JOURNAL ARTICLE

Real-Time Simulation of Oil Drilling Operations

Jørgen Opdal

Year: 1982 Journal:   Modeling Identification and Control A Norwegian Research Bulletin Vol: 3 (1)Pages: 21-39   Publisher: Norwegian Society of Automatic Control

Abstract

This paper contains the basic numeric model for the oil drilling simulator WELLSIM. As a case study it presents an example from well pressure control. Figure 1 shows a picture of the simulator.

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Petroleum engineering Drilling Geology Computer science Marine engineering Engineering Mechanical engineering

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Topics

Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods
Physical Sciences →  Engineering →  Ocean Engineering
Oil and Gas Production Techniques
Physical Sciences →  Engineering →  Ocean Engineering
Drilling and Well Engineering
Physical Sciences →  Engineering →  Ocean Engineering
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