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Title: Benefits Derived From The Application Of Virtual Metering Production Simulation Software
Author: Bryan T. Yocum, Daniel Dunbar, Denis F. Pinto
Source: 2002 North Sea Flow Measurement Workshop
Year Published: 2002
Abstract: The original purpose of the client companies who sponsored our VSSM3 simulation technology research and development effort spanning several years was to provide a technical tool to optimize the design of the total integrated producing system, starting at the reservoir and flowing through to the terminal. While there are many sub- optimizations in the design of the equipment and producing facilities, there is an overall optimization. An important finding was that test separators did not have to be installed on offshore platforms, nor did they have to be installed in remote mountainous locations because the engineering software model technology could calculate the producing systems as accurately as non-engineered flow measurement. This reduced the size of platforms and eliminated the test lines. An important aspect of design optimization is the identification and avoidance of infeasible flow situations into future years due to such as slug flow, cease flow and increasing water cuts and gas fraction. This includes designing adequate and economic gravity and cyclonic gas-oil-water separation facilities to handle high viscosity emulsions and calculating gas oil separator liquid carry over and gas carry under effects.

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