Faisal Al-OtaibiSenior Well Test Engineer

Reference standards

Every design limit in the engine traces back to one of these. The reference is printed next to the result, in the document, and in the audit record.
ReferenceTitleIssuer EditionApplied to
API RP 14C Analysis, Design, Installation and Testing of Basic Surface Safety Systems API 8th Ed. ESD architecture and relief protection
API RP 14E Design and Installation of Offshore Production Platform Piping Systems API 5th Ed. Erosional velocity limits, flowline sizing
API SPEC 12J Specification for Oil and Gas Separators API 8th Ed. Separator gas and liquid capacity
API SPEC 6A Specification for Wellhead and Christmas Tree Equipment API 21st Ed. Pressure ratings of flow control equipment
API STD 521 Pressure-relieving and Depressuring Systems API 7th Ed. Flare / burner thermal radiation and flame length
ASME B31.3 Process Piping ASME 2022 Flowline wall thickness and test pressure
IOGP 434-18 Risk assessment data - thermal radiation exposure IOGP 2019 Personnel exposure thresholds
ISO 10423 Wellhead and christmas tree equipment ISO 2009 Equipment pressure/temperature class
NACE MR0175 Materials for use in H2S-containing environments (ISO 15156) NACE/ISO 2015 Sour service classification

Where the demo stopsscope note

This build covers surface well testing only, and within it the eight design modules shown on the design screen. The correlations used are published industry correlations, chosen because they can be stated openly and checked by anyone in the room. In a production build these would be replaced or supplemented by NESR's own equations, tuning factors and limits as supplied by the subject matter experts, held in exactly the same governed register so the architecture does not change.

Not included in this build: compositional PVT and EOS flash calculations, multiphase flow simulation along the tubing and flowline, transient analysis, ERP and equipment availability integration, client portal submission, and the remaining service lines.