EquiFlow®, NEToolTM, QuikLook®

Simulation and modelling is a critical element of an EquiFlow® inflow control device (ICD) or EquiFlow Inject completion. Halliburton has a unique software suite including NEToolTM nodal analysis software and QuikLook® service to quantify the benefits and allow near-wellbore and long-term study of an EquiFlow completion.

NEToolTM Simulation Software

NETool software is a steady-state, network-based simulator for quick calculation of multiphase fluid flow through a well completion and the near-wellbore region. The well completion and the near-wellbore region are represented by a distribution of nodes that may be interconnected by flow channels. Specification of the completion details leads to an appropriate pressure drop correlation for each flow channel, whether that is the formation, annulus or a range of completion paths.

Through interactive well placement and easy selection of completion components with built-in pressure drop correlations, the effects of well position, length, and completion configuration on production response are easily modelled.

The effects of using an EquiFlow ICD completion can be seen by setting up the basic well parameters in the NETool software and running different completion designs with varying inflow parameters such as water cut, permeability, skin models, etc. NETool software enables the running of numerous scenarios very quickly in order to compare results and optimize the completion.

QuikLookTM Simulation Software

QuikLookTM software is a Halliburton reservoir simulation tool that can be used to study the long-term effects (transient analysis) of an EquiFlow ICD completion on the reservoir. QuikLook simulation software is exceptionally versatile and easy to run, with powerful visualization and output report capabilities, using imported data from other simulators if needed. It is also possible to switch between sanding prediction and geomechanical models.

Designed with the practicing engineer in mind, QuikLook software combines the power of numerical reservoir simulators with a simpler user interface capable of processing a 1,000,000 grid model. Its reservoir fluid management tool has a superior graphic interface to enter complex well data, check data consistency, produce supplemental plots, display interactive graphics, and launch and monitor simulation runs and analyze results.