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Exercise 2 PIPELINE SHUT-IN AND START-UP..................................2

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1 Exercise 2 PIPELINE SHUT-IN AND START-UP
The main goal in this exercise is to conduct well shut-in and start-up
simulations in order to determine the thickness of the insulation layer
needed to keep the fuid temperature above 25 after a 5 hours
shutdown period. The !eld case described in "xercise # with a fow rate
of 5 kg$s will be used as the base case. %dditionally& a wellbore and 2
valves shall be added to the model.
Base model:
'ave the !le ex#-#r#.inp as ex(.inp in the folder ex(. opy the fuid !le
oil)).tab from exercise 2 to ex( and use this fuid !le.
Hints:
Step 1: Update the base model with the information listed below. Add
the two new wellbore pipes as a separate BRANCH named WELLBORE.
Add a new WALL with the formation layer inl!ded "di#ide this layer in
two layers of $.% m thi&ness eah'. (peify a new )erminal NO*E and
han+e the wellhead NO*E to a ,er+e NO*E. (ee -+!re below.
Step 2: Add the .AL.E(.
)he .AL.E( are added at the wellhead "/0/E 12 setion 3' and at the
platform "/0/E 42 setion 1'. )he wellhead #al#e has a diameter of
$.$56 m and the platform #al#e has a diameter of $.7 m.
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Platform
Wellhead
Pipe-2
Pipe-1
Reservoir
2
Step 3: )he -rst two ho!rs of the sim!lation2 both #al#es sho!ld be
f!lly open. Close the wellhead #al#e and the platform #al#e o#er a
period of 8$ seonds sim!ltaneo!sly to sh!t in the prod!tion.
(im!late a sh!t9in period of 3 ho!rs: then2 open !p both #al#es o#er a
8$ seonds period and r!n for another ho!r to sim!late the start9!p.
)he total sim!lation time adds !p to 5 ho!rs.
)he simple way to do the #al#e manip!lations is to !se time series for
#al#e openin+s e.+:
.AL.E LABEL ; .AL.E972 )0,E ; "$271$27172<172<11' m2 O/EN0N= ;
"7272$2$27' .............
/lease obser#e that in this ase the time is +i#en in min!tes. )he #al#e
openin+ is spei-ed at the e>!i#alent time points +i#en "7 is f!lly open
and $ is f!lly losed'. )he #al#e mo#es linearly with time between the
time points spei-ed i.e. the #al#e openin+ is a linear f!ntion of time
whih is al!lated by interpolation between the points spei-ed. "One
may of o!rse speify any openin+ between $ and 7.'
Wellbore daa:
*+*" #, The wellbore pro!le is a #))) m deviated pipe with -5-
degree inclination and 5 sections *+*" 2, % .)) m vertical pipe
with - sections.
The tubing has an inner diameter of ).#)# m and the thickness
of the tubing wall is /... mm.
The inner roughness of the tubing is assumed to be 25"-/ m.
The formation outside the tubing is approximated by a )./ m
thick co-centric formation layer.
%ssume a linear ambient temperature gradient between the
perforations and the mudline 0/. 1 to / 12. 'hould be
speci!ed using the 3"%TT4%5'6"4 keyword. 7se a vertical
+5T"4*89%T+85.
Bo!"dar# co"diio"s:
#. +nlet,%ssume a linear infow performance relationship for the
reservoir 0:"992.
4eservoir pressure ; #5) bara
4eservoir temperature ; /..) 1
The :"99 is located at the bottom of the wellbore
:ell productivity index 0*+2 ; ).)))))( kg$s$*a
*+ formula is < ; % = > ? @*. Aou need to specify % and > for both
*roduction and +nBection 0corresponds to specifying backfow
conditions2
2. 8utlet, *latform pressure ; #) bara
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$!esio"s:
# #. +s the insulation thickness suCcient to maintain the temperature
above 251 during shut-inD +f not& how much more is neededD
2 2. "stimate the maximum surge volume in the slug catcher during
the start-up. %ssume a separator liEuid drain rate eEual to the
average steady state liEuid production 07se the variable %9+<
and$or <9T2.
( (. an the surge volume at startup be reduced using a diFerent
start-up procedure
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