PC-Based Cement Job Simulator Improves Primary Job Design

Abstract

ABSTRACT Until recently, cement simulation programs have been difficult to use, required large computer systems, and occasionally yielded results that were difficult to understand. Often the data input task was cumbersome enough to limit usage of these simulators. With the advent of Graphical User Interfaces (GUIs), even the most sophisticated simulator can be easy to use. With the wide variety of today's PC Graphics packages, complicated results can be made comprehensible through visual displays. This paper describes a technically advanced PC-based primary cement job simulator illustrating how a simulator can be sophisticated and easy to use at the same time. The simulator description includes recent enhancements, such as the capability to utilize temperature-dependent rheology and Critical Reynolds Number when calculating frictional losses.