Revolutionize Your Well Operations with Wellsoft

The Innovative Solution for Boosting Productivity and Injectivity

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Data Driven Solutions

Reducing rock formation damage and optimising the drilling process will influence on the production rate and reservoir recovery.

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Discover the dynamics of drilling operations through our Well Damage Simulator. Tailored for professionals and enthusiasts alike, this tool allows users to adjust key drilling parameters and observe their impacts on well productivity and integrity. Click the button below to launch the simulator and start exploring the impacts of your decisions in real-time.

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Who We Are

WellSoft AS

WellSoft has developed proprietary technology and methodology which enables us to deliver the optimised way to drill the well to achieve the best possible situation for reduced well bore damages.
The solution will give the best possible situation for increased production of Oil and gas and to maximise injection of CO₂.

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It will reduce infrastructure utilisation and reduce operational risks, leading to a more sustainable operation by minimising costs and, ultimately, reducing the carbon footprint.
The technology is a software solution and the methodology is based on a 9 step work flow process.

What We Do

Introduction

There are numerous formation damage mechanisms due to drilling in an overbalanced condition which the industry has undertaken to mitigate by using laboratory analysis and developing best practices to ensure the well is drilled within specified parameters. Unfortunately, the productivity of a well may still fall short of expectations even under the best circumstances.

Probably the most difficult damage mechanism to quantity under laboratory conditions is the transport of solid particles into the formation because of limited exposure time, small sample sizes, and other variations that do not represent actual drilling conditions. A reduction in near wellbore porosity and permeability caused by solid particles in the drilling fluid cannot therefore be accurately estimated in this manner, which leads to potentially understating the severity of formation damage and productivity estimates.

In 2019, WellSoft was founded and incorporated in Norway by Morten Lunde, Tommy Ness and Stig Solberg. Their insight and expertise in the O&G industry identified opportunities to improve recovery from oil and gas fields. WellSoft investigated the cause of formation damage during drilling operations and determined that solid particles being deposited into a formation was a common cause of reduced productivity after drilling the well.

Based on scientific research and industry experience, WellSoft has developed a state-of-the art formation damage solid particles transport model that incorporates our clients laboratory tests and drilling parameters to provide the best possible solution to quantify productivity reduction. Then, by working with your drilling professionals and our partners we can then determine the optimum solution to limit formation damage from solid particles deposition by implementing the following process:

Figure 1. WellSoft Formation Damage Limitation Process.

Revised Formation Delivery Process:

WellSoft presentation and agreement in principle.
Determine study scope and sign final agreement.
Collect formation and drilling processes data.
WellSoft analysis and report on productivity reduction.
Revise recommended drilling practices.
Monitor actual drilling processes and formation data.
Process and provide the post drilling analysis and report.

Technical Discussion

Drilling formation damage due to solid particles deposition can generally be separated into three regions:

External filtercake
Internal filtercake
Invaded zone

Figure 2. Schematic view of the drilling fluid and particle deposition area.

The external and internal filter cake is generally referred to as “wallcake” which functions as a planned barrier to reduce drilling fluid and solid particles from entering the formation. The efficiency of this barrier is a key consideration when modelling the transport of solid particles into the formation.

The WellSoft model is dependent on the determination of the barrier efficiency to accurately estimate the deposition of the solid particles penetrating deeper into the formation. For example, “spurt loss” is a zero efficiency wallcake since the wallcake has not yet formed resulting in some fraction of the drilling fluid and solid particles to penetrate the formation in a relatively short time span depending upon the characteristics of the drilling fluid and formation. Other examples of reduced wallcake efficiency could be due to erosion, mechanical removal or continuous wallcake leakage resulting in the loss of drilling fluid and solid particles into the formation over longer time spans. To this end, WellSoft can work with your drilling fluid and laboratory providers to determine wallcake efficiency during different conditions to ensure our model provides the best possible solution to describe the transport of solid particles and the resultant reduction in productivity. Final productivity reduction is then determined based on the external filter cake being fully removed so that the only remaining damage reported is in the formation.

The following are the general physical processes used to model the reduction on productivity:

Flow of the drilling fluid, solid particles and the formation fluid in the porous rock
Displacement of the formation fluid by the invading drilling fluid (interface advancement)
Deposition of solids from the drilling fluid at the borehole wall and in the pore space
Change in the porosity in the invaded zone due to the deposited solid particles
Change in the permeability in the invaded zone due to the change in the porosity

The following is a general illustration of the model process.

Figure 3. Coupled processes in formation damage modelling; r = distance from the borehole axis.

Conclusion

WellSoft has a highly competent team of industry experts to work with clients to quantity formation damage caused by solid particles invasion in their wells and mitigate this problem by assisting in improving drilling practices. This will provide a clearer understanding of the damage mechanism and develop improved drilling methods to improve productivity.

Business Lines

WellSoft work within three different business lines

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Oil and Gas

To achieve improve
productivity in the well.

CO2 Injection

To secure injectivity and increase the injected volume for EOR and CO₂storage

Geothermal Drilling

To achieve increased inflow in the drilled wells

We provide a concrete description on how to adjust the drilling parameters
to achieve the improved effects.

