Description
Numerical modeling of the completions and production applications involves a combination of various physical phenomena operating in a wide range of length scales and sometimes involving complex multiphase non-Newtonian fluids. The tools and equipment can experience high flow velocities and must withstand erosion and corrosion from fracturing/cement slurries and production fluids. The modeling often requires fluid-structure interaction and a combination of flow modeling in mechanical devices and the reservoir.
The downhole tools require high reliability. Some equipment operates for decades in harsh environments and make autonomous adjustments to the production from different zones. As a result, Virtual Verification and Validation have become the norm to qualify new designs and improve existing ones.
This workshop aims to bring together experts in academia and industry to brainstorm, discuss, and help us better understand the current state-of-the-art approach to this vital process and its applications. It will include short talks by key practitioners covering various aspects of CFD modeling, followed by a networking session.
AGENDA:
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Time (CST) |
Topic |
Presenter |
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9:00 – 9:15 |
Welcome/Introduction |
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9:15 – 9:45 |
Boosting Completions and Production Efficiency with Advanced CFD Techniques |
Gocha Chochua, SLB |
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9:45 – 10:15 |
In-Depth Understanding of Proppant Transport with Slickwater along Horizontal Wellbores and inside Fractures via CFD Modeling |
Xinghui Liu, Chevron |
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10:15 – 10:45 |
Well-Completion Performance and Production Optimization of a Gas Well Using Computational Fluid Dynamics |
Prof Mayank Tyagi, LSU |
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10:45 – 11:00 |
Break |
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11:00 – 11:30 |
TBD |
Kuochen Tsai, Shell |
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11:30 – 12:00 |
Use of Erosion Testing and CFD Modeling to Develop a New Erosion Resistant Screens: Design, Qualification and Field Installation |
Chris Malbrel, TPM Ltd |
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12:00 – 13:00 |
Lunch/Networking |
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