The first version of the RETINA Stimulation named ‘RETINA Stimulation 2016.05’ with the following features was released:
- Darcy and Non-Darcy flow types
- API 1st or 2nd sections penetration data
- Control over unit system in each dialog
- Control over the floating point viewing precision in each dialog
- Gun/Casing and multiple Casing/Liner arrangements
- Ability to define new casings and guns
- Defining well deviation, partial completion, formation properties, formation heterogeneity, various gun types, damage zone, perforation crushed zone etc.
- .Initial well status of overbalance, underbalance or balance
- New stimulation method of dynamic underbalanced perforation
- New stimulation method of propellant gas fracturing
- Validating model before simulation
- Classical penetration theory
- Casing and cement effect on perforations
- Effect of rock compressibility, density and stresses on perforations
- Skin/Productivity calculations based on semi-analytical correlations developed through extensive 3D finite element models
- Gas volume released in explosion, gun internal temperature, and remaining gas in gun for dynamic underbalance perforation
- Coupled solution for transient partial differential equations (PDEs) of pressure and flow in reservoir, well, and gun
- Geometric combustion law for Flame propagation
- Modeling fractures initiated by propellant gas as a set of wedge-shaped radial fractures
- Instantaneous thermodynamic properties of fluids in all stimulation methods
- Linear elastic fracture mechanics in addition to fracture fluid flow and continuity equations for hydraulic fracturing and non-linear PDE for fracture length and width
- 2D cross section and 3D visualization
- Penetration reports
- Productivity reports
- Well stimulation reports
- Result plots
- Sensitivity analysis reports and plots