Olga Solids Management

Description

Successful well design and operations require an understanding of transient multiphase flow behavior. The OLGA* Well Dynamics course offers a good balance between well flow dynamics fundamentals and hands-on OLGA software skills. The course helps beginners to quickly grasp the “dynamic flow” concept, learn to run OLGA software independently, and gain a solid foundation for developing advanced modeling capabilities. The course teaches you how to build “What if” cases using the OLGA dynamic multiphase flow simulator for basic well design and engineering, to map operational limits, and to establish operational procedures. In addition, you learn about typical operational well events such as shut-down and startup, artificial lift, and clean-up. Each OLGA “What if” case illustrates how transient flow affects the system and how the surroundings can interact with the well.

Who Should Attend

No previous OLGA experience is necessary, but knowledge of well performance and multiphase flow modeling is an advantage.

Description

This one day workshop combines lectures and hands-on examples to better understand the various options that are available in OLGA to simulate the fluid phase behavior and physical property predictions.  The workshop shows how to use the various options, and, more importantly, when to use them and when not to use them. Instructor: Richard Shea  

Who Should Attend

Workshop attendees need a working knowledge of the basic OLGA.  One year or more experience with the program preferred. 

Description

During this five-day course, you will learn how OLGA dynamic multiphase flow simulator is used to understand and solve typical flow assurance challenges. This interactive and practical course includes step-by-step instructions to build and run simple transient simulation models. Key operational procedures are covered, like shutdown, start-up and pigging. Best practices and workflows are also presented for liquid and hydrate management, slugging recognition and mitigation, and fluid handling in OLGA. The last two days are focused on advanced OLGA workflows to model separators, controllers, and how to model thermal interactions between pipes and surroundings. All the main features of the OLGA GUI are covered, allowing you to easily build, edit and run models, create parametric studies, and view the results.

Who Should Attend

No previous experience with OLGA is necessary, but a general knowledge of pipe flow and thermodynamics is an advantage.

Description

During this course, you will learn how the OLGA dynamic multiphase flow simulator is used to identify, analyze and and solve flow assurance challenges using advanced OLGA features.This course was designed as a blending of theoretical background knowledge and hands-on exercises to model separators, controllers, and how to model thermal interactions between pipes and surroundings.The exercises are conducted within the framework of the OLGA Graphical User Interface (GUI). All major features of the GUI are covered including model building, case runs, parametric studies, and post-processing options. 

Who Should Attend

Understanding of flow assurance phenomena, their causes and basic mitigation measures are strongly recommended.  Basic understanding of the OLGA application software is required.

Description

During this two-day course, you will learn how OLGA dynamic multiphase flow simulator is used to understand and solve flow assurance challenges using advanced OLGA feature. The Advanced Flow Assurance with OLGA course mixes lectures and hands-on exercises to model separators, controllers, and how to model thermal interactions between pipes and surroundings. The exercises are conducted within the frame of the OLGA Graphical User Interface (GUI). All major features of the GUI are covered including model building, case runs, parametric studies, and post-processing. 

Who Should Attend

OLGA Flow Assurance course, preferably pre-existing project experience with OLGA.

Description

The OLGA Fundamentals course is a foundation level course designed to give petrotechnical staff a broad understanding and practical skills in using the state-of-the-art OLGA software in the most regular production operations.  This particular course is also structured to be delivered remotely, yet still aimed to provide the same learning experience to the participants.The participants will first get introduced to the most fundamental background theories and concepts in multiphase flows, the hydraulics and thermal issues commonly known in operations, the basics of Flow Assurance concepts and practices.  Then they will be able to model the production systems and simulate the typical scenarios to predict, prevent, and analyze different and potential challenges being encountered in the day-to-day operations.

Who Should Attend

None required for a foundation level course

Description

During this five-day course, you will learn how OLGA dynamic multiphase flow simulator is used to understand and solve typical flow assurance challenges related to CCS (Carbon Capture and Storage). This interactive and practical course includes step-by-step instructions to build and run simple transient simulation models. Key operational procedures are covered, like shutdown, start-up and depressurization, as well as CO2 fluid modelling, injection system design and operation and OLGA modelling of key equipment in CO2 flow system. All the main features of the OLGA GUI are covered, allowing you to easily build, edit and run models, create parametric studies, and view the results.

