New line of disposable maintenance utility pigging tools
Here’s the XPig multipurpose, disposable pipeline utility pigging tool.
Features include:
- Three basic configurations (4-12 in.).
- One cup and five disks.
- Two cups and four disks.
- Five disks-bidirectional option.
- Durable urethane.
- RealSeal cup options.
- Designed to seal around 1.5 DR bends.
- Three durometer choices: 75, 80, 85 (standard).
- Undersized front disk or cup for easier launch.
- Hollow body can carry transmitter or trip magnets.
- Stainless steel or polybrush options.
- Gauging option.
- Bypass option keeps solids in suspension.
- Optional solid core.
- Optional offshore design.
The tool’s cast body is made of TDW Formula SI urethane, which provides superior physical properties, the firm says.
Source: T.D. Williamson Inc., 6801 S. 65th W. Ave., Tulsa, OK 74131-2444.
New reservoir management tool
A newly launced uncertainty management tool operates within modeling software IRAP RMS (see OGJ, Sept. 18, 2006, p. 68) and will allow for uncertainties to be quantified across the complete reservoir characterization and development work flow.
Through the new module, uncertainties in depth conversion, structural modeling, geological property modeling, and dynamic reservoir simulation can all be simultaneously evaluated helping to ensure that the full impact of these often independent uncertainties is captured through realistic 3D static and dynamic reservoir models.
The launch of the new uncertainty management module follows the company’s acquisition of Surrey, UK-based Energy SciTech Ltd.’s EnABLE history-matching and uncertainty estimation software product.
As opposed to some 3D model work flows that ignore uncertainty in the data, IRAP RMS and EnABLE will examine and history-match numerous geological scenarios to create simulation models that are fully consistent with their underlying geological interpretation, the company points out.
Source: Roxar AS, Gamle Forusvei 17, Box 112, 4065 Stavanger, Norway.
