Eclipse Office User Course

April 4, 2016

Eclipse Workflow
Well
Production
data

Geological
model
GEOFRAME
CPS3, F3D
LPM, P3D

Data Processing

FINDER
OFM

Grid building

FloGrid (GRID)

PVT-data
PVTi

Simulation

Well data
preparation
Schedule

Eclipse

Rock data

Analysis
Eclipse
Office

Floviz

SCAL

Wellbore
hydraulics
VFPi

Well Testing
Weltest

History Matching
SimOpt

Introduction
Simulation Data Management Tool
Case management
Data management
Run management
Integrated Desktop Launcher for all applications
Results Viewer
2D
3D
Report Writer

Case Representation
Case (ASCII)
Eclipse run file
Include files for each section
Project file (ASCII)
root case is project
contains data related to book keeping of all cases
separate section for each case
pointers to include files

Case Management
Create Case Tree
clone cases
inherits parent data
new cases
Import Eclipse data set
restart cases
NWM cases
Planopt cases
Template cases
delete cases
Simulator conversion report
View Case hierarchy / case relationships
Edit, view Case Details (Record Changes)

Case Management

Case Definition
Run Specifications
Simulator Type
Case dimensions, start time,

etc.
Table dimensions and memory
requirements are
automatically estimated and
inserted.

Data Management
Eclipse keyword based
Eclipse Data file Sections based layout

R u n s p e c (case definition)
Grid
Props
Regions
Solution
Summary
Schedule

Create, import, edit, insert, delete and review data

Form based and 2D graphical data editing
Initialize model & QC
Generate multiple runs

Data Manager

Data Manager Module - Grid Section

Data Manager-Grid Section

Corner Point & Block Centre grid & properties
Define LGR / Domains
Create
GRID section keywords
EDIT section keywords
Import
keyword (.grdecl) file from FloGrid

Data Manager Module - Grid Section

Edit grid & properties using
keyboard
fill in forms
Box Edits
operation (equals, copy..)
value

Data Manager Module - Grid Section

2D Viewer grid display
plan
cross-section
edit property
save to keyword
3D Viewer
only for viewing

Data Manager Module - Grid Section

Unstructured Grid
Construction
2-D ASCII Geological model
input
mesh maps
contours maps
scatter data
vertical faults only
limited well grid types

Data Manager Module - PVT

PROPS keywords related to

fluid and rock PVT properties

Import external file (PVTi)
Black Oil keywords (E100)
Miscible Tables
EOS keywords (E300)

Data Manager Module - PVT

Black Oil PVT Correlations
oil, gas, water
convert to keywords
Plot functions vs. pressure

Data Manager Module - PVT

Table management
insert tables
delete tables
move tables
2D & 3D viewer
view & edit grid arrays
related to PVT properties
e.g. PVTNUM

Data Manager Module - Scal

Access saturation function and

related keywords from Eclipse

PROPS section
Import external file (SCAL
program)

Data Manager Module - Scal

Corey correlation for relative
permeability
oil, gas and water

Data Manager Module - Scal

Table management
2D Viewer
view and edit
save to keyword
3D Viewer
view

Data manager - Initialization

Access SOLUTION section

keywords, e.g.
Equilibration
Aquifer
Tracer
Gas Plant
Field Separator
Import external file

Data Manager Module - Initialisation

Make initialization run
NOSIM case
2D Viewer, e.g.
view initial solution using
contours

Data Manager Module - Initialization

3D Viewer (FloViz)
display cell initial solutions

Data Manager Module - Regions

Access all REGIONS keywords
Keywords also accessible in

relevant Data Manager

Sections
Import external file

Data Manager Module - Schedule

Access SCHEDULE section keywords
Insert time steps and events
Move events
Define multiple operating

strategies, e.g
multiple runs with different
GECON
Import external file

Data Manager Module - Summary

Select summary vectors to view
panels organised by Field, Group,

Well, Connection, etc.

Vectors available for selection are
case dependent
Import an external file

Data Manager - Multiple Sensitivities

Display multiple runs created
from parameters defined in
Schedule section
Review multiples runs
remove runs
Convert runs to cases

Run Manager
Set up environment
systems, macros, executables, input / output
local
remote
PVM (Parallel Virtual Machine)
External
LSF (serial & parallel)
Schedule multiple runs generated by multiple sensitivity parameters

Run Manager - PVM

Parallel virtual Machine
computers on a network
perform as one computer
Example combination
PC for processing
Unix Server for
simulation

Unix
Server
PC

Run Manager - LSF

Load balancing software
The LSF panel will be created

according to the information in

LSF.CONFIG(example can be
found in directory for Tutorial 7)
LSF.CONFIG will either be placed
in the working directory or in a
location specified in
CONFIG .ECL.
Both serial and parallel jobs can
be submitted to LSF from
ECLIPSE Office.

Run Management
Run Time Monitoring
Current case, run

environment
2D plots of summary items
3D views of restart file items
Eclipse log file
Eclipse Office log window

Results Viewer
Compare observed and simulated quantities
Create 2D line plots
Create 2D and 3D grid displays
Create and display new solution, summary and layersum vectors
Calculate totals of production, injection and summary vectors
Solution and compositional displays
Create, execute graphic run files (GRAF limited edition)
Data and picture tree

Results Viewer - Line Plots

Line Plots and tabular display of
summary vectors
Production rates and totals
Field, Region, Group,
Block, Connection, Well
Injection rates and totals
Pressures
Aquifer influx
Volumes
Recovery efficiencies

Results Viewer - 2D
2-D grid solution displays
Initial properties
Recurrent values
Time step animation
Individual cell values

Results Viewer - 2D
Solution displays
Solution vs. Time
Solution vs. I Cell
Solution vs. J Cell
Solution vs. K Cell
Depth vs. Solution
Compositional displays
Phase plot
Fingerprint plot
Psat vs. Time

Results Viewer

Default line styles

Define style for any line display
This can be set up in rvdefaults.xml.
This file can be found in the resource
directory
The file is read every time the Results Viewer
is opened.

Results Viewer - 3D
3 Dimensional View of
simulation results
Solutions
Pressures
Well Status
Well connections
Tracer movement
Animation
IJK Slicing

Report Generator
Collate reports,edit and create unified ECLIPSE Office Report
View print file selectively
errors, messages, warnings, etc.

Extract reports from ECLIPSE print file

Extract summary file vectors
Interpolated reports for management
Plots from these reports

Economics report
Create a .CIP file that can be taken to PEEP for further economic
analysis

Utilities
License Checking
Text Editor

Template Single Well Radial Model

Allows you to easily set

up an ECLIPSE model
No need for learning
keywords