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Bryan Research & Engineering, LLC

address : 3131 Briarcrest Dr. Bryan, Texas 77802 USA

phone : 1-979-776-5220

Approval date : 10/3/2011

Bryan Research & Engineering, LLC. (BR&E) is a widely recognized privately-owned provider of software and engineering solutions to the oil, gas, refining and chemical industries. Since the company’s inception in 1974, BR&E has combined research and development in process simulation with state of the art computerized engineering technology.

ProMax is the process simulator developed and marketed by BR&E. It includes advanced thermodynamic models. BR&E applied for Associate Membership in CO-LaN in support of its development projects aiming at implementing CAPE-OPEN interfaces in ProMax and related software. These development projects are of interest to a number of CO-LaN Full Members.

As of January 1, 2021, Bryan Research & Engineering LLC is an Associate Member in Group A as per the bylaws adopted on October 15, 2020 .

Representatives

Michael HLAVINKA, Technical Director, has been representing BR&E in CO-LaN since BR&E became an Associate Member.

CAPE-OPEN related work

ProMax is implementing sockets for Thermo 1.0, Thermo 1.1 as well as UNIT. Some Unit Operations of the ProMax library are available as CAPE-OPEN Unit Operations while the thermodynamic server of ProMax can export CAPE-OPEN Property Packages under version 1.0 or version 1.1. This was described by Michael HLAVINKA during the CAPE-OPEN session held at the AIChE 2012 Annual Meeting in Pittsburgh, PA.

Michael HLAVINKA and people working for him are taking an active part in the Methods & Tools Special Interest Group activities.

Mauricio LOPEZ participated to the CAPE-OPEN 2014 Annual Meeting in Mörfelden, Germany where he demonstrated the interoperability of ProMax with other CAPE-OPEN software.

Michael HLAVINKA participated to the CAPE-OPEN 2016 Annual Meeting in Pullach, Germany and to the CAPE-OPEN 2018 Annual Meeting in Ludwigshafen, Germany. There Michael HLAVINKA presented the activity report of the Methods & Tools Special Interest Group over the period October 2017 – October 2018.

Michael HLAVINLA participated to the CAPE-OPEN 2019 Annual Meeting held in Amsterdam and presented there the activity report of the Methods & Tools Special Interest Group over the period October 2018 – October 2019.

Michael HLAVINKA participated to the CAPE-OPEN 2020 Annual Meeting and to the CAPE-OPEN 2021 Annual Meeting which were held virtually. At the CAPE-OPEN 2022 Annual Meeting , that Michael HLAVINKA attended physically in Pullach, Germany, Michael HLAVINKA delivered the activity report of the Methods & Tools Special Interest Group . He was also the co-author of the presentation of COBIA Threading Models .

Bryan Research & Engineering was presented the CAPE-OPEN 2016 Award in October 2017.

Bryan Research & Engineering, LLC participates to the program providing licenses of process simulation software to CO-LaN for test purposes ( 2012 ).

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Michael HLAVINKA, PhD

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Best understanding of the subsurface

LLC “NIPI-R” offers high-quality and comprehensive solutions in the field of geology and oil and gas field development; enhanced oil recovery for field development; reserves audit and feasibility assessment of investment efficiency in oil production.

About the Company

The company’s mission: provision of high-quality and comprehensive solutions in the field of petroleum engineering and designing, the company’s purpose.

Reaching leading positions and substantial expansion of the market niche in the territory of the Russian Federation and republics of the Customs Union.

The Company’s competitive advantages

• » A broad spectrum of high-quality services;
• » Comprehensive approach to task solution;
• » Unification of standards;
• » Knowledge of the Russian and Western technologies;
• » Work quality control in accordance with international standards;
• » Professional management with extended work experience;
• » Work performance guarantees;
• » Transparent pricing;
• » Excellent business reputation in the service market.

NIPI-R foundation

Limited Liability Company “Research and Design Institute of Oil and Gas-R” was set up in July 2013. The Company’s founders are a group of highly qualified specialists of petroleum industry.

