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Using 3D Technology to Image and Control Oil Flow
Zhangxing (John) ChenDepartment of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering
Schulich School of EngineeringUniversity of Calgary
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• Background on Current Research
Outline
• 3D Visualization Technology
• Demo
• Research Group
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• Background on Current Research
• 3D Visualization Technology
• Demo
• Research Group
Outline
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NSERC/AIEES/Foundation CMG Chair
Alberta Innovates Technology Future (iCORE) Chair
Research Consortium on Reservoir Simulation
Foundation CMG/Frank-Sarah Meyer Collaboration Center: Simulation & Visualization
Global Initiative in Research in Unconventional Oil and Gas, Beijing Site
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Background
The Chair was established in 2007by Foundation CMG at theUniversity of Calgary. This ReservoirSimulation Chair is unique inCanada and provides a focus onCanadian oil and gas reservoirs.
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Missions, Roles and StrategiesMissions
• To maximize the value of energy resources and reduce theenvironmental footprints of their development
• To train high quality personnel
Roles• To advance technology through the development and implementation of
innovative modeling and simulation capabilities• To respond to the institutional, industrial and government needs in the
development of energy and environment technologies while reflectingsocial values
Strategies• Innovative research• Partnership and collaboration• Attracting top quality personnel
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Current Research
Studies of recovery processes for heavy oil and bitumen
Studies of unconventional oil and gas reservoirs
Development of accurate and fast solvers and simulators
Development of 3D Visualization Technology
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Heavy Oil and Bitumen
Thermal Recovery Processes (CSS, SAGD and ISC)
Emerging Recovery Processes
> Steam + Additive Injection Process:- Additive: Solvent- Additive: Oxygen or air- Additive: Chemical- Additive: Non-condensable gases- Additive: Catalyst
> Electrical Heating
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Unconventional Reservoirs
Tight and Shale Oil and Gas Reservoirs:
Study of Mechanical Properties of Tight/Shale Reservoirs
Gas Transfer in Nanopores of Shale Gas Reservoirs
Phase Behavior of Fluids in Tight/Shale Reservoirs
Optimization of Dynamic Hydraulic Fracturing
Potential of Enhanced Oil Recovery in Tight Reservoirs
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Reservoir Simulators
Realistic reservoir models and fast simulators that accurately represent petroleum reservoirs from the pore scale to the kilometre-scale are developed to reflect the real physics and chemistry of reservoirs, taking into account• Thermal effects• Composition• Kinetics• Geomechanics• Wellbore
The results are utilized by the industry partners through technology transfer.
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Reservoir Simulators
A Parallel Reservoir Simulation Platform:
Black oil simulator
Compositional simulator
Wellbore
Geomechanics
Thermal simulator (ISC)
Electrical Heating
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Selected Projects
▪Virtual Reality (VR)▪ Immersive Interfaces for Well Placement
Optimization in Reservoir Models▪ Dynamic Subsurface Cutaways
▪Augmented Reality (AR)▪ Flying Frustrum▪ PlanWell 1
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3DVisualization Technologies
Selected Projects
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Annual Technical Symposium
June 15 – 16, 2017
University of Calgary Downtown Campus
40 Presentations by Graduate Students and PDFs
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• Background on Current Research
• 3D Visualization Technology
• Demo
• Research Group
Outline
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Compute Resources
Enable • Large simulations• Big data• Analytics• Machine Learning
¾ How to interpret massive results?
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Visualization of Massive Datasets • Model and simulation size is increasing
¾ The ability to generate data outpaced by the ability to analyze it
• Larger volume of data exceeds capacity of desktops
• Centralization of computational resources and big data visualization capabilities reduces need for investment in high-end desktops
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Visualization of Massive Datasets
From Interdisciplinary Immersive Analytics at the Electronic Visualization Laboratory: Lessons Learned and Upcoming Challenges. 2016.
¾ Visualization is critical to understanding and sense making of complex datasets
¾ Many centers have been developed to combine big data analytics with visualization
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Visualization and Interaction
Collaboration
The Reservoir Simulation Chair Research Program
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Selected Projects
▪Virtual Reality (VR)▪ Immersive Interfaces for Well Placement Optimization
in Reservoir Models▪ Dynamic Subsurface Cutaways
▪Augmented Reality (AR)▪ Flying Frustrum▪ PlanWell
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Selected Projects
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Technology: Virtual Reality (VR)
Why use VR now?
