DYNAMIC MULTIPHASE FLOW SIMULATOR

OLGA 2017
Version 2017.2

Release notes
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TABLE OF CONTENTS: OLGA 2017.2 – RELEASE NOTES

INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................................................................... 1
FIXED ISSUES AND MINOR ENHANCEMENTS IN OLGA 2017.2 .......................................................................................... 2
Fluids .............................................................................................................................................................. 2
Leak / Valve .................................................................................................................................................... 2
Wax Deposition / Pig ...................................................................................................................................... 2

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Introduction
These notes accompany the release of OLGA* 2017.2 from Schlumberger. The notes describe changes in
OLGA 2017.2 relative to OLGA 2017.1. This document should be read by all users of the program. The complete
program documentation consists of the OLGA User manuals, Installation Guide and these Release Notes. In
addition, module specific User Guides are available.
The Schlumberger Support portal provides useful information about the product and a Knowledge Base. It is
accessible from www.software.slb.com.
Please contact Schlumberger if problems or missing functionality are encountered when using OLGA or any of the
related tools included in the OLGA software package.

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Fixed issues and minor enhancements in OLGA 2017.2

Fluids

Improvement in PH formulation in Compositional Tracking

When using the PH formulation in Compositional Tracking, and especially in low flow rate situations, the heat
transfer from or to the fluid could result in phase mass transfer in the single-phase regions. This has been resolved.
(VSTS-1039285)

Wrong water cut exported by Multiflash to fluid properties table

When a fluid properties table (.tab) is generated from Multiflash 6.2.37, the water cut (WC) at standard conditions
is incorrect. This causes erroneous mass flow rates of water if the inflow is defined using standard conditions. The
output variables at standard conditions for water are also affected, and in turn the transmitters using them. This has
been resolved in Multiflash 6.2.37b which is part of OLGA 2017.2

Leak / Valve

Improvement for choke equilibrium model

For very low pressures, when the choke equilibrium model was set to EQUILIBRIUM, the derivative of mixture
density to pressure was not consistent with the density change with pressure. This inconsistency could lead to a
non-convergence problem when calculating the critical flow, resulting in gross underprediction of flow through the
valve. This has been resolved.
(VSTS-1056352)

Fix in temperature dependent correction of dome pressure for gas lift valve (GLV)
The temperature used to calculate the dome pressure of a GLV was set too high. Because the temperature was
set too high, the casing and tubing pressures that were calculated were incorrect. This caused that the GLV valve
would not open at the correct pressure. This has been resolved.
(VSTS-1056647)

Wax Deposition / Pig

Effect of pig leakage flow on wax plug friction length

In OLGA 2017.1 and earlier versions, the leakage flow through a pig was not accounted for when estimating the
friction length of a downstream wax plug.
Depending on the leakage flow rate, the pressure induced bypass flow through a pig could either prevent build-up
of the wax plug or, at least, reduce the growth rate. A simple model to approximate this effect has been implemented.
An increase in leakage rate now results in a reduction in the friction length of an existing wax plug.
With a sufficiently large leakage rate, the bypass flow is assumed to flush away the wax stripped by the pig,
preventing any wax plug build-up. This is reflected by reporting small values, or zero, for the output variables
PIGWXPLEN and PIGWXPFF.
(VSTS-1024561)

Crash when pig used for wax removal passed internal node
In OLGA 2017.1 and earlier versions, if there were no wax components upstream of a pig, for example, when the
pig was pushed by water, the simulation would stop with an internal error when the pig entered an internal node.
This has been resolved.
(VSTS-1024605)

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Corrected wax deposition for negative flow

Previously, for flow in the opposite direction of the flow path direction, the wax deposition was typically smaller than
for an identical flow in the positive direction. The wax deposition on the wall is now independent on the flow direction.
(VSTS-986646)

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