Stages of the Company’s development

• 1989 - A group of feasibility study of investments in Russian oil industry is set up in the first Soviet-American Joint Venture "MD SEIS".
• 1991 - MD SEIS Consulting is registered, and starts to receive orders from Russian and foreign companies for development of feasibility studies for setting up joint ventures. With the participation of MD SEIS Consulting on the basis of the Reservoir Engineering Department, NizhnevartovskNIPIneft Research and Design Institute, Nizhnevartovsk, CJSC "ENCONCO" is set up for engineering and design projects. Projects are performed for Nizhnevartovskneftegas, Megionneftegas, Varieganneftegaz Associations.
• 1994 - CJSC "ENCONCO" and MD SEIS Consulting receive orders for engineering and design projects from major Russian and international oil companies, such as LUKOIL, Rosneft, Calgary Overseas, CONOCO, BRIDAS, SOCO, AGIP. The companies employ specialists from VNIIneft and VNIIOENG Research Institutes.
• 1997 - CJSC "ENCONCO" is reregistered in Moscow as a private independent company. MD SEIS Consulting experts join CJSC "ENCONCO". The Company continues to grow successfully. ExxonMobil, SHELL, TNK, and other companies are among the Company’s clients.
• 2000 - Geostream Services Group, an independent engineering and consulting group of companies, is set up on the basis of CJSC "ENCONCO"
• 2005 - LLC "Geostream Services Group" becomes an integrated service company, with Geostream Drilling drilling company set up as part of the group. The company starts drilling at the CJSC Oil Company “Nobel Oil" field in the Republic of Komi.
• 2008 - Key Energy Services Inc., a major US corporation with an annual turnover of about $2 billion and more than 150 branches specialized in well services, headquartered in Houston, Texas, becomes a shareholder of LLC "Geostream Services Group".
• 2013 - Key Energy Services Inc. buys out 100% shares of LLC "Geostream Services Group." The company's management, as well as the team of CJSC "ENCONCO" leaves LLC "Geostream Services Group".
• 2014 - LLC “Research and Design Institute of Oil and Gas-R” (LLC “NIPI-R”) commences to work. Along with JSC "ENCONCO" specialists the company employs LLC "Oil Services Group" specialists. ExxonMobil concludes a long-term service contract with the Company for "Sakhalin-1" project’s fields. OJSC "Sberbank of Russia" accredits LLC “NIPI-R” for feasibility assessments of investments in the oil and gas industry for their clients.

Activity directions

Main directions of the Company’s activity are scientific studies and engineering in the petroleum field, namely:

• » petroleum geology;
• » development of oil, gas and gas/condensate fields;
• » enhanced oil recovery for field development;
• » research and development studies;
• » comprehensive solutions for hydrocarbon field development;
• » reserves audit and feasibility assessment of efficiency of investments in oil production.

Quality, certification and safety of work

A quality management system has been implemented in the company and provides for organization and effective work and service process management, as well as the Company’s management processes. Creation of favorable and safe labor conditions, health and personnel performance maintenance, as well as a complex of measures for environmental protection is a key principle of the Company’s activity. LLC “NIPI-R” operates in strict compliance with safety and environmental protection laws of the Russian Federation and adheres to ISO Series 14000 and OHSAS 18001 international standards. Management policy is focused on involvement of employees at all levels so that safety and quality maintenance becomes an integral part of day-to-day employee’s behavior at work and at home.

Engineering service

Petroleum geology.

• » Seismic data interpretation;
• » Seismic data analysis;
• » Well log and test data interpretation, including for complex reservoir rocks (fracturing, vugginess, dual media, etc.);
• » Geological modeling of unconventional reservoir rocks and complex objects, including conceptual modeling;
• » 3D digital geological modeling;
• » Design of geological or mining allotment for hydrocarbon exploration and production;
• » Prospecting and appraisal projects for hydrocarbon deposits and fields;
• » Hydrocarbon reserves estimate, including for oil source rocks: Bazhenov and analogous reservoir rocks (Domanikov, etc.).

Oil and gas field development

• » Pressure-transient, well log and test data analysis;
• » Field development analysis;
• » Building 3D digital field models;
• » Calculation of field development technological parameters;
• » Preparation of technological documents for field development;
• » Technological calculations and completion of enhanced oil recovery projects for high-viscosity oil field development (wet in-situ combustion, heat carrier injection, polymer flood);
• » Engineering support for hydrocarbon remaining reserves development (development analysis, study program, localization of remaining reserves, enhanced oil recovery activities based on 3D modeling);
• » Preparation of feasibility justification of oil, gas and condensate recovery factors;
• » Audit of recoverable reserves and feasibility assessment of investment efficiency in oil and gas production.

Development of Geoplat Pro-RS simulator

Geoplat Pro-RS - Geoplat Pro-RS is a parallel simulator with flexible architecture, which allows for entering new physical processes into algorithms as soon as possible.

The product has been developed since 2015 and now it is a computation core with implemented two-phase immiscible model, “BlackOil” three-phase model and the user’s pre- and post-processing as a part of Geoplat Pro-G. Functionality allows for performing a standard cycle of simulation from re-scaling and history-matching to modeling data analysis and technological assessment of oil and gas field development scenario.

One of the key product’s purposes is a consideration of any dependences in initial equations, followed by adjustment of simulator to unique flow conditions of any hydrocarbon field.

Pro-RS is a new generation simulator capable of exceeding existing commercial products by individual approach to solution of production tasks of field development..

Key advantages

• » product’s innovation architecture;
• » adjustment of simulator individually for each field;
• » multi-threaded calculations;
• » research and development use for modeling of unique physical processes;
• » russian-language technical support;
• » unified software platform, from seismics to development of oil and gas fields, based on a single database and visualization module.

Planned functionality of the final product.

• » integration into a single software platform;
• » three-phase model (oil, gas, water);
• » compositional modeling module;
• » thermal modeling module;
• » surface production gathering system module;
• » concurrent running;
• » reading and conversion of other simulators’ formats (Eclipse, Tempest, tNavigator);
• » setting aquifers (Fetkovich, Carter-Tracy, numerical);
• » scaling of relative phase permeability plots;
• » support of various well models (vertical, horizontal, multi-lateral);
• » various types of well management (by depression, water cut, flowrate, etc.);
• » corner point geometry, non-adjacent connections;
• » local grid downscaling/upscaling;
• » hydraulic fracturing modeling;
• » wellbore flow model;
• » input and modeling data analysis;
• » modification of 3D grid and geological/simulation model parameters;
• » operation with functions of relative phase permeabilities and capillary pressure;
• » well spotting with setting technical development parameters;
• » determination of multi-component system composition (PVT-module);
• » simulation model’s history-matching (manual, automatic);
• » modeling data visualization;
• » support of various reservoir stimulation methods (polymer flood, surfactant flood, carbon dioxide flood, etc.);
• » dual porosity and dual permeability flow models for modeling processes in fractured-porous reservoirs.

