The Near Wellbore Modeling (NWM) module allows you to generate a detailed local model around one or more wells in an existing full-field ECLIPSE model. The aim is to improve both the modeling of wellbore flow and its interaction with the near wellbore reservoir region.
By default, the near wellbore model inherits data from the full field model. This coarse model can be improved in a number of ways:
Once generated, you can insert the near wellbore model back into the full field model simulation or simulate it independently. In this latter case, flux or pressure at the boundary between the near wellbore model is extracted from a full field model simulation, and used to make the full field model cells inactive when simulating the near wellbore model.
The NWM module has a dedicated graphical user interface and is highly automated. This interface includes specialized 2D and 3D along-wellbore visualization tools.