SIMEDWin is a coal seam methane reservoir simulator, which can be used to investigate the relationships between reservoir properties, well operating procedures and gas production. SIMEDWin is used to optimise well field design, reservoir management and production forecasting.
Capabilities
SIMEDWin is the windows user interface version of SIMED II, which was originally developed by Val Pinczewski and Mark Stevenson, School of Petroleum Engineering, University of New South Wales.
SIMEDWin is primarily designed for modelling the drainage of gas from coal seams but it can also be used to model conventional dry gas reservoirs. It is ideally suited for modelling coal seam methane production and is capable of single well or full field simulations, which involve multiple wells with multiple completions.
It has seen extensive use since the early 1990s for both coal seam methane and gas management in coal mines. It has been thoroughly tested through comparison with other industry simulators and field data.
SIMEDWin is appropriate for simulating reservoirs which involve:
Features
SIMEDWin incorporates a number of advanced functions, which makes the software ideal for use in the coal seam methane and mining industries. Some significant features of SIMEDWin include:
Model processes
Input options
Other considerations
Coal seam methane reservoirs are generally ‘tight’, having low permeabilities compared to conventional petroleum reservoirs.
The gas drainage process within coal differs