The Company’s major projects

• Design work “Addendum to Technological Scheme of Development, Chaivo Field. Sea of Okhotsk Shelf. “Sakhalin-1” Project and CCFD Expertise and Consideration Follow-up”
• Design work “Addendum to Technological Scheme of Development, Odoptu Field. Sea of Okhotsk Shelf. “Sakhalin-1” Project and CCFD Expertise and Consideration Follow-up”
• Design work “Addendum to Technological Scheme of Development, Arkutun-Dagi Field. Sea of Okhotsk Shelf. “Sakhalin-1” Project and CCFD Expertise and Consideration Follow-up”
• Development Analysis and Selection of Optimum Enhanced Oil Recovery Scenario, D2st, Yuzhno-Oshskoye Field
• Expert and Analytical Evaluation of Feasibility Parameters of Oil Field Development, Mogutovsky, Vorontsovsky and Gremyachevsky Licensed Areas
• Development Analysis, Calculation of Technological Parameters, Western Block, Bortovoi Licensed Area; Well Test Data Analysis, Bortovoi Licensed Area (Eastern Block), and Work Program Development, Western Part, Karpensky Oil/Gas/Condensate Field. Reserve Estimation and Development Parameter Calculation, Koltogorsky Licensed Area
• Peer Review of Long-Term Production Program of Development Under Design Financing for PJSC “Gazprombank”, Vostochno-Messoyakhskoye Field
• Technical Expertise of Production Program, LLC “OC “North Lights”, Prepared for Restructuring and Payment of SC “Vnesheconombank” Accrued Expenses
• Seismic and Geologic Interpretation of Seismic and Log Data, Tatyshlinskoye Field
• Project of Hydrocarbon Deposit Exploration, Miocene, Odoptu-More Field (Central and Southern Domes) and New Hydrocarbon Prospecting
• 3D CDP Seismic and Log Data Processing and Comprehensive Interpretation For New Hydrocarbon Prospecting, Odoptu-More Field
• Expert Findings on Report “Integrated Study of Waterflood Reservoir Engineering and Production Analysis, Benakat Timur Field, Indonesia”

Our major Clients

Exxon neftegas limited – “sakhalin 1” project operator, llc “bashnipineft”, ojsc oil company “neftisa”, cjsc “forteinvest”, jsc “messoyakhaneftegaz”, cjsc “antipinski refinery”, llc “nobel oil” operating company, llc “oil company “north lights”, our clients’ comments (russian version), comment from ojsc oil company “neftisa”, comment from llc “basneft production”, comment from cjsc “forteinvest”, comment from cjsc “antipinski refinery”, comment from llc “zoltav resource”.

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Acid Gas Injection in ProMax

This webinar covers the steps in modelling, analyzing, and optimizing acid gas injection via ProMax.

Acid Alkylation

In this video we discuss key simulation concepts relevant to modeling HF and Sulfuric Acid Alkylation units in ProMax.

Air Separation

This webinar discusses some common air separation methods, and walks through the most important steps of modelling a cryogenic air separation unit in ProMax.

Amine Analysis

This video describes the Amine Analysis. This analysis calculates H2S, CO2, and total loadings for rich and lean amine streams. Stream pH and Molarity are also calculated.

Amine Sweetening Initial Design

This video demonstrates the initial design of an Amine Sweetening unit. ProMax allows you to compare different operating conditions for different solvents to optimize design.

Ammonia Synthesis

This webinar covers how to use ProMax’s reactor block to properly set up a kinetic-based reaction, and will discuss the needed inputs and process conditions for ammonia synthesis.

AP-42 Tank Emissions

This webinar covers how to model flashing, working, breathing, and loading losses from atmospheric storage tanks using the Tank Losses shape in ProMax, and discusses some key differences between the 2006 and 2019/2020 versions of the EPA’s documentation.

Aromatic Extraction Using Sulfolane

This webinar covers simulating aromatic extraction using Sulfolane with ProMax’s proprietary thermodynamic package, and includes a discussion of thermo fits, optimization of the feed to solvent ratio, and troubleshooting examples.

AutoKinetic® Reactors

This video illustrates how to use AutoKinetic® Reactors within ProMax. A Naphtha Hydrotreater example is used for this demonstration.

Back Blending

This video illustrates the process of back blending, a method used to estimate inlet conditions for a production facility. This is often used for estimating emissions off hydrocarbon tanks and water tanks.

Basic Specifications in ProMax

This video illustrates the most common specifications utilized around different equipment blocks within ProMax.

BRE 101 – Simple Gas Plant Part 1 of 3

This exercise is designed to give hands-on experience with the Visio drawing interface as ProMax uses it, and an introduction to making specifications within ProMax.

