Center for Improving Oilfield Development Methods
at the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tatarstan

Simulator for the operation of wells equipped with ESP Systems

The mockups that simulate operation of real ground equipment are virtual, poster and full-scale analogues of ground equipment, equipped with sensors, actuators and regulators to implement the functions of the simulator.

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Relevance of the simulator for specialists operating wells equipped with ESP systems

More than 80% of Russian oil is produced by ESP SYSTEMS

A comprehensive interactive simulator is designed to train and upgrade qualifications of specialists in the operation of wells equipped with electrical submersible centrifugal pump (ESP) on mockups that simulate real ground oilfield equipment (GOE) with the ability to model and track the processes occurring in the virtual system "layer - oilwell - ESP - GOE"

Fire hazardous - oil. 17% of accidents are due to "human factors"

46%

violations of equipment tightness

22%

external man-made impacts

17%

staff errors

simulator task: ensuring the safe operation of wells, reducing negative influence of the "human factors"

15%

external impacts of a natural cause, uncontrolled release of oil or gas from a well

Versions of the simulator:

Computer simulator

Automated learning system: field scene, well, reservoir, ground and underground equipment of ESP Systems are implemented as virtual 2D/3D models. Computer simulator based on software "ARMARIS" is a software platform for all versions of the simulator.

Portable simulator

Specialized simulator: ground field equipment - compact layots and devices. Submersible equipment - a virtual 3D model. Mockups are connected to computer and are equipped with sensors and electric drives that simulate processes and actions, creating the illusion of the real work of field equipment.

Full-scale simulator

Comprehensive full-scale simulator: ground-based field equipment - full-size mockups: "Electon – 05–250" control station; Wellhead fittings (AFKE1 65 × 21 and ANK 65 × 21); echo sounder "SUDOS mini 2". Submersible equipment - virtual 3D model.

The advantages of our simulator

This is the best way to improve your professional knowledge, skills and become valuable specialist in the operation of wells equipped with ESP systems

Effective training

of operators, students to perform routine in the operation of real field equipment and solving practical problems of oil production using wells equipped with ESP systems

Mathematical model

simulates the movement of a multiphase oil – water – gas mixture in an interconnected system "Reservoir – borehole – ESP systems"

Full-scale simulator

with the closest possible simulators of devices and equipment to the real working conditions of oil workers

IT products in the simulator

They function both in conjunction with the simulator and autonomously. Can be used on smartphones and tablets.

Online reference guide ESP-Expert

The simulator's software includes the ESP-Expert reference guide, which is intended for viewing, entering and processing the characteristics of submersible bladed pump units with the electric drive. Online reference guide ESP-Expert can operate autonomously.

3D scene of an oil field cluster

The simulator software includes a 3D model of an oil field cluster, which contains the underground part of the well, wellhead fittings, testing gas separators. When opening a 3D scene in simulation mode, the exchange of data with 2D models of ground field equipment begins when the well is placed on the mode and the start-up of the well after the repair. All interactive elements of the 3D scene and 2D models work synchronously. 3D scene can work offline.

Introductory course

This document provides information on the main elements of oil fields, and also explains principles of some equipment for operation in wells equipped with ESP (electrical submersible centrifugal pump).

Training on the combined simulator

We are ready to show and demonstrate all the functionality of our innovative developments for teachers, students of oil technologies and universities, specialists of oil enterprises, researchers who study the processes of oil recovery

Questions and answers

Do you have any questions? Answers are below.

Is there any possibility of making small changes by the developers of the simulator to the needs of the customer?

All versions of full-featured simulatorsare coordinated with the customer in advance.

The confirmation

Is there a training program for technology personnel before delivering a full-scale simulator? What is the training period?

We provide compulsory training/ internships for the customer's specialists (teacher, accompanying programmer) for 4 days.

Example

Is any possibility to add equipment to the database equipment?

Analogues of equipment are added using the online reference "ESP-Expert".

Our customers

Professional contacts with the developer of simulators allow creating not only new forms of academic disciplines, but also professional standards.

Branch "Training Center" of JSC "Samaraneftegaz", Almaty, Otradnuy street.

