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Tour of the user interface
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You can control the layout of the panes by choosing one of the predefined configurations from the Layout control on the Home tab.
When you complete this module, you will know how to:
build the physical model
create a fluid model
choose flow correlations
run tasks
view and analyze results
1. Start PIPESIM.
2. On the Workspace tab, select Options.
3. Select Field for the Default unit
system.
4. Select Close to exit the window.
5. Return to the Workspace tab
6. Under Network, select New to create a
new, network-centric workspace
12. To view the list of missing data, go to the Validation tab at the bottom of the
PIPESIM window.
13. From the Home tab, select Black oil from the Fluid manager options list. (Black oil
is the default). This option launches the Fluid manager dialog box.
Reconfigure the P/T profile task to specify a Gas instead of Liquid flow rate, as shown
in the figure.
Previously, the outlet pressure was calculated for a known inlet pressure and flow
rate. In this exercise, you specify the inlet and outlet pressures and calculate the
corresponding gas flow rate.
There are three key variables involved in P/T profile, Nodal analysis, and System
analysis tasks:
Inlet pressure
Outlet pressure
Flow rate
In this exercise, you perform a Nodal analysis task for a given outlet (wellhead)
pressure to determine the operating point (intersection of the inflow and outflow
curves) and the absolute open flow potential (AOFP) of the well.
On the Home tab, in the Task group, select Nodal analysis. The Create nodal
point dialog box opens and prompts you to choose the location of the Nodal
analysis point. The Nodal analysis point divides the system into inflow and
outflow.
Results
Operating Point (STB/d)
Operating Point BHP (psia)
AOFP (STB/d)
Results
Wellhead pressure = 300 psia Uncalibrated Calibrated
In the Simulation settings dialog box, go to the Heat transfer tab to review the default
model.
Launch the Data matching task. On the Home tab, in the Tasks group, select Model
calibration and then select Data matching.
You can run the Data matching task only on single branches, such as a well, a well
connected to a flowline, or a source connected to a flowline.
Configure the following areas of the task, as shown in the figures: General, Calculated Variable, Regression
Parameter Setup, and Flow Correlations.
Select the best calibration case by selecting its check box in the Select Column
Publish calibrated models and verify that the selected calibrated flow correlation
was correctly published.
On the Home tab, in the Data group, select Simulation settings and then in the
Simulation settings dialog box, go to the Flow correlations tab.
This exercise shows you how to set up and run the system analysis task
Enter your matched PI value of 8.828 STB/d/psi in the IPR model on the
Completions tab of the well editor.
Launch the System analysis task from the Home tab.
Change the Inlet Pressure to 3000 psia.
Enter the Outlet Pressure of 300 psia (the required minimum wellhead
pressure).
Select Liquid flowrate as the Calculated Variable
For this task, you have a gas lift availability constraint of 3 MMscf/d and a design
liquid production rate of 6,500 STB/d at 70% water cut.
Results
Water Cut (70%)
Optimum Gas Injection
Rate MMscf/d
Liquid Production Rate
(stb/d)
The well schematic diagram in the Well editor window is updated with changes
made to the configuration of the well. The flow path indication lines that were green
up to this point have changed to red. This change indicates that the well is
unsolvable in its current configuration.
Construct a simple well model with these listed parameters. Any information not
explicitly provided should be left to its default value in PIPESIM. Fluid model
generated in previous task
Flowing bottomhole
Enter an Outlet pressure of 800 psia.
1810 psi
pressure (psia)
Rerun the P/T profile task using the same boundary conditions from the previous
exercise. Record your answers
Results
Well PI Calibrated
Gas Rate (MMscf/d)
Flowing bottomhole
pressure (psia)
Bottom hole
temperature (degF)
Wellhead temperature
(degF)
Results
Outlet pressure = 710
psia
Choke size 1.5
Vertical flow correlation = Hagedorn & Brown (Duns & Ros map)
Horizontal flow correlation = Beggs & Brill Revised
Arrival Pressure
• 7.981 in (wall thickness= 0.322), 10.02 in (wall thinkness= 0.365 in) and 12 in (wall thickness= 0.375).
• Both riser and flowline must be the same
Select the Subsea Manifold and launch the System analysis task.
Select Outlet pressure as the Calculated Variable
Enter any value for the Liquid flowrate, such as the normal rate of 14000 STB/d.
Determine the minimum diameter of the tieback and riser that satisfies the arrival
pressure requirement (> 400 psia) for all flow rates.
Results
Minimum tieback and riser diameters
that satisfy the minimum arrival
pressure constraint of 400 psia for all
flow rates (in)
Thermal Chemical
insulation Inhibitors
To add Methanol to
the Fluid Components
Go to the Fluids tab.
list, select the check
box beside it.
From the plot, determine the required minimum Methanol injection rate to maintain
the flowing fluid temperature above the hydrate formation temperature, at every
point in the system. (This rate is the methanol injection rate that achieves a
maximum hydrate sub-cooling temperature difference = 0.)
Results
Required methanol
injection volume (STB/d)
When you complete this module, you will know how to:
In this case study, your goal is to establish the deliverability of a production network.
The network consists of three producing gas wells in a looped gathering system that
deliver the commingled stream to a single delivery point.
Rename and arrange them exactly as shown in the next figure.
3 • Wells (Use the simple vertical
template for all wells)
4 • Junctions
1 • Spot report
1 • Heat exchanger
3 • Sinks
Connect the inserted objects using flowlines and connectors so that the network
diagram exactly matches the figure.
Create two new compositional fluids for the three wells based on the compositions
listed in the table.
After you create the fluids, use the Fluid manager to map Well_1 and Well_2 to
Fluid_A and Well_3 to Fluid_B.
All the flowlines are now valid. (They are no longer red.)
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Exercise 1. Model a pipeline network
Capture elevations
― Elevation points check
― Interval: 60 ft
Add choke information: 1 [in]
Define dry gas as the production fluid
Launch the Network simulation task and
specify the boundary conditions shown in the
figure.
Your answers will not exactly match the answers in the Answer key
because of slight differences in the way flowlines are laid out in the GIS
map view