Straume Hydraulics Simulator
Straume® is a highly configurable high-end multiphase well simulator with full pressure and flow dynamics, rigorous fluid definitions - including multi-fluids, capable of simulating most MPD/UBD/DGD operations and contingency scenarios. The simulator is suitable for testing of control systems and training of MPD/UBD/DGD personnel in a controlled environment.
With fully integrated multiphase physics, Straume enables the driller to train on complex MPD/UBD/DGD operations, introducing various contingency scenarios, into a controlled environment. Under training, the driller can execute drillers operations and in-depth analyze the consequence of operations. Moreover, training on well incidents such as kick/loss educates the driller to take actions in case of a real incidence.
- All common MPD/UBD/DGD operations and well incidents
- Runs on all major operating systems platforms, windows, OSX and linux
- Hydraulic model can be leveraged as a dynamic link library (DLL)
- Pressure and flow (including reversible flow) dynamics at 10 Hz
- Viscosity model with shear thinning and yield point
- Compressibility effects
- Surge and swab
- U-tubing
- Laminar to turbulent flow regimes
- Multi fluid and fluid front track
- Configurable BHA and drill bit
- Drill string lengths and diameters
- Well bore casing program
- Well trajectory
- Wellbore temperatures along wellbore
- Choke characteristics
- Cementing
- Back-reaming / Hole opening
- Reaming
- Stripping
- Run in hole / Pull out of hole
- Activate downhole tools
- Casing and liner running
- On bottom drilling
- Displace operations / multi-fluid
- Kick/loss
- Power loss rig
- NRV failed to close
- Choke plugging
- Drill pipe leakage
- Loss of mud
- Loss of suction; rig pump
- Various sensor failures
- Well bore packoff/washout
- Gas influx
- Liquid influx
- Plugged bit and wash out (entire bit or individual nozzles)