• Technology is much more mature than even 10 years ago.
• Massive investment (billions) by big technology companies recently means rapid improvement in
• VR hardware,• 3D user interface design,• Software development ecosystems.
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Why Virtual Reality?
Immersive Feature
Benefit
Stereoscopy, head tracking, Increased FOR
Improved spatial understanding, leading to faster and more accurate analysis of connected volumes and thus more optimal well placement.
Increased FOV Reduced information clutter. Able to assess a larger area at once.
Increased FOR Increased working space leading to reduced information clutter and greater ability to work on a large amount of data with different tools.
Natural interactions
Allow users to focus on the problem, rather than the interface. E.g., move head to look around a well.
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Technology: Virtual Reality (VR)
Head Mounted Displays (HMD) • For personal use Large scale environments
• For industrial high resolution & big data scenarios• For group collaboration
Courtesy of HP Courtesy of Monash University
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Selected Projects (VR)Immersive Interfaces for Well Placement Optimization in Reservoir Models
¾ Tool that uses analysis of reservoir data to help determine superior well placements¾ Leverages VR on consumer head mounted displays and industrial visualization centers
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Selected Projects (VR)Dynamic Subsurface Cutaways
¾ Novel technique that allows rapid analysis and interaction with subsurface data¾ Leverages VR on consumer head mounted displays and industrial visualization centers
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Technology: Augmented Reality (AR)
¾ Visualizations augment the “real world”
Courtesy of Volvo
Courtesy of Trimble
Courtesy of Microsoft
Courtesy of Dr. Christian Jacob
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Selected Projects (AR)Flying Frustum
¾ Novel technique for drone control and monitoring
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Selected Projects (AR)PlanWell
¾ Collaboration tool for planning surface operations
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Putting it all togetherTechnological Solutions
¾ Software¾ Visualization techniques¾ Interaction design¾ Big data techniques¾ Data analytics and
machine learning
¾ Hardware¾ Collaborative visualization centers¾ Advanced display technologies¾ Augmented reality¾ Virtual reality
Business Benefits¾ More efficient tools¾ Fewer mistakes¾ Reduced task completion time ¾ Greater collaboration ¾ Integrated workflows¾ Projects on time and on budget
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Collaboration and Technology Transfer• Primary use is for our work (oil and gas applications)
• Other Applications:– Biology– Biophysics– Engineering– Architecture – Medicine– Outreach
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• Background on Current Research
• 3D Visualization Technology
• Demo
• Research Group
Outline
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• Background on Current Research
• 3D Visualization Technology
• Demo
• Research Group
Outline
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Graduated Since 2008 MSc (39): Celine Chen, Steve Chan, Mohammad Javad Shafaei, Baijie Wang, Wajih Naeem, Jian Sun, Anton Lysyanyy, Song Yu, Bessi Bao, Mark Zhong, Liyun Zhang, Zhen Wang, Yinzhe Fan, Sam Chen, Forough Adim Naghouni, Jenny Zhang, Mohammad Hossein Nikpoor, Frank Xiong, Qiuyue Song, Bo Yang, Jinze Xu, Fangfei Sun, Yayun Xiong, Menglu Lin, Hongbo Yu, Tianlin Zhang, Jiabei Han, Tianjie Qin, Xiaoduan Ye, Qingmao Li, Xueying Lu, Lauro Vargas, Moein Elahi, Lin Meng, Jin Zhao, Yi Hu, Roberta Cabral Mota, Andy Zhang and Qingquan Liu
