School Overview
*Prerequisite - Merlin and Apprentice Basic School and Advanced School 1
The 3-day school is a continuation of Parts 1 and 2. Students should have either attended Parts 1 and 2, or completed several full field simulation projects with the GSI products.
Students will learn all of the new features integrated within our products over the previous 12 months, and cover a variety of advanced features in all of our products.
Advanced Merlin features:
- our regions calculator
- incorporating meaningful statistics
- well test analysis
- horizontal well layering in full field coning situations
- hydraulic fracture modeling
- integration/analysis of continuous down hole pressure data
Advanced Apprentice features:
- integrating well surveys
- perforation intervals
- import data formats from other packages
- grid to grid operations
Advanced Avalon features:
- sub-sea flow line
- tubing
- riser integration
- gas lift applications
Graduating students will be functional in all of the features in Merlin, Apprentice and Avalon. A Prophet data filtering problem is included for interested parties.
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