CIRCA Coiled Tubing Simulation Software
Baker Hughes, a GE company (NYSE:BHGE), announced today the introduction of its CIRCA™ coiled tubing simulation software, which enables coiled tubing service providers to maximize equipment performance and improve operational efficiency in well interventions. Based on learnings from the field and built and refined over three decades, the software allows coiled tubing providers and operators to build better job models for more predictable results.
Operational guidelines for coiled tubing applications are typically based on experience rather than on hard data. Applying these methods in today’s more complex wells—particularly in unconventional wells with longer laterals and numerous stages—can compromise job performance and even damage downhole equipment. Historically, coiled tubing simulation software has lacked real-world feedback and adequate support, producing inferior models that fail to adequately identify risks, especially in complex environments.
The CIRCA software suite validates theoretical models with empirical data from the field to help coiled tubing providers move from experience-dependent operations to data-driven execution. The software delivers valuable insights into the subsurface, such as downhole conditions, flow rates and safe operating envelopes, enabling operators to calculate outcomes with more certainty to improve job planning and execution.
The CIRCA software suite includes the following applications: CIRCA Complete；CIRCA Pro；CIRCA Real-Time.
CIRCA Complete
CIRCA Complete coiled tubing simulation software provides superior tubing force analysis and wellbore hydraulics monitoring.
Get the industry’s most accurate modeling for
• Tubing forces
• Pressures
• Friction losses
• Rheologies
• Dual-phase flow correlations
• Downhole tool operations
Work up to the edges of the operating envelope
• Setting and retrieving tools
• Extended-reach wells
• Gas lift operations
• Jetting operations
• Deploying and retrieving electrical submersible pumping (ESP) systems
• Tubing-conveyed perforating operations
• Milling jobs
CIRCA Pro
CIRCA Pro coiled tubing simulation software provides all the capabilities of CIRCA Complete and adds complex calculations for solids transport, abrasive perforating, and concentric coiled tubing.
Get the industry’s most accurate modeling for
• Tubing forces
• Pressures
• Friction losses
• Solids transport
• Abrasive perforating
• Rheologies
• Dual-phase flow correlations
• Downhole tool operations
• H2S effects and thresholds
• Reverse circulation
Work up to the edges of the operating envelope
• Coiled tubing drilling
• Scale and plug milling
• Sand, debris, and scale cleanouts
• Sand-jet perforating
• Sour well intervention
• Concentric coiled tubing cleanouts
CIRCA Real-Time
CIRCA Real-Time (RT) software uses live operational data to update your job model. It’s like having an engineer with you in the cab. CIRCA RT software works with data acquisition systems like our JobMaster™ software to reconfigure models on the fly.
Reconfigure CIRCA Complete and CIRCA Pro models with live data
• Communicates with the injector to adjust limits based on downhole conditions
• Updates safe operating limits
• Dynamically simulates tubing force and flow analysis
• Calculates H2S effects on pipe fatigue
• Offers real-time pipe fatigue updates
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