Petrel Plug in for Automatic Import of Reservoir Production

Submitted by

• Shahadat KabirDept. of Petroleum & Mineral Resources engg, BUET

• Sazzadur RahmanDept. of Petroleum & Mineral Resources Engg, BUET

• Avijit SarkerDept. of Computer Science & Engg, BUET

Import production data from Excel, Access andEclipseConvert them to petrel supported production data formatChange the units accordinglyPlot the production data in the function window to generate report Use the production data to estimate future

production by decline curve analysis method

Excel Import Two formats of excel data can be imported based on the data type available.

1. Different Wells in individual spreadsheet within the same file

2. Same spreadsheet containing different well production data

The plug in will choose the method which it should implement based on the data format within the file

Access Import

Single spreadsheet with different wells is imported using the plug-inData formats are checkedUnits are convertedThe data are written in the .vol formatPressure and flow data are used for production estimation

Eclipse Import

Two formats of eclipse production data can be imported 1. The wconhist file that stores production data

date by date2. The hist file that stores data on different

individual days

Excel File Format -1

Excel File Format -2

Access File Format

Eclipse File Format -1

Eclipse File Format -2

Unit System• Two systems of Units are supported:

1. Metric Unit2. Field Unit

• Searches for unit keywords if unit system not specified such as

- “scm” for standard cubic meter- “STB” for stock tank barrel etc.

The Plugin UI

File Type Menu

Selecting File Type

Selecting Unit System

Message Log

References• Ocean for Petrel 2011.1 Release Notes• http://www.ocean.slb.com