“Real-Time Simulation of Oil Drilling Operations”

Authors: Jørgen Opdal,
Affiliation: SINTEF
Reference: 1982, Vol 3, No 1, pp. 21-39.

Keywords: Oil drilling, numeric modeling, real time simulation

Abstract: This paper contains the basic numeric model for the oil drilling simulator WELLSIM. As a case study it presents an example from well pressure control. Figure 1 shows a picture of the simulator.

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BibTeX:
@article{MIC-1982-1-3,
  title={{Real-Time Simulation of Oil Drilling Operations}},
  author={Opdal, Jørgen},
  journal={Modeling, Identification and Control},
  volume={3},
  number={1},
  pages={21--39},
  year={1982},
  doi={10.4173/mic.1982.1.3},
  publisher={Norwegian Society of Automatic Control}
};