3D Modeling Software

Strucsoft Solutions, Inc., has released JACKET Pro, 3D software for design, construction and fabrication of offshore structures, including jackets, barges and lifting booms. Built on ProSteel 3D, a software program for generating detailed 3D steel structures inside AutoCAD, it allows users to rapidly create a 3D AutoCAD model, produce customized reports, and generate CNC machining instructions for various machines, including pipe cutters, industry beam lines and plate cutters. Multi-legged jackets can be generated by inputting a few parameters, such as section sizes, material type, elevations, bracing types, joint can and joint can clearances. The resulting structure includes pre-defined views. It will output data and documents in a variety of formats. 2D drawings update automatically if the 3D model changes.

Multilateral-Design Centralizer

The newly designed HydroFORM centralizer, from Volant Products Inc., is manufactured from 1/4-in. wall tube, making it extremely robust. High-pressure water is used to form the rib geometry on the tube, creating a smooth profile. This better enables the centralizer to run through a window, as well as the wellbore, with no blunt edges, or secondary components to be stripped off.

Fracture Modeling Software

Roxar has released the latest version of its fracture modeling software, FracPerm 2.0. It is an integrated, easy-to-use package that enables geologists and reservoir engineers to create detailed permeability maps used in flow simulation and history matching of reservoirs. Along with the company’s modeling software, IRAP RMS, FracPerm 2.0 combines data, geological properties, geo-statistics and geo-history in a data-driven approach, designed to make maximum use of available data and allow rapid and interactive quality control of the model as it is being built. Additions in the new version include a redesigned interface, simplified workflow and a new plug-in structure, which allows the reservoir better integration and customization with other software tools. It has new grid-handling capabilities that extend and enhance the product’s stability over a wide range of scenarios. Refinements in the editing loops make the workflow more efficient, allowing models to be rapidly updated as the field matures. Platform-independent, it also builds explicit fracture models and trend maps, which identify fracture density and orientation. Where significant uncertainty exists, such as in the aperture of the fractures, multiple equi-probable models can be created and their simulation performance assessed.

Long-Range DTS

SensorTran Inc., a developer of advanced Distributed Temperature Sensing (DTS) technology, announced its DTS 5100-M15 and the DTS 5100-M18 long-range products. These enable users in the power, oil and gas, and environmental industries to obtain accurate temperature measurements of critical assets at distances of 15 to 18 km, the longest-range high-resolution capabilities available. Each product includes an ethernet-ready computer, pre-loaded with DTS software to simplify system management. Standard and optional modules include: autonomous data collection and storage; multiple zones and alarms; flexible data, alarm and remote control/access communications; self-diagnostics, auto-start and safe shut-down; simple calibration, configuration and operation; and application-specific graphical data visualization and user interfaces. Installation is fast with modular cabinet packages, including power back-up, displays and keyboards. The DTS 5100 family of products has the industry's highest signal-to-noise ratio, which, together with its advanced data processing techniques, provides the fastest measurement speeds obtainable. Because of its shorter read times, one DTS 5100 can provide the same monitoring coverage of several less efficient DTS units, with better overall system measurement time.

Progressing Cavity Multiphase Pump System

The Moyno Tri-Phaze system is a progressing cavity solution for multiphase pumping applications. The system allows all fluids produced at the wellsite, including oil, water and gas, to be transported simultaneously through one pipeline to a central processing station. Its high abrasion-resistance allows for smooth transfer of sandy fluid as well. The unit is capable of generating flowrates up to 60,000 bfpd with suction pressures up to 900 psi and discharge pressures up to 1,200 psi. Also, the system features a stator elastomer formulation that exhibits good resistance to aromatics. It handles gas void fractions with 99% efficiency, and the low-shear pumping action preserves each fluid’s characteristics without emulsification or degradation. This results in extended well production life and decreased wellbore pressures.

Real-Time Viscometer

Brookfield Engineering Laboratories, Inc., has introduced its TT100 in-line viscometer, a device for continuous real-time drilling fluid viscosity measurement. It can provide data at multiple rpm/shear rates, and allows customers the potential to determine real-time annular hydraulics as well. The TT100, combined with a data logging system, can provide real-time yield point, plastic viscosity and apparent viscosity information, giving users the opportunity to view Power Law and other calculations continuously.