NEL Standard Workflow for Well Vertical Flow

Performance (VFP) Tables

Objective
The following document was written to guide petroleum engineers in how to build VFP tables to
be used in ECLIPSE to forecast production when using a reservoir simulator.

Concept
VFP Tables are, basically, a series of rate dependent BHP values, like the ones generated in
the outflow curves in Nodal Analysis, arranged in a format that can be read by a reservoir
simulator (e.g. ECLIPSE, IMEX, VIP, etc) with the objective of calculating the well BHP to quick
forecast well production under certain conditions (GOR, Wcut, Pwh, Qinj, etc.).
During the forecast simulation, the reservoir model gets into the VFP table using a specific value
of Ql, Wcut, GOR, Qinj, and Pwh and interpolates the corresponding BHP from the tables
curves. Once the BHP is determined, the reservoir simulation model calculates the wells liquid
and/or gas rate, depending on the assigned well PI and the process repeats every time step.
Thus, VFP tables are a series of outflow curves at different conditions of GOR, Wcut, Pwh, Qinj,
etc. that are used to predict the wells production under certain scenarios.

Input Data
The following are the required input
Input Data Recommended Source
Reservoir Fluid Data Reservoir Engineer
Wellbore Configuration and
Equipment Data
Completion/Production
Engineer
Well deviation data Geologist and Petrophysicist
Welltest data Production Engineer


Reservoir Fluid data
NEL standard tool for Well model construction have options for you.
Black Oil Model
The black oil model configured such that the PVT module provides a look up table for the well
model solution process. The chances are that you will be using the black oil model 98% of the
time. You are required to do the following;
1. Calibrate the laboratory data (Psat, GOR, Density etc)
2. Select the best correlation that matches the laboratory data with minimum deviation on
the Psat
Compositional Model
The compositional model is set up to use the equation of state (the to calculate the fluid
properties. The well model solution process with solve EOS at every solution step to estimate
the fluid properties using the EOS and fluid composition. The key input parameter for this option
in the reservoir fluid composition. You will use this option 5% of the time. It is extremely valuable
to use this when modelling a well that is tied to gas sales agreement.

Wellbore and Deviation data
The wellbore and deviation data are mostly consistent

Welltest Data
The welltest data will ideally comprise of the following;
1. Flow rate (Q)
2. Basic Sediments and Water (BSW)
3. Gas Oil Ratio (GOR)
4. Choke Size
5. Flowing Tubing head pressure (THP)
6. Flowing bottom hole pressure (FBHP)
In the event you do not have one or both of the last two parameters (FTHP or FBHP), you can
use the Gilbert choke model or PI to estimate the missing parameter.

Selecting and Calibrating Valid Well test



Sensitivity Range
The table below presents the suggested sensitivity range;
THP (psig) BSW GOR (scf/stb) Liquid Rate (B/D)
60 0 100 100
10 Steps 10 Steps 10 Steps 20 Steps
1000* 100 5,000 5000**
* The THP can be increased to a maximum of 2,500 psi for gas wells
** The Liquid rate can be increased to a maximum of 7,500 b/d for horizontal model

Exporting
The recommended export format will be based on recipient of the model.
You can use ecl format for Eclipse and
You can use GAP format for GAP and MBAL