BRE 101 – Simple Gas Plant Part 2 of 3

BRE 101 – Simple Gas Plant Part 3 of 3

BRE 101 – MDEA Sweetening Part 1

An example is shown from the ProMax Examples folder to present a solved amine sweetening unit simulation.

BRE 101 – MDEA Sweetening Part 2

Emphasis is given to the tray internal information required to utilize the TSWEET Kinetics rate-based model.

BRE 101 – Export/Append

Want to combine two ProMax projects? This tutorial shows you how.

BRE 101 – Sour Water Stripper

This video uses a simple sour water stripper system to demonstrate how to make specifications within ProMax.

BRE 101 – Sour Water Questions

It is best to watch BRE 101 – Sour Water Stripper before watching this video. This video continues the simple sour water stripper demonstration.

Building A Two Stage Sour Water Stripper Simulation

In this webinar, we simulate a two stage sour water stripper from ‘scratch’ starting from a basic process description. Key process control parameters – namely column pressure, reboiler duty, and wash water flow rates – are tuned such that the model meets product specifications for the stripped water and H 2 S stream.

Calculating Glycol Losses (lb/MMSCF)

This video shows how to add customized variables (user values) in ProMax. This is demonstrated by calculating the glycol losses as a function of wet gas being conditioned through a TEG dehydration unit.

This video illustrates the callout shape, which allows stream information to be displayed on the flowsheet. Tips on customizing the display layout and copying data to Excel are also provided.

Carbon Capture Technologies in ProMax

In this webinar we discuss simulating four different carbon capture process in ProMax: capture via chemical solvents (activated MDEA), physical solvents (DEPG, etc…), low temperature distillation (Ryan Holmes process), and membranes.

Caustic and Mercaptan Oxidation

This webinar covers the steps in modelling, analyzing, and optimizing a Mercaptan/caustic unit via ProMax.

Caustic Treating of Mercaptans in LPG

This webinar introduces three easy-to-use models related to refinery caustic treating with nearly all required inputs available through flowsheet-view data entry fields. Key operating variables and suggested ranges are displayed to simplify diagnosis.

Cn+ Flow/Frac Stencil

This video illustrates how to use Cn+ Flow/Frac stencil within ProMax. This stencil is used to add up all hydrocarbons with a user-specified minimum number of carbons in them.

Column Convergence Tips

This video demonstrates tips for getting difficult columns to converge. The Convergence tab within a column is discussed as well as what column specifications are easiest to solve.

Column Sizing

This video illustrates the ProMax column sizing features. Towers can be sized using trays or packing. Existing tower internals may be input, or the required diameter may be calculated for design cases.

Column Specifications for Glycol Distillation

This video walks through a couple of different column specifications and how to use them to match plant data or design specs. We will be using the distillation of glycols to display the column specifications.

Combustion Analysis

This video illustrates the Combustion analysis. This analysis provides additional calculations including the required oxygen for combustion, heating values on multiple basis, and stream energy content.

Component GPM Stencil

This video illustrates how to use the Component GPM stencil in ProMax. This will display the GPM (gallons per million standard cubic feet) of an individual component within a stream.

Composition Subset Analysis

This video illustrates how to use the Composition Subset Analysis available in ProMax 4.0. This analysis allows the user to quickly sum up any desired group of components.

Control Valves

This webinar discusses using the valve block and the Control Valve stream analysis to model control valves in ProMax. Examples of calculating choked flow rates and expected pressure drops are presented.

Control Valve Analysis

This video illustrates the Control Valve analysis. This analysis calculates valve Cv and pressure drop according to the selected valve type. The video also shows these calculations inside of a valve block.

Copying and Adjusting Scenarios

This video illustrates how to create multiple scenarios by copying an existing scenario and then adjusting the Excel sheet, cells, & ProMax objects referred to by the Scenario Tool.

Create Block Flow Diagram in ProMax

This video shows how to create an interactive Block Flow Diagram. It is particularly useful for projects with multiple processes. This demonstration is based on a complete state of the art gas processing plant.

Creating a Components List

This video illustrates how to select which components will be available within a ProMax Environment. The video provides tips on the easiest ways to add components and organize your component list.

Cross Flowsheet Connectors

This video illustrates the use of the Cross Flowsheet Connector shape, which allows for stream information to be passed from one flowsheet to another.

Crude Overhead Corrosion Prevention

This webinar covers a model for easily calculating properties associated with Crude Overhead Corrosion Prevention, including hydrocarbon and water dew points, salt point, and pH.

Crude Unit Modeling Basics and Distillate Yield Optimization

This webinar covers the simulation fundamentals of a typical crude distillation unit.

This video illustrates the Curve Oil feature within ProMax. Curve Oils can be used to define any oil cut by using its boiling point curve. A crude oil example is demonstrated in this video.

D6377 Vapor Pressure to RVP

This video describes how to perform the ASTM D6377 standard to calculate vapor pressure of a crude oil. The video also shows how to convert this vapor pressure into a Reid Vapor Pressure equivalent.

Data Exchange

In this video, we provide an overview of the features available when connecting ProMax with a database. It also highlights some possibilities for applying these features.

