Advances in FlexWell Development

Ali Shahamiri and Reza Heidari

 Advances in FlexWell Development
Section I: Co-Injection Models
 Pre-Existing Models
 Unified Co-Injection Model

Section II: New Features for Thermal Wellbores

 Segmented Heater Cable
 Temperature Dependent Wall Properties
 Sectional Wall Properties

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SECTION I

Co-Injection Models
 Co-Injection Model
Water Steam

QW T1, P1 , Qual1
Generator

Tinj = T1
Steam 

CWE Steam Pinj = P1

Qualinj = Qual1

• For single component steam injection Tinj , Pinj and Qualinj are
sufficient to calculate the thermodynamic state of injection fluid.

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 Co-Injection Model
Water Steam + Solvent

QW T1, P1 , Qual1 T2, P2 , Qual2 Tinj = T2

Generator
Steam 

CWE Steam Steam/Solvent Pinj = P2

Qualinj = Qual2

QS
Solvent

• For single component steam injection Tinj , Pinj and Qualinj are
sufficient to calculate the thermodynamic state of injection fluid.

• Using Tinj , Pinj and Qualinj to identify the thermodynamic state

of a steam/solvent mixture involves simplifying assumptions.

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 Co-Injection Model
Thermodynamic State of a Mixture
Using , , to identify the thermodynamic state of a What are the
steam/solvent mixture involves simplifying assumptions. alternatives?

, , , , ,

Isenthalpic Flash Calculations

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 Unified Co-Injection Model
Steam to Multiphase Multicomponent
Unified Model Pre-Existing Model
*INCOMP *MIXTURE-Z z1 ... znumy *INCOMP *WATER w1 ... wnumx
*INCOMP *OIL x1 ... xnumx
*INCOMP *GAS y1 ... ynumy

Composition
*INCOMP *WATER-GAS-Z z1 ... znumy
*INCOMP *WATER-OIL-Z z1 ... znumx
*INCOMP *WATER-GAS-OIL-Z z1 ... znumy
*INCOMP *WATER-GAS v1….vnumy
*INCOMP *WATER-OIL v1….vnumx
*INCOMP *WATER-GAS-OIL v1….vnumy
*INCOMP *GAS-OIL
Attributes
*PINJW pinjw *PINJW pinjw
*HINJW hinjw *TINJW tinjw
*QUAL qual

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 Unified Co-Injection Model
Enthalpy Models

Liquid Base ,

Gas Base ,

Simple Hvap ,

Lee-Kesler Correlation ∆ ∆ , .∆ ,

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Unified Co-Injection Model
Example 1
 Unified Co-Injection Model
Example 1
Unified Co-Injection Model Pre-existing Model

*INJECTOR *MOBWEIGHT 'injector' *INJECTOR *MOBWEIGHT 'injector'

*INCOMP *MIXTURE-Z 1.0 0.0 0.0 *INCOMP *WATER 1.0 0.0 0.0
*PINJW 2545 *TINJW 224.0
*HINJW ? *QUAL 0.9085
*OPERATE *MAX *BHP 2500 *OPERATE *MAX *BHP 2500

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 Unified Co-Injection Model
Example 1
Unified Co-Injection Model Pre-existing Model

*INJECTOR *MOBWEIGHT 'injector' *INJECTOR *MOBWEIGHT 'injector'

*INCOMP *MIXTURE-Z 1.0 0.0 0.0 *INCOMP *WATER 1.0 0.0 0.0
*PINJW 2545 *TINJW 224.0
*HINJW 0 *QUAL 0.9085
*OPERATE *MAX *BHP 2500 *OPERATE *MAX *BHP 2500

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 Unified Co-Injection Model
Example 1
Unified Co-Injection Model Pre-existing Model

*INJECTOR *MOBWEIGHT 'injector' *INJECTOR *MOBWEIGHT 'injector'

*INCOMP *MIXTURE-Z 1.0 0.0 0.0 *INCOMP *WATER 1.0 0.0 0.0
*PINJW 2545 *TINJW 224.0
*HINJW 0 *QUAL 0.9085
*OPERATE *MAX *BHP 2500 *OPERATE *MAX *BHP 2500

*TINJW 224.0
4.549e+4
*QUAL 0.9085

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 Unified Co-Injection Model
Example 1
Unified Co-Injection Model Pre-existing Model

*INJECTOR *MOBWEIGHT 'injector' *INJECTOR *MOBWEIGHT 'injector'

