SELMA
SELMA is a steady-state multiphase flow simulator. Inserted in the oil and gas industry, the oil [as multiphase] flow is simulated in the production lines, from the reservoir to the platform. Simulations are composed of pressure drop, temperature drop, and fluids models.
Tools
PMOT – Production Management Optimization Toolkit
Engineering solutions to achieve operational excellence, support the decision-making process and save time. Our tools combine integration, optimization, and simulation.
Database Building
Gather, organize, and filter different data sources. As a result, databases and the decision-making process are connected, saving users’ time and improving the management and optimization process.
Gas Lift Optimization
Increase oil production changing operational variables without any additional cost. The Mixed Integer Linear Problem (MILP) formulation includes all producing wells and unit capacity constraints.
MSF Tuning
Automatically tunes multiphase flow models obtaining a model that represents the actual well behavior matching well test parameters.
Virtual Flow Metering
A fast and low-cost technology to obtain multiphase flow rates based on first principles models using only available data resources. The technology also choose the model, and the model does not need calibration.
Overview
Welcome! We (Gabriela and Danielle) are starting to share about our SELMA project with the oil and gas and programming community. We have been working on SELMA since 2017 at our Master’s Degree until today in our Ph.D. We believe we have insights, learnings, knowledge, and experience that are worthful to be shared. We will…
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What SELMA has that other simulators don’t?
Presenting the idea of SELMA to the audience has been a challenge. SELMA is more than a simulator; we prefer to describe it as a project that encompasses decision-making tools. We named the project SELMA-PMOT (Production Management Optimization Tool). The extensive variety of research areas, tools, algorithms, correlations, and details make it difficult to describe…
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Meet the team
Gabriela Chaves
Software Developer
Petroleum Engineering – UFRJ
MSC Industrial Engineering – COPPE/UFRJ
PhD Student – Industrial Engineering – COPPE/UFRJ
gabrielachaves@petroleo.ufrj.br
Danielle Monteiro
Software Developer
Petroleum Engineering – UFRJ
MSC Industrial Engineering – COPPE/UFRJ
PhD Student – Industrial Engineering – COPPE/UFRJ
daniellemonteiro@poli.ufrj.br
About
SELMA was created to develop Danielle and Gabriela’s MSc research project. Teamwork, passion for solve problems, and curiosity, lead it to a bigger project. SELMA is an acronym from Portuguese: Simulador de ELevação e escoamento Multifásico. Although the letters don’t match perfectly, SELMA is a female name, bringing deeper meaning to the software, developed for two women. This name was given by Virgilio, their advisor, mentor, and supporter since the undergraduate.
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