Getting Started Linking IMEX and FORGAS

a)

Start FORGAS. Note the various areas of the screen, as described below.

b)

Select File => Save As and specify an appropriate file name. FORGAS will
automatically append the extension .fgw.

c)

In the Message Registry (usually located at the bottom of the panel), double click
on the message about the missing Title 1. This will take you to the System panel.
Type in the Title. Specify the appropriate Forecast Start Date. Both FORGAS and
IMEX must start their forecast on the same date. Use a restart record in IMEX to
align the start dates. Enter the Forecast End Date. The FORGAS/IMEX run will
end on the earliest of the FORGAS and IMEX end dates. The screen will appear
similar to that shown below:

d)

Click on the Unit Set tab and select the appropriate unit set, as shown below. It is
not necessary to select the same unit set as IMEX uses, since the parameters
passed between IMEX and FORGAS are always converted to imperial (field)
units in their communication files.

e)

If desired, you can select the other tabs to select different options than the
provided defaults for file creation, equation of state models and output tables.
Close the System panel.

f)

In the Data View, click on the + beside the word Reservoirs to open that area and
then double click on Create New... to create a new reservoir.

g)

Type in the appropriate name for the reservoir. For the reservoir Type, select
IMEX Reservoir Simulator. The panel should appear as shown below. Values
marked with a blue bar are optional values, which are not required to run the case
and thus can be left as <empty>. Values marked with a yellow bar are required
parameters that must be specified for the forecast to run.

h)

Click on the after Input file Create New... to specify the IMEX input data file
name. On the panel which appears, select the IMEX input data file. If required to
align the start dates with FORGAS, choose the IMEX restart .IRF file. Use the
Browse button to find the location of the IMEX executable to be used. If running
the IMEX data file on a different computer than being used by FORGAS, specify
the appropriate Remote Server information (see Appendix H in the IMEX help for
assistance). The panel should appear similar to that shown below:
Select Close twice to close the reservoir data.

i)

A plant is the delivery point at which gas is sold to the buyer. All systems must
have one plant. The plant must be put on the Flow Sheet before the other parts of
the system (e.g. wells, pipes) can be defined. Click on the plant icon in the
Facilities Toolbar. FGI will automatically place the plant at the centre of the Flow
Sheet. Double click on the plant icon to enter the plant data (see below).

j)

After specifying all of the plant data (select each tab), close the plant data.

k)

Click on the well icon in the Facilities Toolbar and then click on the Flow Sheet to
place the well. Double click on the well to specify its data. A panel will appear
similar to that shown below:

l)

Zone is the term which refers to the perforations where the well connects to the
reservoir. FORGAS automatically creates one Zone for a well. Double click on
the word Zone in the Zones area. This will open the Zone data panel.

-Select the zone status. In both the IMEX and FORGAS input data
files, a well must be given the status of producer for FORGAS/IMEX to
allow the well to produce.
-Specify the location of the perforations.
-Select the appropriate reservoir name for Reservoir.
-The water/gas ratio can either be specified in the FORGAS input
data file or obtained from IMEX. To use the amount of water predicted for

m)

this individual well by IMEX, select Reservoir for the Water/Gas Ratio
Option.
-Fluid gravities will automatically be supplied by IMEX. You can
either use these provided oil, water and gas gravities by leaving the Fluid
selection as From Reservoir or you can specify fluid compositions
directly in FORGAS. For gas systems, it is recommended that you specify
the fluid compositions in FORGAS.
-Type in the well name in the IMEX input data file for the Name in
Reservoir Simulator. It is important that this name exactly matches the well
name in the IMEX input data file, otherwise the forecast will be
terminated.
The panel should appear similar to the following:
Select the IPR tab. IMEX will always provide the inflow performance data for
each well. Select Reservoir Simulator for the Deliverability Method, as shown
below:

n)

Specify the rest of the required data for each well, each pipeline and each facility.

o)

To run the forecast, either click on the run icon

or select Run => Current File...
The Run Monitor of FORGAS will appear, showing the progress of the run. The
IMEX log file will appear in a separate DOS window. Note that an f alongside
the IMEX time step number in the IMEX log file indicates completion of a
FORGAS time step.

p)

The results of the run will be available via IMEX's output and SR2 files and
through the FORGAS Results menu (View Output Files, View Plots..., Export to
Spreadsheet...).

q)

For more details on using FORGAS coupled with IMEX, see the FORGAS Help
=> User Manual => FORGAS 10: Technical Reference => Reservoir Calculations
=> IMEX Reservoirs.

r)

More details on using FORGAS can be found in the FORGAS Help => User
Manual => FORGAS 10: Getting Started => Using the FORGAS Graphic
Interface (FGI).