*INCOMP *MIXTURE-Z 1.0 0.0 0.0 *INCOMP *WATER 1.0 0.0 0.0
*PINJW 2545 *TINJW 224.0
*HINJW 4.549e+4 *QUAL 0.9085
*OPERATE *MAX *BHP 2500 *OPERATE *MAX *BHP 2500

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 Unified Co-Injection Model
Example 1

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 Unified Co-Injection Model
Example 1
Unified Co-Injection Model Pre-existing Model

*INJECTOR *MOBWEIGHT 'injector' *INJECTOR *MOBWEIGHT 'injector'

*INCOMP *MIXTURE-Z 1.0 0.0 0.0 *INCOMP *WATER 1.0 0.0 0.0
*PINJW 2545 *TINJW 224.0
*HINJW 4.549e+4 *QUAL 0.9085
*OPERATE *MAX *BHP 2500 *OPERATE *MAX *BHP 2500

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Unified Co-injection Model
Example 2
 Unified Co-Injection Model
Example 2
Unified Co-Injection Model Pre-existing Model
*COMPNAME *COMPNAME
‘H2O' 'C1' 'C4-5' 'C6-8' 'C9-11' 'Heavy' ‘H2O' 'C1' 'C4-5' 'C6-8' 'C9-11' 'Heavy'

INJECTOR MOBWEIGHT IMPLICIT 'Injector‘ INJECTOR MOBWEIGHT IMPLICIT 'Injector'

*INCOMP *MIXTURE-Z INCOMP WATER-GAS-OIL

0.98 0 5.9e-3 1.3e-2 9.8e-4 0 0.11 0 0.878 1.09e-2 1.1e-3 0

*PINJW 4000.0 TINJW 350.0

*HINJW 0 QUAL 1.0
PINJW 4000.0

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 Unified Co-Injection Model
Example 2
Unified Co-Injection Model Pre-existing Model
*COMPNAME *COMPNAME
‘H2O' 'C1' 'C4-5' 'C6-8' 'C9-11' 'Heavy' ‘H2O' 'C1' 'C4-5' 'C6-8' 'C9-11' 'Heavy'

INJECTOR MOBWEIGHT IMPLICIT 'Injector‘ INJECTOR MOBWEIGHT IMPLICIT 'Injector'

*INCOMP *MIXTURE-Z INCOMP WATER-GAS-OIL

0.98 0 5.9e-3 1.3e-2 9.8e-4 0 0.11 0 0.878 1.09e-2 1.1e-3 0

*PINJW 4000.0 TINJW 350.0

*HINJW 0 QUAL 1.0
PINJW 4000.0

5.495e4 350C

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 Unified Co-Injection Model
Example 2
Unified Co-Injection Model Pre-existing Model
*COMPNAME *COMPNAME
‘H2O' 'C1' 'C4-5' 'C6-8' 'C9-11' 'Heavy' ‘H2O' 'C1' 'C4-5' 'C6-8' 'C9-11' 'Heavy'

INJECTOR MOBWEIGHT IMPLICIT 'Injector‘ INJECTOR MOBWEIGHT IMPLICIT 'Injector'

*INCOMP *MIXTURE-Z INCOMP WATER-GAS-OIL

0.98 0 5.9e-3 1.3e-2 9.8e-4 0 0.11 0 0.878 1.09e-2 1.1e-3 0

*PINJW 4000.0 TINJW 350.0

*HINJW 5.495e4 QUAL 1.0
PINJW 4000.0

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 Unified Co-Injection Model
Example 2
Unified Co-Injection Model Pre-existing Model

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 Unified Co-Injection Model
Highlights
Advantages of the New Unified Model
 Less input data required.
 Straightforward preprocessing for co-injection problems.
 No need to use WINPROP to identify the phase envelope for any given
composition.
 Can be used instead of existing co-injection keywords (scenarios) as well as
gas-oil mixtures.
 No simplifying assumptions for the thermodynamic calculations of injection fluid.
 Recommended for compositions with large fraction of oil components and for -
super-heated fluid injection.

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SECTION II

New Features for Thermal Wellbores

Segmented Heater Cable Model
 Heater Cable

+
 Increases the mobility inside and near wellbore region.

 Reduces the hydraulic diameter and volume and cross sectional area of
annular space.

