New hydrohammer expands company fleet
Addition of the the S-280 expands this firm’s fleet of hydrohammers.
The tool’s ability to drive bigger piles and achieve deeper penetration enables the company to drive larger caissons required for many construction projects being carried out in the Gulf of Mexico.
The hydrohammer also may be used to drive well conductors. The tool has a maximum energy rate of 206,400 lb/blow and can deliver 45 blows/min.
The firm says it has already used the new hammer to install a monopod and a tripod platform. These projects were completed from derrick barges working in the Ship Shoal and Grand Isle areas of the Gulf of Mexico. Other planned installations include deep conductors and structure installations from derrick barges and lift boats.
Source: BJ Services Co., 4601 Westway Park Blvd., Houston, TX 77041.
New fracture modeling software
FracPerm 2.0 is newly released fracture modeling software, .
The integrated, easy to use fracture modeling package enables geologists and reservoir engineers to create detailed permeability maps used in the flow simulation and history matching of reservoirs to reduce uncertainty.
Operating with the firm’s modeling software, IRAP RMS, FracPerm 2.0 combines data, geological properties, geo-statistics, and geohistory in a data-driven approach, designed to make maximum use of available data and allow rapid and interactive quality control of the model as it is being built. Specific additions in FracPerm 2.0 include a redesigned, easy to use interface, simplified work flow, and a new plug-in structure, which allows the reservoir engineer to better integrate and customize with other software tools.
FracPerm operates on either the geological or simulation model, thereby accessing the reservoir structure and facies distributions. The software’s mix of structural geology, data integration, and visual assessment tools are specifically designed to allow the asset team, with their knowledge of the reservoir, to build models for validation by structural experts and by simulation testing.
FracPerm is suited to experienced fracture modeling users as well as nonspecialists, the firm says.
A new model visualizer, a clearer view of well data, simpler ways of attaching fractures to sets, and a new fracture model visualizer with color coding are included. Users also have the ability to change projects during a modeling session as well as full undo-redo functionality.
The firm notes that FracPerm 2.0 allows E&P companies to capture the true heterogeneity within fractured reservoirs, allowing better quantification of uncertainty and risk management.
Source: Roxar AS, Gamle Forusvei 17, Box 112, 4065 Stavanger, Norway.