Data Exchange and AI

This webinar is cohosted by BR&E and CleanConnect.ai. It unveils the power of ProMax 6.0 Data Exchange integrated with AI to meet regulatory compliance and remote management.

Data Exchange and AI with Dre-Max

In this webinar we will discuss how to use the ProMax 6.0 Data Exchange feature plus Clean Connect’s real-time monitoring solution for best practice emissions measurement and calculations.

Data Exchange and PI Database Connection

With the release of ProMax 6.0, we are pleased to bring you a new facet; Data Exchange. This video details how to connect a PI Database with ProMax Data Exchange.

Data Exchange SQL Connection

With the release of 6.0 and beyond, ProMax now includes our Data Exchange service. This video details how to create and connect a Microsoft SQL database with ProMax.

Date Example Stencil

This video illustrates how to use the Date Example stencil within ProMax. This stencil can display the date a file was created, saved, modified, and/or converged.

Debottlenecking an Amine Unit

This webinar demonstrates how to debottleneck an amine sweetening unit using ProMax, including discussion of equilibrium and equipment limitations and how to overcome them.

Depressurization Tool

This video illustrates how to use the Depressurization Example stencil. The video describes the different cases and calculations available and demonstrates its use for two different cases.

Display Phase Envelope Property Stencil

This video demonstrates the Phase Envelope Property Stencil, which allows you to display a phase envelope on a ProMax flowsheet.

Distillation Column Block

This webinar covers the new features in the ProMax 6.0 Distillation Column block. The major new features of the column will be demonstrated, including new input and configuration options, workflow improvements, and expanded column information.

Distillation Curve Analysis

This video illustrates the Distillation Curves analysis within ProMax streams. This analysis can generate the following boiling curve types: TBP, ASTM D86, ASTM D1160, ASTM D2887/SD, and EFV.

Economic Analysis of VRT Removal

This webinar covers the basic steps in modeling a wellsite with a Vapor Recovery Tower (VRT) in ProMax and discusses a case study evaluating the profitability of a VRT as the well flowrate declines.

Electrolysis Blocks

Green hydrogen will play a significant role in the future world. ProMax 6.0 now contains the first easy-to-use Electrolysis block in a chemical process simulator. Learn today how to set up an electrolyzer.

Elemental Flow Example Stencil

This video illustrates how to use the Elemental Flow Example stencil. This stencil allows you to sum the flow rate of a particular element inside a stream, such as the amount of Sulfur going into an SRU.

Excel Import/Export

This video illustrates how to use the Import/Export features between Excel and ProMax. Information can be imported from Excel into ProMax, and ProMax calculations can be exported into Excel for reporting.

Flares and Emissions

This webinar covers how to model flares and evaluate the resulting emissions using ProMax.

Flow Meter Analysis

This video illustrates the Differential Pressure Flow Meter analysis. This analysis allows us to calculate pressure drop across different flow meters, including orifice, nozzle, and venturi meters.

Freeze Out, Hydrate Analysis

This video illustrates the Freeze Out, Hydrate, H 2 O Dew Point analysis. This analysis calculates water content as well as solids formation temperatures for three types of solids: Hydrates, Ice, and Dry Ice.

Fuel Properties Analysis

This video illustrates the Fuel Properties analysis. This analysis calculates fuel properties such as ASTM D93 flash point, research octane number, and ASTM D86 cut points.

Gibbs Minimization Reactors

This video illustrates Gibbs Minimization reactors. The concept of Gibbs Minimization is discussed and an example of its use within sulfur recovery units is demonstrated.

Global Warming Potential Calculation

This video demonstrates how to calculate Global Warming Potential using ProMax.

Glycol Dehydration Emissions Tool

This webinar covers how to use the glycol dehydration emissions template in ProMax to automatically create emission summaries for multiple TEG dehydration facilities.

Heat Exchanger Sizing

This video demonstrates how to rate and size a heat exchanger in ProMax®. You will learn how to use a solver to determine the length your heat exchanger needs to be.

Heat Transfer Example Stencil

This video illustrates the Heat Transfer Example stencil, which allows the user to display heat exchanger supply & demand curves on a ProMax flowsheet.

Heat Transfer Fluid Loops

This video demonstrates how to setup a heat transfer fluid loop. In the video, a heat transfer fluid is used to run an amine reboiler loop. A list of all the available heat transfer fluids is also provided.

How to Calculate Emissions in Real Time

ProMax is the environmental standard for calculating emissions. We will demonstrate the process of automating those calculations for well site facilities.

How to Properly Model Plant Turndown

This webinar focuses on properly building a gas plant model in ProMax that is responsive to changing inlet gas rates.

How To Model Your Production Facility in Real Time

After modeling the production separator, we continue our model through the rest of the production facility, including the heater-treater, VRU, and tanks.

How To Model Your Production Separator in Real Time: Part 1

Follow along as we take you through modeling your production separator. You can see how to set your model up in Part 1 with selecting your environment, creating oils, and using solvers.

How To Model Your Production Separator in Real Time: Part 2

Using ProMax’s connection to your database, we will control the model using real-time data from the facility. With the integration of ProMax Data Exchange, this process becomes quick and easy.