2007

The largest educational institution for training workers and specialists in the oil and gas industry in the Volga region. In 2013, we delivered the 2nd simulator to the Branch "Training Center" of JSC "Samaraneftegaz".

Customer site

Regional Training Center - Nizhnevartovs

2009

The "RTC - Nizhnevartovsk" has accumulated vast experience in professional staff training. The center sells basic vocational training programs and advanced training programs. The Russian State University of Oil and Gas named after I.M. Gubkin

Customer site

The Russian State University of Oil and Gas named after I.M. Gubkin

2010

The department "Development and operation of oil fields" was created simultaneously with the formation of the Moscow Oil Institute in 1930. Since 2012, the department is the best graduate department of the university.

Customer site

Training and simulator center of oil and gas industry for the preparation, retraining and advanced training of specialists in the oil and gas industry of INRTU

2012

UTC NGD INRTU is a modern technical base for the preparation and practical training of employees of enterprises of the East Siberian region

Customer site

Branch "Training Center" of JSC "Samaraneftegaz", Otradnuy

2013

Educational institution for professional training of workers and specialists in the oil and gas industry of the Volga region. In 2007, we delivered the 1st simulator to the Branch "Training Center" of JSC "Samaraneftegaz"

Customer site

Peoples' Friendship University of Russia (RUDN)

2015

Portable well operation simulator, equipped with ESCP, installed and launched into the training process at the Department of Oilfield Geology, Mining and Petroleum Engineering of the RUDN Engineering Faculty

Customer site

OJSC "Surgutneftegas" - Polytechnic Training Center

2016

The obligation and effectiveness of personnel training is one of the main strategic goals of the personnel policy in the field of human resources development in OJSC "Surgutneftegaz"

Customer site

Scientific and Educational Center "Corporate Oil and Gas Center of the Siberian Federal University"

2016

The SFU Corporate Oil and Gas Center, together with practicing experts from the oil and gas industry, implement any type of further education application programs that meet professional standards.

Customer site

Three Level Learning System

1st level: computer simulator

Automated learning system. Mathematical models of the operation of the reservoir – oilwell – ESP system have been implemented. The computer simulator implements the principle of conceptual development of the main and auxiliary equipment, allows the operator to work out the basic modes of operation of the well, to detail the knowledge of the operational schemes and functional capabilities of devices and equipment.

2nd level: portable simulator

Desktop mockups of devices and equipment are connected to the computer simulator. A specialized simulator, using mockups (portable stands), simulates elements of onshore oilfield equipment and processes in the reservoir – oilwell – ESP system, which makes it possible to work out and acquire skills, knowledge, and ability to control individual technological processes.

Level 3: full-scale simulator

Full-scale ground equipment models are connected to the computer simulator. The simulator using real ground full-scale equipment of the oil well cluster imitates the work on the operation of wells equipped with ESP, which allows to consolidate the knowledge, skills and abilities obtained at previous levels.

Awards

Bronze Diploma

Competition of energy efficient equipment and technologies in the framework of the seventh International specialized exhibition "Energy. Resource Saving".

Bronze medal

V Moscow International Salon of Innovations and Investments.

60

licenses of software "ARMARIS" acquired by experts, educational institutions and enterprises of the oil industry

8

We introduced 7 full-scale simulators into the training processes of universities and oil-oriented training centers

4

portable simulator installed and used in the educational process of the Russian University of Peoples' Friendship (RUDN), Moscow and Budgetary Institution of Professional Education of the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug - Ugra

Supply and installation of a full-scale simulator

1

Technological staff training before delivery

Compulsory training/ internship of specialists from the developer – manufacturer LLC СSMRneft.
At least 2 specialists.
Training period - 4 days.

2

Delivery and installation

The weight of a full-scale simulator is ~ 500 kg. We install on a concrete floor - on a special stand. If the classroom is above the first floor, then a concrete floor is required between the floors. The simulator occupies ~ 20 square meters + study places for students (tables with computers, chairs). The area of the class can be from 50 sq.m. The required voltage is 220 V to 1 kW. All activities are done by us.