Innovation

Financially supported by the Norwegian Government (Innovation Norway)
R&D work with NTNU and SINTEF

Technology & Methodology

Our proprietary Technology and Methodology gives our customer unique information to contribute to their decision about drilling the most efficient and effective way to improve productivity and injectivity in wells.

Analysis

We give our customers a deeper understanding and knowledge based on highly qualified information.

Our approach to the important questions of productivity and injectivity will help customers increase their profitability, by reducing costs and utilise investments in infrastructure.

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Methodology

Nine-Step Workflow Process

The business model requires a close and exclusive relationship between WellSoft and the client. WellSoft’s employees have high integrity and extensive industry experience. This combination ensures the quality of work, and supports our ability to be a trusted discussion partner for the client.

WellSoft must have access to essential data from the client. We will sign a mutual non-disclosure agreement describing this close working relationship.

Our Story

About Us

In 2019, WellSoft was founded and incorporated under Norwegian law by Morten Lunde, Tommy Ness and Stig Solberg.

Their insight and expertise in the O&G industry identified opportunities to improve recovery from oil and gas fields. WellSoft devoted time and effort to investigate opportunities connected to near-wellbore damages caused by drilling and completion operations.

Global reports indicate that oil recovery differs greatly even between reservoirs that have a lot of commonalities from geological and geotechnical points of view. The average global recovery is about 26-28%, while recovery from other areas is substantially higher i.e. 50-55%.

WellSoft developed a software tool that produces input for an optimised drilling program that helps recovery from each well.

Maximizing Efficiency

One of the main reasons for reduced recovery is the near-wellbore damages from drilling and completion.

Based on the industry experience and scientific research, WellSoft developed an algorithm that suggests how a combination of several drilling inputs, such as the choice of fluids and pressure, helps reduce well damage.

WellSoft’s nine-step workflow process and unique algorithm solution offer a greener footprint for the operators. Current industry practices to increase well recovery, such as well / acid simulation, increase the risks of contamination and carbon emissions.

WellSoft has, together with the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) and SINTEF, developed the Wellbore Damage Simulator (WDS) to simulate the input for optimised drilling program for each well.

The world need to take more responsibility for the environmental changes. As a part of this CO₂ capture and storing (CCS) is one of the most important activities. Our solution will ensure that wells are better prepared to maximise the injection of liquid CO_{2 .}

WellSoft and a Canadian company Beyond Energy signed an Innovation Contract in May 2021, this contract was extended in an MOU for joint development on February 2022.

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Board of Directors

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Morten Lunde

Chairman

Tommy is an engineer in maritime electrical & automation. His professional experience from the oil and gas industry covers more than 37 years in the global market, mainly from Norway and Asia. Tommy has been CEO of various training companies, offering IADC, IWCF and OPITO training and certification. Tommy is based in Thailand.

Tommy is a board member of WellSoft AS and has been in the company since December 2019.

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Member

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Arnfinn Johansen

Member

Arnfinn has a bachelor’s degree in finance. His professional experience spans 36 years in banking and consulting industry with various roles of CEO, CFO and senior partner.

He is currently Chairman of three companies including Styrmand AS since 2008.

Arnfinn has been a board member and shareholder since June of 2022.

Development Team

Dr. Alexandre Lavrov

Numerical Modelling at Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)

Pål B Vorkinn

MSc. Oil and Gas Industry

Jason Norman

Drilling Fluids SME
Systems Engineer

Dr. Andrew Shipilov

Strategy, Innovation and Networks Expert from INSEAD (Paris)

The Team

Morten Lunde (CEO & Chairman)

MSc. Innovation Management

Terje Svendsen

Financial and Business
Development Expert

Tommy Ness (COO)

Oil and Gas Training
and Certification Expert

Torunn Aass Taralrud

Public Connections and International Relations

Sina Madani

MSc. Petroleum Engineering
Product Manager

Sarah Mir S.

MSc. Petroleum Engineering
Product Manager

Gerard de Blok

Drilling Expert

Associates

Dr. Alexandre Lavrov

Numerical Modelling at Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)

Dr. Imran Afgan

Capture Science, Abu Dhabi
PhD. Mechanical Engineering

Dr. Ilyas Khurshid

Capture Science, Abu Dhabi
PhD. Petroleum Engineering

Joint Ventures

Doug Kinsella

Managing Director
WellSoft APAC LLC

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ENVIRONMENTAL SOCIAL GOVERNANCE

“Our solution will help drive your business’s ESG Strategy towards a sustainable business model“

Committed to the people

Committed to national and industry goals for a sustainable development

Committed to the stakeholders

Committed to partners- supply chain management

Committed to the environment- protection and biodiversity

Committed to the community

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Our Strategic Partners

WellSoft has, together with one of the world leading Universities within the Oil and gas field, the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), and the large R&D institution, SINTEF, developed technologies and methods to improve these important processes in the industry.

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It is Time to Optimize Our operation with Incresed Oil Recovery (IOR)

Global reports highlight that the recovery from any two oil and gas reservoirs can differ despite their commonalities from geological and geotechnical points of view. The global average IOR is about 26-28% while some wells have higher IOR at 50-55%.

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