IDM Basic Training

Introduction to IDM
focusing primarily on the User Interface
 Your Instructor
Dr Paul Choate
20 years experience in operations service support (well
engineering and geomechanics), including:
- 10 years Shell Research technical specialist
- 20 Shell ERD/HPHT well feasibility studies e.g.
Kashagan, Goodwyn ERD, Changbei,
NAM (L09, Gaag-7),
Sakhalin (Piltun, Ashtokh, Lunskoye)

Choate Technology Services Ltd (UK)

Tel: +44 (0)1223 421 710 Mob: +44 (0)7876 16 29 67
Email: info@choate.co.uk website www.choate.co.uk

www.choate.co.uk Well Engineering Geomechanics Software

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Introduction to IDM - Topics
• What is IDM – how can IDM help?
• IDM Data Model
• IDM Catalogs
• IDM Unit System
• IDM Input
• IDM Results
• Student Exercise
Note: Current IDM version is 3.12c
 What is IDM
• Integrated suite of drilling solutions
– MoDrill integrated
integrated thermal,
thermal, mechanical
mechanical and
and hydraulic
hydraulic modelling
modelling
– EzClean –– hole
hole cleaning
cleaning and
and analysis
analysis and
and optimisation
optimisation
– DSD –– drill
drill string
string dynamics
dynamics analysis
analysis
– JarSim jarring
jarring analysis
analysis and
and optimisation
optimisation
– Stabor – wellbore stability analysis
– Casing
Casing Wear – casing
casing wear
wear prediction tool
Plus utilities
– Well Editor– well-level data entry, shared with all
applications
– Catalog Manager – mostly for tubular data
IDM Data Model : The Well
Data entered at well level is shared

A Well

Well Header - descriptive

Drilling Riser

?
Washouts
Casing Scheme
US EF UL

S UAL
VI
Strings AID

Directional Data Mud Program

Formation PP & Frac Grad

Temperature
 Creating a New Well
•• Start
Start Well
Well Editor
Editor application;
application; then
then File
File –– New
New Well
Well
•• Enter
Enter well-level
well-level data
data via
via the
the input
input screens
screens

• Use Input menu or the Input wizard

Existing
wells
 Wells and Cases
•• Each
Eachwell
wellcontains
containsone
oneor
ormore
more
(application-specific)
(application-specific)cases
cases

•• AACase
Casecontains
containsall
allthe
thedata
required
requiredto
torun
runthat
data
thatapplication
application New
•• IDM
IDMcomes
comeswith
withtwo
twoSample
Sample
Well &
Wells,
Wells,each
Cases
Cases
eachwith
withready-to-run
ready-to-run MoDrill
Case

Cases in
Well
Sample1

• To create a new Case,

start the application eg MoDrill,
select an existing Well,
then File – New Case
 Well and Case Data
Changes to well-level data
will affect all cases using it!
A Well

Case 3 (DSD)
Well-level data can be
shared by all cases Case 2 (JarSIM)
Case Header
Case 1 (MoDrill)
Private Fluid
Casing Scheme Operating Parms

String 1 Well–level data eg

Saved Results
String 2 Casing Scheme,
String 1,
Directional Data Directional Data,
Undist. Temp,
Temperature Etc
--------------
PP & Frac Grad Private case data
etc Case Header
Operating Parameters
Each Case also has data Fluid Temperatures
private to that Case Actual Loads

Saved Results
 Note on Stabor Input Data

The only Well Level data required by Stabor

is the Directional Data
i.e. not Casing & Open Hole, Work String, Fluids, etc.
Databases Wells and Cases
IDM
IDM released
released with
with UserWells_v312.iuw
UserWells_v312.iuw database
database file,
file,
containing
containing Sample1
Sample1 &
& Sample2
Sample2 Wells
Wells and
and Cases
Cases

New Database
UserWells_v312
MyNewWell
Fluid 3 Sample2 Well
Fluid 2 Sample1 Well
Case 3 (DSD)
Fluid 1 Case 2 (JarSIM)
Casing Scheme
Case Header
Case 1 (MoDrill)
Private Fluid
Note: String 1 Operating Parms
Well–level data eg
String 2
Fluids are Casing Scheme,
Saved Results
String 1,
stored at Directional Data,
Directional Data
Database Undist. Temp,
Temperature etc
Level
Private data
accessible PP & Frac Grad Case Header
across wells Operating Parameters
Fluid Temperatures
Actual Loads

Saved Results
 Databases within IDM
• System
System Databases
Databases (fixed,
(fixed, read-only)
read-only)
– IDM Catalog (*.isd)
– IDM Wells (*.isd)
– IDM Units (*.mdb)
(*.mdb)

• User Databases (variable)

– Sample Wells (*.iuw) (will be overwritten!!)
– User catalog (*.iuc)
– User Wells (*.iuw)
– User Units (*.mdb)
Other
Other Database
Database and Well Operations
Import or Export a Well (and all its cases!) :
File – Database – Import or Export a Well
Can export to existing or new DB
To share well/cases with a colleague, Export to new DB, then zip it

Create
Create new
new (empty)
(empty) DB
DB ::
File
File –– Database
Database –– Make
Make aa New
New Wells
Wells Database
Database
Connect to another DB:
DB:
File
File –– Database
Database –– Connect
Connect to
to Another
Another Wells
Wells Database
Database