Hydrate Suppression

This webinar covers the steps in modelling, analyzing, and optimizing TEG dehydration and MeOH injection systems for hydrate suppression via ProMax.

Hydrocarbon Allocation

This webinar covers the steps in modelling, analyzing, and optimizing a production facility where hydrocarbon allocation is needed via ProMax. Mixed Species are introduced, and Scenario Tool is utilized for optimization of the process.

Inline Flow Multiplier Stencil

This video illustrates how to use the Inline Flow Multiplier within ProMax. This stencil allows the user to multiply the flow rate of a given stream.

Ionic Info Analysis

This video illustrates the Ionic Info analysis that can be performed within ProMax streams. This analysis calculates pH, ionic concentrations, and salt compositions within a stream.

IPR and Downhole Nodal Analysis

This webinar covers the ProMax IPR stream analysis as well as a full-scale production well model to discover insights on production optimization. The discussion also includes the procedure of modeling gas lift.

Line Sizing Analysis

This video illustrates the Line Sizing analysis. This analysis calculates the necessary pipe size to keep the pressure drop and/or velocity below a user-defined limit. Erosional Velocity may also be calculated.

LNG Processing with ProMax

This webinar covers the steps in modelling, analyzing, and optimizing an LNG processing unit via ProMax.

Mass Transfer Columns

This video demonstrates how to setup a column using mass transfer modelling in ProMax 4.0.

Membrane Separation

This webinar covers how to model membrane separation in ProMax using the Membrane Block.

Modeling and Rating Propane Refrigeration

This webinar covers how to build a propane refrigeration model in ProMax that considers equipment size and ambient conditions.

Modeling Chemical Reactions

This webinar focuses on how to model chemical reactions using basic reactor blocks in ProMax (e.g. plug flow reactors, stirred tank reactors, fixed bed catalyst, etc.).

Modeling Techniques for Packed Columns

This webinar covers the steps in modelling a Mass + Heat Transfer column in ProMax as compared with an Ideal Stage model, with an emphasis on packed towers.

Multistage Refrigerant Tips

This video illustrates useful tips for solving multi-stage chillers. A solver to find the actual refrigerant flow required is created followed by a discussion on solver algorithms and solver scripting.

NGL Fractionation

This webinar covers the steps in modelling, analyzing, and optimizing an NGL fractionation train via ProMax.

OOOOa Vent Assessment Tool

This video illustrates the OOOOa Vent Assessment Tool within ProMax. This tool can be used to analyze closed vent systems according to OOOOa guidelines.

Optimization Tool

In this video, we introduce one of the new features in ProMax 6.0, the Optimization Tool. We show how to build an optimization case from scratch and provide example applications for this powerful new tool.

P-H Diagram Example Stencil

This video illustrates how to display a Pressure vs. Enthalpy diagram on your flowsheet using the P-H Diagram Example stencil.

Phase Envelope Analysis

This video illustrates the Phase Envelope analysis. This analysis can generate a phase envelope plot with the option to add hydrate, ice, or dry ice curves. The critical pressure and temperature are also calculated.

Pipeline Mach Number

This video describes the Pipeline Mach Example stencil, used to calculate Mach numbers through pipelines. The video also demonstrates how this stencil can calculate "choked" flow through a pipe.

Pipeline Model

This video uses a simple pipeline network to demonstrate how to use ProMax solvers and specifiers to achieve a desired pressure at the network outlet while equalizing pressures at nodes.

Pipeline Modeling Basics

This webinar covers a how to build basic pipeline models in ProMax to determine hydraulic and heat transfer calculations throughout the lines, and demonstrates GIS data incorporation into a simulation.

Production Facilities

This webinar covers a how to evaluate production facilities using ProMax, including defining the well stream fluid, operating considerations, and hydrocarbon allocation.

ProMax Automation Tools

This webinar provides a demonstration on using key ProMax tools that can be used to automate and optimize process simulations, including the Scenario Tool, Specifiers, Solvers, and User Values.

ProMax Blocks – Heat Exchanger

This video demonstrates how to specify heat exchangers in ProMax.

ProMax Blocks – Mixer/Splitter

This tutorial covers 3 blocks: Mixer, Splitter and Mixer/Splitter

ProMax Blocks – Oil Speciation

This video illustrates how to use the Oil Speciation block within ProMax. This block is used to convert a crude assay into composition data.

ProMax Blocks – Pipeline

This video illustrates the pipeline block. The pipeline block can account for fittings, elevation changes, reducers, etc. Insulation can be included and heat transfer to the surroundings can be calculated.

ProMax Blocks – Recycle

This tutorial discusses the usage of recycle blocks in ProMax. There are three uses discussed: property stream recycles, energy stream recycles and closed loop propagation.

ProMax Blocks – Saturator Block

This video illustrates the use and capabilities of the Saturator block within ProMax.

ProMax Blocks – Separator

This tutorial explains how to model a separator.

ProMax Blocks – Valves

This tutorial covers the basics of JT valve blocks within ProMax. Valve block parameters as well as some of the details for specifying and using the JT valve block are discussed.

ProMax Help

This video illustrates the ProMax Help files, which provide a database of definitions, diagrams, and recommendations for common processes.

ProMax Makeup Block

This video illustrates the ProMax makeup block. The makeup block is used in solvent loop applications to achieve a desired flow rate and/or composition in circulation.