3

Technical support

2 years warranty service.

Specialist reviews

As is known, most oil in Russia is now produced by ESP systems and the ability to work with this type of pumping equipment is an extremely important competence of the oil industry worker. If we consider a hypothetical situation in which the teacher has the opportunity to work with a group of students in a real oil well with a real pump, it is unlikely that a lot of practical skills can be obtained by such a group, given that it is not possible to stop the well, because this will lead to significant financial losses; change the characteristics of the reservoir and pumped liquid (this will require training in different regions of the country); experiment with different types of downhole pumping equipment (this requires a long and expensive underground repair of the well); to work out the well on the mode (there is a risk to disable the pump); at the desired point in time, create difficult operating conditions for working off the skills of work and psychomotor reactions of the attendants in such conditions at the Department "Development and Exploitation of Oil and Gas Fields" in an oil university. During the operation of wells with ESP units, a fairly compact complex is located on the surface of the earth - a control station with control electronics, wellhead fittings of the well itself and a system for measuring the production. All this is completely placed in the usual classroom. And the imitation of the results of the interaction of the "reservoir - well - submersible equipment" system with the mockups of real ground equipment placed in the audience will be carried out using a mathematical apparatus. There is no doubt that such a simulator will eventually become part of the already existing global project of the Gubkin Russian State University on innovative training for future oil industry personnel.

Leonid Vitalyevich Igrevsky

Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas, Center for Innovative Education, Moscow, Deputy Director, Ph.D., Associate Professor

To implement the method of short-term operation of wells on an industrial scale, it is necessary to improve the skills of personnel. Serial yet the most modern equipment, and in unconventional modes of operation is used during the short-term operation of wells. Specialists of oil companies need to be taught to properly exploit it. This problem can be solved through the development of domestic scientists and engineers. "The simulator for operation of wells equipped with ESP" was developed by CSMRneft LLC of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tatarstan The simulator has all the necessary certificates, several prototypes have already been delivered to Russian oil companies. The simulator has several variants of execution - from computer and tablet, placed on the table, to full-scale, when actually real field equipment is used as mockups. The simulator allows simulating typical situations arising from the operation of wells using submersible centrifugal pumping units. In the computer, included in the set of the training complex, software is embedded with various scenarios for the development of events during certain actions of the personnel. Scenarios are developed on the instructions of consumers and correspond to the typical operating conditions of the fields of a particular oil company. In this model, new principles of field model building are applied, based on an innovative approach to algorithms for processing a significant amount of instrumental research results previously conducted. The principles of building the models of the fields, which scientists of CSMRneft LLC are working on, are focused primarily on the fields that are at a late stage of development.

Nikolai Petrovich Kuzmichyov

Director of "Oil XXI Century" LLC, Almetyevsk

Now in the Irkutsk region, many explored hydrocarbon fields are moving to the stage of integrated development. This requires highly skilled professionals engaged in the maintenance of the process of oil production. Applying the integrated control of the well control system, specialists should have the necessary skills to enable them to evaluate, interpret large volumes of the data obtained and make competent decisions based on them, and if they are in an emergency situation, then be able to eliminate them.This simulator is precisely designed to teach students, workers and technologists to work on such complex equipment. The simulator is based on powerful software. It simulates all real equipment and situations that arise during its operation. The developer is LLC CSMRneft of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tatarstan. Three prototypes of simulators were supplied to Russian oil companies, as well as to the Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas. The fourth will appear in ISTU. The simulator is provided with a database of oil fields from different regions with factors characteristic of these areas that complicate the operation. Currently, Verkhnechonskneftegaz is recruiting oil and gas production operators. A prerequisite for admission is the passage of theoretical and practical course of study. We will be able to offer such a course after the installation of the simulator at the TNK-BP ISTU KUITs.

Pavel Aleksandrovich Cherdakov

Director of KUITs TNK-BP, Irkutsk State Technical University (ISTU)

Contacts

Yuri Andreevich Volkov

General Director of СSMRneft LLC, Kazan

Phone: +7 987 290 26 47
E-mail: yua@csmr.ru

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