SCOTTISH group Senergy has come up with what is claims is a “pioneering new tool that will revolutionise the oil&gas industry’s approach to well inflow performance”.
The system, known as Wellscope, is said to be a market first because of the way it addresses the drilling of wells from an “entirely new perspective” by using computational fluid dynamics (CFD).
This is a computational approach that enables the study of the dynamics of things that flow.
Senergy says Wellscope has the capability to produce 3D models of prospective wells and use this to estimate the inflow performance of horizontal, deviated and vertical wells under various damage and completion scenarios.
Using up to 10million cells in each model, Wellscope provides a more accurate prediction of a well’s performance. In addition, the cells can be recalculated individually or collectively at the touch of a button to provide ongoing updates of a well’s condition.
Senergy says its CFD-based technology is set to transform the industry’s approach to inflow performance, ultimately increasing productivity and cost-effectiveness for clients.
Led by Senergy’s production-technology and formation-integrity teams, principal production technologist Maria Jimenez and principal formation-damage consultant Michael Byrne have been instrumental in developing the tool.
Wellscope is to be launched later this month at the Society of Petroleum Engineers’ Formation Damage Conference in Lafayette, Louisiana.