Offshore staff
HOUSTON — Late last month Halliburton Landmark announced it is working with the Petrobras-led Libra Consortium on a digital twin for the presalt Mero Field in the Santos Basin offshore Brazil.
The aim is to help reduce capex, speed up production times and improve crude oil recovery using the new insights obtained in a real-time environment.
The digital twin, a virtual representation of the physical asset that replicates its behavior and characteristics, allows modeling of “what if” scenarios to support decision-making and operational predictability for optimized field development.
Halliburton and Libra Consortium plan an integrated and dynamic digital twin of the production system, including the reservoir, wells and subsea network.
It will cover sensors, data and models, including 4D seismic, and smart completions via systems providing a real-time view of the reservoir, wells and facilities. This, Hallburton said, would assist characterization, reservoir monitoring, operations planning and optimization.
Nagaraj Srinivasan, senior vice president of Landmark, Halliburton Digital Solutions, and Consulting said, “This dynamic system will empower the consortium with comprehensive, continuous insights around optimization opportunities, cost reduction potential and uncertainty mitigation throughout the asset life cycle.”
The Mero unitized field is operated by Petrobras, in partnership with Shell, TotalEnergies, CNPC and CNOOC, with Pré-Sal Petróleo representing the Brazilian government in the non-contracted area.
01.31.2024
