Emerson Process Management has launched the latest versions of its full reservoir simulation tool Roxar Tempest™ 6.7, and its history matching and uncertainty estimation software Roxar EnABLE™ 2.4.

The new versions bring a number of significant advances to the history matching and reservoir simulation workflow, including improved usability in history matching, such as new plotting and workflow features for large history matching projects; faster and less memory-intensive simulation models; and enhanced tools for making economic evaluations of reservoirs.

“The improved integration, usability and functionality of history matching and simulation workflows are absolutely central to the mitigation of risk and the effective allocation of capital and resources in reservoir management today” said Ordin Husa, managing director of Roxar Software Solutions. “The improvements we have made with Tempest 6.7 and EnABLE 2.4 will lead to an even more integrated, accessible and productive reservoir management workflow, a complete understanding of production ranges, and simulation models that are fully consistent with the underlying geology. And for operators, this means highly reliable production forecasts and increased reservoir performance.”

The Tempest reservoir simulation suite, used in hundreds of installations worldwide, guides users through the entire reservoir simulation process. This includes the preparation and analysis of original data, compositional and black-oil simulation, results study and visualisation, and economic evaluation.

Roxar Tempest 6.7 has seen a significant strengthening of current functionalities and usability. The modelling of complex wells and hydraulic fracturing has been improved and a Todd-Longstaff solvent feature allows for the efficient simulation of CO2 floods. Other highlights include optimized memory usage through its graphical interactive program Tempest View, with the Load on Demand facility requiring only a fraction of the memory of previous versions. This lets engineers simultaneously analyze many more models with complex wells and fine grids. In addition, derived data, such as group totals and well ratios, can be processed on demand, greatly speeding up model loading.

Tempest 6.7 will also see improved functionalities for economic forecasting with aggregate rates calculated and displayed, making it easier to interact with other programs, such as economic evaluators and spreadsheets; and a new feature in Tempest Lift, where lift model parameters can be regressed against observed data, such as friction, fluid gravity or gas-liquid slips.

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