Merlin/Apprentice Advanced School 2 - Course Outline

Apprentice Advanced Features & Exercises  

• Integrating directional surveys and perforation intervals in Apprentice
• Performing grid to grid operations
• Migrating perforations and directional surveys to a full field model in Merlin

Merlin Advanced Features Review

• Regions – PVT, lease, rock , calculation
• Orthomin Solvers
• Hydraulic Fracture Modeling
• Gas Condensate/Volatile Oil Modeling
• Lock parameters
• Juxtaposition modeling
• Recent features developed in previous 12 months

Hydraulic Fracture Example

• Review of theory – turbulent skin and non darcy flow
• Build and run single well hydraulic fracture models
• Build and run full field hydraulic fracture model
• Run various sensitivities to conductivity and fracture length 

Horizontal Layering versus Conventional Layering in a Full Field Model

• Build a full field model using horizontal layering
• Run horizontal layering model
• Run conventional layering model with layers following structure
• Compare results

Integrating Sub Sea Tubing, Flow Lines and Risers 

• Build tubing curves in Avalon and include tubing, flow line, and risers
• Migrate Avalon curves to full field Merlin model
• Run the model
• Viewing output

Using Continuous Down Hole Pressure Data To Manage an Asset in Real Time

• Filter large data stream using the Prophet system 
• Delete and add pressure data to filtered well pressures
• Migrate filtered data to Merlin full field model
• Perform history match using continuous pressure data
• Perform production and reserves forecasts

Review of Student Projects

• Discuss all issues with past and present models
• Receive GSI assistance in any current projects

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