Who Should Attend

No previous experience with OLGA is necessary, but a general knowledge of pipe flow and thermodynamics is an advantage.

Description

This OLGA Flow Assurance (5 days RILS) training is an extended version of the OLGA Fundamentals course to facilitate a 5 days remote session.  It combines the content of the OLGA Fundamentals (RILS) with Slugging and Liquid Surges from Module 3/Lesson 2 and Pipeline Pigging from Module 4/Lesson 1 of the Flow Assurance with OLGA training.Though this particular course is structured to be delivered remotely, it still aimed to provide the same learning experience to the participants, giving petrotechnical staff a broad understanding and practical skills in using the state-of-the-art OLGA software.  The participants will first get introduced to the most fundamental background theories and concepts in multiphase flows, the hydraulics and thermal issues commonly known in operations, the basics of Flow Assurance concepts and practices.  Then they will be able to model the production systems and simulate the typical scenarios to predict, prevent, and analyze different and potential challenges being encountered in the day-to-day operations.

Who Should Attend

No prerequisites for this course.

Description

This course is specifically designed for remote delivery (equivalent to the OLGA Well Dynamics ILT).Successful well design and operations require an understanding of transient multiphase flow behavior. The OLGA* Well Dynamics course offers a good balance between well flow dynamics fundamentals and hands-on OLGA software skills. The course helps beginners to quickly grasp the “dynamic flow” concept, learn to run OLGA software independently, and gain a solid foundation for developing advanced modeling capabilities.The course teaches you how to build “What if” cases using the OLGA dynamic multiphase flow simulator for basic well design and engineering, to map operational limits, and to establish operational procedures. In addition, you learn about typical operational well events such as shut-down and startup, artificial lift, and clean-up. Each OLGA “What if” case illustrates how transient flow affects the system and how the surroundings can interact with the well.

Who Should Attend

 Training/Exposure to OLGA Flow Assurance.

Description

During this three-day course, you will learn how OLGA dynamic multiphase flow simulator is used to understand and solve typical flow assurance challenges. This interactive and practical course includes step-by-step instructions to build and run simple transient simulation models. Key operational procedures are covered, like shutdown, start-up and depressurization. Best practices and workflows are also presented for liquid and hydrate management, slugging recognition and mitigation, and fluid handling in OLGA. All the main features of the OLGA GUI are covered, allowing you to easily build, edit and run models, create parametric studies, and view the results.

Who Should Attend

No previous experience with OLGA is necessary, but a general knowledge of pipe flow and thermodynamics is an advantage.

Description

This course is intended for everyone whose works directly or indirectly involve flow assurance issues in production operations. Unlike any traditional Flow Assurance courses that are either domain oriented (i.e. theory and concept) or software oriented, this course is designed as a “blended” learning experience for the participants. It still covers the core content of the traditional Flow Assurance courses, with the key concepts of fluid flow in media such as hydraulics (or fluid dynamics) and thermodynamics, the usage of the de-facto industry application – OLGA, for those are looking for the enrichment of domain and software knowledge. In addition, this course includes a complementary hands-on workshop using the patented flow simulator, where participants will be able to experience in-person the basic production engineering/operation activities, witness the various fluid flow phenomena, examine the well’s production performance, and see the different flow regimes and the impacts of operational events like shut-down, start-up, and system depressurization. Then they will learn how to troubleshoot and remediate issues using both the software and the real-life simulators. Course attendees are expected to complete the course having gained significantly from making the connections between theories, the virtual world (software), and reality (flow simulator).

Who Should Attend

The course is designed to benefit everybody who is interested in Production Operations. Nevertheless, the learning experience will definitively be improved when the participants have had some basic knowledge of pipe flow/thermodynamics and flow assurance/flow simulation software applications, especially OLGA.