Caution: whitson+ release is coming in hot ☕

We’re happy to share the latest release of whitson+, fresh out of the coding oven. There is a lot of new functionality in this release, and we’ve highlighted the main ones in this video: https://youtu.be/EbYVxNOVcyY 

• Nodal Analysis
  • Gas IPR (C&n) 
  • Liquid loading highlighted for gas VLPs 
  • New date & production data graphical selection 
  • Fetch reservoir pressure from existing analysis (FMB or Numerical Model) 
• Numerical Model:
  • Control forecast on WHP / generate tubing tables 
  • Possibility of making the well unbounded, set x_e = x_f 
  • Possibility of customizing series in sensitivities 
  • Show calculated water density & viscosity, based on salinity input 
• Bottomhole Pressure Calc for Injection Processes 
  • Can be used for water, gases and even oils (LOL!)
  • Activated with simple switch 
• Bottomhole Pressure:
  • Silent side BHP calculation 
  • Injection mode  – allowing to calculate BHP during injection (e.g. for disposal wells) 
  • Plot option: toggle to show production rates to QC purposes 
  • Show calculated water density & viscosity, based on salinity input 
  • Bulk run BHP calculations (run for several wells) 
  • Bulk export BHP calculations (export for several wells) 
• Analytical RTA: 
  • PNR and RNP derivative options in Classical and Fractional RTA 
  • Derivative options: Bourdet, Weighted Central Difference, Central Difference 
  • Option to add ¼ | ½ | 1 slopes on Square Root Time, RNP and PNR plot 
• Chow Pressure Group
  • Bourdet Derivative option 
  • Use of pressure integral option 
  • Key takeaways note option 
  • Date switch. 
• DCA & Type Well Upgrade 3.0
  • Rate vs Cum option 
  • Rate vs date option 
  • Import type well into DCA module 
• Multi-well Diagnostic Plot
  • 2×2 plot 
  • Select all wells option 
  • Select groups to plot ala Type Well 
  • Wells stacked in export 
• Separator Shrinkage & Common Process Conversion Calculations 
  • 10x speed increase! 
  • Now a simple (default) and advanced (can be toggled on) 
  • Simple: do not database and display wellstream compositions vs time 
  • Advanced: do database and display wellstream compositions vs time 
• Filtering & Sorting
  • Link the filtering in main well list, top bar well list and mass edit well list. 
  • Keep user filtered list persistent even after logging out / refreshing. User comes back to work to the same state they left. 
  • Nested sorting at multiple levels in mass edit 
  • Be able to filter a project to only a list of wellnames and/or API numbers 
  • Be able to filter in GIS map. 
• Flowing Material Balance 
  • Lasso fit in multiphase FMB  
  • Bulk run option (run for several wells) 
• Multi-well Diagnostic Plot
  • 2×2 plot 
  • Select all wells option 
  • Select groups to plot ala Type Well 
• Huge Performance Upgrade
  • Upgrade of messaging system, including prioritization of calculations 
  • Upgrade of database system to CloudSQL 
  • Daily database backups with history of 1 week 
  • Use of WebGL to plot 10x as many datapoints on charts 
• Miscellaneous
  • Project: Restricted – Only project owners can edit BHP and prod data 
  • Plots: New zoom option in all plots 
  • Production Data: Visual delete / graphical delete of production data 
  • PVT: GOR – p_sat graphical selection edit 
• Data integration:
  • Upgrade of whitson+ API endpoints. 
  • Upgrade of whitson+ direct database connection process and procedures. 
  • Snowflake integration 

The updated manual can be found here: https://manual.whitson.com/. 

I would also like to take the opportunity to thank you all for the great collaboration and supporting our development.  

… So, What’s Next? 

• Multi-well numerical model 
• DFIT interpretation 
• DQI 
• Gradient calculations 
• Gas lift optimizer  
• Fractional version of Numerical RTA. 
• Property cross plots  
• + lots more! 

Next release is scheduled for September 2023. 

PS! Let me know if you don’t want this update e-mail and I’ll not send it to you going forward. 

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Contact carlsen@whitson.com to learn more about our software products.

Global
Curtis Hays Whitson
curtishays@whitson.com

Asia-Pacific
Kameshwar Singh
singh@whitson.com

Middle East
Ahmad Alavian
alavian@whitson.com

Americas
Mathias Lia Carlsen
carlsen@whitson.com

About whitson
whitson supports energy companies, oil services companies, investors and government organizations with expertise and expansive analysis within PVT, gas condensate reservoirs and gas-based EOR. Our coverage ranges from R&D based industry studies to detailed due diligence, transaction or court case projects. We help our clients find the best possible answers to complex questions and assist them in the successful decision-making on technical challenges. We do this through a continuous, transparent dialog with our clients – before, during and after our engagement. The company was founded by Dr. Curtis Hays Whitson in 1988 and is a Norwegian corporation located in Trondheim, Norway, with local presence in USA, Middle East, India and Indonesia