ProMax Overview

A brief overview of ProMax - a popular process simulator for Oil & Gas Engineers

ProMax Project Options

This video explains the ProMax Project Options. This includes changing project wide properties (such as atmospheric pressure) and changing what properties are displayed in the Project Viewer.

ProMax Recoveries

This video illustrates how to calculate component recoveries. Ethane recovery and sulfur recovery are both demonstrated.

ProMax Reports

This video illustrates the different methods for generating a ProMax report. ProMax reporting allows for customization of reported data and formatting to report what you want, how you want it.

ProMax Solver

This video uses a Sour Water Stripper to demonstrate how to use a ProMax solver. It also shows how to achieve your SWS stripped water specification using sulfuric acid.

Property Calculator

This video illustrates the Property Calculator stencil, which is used to perform calculations directly on the flowsheet.

Property Input Stencil

This video demonstrates how to use the Property Input Stencil. This stencil is used to be able to edit a property directly on the flowsheet instead of going into the Project Viewer to make changes.

Property Tables

This video illustrates the property table shape, which allows the user to display information about multiple streams or blocks side-by-side on the flowsheet. Different table layouts are demonstrated.

Reactive Distillation with MTBE

This webinar discusses the design and simulation fundamentals for reactive distillation.

Refrigeration Loops

This video illustrates how to model refrigeration loops. The Propagation Terminal block is demonstrated in a simple propane loop model, with discussion on which parameters to specify.

Relief Valve Block

This video covers the new Relief Valve Block in ProMax 6.0. It goes into how to both rate and size relief valves. It discusses what information is required in both cases and what information calculated.

Relief Valve Sizing Analysis

This video illustrates the Relief Valve Sizing analysis in ProMax. This analysis calculates the required orifice area for a given flow at relief conditions, following API 520 or other international standards.

Rich & Lean Approach

This video covers the concepts of rich & lean approaches for an amine absorber. Their definitions and uses are explained, followed by a demonstration of how to perform the calculations.

Salt Water Example

This video demonstrates the Salt Example stencil, which is used to quickly create a salt water stream by setting the desired mass fraction of salt in the water.

Scenario Tool® 2D Grid Setup

This video describes the 2D Grid Setup Tool, used to quickly setup a Scenario Tool grid with two input variables and one output variable.

Scenario Tool® – EZ Setup Tool

This video illustrates the EZ Setup Tool feature, a shortcut for the Scenario Tool. This tool allows the user to specify variables and ranges and ProMax then generates the desired Excel table for the user.

Scenario Tool® Basics

This video introduces the basics of the ProMax Scenario Tool, including how to add the Scenario Tool add-in into Excel.

Scripting in ProMax Solvers/Specifiers

This video illustrates how to use JScript within ProMax Solvers & Specifiers. This scripting includes if/else statements and Math functions for more complex calculations. 3 examples are demonstrated.

Selecting a Property Package

This video illustrates how to choose a thermodynamic property package for a ProMax environment.

Separator Sizing

This video demonstrates how to size a separator vessel using ProMax.

Separator Sizing Webinar

This webinar covers how to perform separator sizing in ProMax for two and three-phase separators.

Short Monikers & Moniker Clipboard

This video illustrates how to create Short Monikers in ProMax. Short Monikers allow the user to create shortcut paths to properties that they can then use in calculators or can display on the flowsheet.

Side Draws in Cumene Distillation

This webinar discusses the design and simulation fundamentals for the production of Cumene with a detailed look into one of the many columns.

Simple Specifier

This video illustrates how to create Simple Specifiers inside of ProMax for additional automation and control.

Simulation for Emissions Reporting

Do you need to calculate your emissions from an atmospheric tank? This video shows how to predict and report VOCs, BTEX, HAPs, and Greenhouse Gas emissions from an atmospheric tank using ProMax.

Single Line Property Stencil

This video illustrates how to use the Single Line Property Stencil within ProMax. This stencil is an alternative way the user can display a property on the flowsheet.

Single Oils

This video illustrates how to create Single Oils to represent pseudo components within ProMax.

Solver Summary Table

This video illustrates the Solver Summary found within the Project Viewer. This summary displays all the solvers/recycles in the project in a single list to give the user easy access to solver properties.

Sour Water Strippers

This webinar covers the steps in modelling, analyzing, and optimizing a sour water stripper via ProMax.

Stream & Block Drawing Tips

This video demonstrates ways to help organize blocks & streams on the flowsheet. This includes how to make stream lines straight, flip blocks horizontally or vertically, and align multiple blocks.

Stream Component Ratio Stencil

This video illustrates how to use the Stream Component Ratio Stencil within ProMax. This stencil allows you to display component ratios on the flowsheet.

Stream's Cn+ GPM Stencil

This video illustrates how to use the Stream's Cn+ GPM property stencil within ProMax. This stencil will quickly display the GPM of Cn+ hydrocarbons within a stream (C2+, C3+, etc).

Sulfuric Acid Production

In this video we discuss key simulation concepts relevant to modeling Sulfuric Acid Production units in ProMax.

