pipe burial depth, and ground conductivity.
- Hydraulic Fracture - Hydraulic Fracture
- Jones - Jones

2. CREATE FLUID MODEL Black Oil

Black Oil Versus Compositional
A black oil model is typically applicable for GOR less than
2,000 STB/scf or where compositional data not available.
A compositional model is necessary for accurate modeling
of volatile oils, retrograde condensates, and for wax, hydrate,
and asphaltene prediction.
1. Click Setup > Black Oil.
2. Enter stock tank properties (required).
3. Enter bubble point calibration, viscosity data, and fluid property
calibration points (optional).
4. Select correlations for fluid property prediction.
Compositional
1. Click Setup > Compositional Template
2. Add components and specify pseudo-component properties.
3. Click Setup > Compositional (local default) and enter
Component mole fractions.

3. CHOOSE FLOW CORRELATIONS 1. Click Setup > Flow Correlations

2. Select Vertical flow correlation.
If: Beggs-Brill Revised (default) Duns and Ros
liquid volume fraction < .001%, single phase gas is assumed. Hagedorn-Brown Orkiszewski
Gray Ansari (mechanistic)
liquid volume fraction > 99%, single phase liquid is assumed. Grovier Aziz Fogarasi OLGA-S (mechanistic)
Mukherjee-Brill LedaFlow PM (mechanistic)
otherwise multiphase flow is assumed. TUFFP (mechanistic)
3. Select Horizontal flow correlation.
Flow correlations determine the following:
Beggs-Brill Revised (default) Xiao (mechanistic)
flow regime Lockhart-Martinelli Oliemans
Baker Jardine Revised OLGA-S (mechanistic)
liquid holdup Mukherjee-Brill LedaFlow PM (mechanistic)
Dukler AGA & Flanigan TUFFP (mechanistic)
elevational, frictional and accelerational
components of pressure drop. 4. Select Single phase flow correlation.
Moody (default for oil and gas) Hazen-Williams (water)
AGA (gas) Panhandle A&B (gas)
Weymouth (gas)
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4. PERFORM OPERATIONS Heat t P out, Tout
Fluid and heat out
P avg, Tav
For all operations, there are three key variables: g

inlet pressure Angle

P in, Tin
outlet pressure
Fluid and heat in
flow rate.
Supply two of these variables with the inlet temperature. HOW PIPESIM SOFTWARE WORKS
The third is calculated automatically.
PIPESIM software performs simultaneous steady-state heat and pressure
balances for each pipe or tubing segment (segment length determined
automatically). Fluid properties used for these calculations are averaged for
each segment. Calculations are always performed in the direction of flow.
System Analysis
Psep = 75 psig 1. Select appropriate operation:
125 System Analysis Well Performance Curves
150 Pressure and Temperature Profile Artificial Lift Performance
175
Flow Correlation Comparison Wax Deposition
Nodal Analysis Data Matching
Optimum Horizontal Well Length Gas Lift Rate Versus
Casing Head Pressure
Reservoir Tables
2. Specify known variables.
3. Specify sensitivity variable(s) and values.
4. Run model.

Pressure and Temperature Profile Nodal Analysis

2.5 in
T
3.0 in

P 3.5 in

Skin = 10 5 0

5. VIEW AND ANALYZE RESULTS Reports

Clicking Reports > Output file provides detailed simulation output.
Plots
Clicking Reports > Summary file provides a summary of the
1. Click Reports > System Plot or Profile Plot. last simulation.
2. Using the Series menu, configure plot to show desired Note: Insert the report tool at points of interest in the model to generate
variables and units. additional output. This information will appear at the bottom of the
3. Edit > Plot Setup to configure appearance of plot. output report.
4. Edit > Export As > Copy to Clipboard allows plot to be pasted
into other documents.
Note: The Data tab contains plot data in spreadsheet format and
can be exported into Microsoft ® Excel®.

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