Recent Advances in Modeling Well Inflow Control Devices in Reservoir Simulation

As the mechanical devices involved in production become more sophisticated so must the simulation models used to represent<br>their behavior. In the last decade advanced well inflow control devices were developed and installed in real fields [1]. This<br>paper describes the techniques that have been used to model them. Firstly, we introduce the multisegment well model, which is<br>a state-of-the-art technique that allows wells to be modeled with a high level of detail. Next, we show how inflow control<br>devices can be incorporated into the multisegment well model with particular focus on recent extensions for spiral and<br>autonomous inflow control devices. Finally, we conclude with results from an example simulation that illustrate how the<br>model works.