OLGA SPT SOFT TIPS

Arlen Zapata
 INTEGRAL TIME
• la cantidad de tiempo que tarda la parte
integral del regulador en replicar la acción
proporcional. Cuando la medición se devuelve
al punto de ajuste, la acción proporcional se
pierde, ya que e = 0, y la salida del regulador
se determina únicamente por la acción
integral
 FLOW BACK
• El proceso de permitir que los líquidos fluyan
desde el pozo después de un tratamiento, ya
sea en la preparación de una fase de
tratamiento posterior o en la preparación para
la limpieza y la devolución del bien a la
producción.
 Terms of the day: IPR (Inflow
Performance Relationship)
• Una herramienta matemática utilizada en
ingeniería de producción para evaluar el
desempeño de los pozos por el trazado de la tasa
de producción del pozo en contra de la presión de
fondo fluyente (BHP). Los datos requeridos para
crear la IPR se obtienen midiendo las tasas de
producción bajo diferentes caídas de presión. La
composición del yacimiento de fluido y el
comportamiento de los fluidos, bajo condiciones
de flujo determinar la forma de la curva.
 Did you know?
• Did you know that in OLGA:
1. a Flowpath consists of 1 GEOMETRY and 2 NODES
2. a NODE can be either TERMINAL or INTERNAL
3. a TERMINAL node can be CLOSED or PRESSURE type
4. a CLOSED node is used when fluid is desired to not
crossing the boundary
5. a PRESSURE node is used when fluid is desired to
flow in both direction(forward and backward, upward
and downward)
6. A PRESSURE node requires at least requires P, T,
GOR(Gas to Oil ratio) and WC(Water fraction)
 Tips on OLGA #1:
• NSEGMENT in OLGA means number of
SECTIONs in a PIPE (>= 2).
As you increase the number of SECTIONs in
OLGA, computing time does increase.
If it is not really necessary, you should simplify
your PIPE into less SECTION.

Have a nice simulation with OLGA!

 Tips on OLGA#2:
• It is recommended to use the following rule of
thumb when you setting up your pipeline
network:

0.5 <= (less than or equal to)

LSEGMENT(i)/LSEGMENT (i+1) <= 2
 Tips on OLGA #3: PROFILE vs TREND
• PROFILE in OLGA will show you the variable
values along your FLOWPATH(Flowline,
Pipeline, etc.). You can see what happen to
the variable values over the time by specifying
your time interval
TREND in OLGA will show you the variable
values over the time on the selected point
(SECTION/BOUNDARY)in your FLOWPATH.
 Tips on OLGA #4: Steady state vs
Dynamic
• If you wish to do a FULL steady state simulation in
OLGA, set your simulation as per the followings:
1. STEADYSTATE=ON in OPTION
2. STARTTIME=ENDTIME=0 (zero) in
INTEGRATION
If you turn off the STEADYSTATE option, you need
to specify initial value such as mass flow, Pressure
Temperature, gas volume fraction and water cut.
By doing so, you are entering dynamic
simulation(transient).
 TIPS #5: ANNULUS in OLGA
• Here are some tips on creating Annulus in OLGA.
• 1. Create FLOWPATH which will be defined as your TUBING section.
• 2. Define TUBING wall in the Geometry. Tubing wall is only Tubing itself.
• 3. Copy the TUBING flowpath and paste as CASING flowpath
• 4. Reverse the CASING geometry.
• 5. Define CASING wall. Casing Wall is Casing material up to the formation.
• 6. Create Start and End POSITION in TUBING flowpath and CASING flowpath.
• 7. Add 2(two) ANNULUS thermal component and introduce 2 COMPONENTs for each of the
ANNULUS.
• 8. COMPONENT 1 of 1st ANNULUS : TUBING start position
• 9. COMPONENT 2 of 2nd ANNULUS : TUBING End position
• 10. Do the same for the CASING.
• 11. IMPORTANT: TUBING Start position should be same with CASING Start position(though we know
that PIPE-1 section 1 of the TUBING is PIPE-n section n of the CASING). If you make mistake in this
arrangement, OLGA will not run.
• 12. If you would like to inject Drilling fluid, make sure Drilling option is turned ON in OPTIONS.

• This is one way of installing ANNULUS in OLGA. If someone would like to share of how to build
ANNULUS in OLGA using LEAK and stuff, you are very much welcome.
 NODE settings in OLGA
• Below are some of the options of NODE settings to make fluids flow in the pipeline:
1) Inlet: Pressure node
Outlet: Pressure node
Provided that you have the pressure at each end and OLGA will calculate the corresponding
flowrate.
2) Inlet: Close node and include a mass source
Outlet: Pressure node
OLGA will calculate the corresponding inlet pressure
3) Inlet: Mass node
Outlet: Pressure node
Similar to option 2... OLGA calculates the inlet pressure
4) Inlet: Pressure node
Outlet: Close node... you will need to include a leak or negative mass source as the fluid needs to
go somewhere
In this case OLGA calculates the pressure at the inlet
5) Inlet: Close node and a mass source
Outlet: Close node and a negative source or leak
OLGA will calculate the pressure at the inlet and outlet of you system.
 IPR CUADRATICA
• Al modificar el valor de presión solo se
modifica el parámetro A de la ecuación