 Energy Equation for the Annular Space

∑ ∑ 1
,
∆

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 Segmented Heater Cable
Segmented Heater Cable Uniform Heater Cable
*HEATER_CABLE *ATTACHTO well *HEATER_CABLE *ATTACHTO well
*CBL_PROP cable-OD number-of-cables uba OD rate number-of-cables
*SECTIONS ( *RATE | *RATEPL )
{ uba_range section_heat_rate }
Heat Rate (J/day.m)

Heat Rate (J/day.m)

2.7E+7 2.7E+7

2.3E+7 2.3E+7

1.9E+7 1.9E+7

1.5E+7 1.5E+7
0 200 400 600 800 0 200 400 600 800
Length, m Length, m

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Segmented Heater Cable
Example
 Segmented Heater Cable
Example
Segmented Heater Cable Uniform Heater Cable
*HEATER_CABLE *ATTACHTO ‘Prod.‘ *HEATER_CABLE *ATTACHTO ‘Prod.‘
** diam #cables ** uba diam total heat #cables
*CBL_PROP 0.005 2 3 1 24 0.005 1.8d+10 2
*SECTIONS *RATEPL
8.0E+7
**uba_range heat / length
3:4 1 24 3.375e7 Heat Rate (J/day.m)
5:6 1 24 3.375e7 6.0E+7
7:8 1 24 2.250e7
9:10 1 24 2.250e7 4.0E+7
11:12 1 24 2.250e7
13:14 1 24 2.250e7 2.0E+7
15:16 1 24 1.125e7
17:18 1 24 1.125e7
0.0E+0
0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800
Length, m
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 Segmented Heater Cable
Example

Segmented Heater Cable Uniform Heater Cable

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 Segmented Heater Cable
Example

Segmented

Uniform 40 days

5 days

0 days

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Wall Properties for FlexWell
 Wall Properties for FlexWell
Temperature Dependent Wall Prop. Constant Wall Prop.

Sectional Wall Prop.

∑ ∑

1
,
∆

/ /
2 2
/ /
2 2
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 Wall Properties for FlexWell
Temperature Dependent Wall Prop. Constant Wall Prop.
*WALL_CP X0 X1 X2 *WALL_CP X0
*WALL_HCN Y0 Y1 Y2 *WALL_HCN Y0

Sectional Wall Prop.

*TUBULAR *VAR_WDTP *TUBULAR *CONSTANT
*TUBULAR *VARIABLE

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 Temperature Dependent Wall Prop. for FlexWell
Temperature Dependent Wall Prop. Constant Wall Prop.
*TUBING *ATTACHTO 'Injector' *TUBING *ATTACHTO 'Injector'
*TUBULAR *CONSTANT *TUBULAR *CONSTANT
*ID 0.076 *ID 0.076
*OD 0.0889 *OD 0.0889
** X0 X1 X2
*WALL_CP 2.852e+06 3.274e+03 -1.404 *WALL_CP 3.88e6 Material: SST
*WALL_HCN 4.982e+06 -3.242e+03 -5.038e-01 *WALL_HCN 3.63e6

5.0E+6
4.0E+6
4.5E+6
3.0E+6
k , J/day.m.K

Cp , J/m3.K

4.0E+6
2.0E+6

3.5E+6
1.0E+6 y = -1.404E+00x2 + 3.274E+03x + 2.852E+06
y = -5.038E-01x2 - 3.242E+03x + 4.982E+06 R² = 9.950E-01
R² = 9.950E-01
0.0E+0 3.0E+6
250 450 650 850 T, K
250 450 650 850 T, K

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 Temperature Dependent Wall Prop. for FlexWell
Constant VS. Temperature Dependent Wall Prop.

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 Temperature Dependent Wall Prop. for FlexWell
Constant VS. Temperature Dependent Wall Prop.

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 Sectional Wall Properties for FlexWell
Sectional Wall Prop. Constant Wall Prop.
*TUBING *ATTACHTO 'Injector' *TUBING *ATTACHTO 'Injector'
*TUBULAR *VAR_WDTP *TUBULAR *CONSTANT
**ID CP K OD *ID 0.076
0.076 3.63e+6 5.60E+03 0.0889 *OD 0.0889
0.076 3.63e+6 7.00E+03 0.0889 *WALL_CP 3.88e6
0.076 3.63e+6 1.09E+04 0.0889 *WALL_HCN 9.17E+04
… … … …
… … … …
0.076 3.63e+6 2.49E+05 0.0889
0.076 3.63e+6 3.11E+05 0.0889
0.076 3.63e+6 3.88E+05 0.0889

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 Acknowledgements

• Reza Heidari

• Mohsen Sadeghi

• Lloyd Buchanan

• Long Nghiem

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Questions?

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