PhD (32) : Yi Pan, Mehdi Bahonar, Liping Zhu, Chao Dong, Amin Sharifi Haddad, Fan Liu, Seyed Ali Feizabadi, Ehsan Ranjbar, Seyed Reza (Shauheen) Etminan, Shaohua Gu, Wenchao Liu, Mojtaba Seifi, Yizheng Wei, Thanh Quy Cuong Dang, Arash Mirzabozorg, Vahid Hematfar, Jie Fan, Wisam Shaker, Loran Taabbodi, Mohammad Kyanpour, He (Mark) Zhong, Morteza Dejam, Mohamad Mojarab, Kevin Guo, Wenhao Chen, Dashuang He, Jian Yang, Jack (Hui) Deng, Jiangyong Hou, Mingjun Chen, Geoff Brown, and Kai Zhang
Post-docs (24): Hassan Hassanzadeh, Jian Li, Hongsen Chen, Xiaoping Liu, Kola Liadi Mudashiru, Karim Ghesmat, Ali Pourahmadi Laleh, Dharmeshkumar Gotawala, Nguyen Thi Bich Ngoc, Chenchen Wang, Ehsan Ranjbar, Majid Ahmadlouydarab, Hui Liu, Shanbo Mou, Jubran Akram, Xiaohu Dong, Xinfeng Jia, Guoxuan Ren, Keliu Wu, Kun Wang, Jia Luo, Mark Zhong, Roberta Cabral Mota, and Jing Li
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Student Employment• Devon• Schlumberger• Three Steam• Suncor• Nexen• AMEC• Surgutneftegas• Sunshine• ADCO, Abu Dhabi• Laricina• Alberta Innovates• Canada Revenue Agency• University of Calgary• BP Canada• Occidental Petroleum in Houston
• Many universities worldwide
• Sasol• Cenovus Energy• Penn West• Husky Energy• AJM-Deloitte• Gushor• Southern Pacific• Weather Ford• EnCana• ConocoPhillips• CMG Ltd.• Jacobs• Baker Hughes• Apache• CNR Ltd.• Zonton Energy• Koch
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HQP Global Dissemination
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Current Research Group
Graduate Students : over 50 MSc and PhD
Post Docs and RAs: 11
Project Manager
Technical Managers
Administrative Assistants
Research Collaborators from Industry and Academia Globally
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Multidisciplinary Program
Mathematics and Statistics
Computer Science
Geology (Geophysics)
Chemical and Petroleum Engineering
Electrical and Mechanical Engineering
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Sponsors
5 Federal Funding Agencies
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
Alberta Innovates Energy Environment Solutions (AIEES)
Alberta Innovates Technology Futures (AITF)Informatics Circle of Research Excellence (iCORE)
Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI)
Alberta Advanced Education and Technology (AET)
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18 Industrial Sponsors�Brion Energy�CMG Reservoir Simulation Foundation�Computer Modelling Group (CMG) Ltd. �ConocoPhillips�Devon Energy �Husky Energy Ltd.� IBM Canada� Imperial Oil�Kerui Group�Laricina Energy Ltd.�Shell�Nexen�PetroChina - RIPED�Sherritt �Statoil�Suncor �Swan Hill Synfuels Inc.� IBM Alberta Centre for Advanced Studies
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Research Resources
Advanced simulation (commercial and research) software
Computing hardware – EXAS IBM Cluster
CMG Simulation Laboratory
FCMG Frank and Sarah Meyer Collaboration Center for Simulation & Visualization Integration
Advanced oil/gas recovery laboratories
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Enhanced Oil Recovery Labs
• Porous Media and Unconventional Oil Recovery Lab • In Situ Combustion Lab • Hydrocarbon Upgrading Lab• Heavy Oil Properties (PVT, Viscosity, Phase Behavior) Lab• SAGD (Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage) Lab • Solvent Enhanced Recovery Process Lab • Simulation and Visualization Lab
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Unconventional Oil and Gas Labs
Geo-physics
Rock mechanics
Micro structure
Formation stimulation Reservoir simulation
Geo-chemistry
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Business Benefits
Increasing reserves
Reducing capital/operating costs
Enhancing petroleum recovery
Reducing environmental footprints
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Further InformationFor demos or discussions of the technology come visit our lab!
Dr. John Chen: [email protected]
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Acknowledgements
Tech Manager: Stephen Cartwright
Research Associate: Roberta Cabral Mota and Hamidreza Hamdi
Many Grad Students: e.g., Nico Li
Collaborators: Ehud Sharlin and Mario Costa Sousa
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Alberta