Sulfur Recovery with Kinetics

This video covers new kinetic modelling and features for the furnace and Claus beds in Sulfur Recovery Units now available in ProMax 6.0.

Sum Components Stencil

This video illustrates how to use the Sum Components stencil to sum up groups of components. Note that in ProMax 4.0, this ability is available in the new "Component Subset" analysis.

Sum I-O Property Stencil

This video illustrates how to use the Sum I-O stencil within ProMax. This stencil allows the user to quickly sum any property for all inlet or outlet streams on a flowsheet.

Syngas Production

This webinar discusses modeling a steam-methane reformer in ProMax, and uses Scenario Tool to optimize the steam to carbon ratio.

Tank Losses

This video covers how to model flashing, working, breathing, and loading losses from atmospheric storage tanks using the new Tank Losses block in ProMax 6.0, and discusses a few key updates from the previous stencil shape.

Tank Loss Calculations

This video shows how to calculate and report tank emissions using a ProMax process simulation model. These emissions include Working/Breathing losses, Loading losses, and Flashing losses.

Thermo Comparison - Aromatic Extraction using Sulfolane

This video shows how well ProMax’s proprietary thermopackage compares to experimental data from a research paper, in aromatic extraction.

Transform Compliance Into New Revenue with ProMax Data Exchange

During this webinar, PureWest shares its journey to earning differentiated gas premiums by proving its emissions from empirical data generated from CleanConnect.ai and ProMax.

User Values - Ambient Temperature

ProMax allows a user to create their own variables or properties within the simulation. This video shows how to create a User Value to represent ambient temperature.

Vapor Pressure Analysis

This video describes the Vapor Pressure analysis. This analysis calculates dew point and bubble point information, true vapor pressure, and Reid vapor pressure (where applicable).

VBA Scripting with ProMax

This video gives a few examples of how VBA coding could be used with ProMax. VBA can be used to optimize and automate projects as well as to use ProMax capabilities from within Excel.

Vessel Depressurization

This webinar covers vessel depressurization and how to use the depressurization tool in ProMax.

Rosatom Starts Production of Rare-Earth Magnets for Wind Power Generation

TVEL Fuel Company of Rosatom has started gradual localization of rare-earth magnets manufacturing for wind power plants generators. The first sets of magnets have been manufactured and shipped to the customer.

In total, the contract between Elemash Magnit LLC (an enterprise of TVEL Fuel Company of Rosatom in Elektrostal, Moscow region) and Red Wind B.V. (a joint venture of NovaWind JSC and the Dutch company Lagerwey) foresees manufacturing and supply over 200 sets of magnets. One set is designed to produce one power generator.

“The project includes gradual localization of magnets manufacturing in Russia, decreasing dependence on imports. We consider production of magnets as a promising sector for TVEL’s metallurgical business development. In this regard, our company does have the relevant research and technological expertise for creation of Russia’s first large-scale full cycle production of permanent rare-earth magnets,” commented Natalia Nikipelova, President of TVEL JSC.

“NovaWind, as the nuclear industry integrator for wind power projects, not only made-up an efficient supply chain, but also contributed to the development of inter-divisional cooperation and new expertise of Rosatom enterprises. TVEL has mastered a unique technology for the production of magnets for wind turbine generators. These technologies will be undoubtedly in demand in other areas as well,” noted Alexander Korchagin, Director General of NovaWind JSC.

For reference:

TVEL Fuel Company of Rosatom incorporates enterprises for the fabrication of nuclear fuel, conversion and enrichment of uranium, production of gas centrifuges, as well as research and design organizations. It is the only supplier of nuclear fuel for Russian nuclear power plants. TVEL Fuel Company of Rosatom provides nuclear fuel for 73 power reactors in 13 countries worldwide, research reactors in eight countries, as well as transport reactors of the Russian nuclear fleet. Every sixth power reactor in the world operates on fuel manufactured by TVEL. www.tvel.ru

NovaWind JSC is a division of Rosatom; its primary objective is to consolidate the State Corporation's efforts in advanced segments and technological platforms of the electric power sector. The company was founded in 2017. NovaWind consolidates all of the Rosatom’s wind energy assets – from design and construction to power engineering and operation of wind farms.

Overall, by 2023, enterprises operating under the management of NovaWind JSC, will install 1 GW of wind farms. http://novawind.ru

Elemash Magnit LLC is a subsidiary of Kovrov Mechanical Plant (an enterprise of the TVEL Fuel Company of Rosatom) and its main supplier of magnets for production of gas centrifuges. The company also produces magnets for other industries, in particular, for the automotive

industry. The production facilities of Elemash Magnit LLC are located in the city of Elektrostal, Moscow Region, at the site of Elemash Machine-Building Plant (a nuclear fuel fabrication facility of TVEL Fuel Company).

Rosatom is a global actor on the world’s nuclear technology market. Its leading edge stems from a number of competitive strengths, one of which is assets and competences at hand in all nuclear segments. Rosatom incorporates companies from all stages of the technological chain, such as uranium mining and enrichment, nuclear fuel fabrication, equipment manufacture and engineering, operation of nuclear power plants, and management of spent nuclear fuel and nuclear waste. Nowadays, Rosatom brings together about 350 enterprises and organizations with the workforce above 250 K. https://rosatom.ru/en/

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