pvtsim nova 4.2

PVTsim Nova complies to the standards of a modern .NET application ensuring full support from the Microsoft development platform.

PVTsim has been used by leading oil producing and operating companies throughout the world.

Based on an extensive data material collected over a period of more than 30 years, PVTsim Nova carries the information from experimental PVT studies into simulation software in a consistent manner and without losing valuable information on the way.

PVTsim Nova allows reservoir engineers, flow assurance specialists and process engineers to combine reliable fluid characterization procedures with robust and efficient regression algorithms to match fluid properties and experimental data. The fluid parameters may be exported to produce high quality input data for reservoir, pipeline and process simulators.

PVTsim Nova is petroleum phase behavior at the tip of your fingers.
NEW FEATURES AND MODULES IN PVTSIM NOVA 5.0
APPS

    XML IMPORT
        New option for import of fluid compositions and PVT data in the PRODML 2.0 XML Energistics
    INSITU FLUID
        New option for creating in situ reservoir fluid composition from composition of depleted sample and either original saturation pressure or original GOR.

 
FLUID MANAGEMENT & OPERATIONS

    FLUID DATABASE
        Opening of an empty database enabled. Export and import supported for empty databases.
    QC
        Evaluation of linearity of ln(mol%) versus carbon number changed to start at C10 instead of at C7.
        Test separator data accepted as alternative to single stage flash data.
    ADD TO EOS
        Add to single EoS enabled also when characterized source fluid has been lumped twice or more.
        Add to EoS supported for mud contaminated fluids.
    COMMON EOS
        Common EoS regression options extended to also support mud contaminated fluids.
        Extended to handle up to 100 fluid composition.
    CLEAN FOR MUD
        QC check for mud (OBM) contamination enhanced.
        Input menu modified to clearer signal that no mud composition is required for contaminated fluid samples with a composition to C36+.
    NO PLUS GC COMPOSITIONS
        C7+ density no longer required input for No Plus GC compositions.
    C6+ COMPOSITIONS
        Characterization of compositions ending at C6+
    WEIGHT% COMPOSITIONS
        Mole% to weight% conversion supported also for characterized compositions.
    PURE COMPONENT DATABASE
        m & p xylene added as a component.
    LUMPING OF C7+ ISOMERS
        Lumping schemes updated to support lumping of C7+ isomers with carbon number fractions
    Characterized Regression
        Discontinuous grouping enabled, i.e. also non-consecutive components can have a property modified by the same percentage.

MODELS

    INTERFACIAL TENSION
        Correlation for gas/oil-water interfacial tension enhanced to give more correct results when gas is a dilute inorganic gas.

PVT

    SWELLING EXPERIMENT
        Simplified input of critical composition in swelling experiment.
    SLIMTUBE OIL SATURATION
        Slimtube options extended with video showing how oil saturation develops with amount of gas injected.
    FAST SLIMTUBE SIMULATION
        New approximate and fast slimtube option based on Methods of Characteristics (MOC).
    PVT DATA
        Copy of PVT data between fluids supported.

 
FLASH & PROCESS

    H2S MODULE
        Component fugacities output.
    FLASH OUTPUT
        Partial molar volumes output from flash options.
    OPEN STRUCTURE FLASH
        Updated to support PC-SAFT equation of state.
    MULTISTAGE 3-PHASE SEPARATION
        The 3-phase Separation option under Unit operations extended to handle multiple stages and to allow oil production rate at standard conditions as flow rate input specification.

 
FLOW ASSURANCE

    WATER ANALYSES
        New database for storage of water analyses. Accessible from Fluid Explorer.
    ASPHALTENES
        Asphaltene tuning updated to cover Px onset data and bubble point pressures in addition PT onset data.
    SCALE
        Formation and injection water compositions can be selected from water analysis database.

 
OUTPUT

    OUTPUT ON EXIT
        Output can be kept between sessions.
    REPORT GENERATION
        Option for Compare with Experimental Data enhanced with feature to automatically generate a report with nicely formatted tables and plots.
    MULTI FLUID COMPARE WITH DATA
        Compare with Experimental Data enabled for two or more fluids belonging to the same EoS model.
        Summary tables and summary plots output.

 
INTERFACES

    ECLIPSE BLACK OIL
        Updated to output table with oil and gas compressibilities.
        Enhancement for near critical fluids.
    ECLIPSE COMP IMPORT
        Updated to accept files with no volume shift parameter.
    INTERSECT
        New interface to Intersect Black Oil.
    MPM
        Extended with viscosity table.
    NEXUS BLACK OIL
        Updated to meet input checks in Nexus Black Oil for near critical volatile oils.
    NEXUS COMP
        Component names extended from 6 to 10 characters
    OLGA TAB
        Extended to support GERG-2008 equation of state.
    OLGA WAX
        Table expanded to 90 x 90.
    PIPESIM
        Extended to support GERG-2008 equation of state.
    PROSPER EOS
        Import updated to also import C7 liquid density
        Updated to use API standard for liquid densities of gaseous components.
        More input transferred to output file.