UTWID 5.0 for Injection Water Management
Background Injection water management is a critical component to offshore well operation.Invention Description UTWID allows the user to address: How clean is clean? What filtration specs should I use? Can I inject raw seawater? How much oil in produced water will my injection well tolerate? How fast is a fracture growing? How often will the injection well require remedial treatment to regain injectivity? What is the right balance between injection water treatment costs and injection well stimulation costs? Should I fracture the injection wells?
Benefits
Reduced risk and optimal operation of water injection wells.
Features
Simulation of Core Flow Tests Model injectivity decline of cores Compare results from coreflood experiments Determine rock filtration properties to be used for field cases Simulation of Injectivity Decline and Fracture Growth in Vertical Wells Model injectivity decline of vertical wells due to plugging by suspended particles Can handle both openhole and perforated completions Predict the initiation and growth of injection well fractures due to particle plugging Account for thermal stresses and pore pressure effects Can handle injection and fracture growth into non-communicating multi-layered reservoirs Simulation of Injectivity Decline in Horizontal Wells Model injectivity decline in horizontal wells Can handle both openhole and perforated cases
Market Potential/Applications UTWID is a software simulation tool for well operators.
Development Stage Commercial product
UT Researcher Mukul M. Sharma, Ph.D., Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin Phani B. Gadde, MSE, Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin
Type of Offer: Licensing
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