Delete Well or Case : File – Manage Wells

 Application Settings
Settings
File – Database - Properties

Current
user DB
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Next: IDM Catalogs
and Unit System

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 Catalog Manager
•• Standard
StandardCatalogs
Catalogs
provided
providedin
inIDM
IDM

•• Primarily
Primarilyfor
fortubulars
tubulars

• Catalog entries appear

in drop-down lists in
input Editor
 Adding to the Catalogs
•• IfIf additional
additionalcatalog
catalogentries
entries are
arerequired,
required,start
startthe
theCatalog
Catalog Manager
Manager

•• Create
Createaa new
new user
user Catalog
Catalog

•• Start
Startwith
withaa Copy
Copyof
ofStandard
Standard

•• Enter
Enter additional
additional rows
rows of
ofCatalog
Catalogdata
data
Tip:
Tip:use
useEdit
Editmenu
menu::Copy,
Copy,Paste
Paste Append
Append

•• Then
Then select
select the
the user
user Catalog
Catalog
in
in the
the application
application
 Units
•• Tools
Tools––Unit
UnitSystem
SystemManager
Manager

•• IDM
IDMcomes
comeswith
with33unit
unitsystems
systems

•• To
Tocreate
createyour
yourown,
own,select
selectthe
thebase
base
unit
unit(here
(hereMetric)
Metric)and
andclick
clickNew
New

•• Required
RequiredUnit
Unitsystem
systemcan
canbe
beselected
selectedfrom
fromTools
Toolsmenu
menu

• In addition, right-click any unit text to

change display unit for that variable
Demo from Exercise 1

Database Management
Unit System
Catalog Manager
Next: IDM Input
Grid-type
Grid-type Input
Input Forms
Forms
Casing
Casing and Open
and Open Hole
Hole
String
String Editor
Editor
Fluid
Fluid Properties
Properties
Directional
Directional Data
Data
Input
Input Summary
Summary
Note:
Note:Above
Aboverepresents
representsonly
onlyaaselection
selectionof
ofall
allinput
inputscreens
screens
 Grid-type Input
Input
Input is
is often
often presented
presented in
in grid or “spreadsheet”
“spreadsheet” form.

Can use Edit functions (select row first)

 Casing
Casing Scheme
Scheme Data
Data
Note: This input is done in the Well Editor

Select row
to enter casing detail

Use Well Sketch as visual check

 Casing
Casing &
& Open
Open Hole
Hole Data
Data
Note: this is “User Defined” input done within an application
Select from Well Editor level C & OH data, or User-Defined

Note: User-defined C & OH Data does not allow you to input

Casing Details unlike the Well Editor (some calcs may require this)

Input – Well Sketch: Useful Visual Validation!

 Input
Input -- String
String Editor
Editor
Selection: create new, use existing, save modified string,..
Saved strings are available to other cases in the same well
String Type

Selected row
move up/down
Show some/all properties
 Input – Fluid
Fluid Properties
Properties
Selection: Use existing, create new, save modified,..
Use fluid defined in Well Editor Mud Program
Saved Fluids are available to all cases in the database
 Input
Input –– Directional
Directional Data
Data
Selection: Use existing, new, save modified,..
Saved DD “variations”are available to all cases in the same well

Type of Plot

Input style: 2D Build/Drop or

Survey Data (MD, Inc, Azi) including option to import survey file
 Strings,
Strings, Fluids
Fluids and
and Directional
Directional Data
Data
• Each of these can be saved as a Named String, Fluid or DD Variation
•Strings and DD Variations can be accessed by all cases in the same
well
•Fluids can be accessed by all cases in the same database

• Use the drop-down menu

in each of the above Input
Editors and select required
option
 Input
Input Summary
Summary

Note
The Input Summary,
as well as all input
forms and results, can
be printed
 IDM Results
Each application generates
generates aa unique
unique set
set of
of results
results
Which can
can be
be shown from the Results menu
menu

Or corresponding toolbar buttons

If the input has changed since the

last calculation, you will be asked:
 Result Plot
If you answered “No” to Recalculate,(Results are out of date) text appears

Select
Plot

DRAG TO ZOOM

Right-click
for more
options
Display units
can be changed
 Tabulated Results
View
View –– Show
Show Results
Results Tables
Tables :: tabulated
tabulated values
values of
of what
what was
was plotted
plotted
Use
Use CTRL/T
CTRL/T toto toggle
toggle between
between plot
plot and
and table
table views
views of
of the
the results.
results.
Table
Table can
can be
be pasted
pasted into
into Excel
Excel
 Application Online Help

This
This is
is only
only an
an introduction
introduction to
to the
the IDM
IDM User
User Interface.
Interface.

More
More details
details can
can be
be found
found in
in the
the IDM
IDM online
online Help
Help files,
files,

see
see the
the Help
Help Menu
Menu or
or hit
hit F1
F1 button
button
 Exercise 1

Download Exercise 1 and try it

IDM
IDM User
User Interface:
Interface:
Database
Database Management,
Management, Unit
Unit Editor,
Editor, Catalog
Catalog Manager
Manager and
and Well
Well Editor
Editor

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