Bayesian multiphysics · inverse problems · field decisions

Pipeline & Flowline Integrity Multiphysics Toolkit

Three simulation beds for pipeline and well-intervention integrity: deterministic transient-pressure reflection inversion with propagated position uncertainty, Bayesian parameter inversion with convergence diagnostics for two physics forward models, and analytical intervention screening calculators. Run the physics, then test it against your own transducer, log or survey data.

1,180wave speed m/s
0.00echo time s
reflector at m
area remaining
Zhetalonians · Multiphysics kit

Analysis tools

Three analysis tools

Pressure Pulse Inversion for Blockage and Deposition Analysis locates reflectors from a closed-valve pressure trace with propagated uncertainty. Bayesian Parameter Inversion fits physics forward models to observed well-log, seismic or pressure data with independent chains, convergence diagnostics and posterior predictive checks. Tubular Lockup Prediction gives the reach of a tubular from trajectory, tubular and friction parameters. Each tool states its assumptions and validity envelope.

How a fluid hammer test works

Time of flight gives position. Reflection strength gives severity.

A valve slams shut and sends a pressure step up the line at the acoustic wave speed a. Every change in cross-section along the pipe sends part of that step back. A transducer at the valve records the echoes.

If an echo arrives Δt after the initial rise, the reflector sits at x = a·Δt / 2 from the transducer. Its reflection coefficient r = ΔHecho / ΔHstep depends on the area ratio across the feature: for a blockage A′/A = (1 − r)/(1 + r). A leak behaves like a negative reflector.

That is the forward problem in one paragraph. The inverse problem — reading position and severity back out of a noisy trace — is what the Pressure Pulse Inversion for Blockage and Deposition Analysis bed does.

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Blockage at 60 % of length
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Transducer traces

CSV, TSV or TXT columns of time and pressure from any hammer or valve-slam test. Sampling rate and wave speed are all the inversion needs.

Well logs

LAS or CSV logs with GR, DT, RHOB and NPHI are recognised, plotted as tracks and inverted for porosity and shale volume per zone; DT and RHOB also build the reference model for seismic inversion.

Pressure traces

Time and head or pressure at a closed valve, in m, ft, Pa, kPa, bar or psi, for reflection inversion or full Bayesian transient inversion.

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