Rele Notes 2010.1

ECLIPSE* reservoir simulation software
Version 2010.1
Release Notes
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1 - Release Overview.......................................................................................................... 5
Overview of Developments in 2010.1 .....................................................................................................................................5
Chapter 2 - Product and Feature Changes ..................................................................................... 7

Platform Availability ................................................................................................................................................................7 ECLIPSE ............ ...................................................................................................................................................................9 FrontSim ............. .................................................................................................................................................................49 ECLIPSE Pre- and Post-Processors (EPP)..........................................................................................................................53
Chapter 3 - Known Issues .............................................................................................................. 55

2010.1 Release Issues .........................................................................................................................................................55
Chapter 4 - Licensing and Installation .......................................................................................... 63

How to Install and License....................................................................................................................................................63
Index.............. .................................................................................................................................. 65
ECLIPSE Release Notes Table of Contents
ECLIPSE Release Notes Table of Contents
Release Overview Chapter 1
Overview of Developments in 2010.1

The developments for ECLIPSE 2010.1, FrontSim 2010.1 and the pre- and post-processors are outlined in this section.
ECLIPSE 2010.1
This is a major release of the ECLIPSE suite of reservoir simulators with significant functional extensions in several key areas in both ECLIPSE 100 and ECLIPSE 300. The emphasis in this release is on the enablement of complex workflows and on feature compatibility. Thermal Recovery Simulation Equilibration option extensions Dual tubing wells enabling detailed steam injection control in SAGD processes Increased temperature ranges Linear Solver improvements Partitioning of Tracers into multiple phases Feature compatibility enabling construction of complex Chemical EOR strategies Extensions to the Rock Physics and Saturation Function options Generation of streamlines from ECLIPSE results User Keyword rules in development strategies Improved Results Visualization Sustained Capacity Tests for oil and water Release Overview Overview of Developments in 2010.1
Enhanced Oil Recovery
Improved Integration with Petrel Reservoir Engineering
Flexible Field Development Strategies
ECLIPSE Suite Release Notes
Keyword parameterization for use in control logic Extensions to the user defined quantity framework Multiple flow paths to surface Parallel streamline tracers Enhanced oil recovery options Grid property modifications throughout the simulation model (static and dynamic)
Well Modeling Compatibility Improvements for Existing Options
FrontSim 2010.1
FrontSim 2010.1 is a major release of the streamline simulator. The emphasis in this release has been focused on the capabilities outlined below. Workflow Enablement through Petrel Reservoir Engineering Geological screening Pattern Flood Management (PFM) Generation of streamlines from ECLIPSE results Streamline tracing through LGRs Use of multicore technology. Improved well and surface constraint handling.
Performance enhancements Reliability, Consistency and Compatibility with ECLIPSE
ECLIPSE Pre- and Post Processing in 2010.1

The focus of this release has been on the maintenance of our existing pre- and post-processors, prioritizing business critical defects. PVTi has been the primary focus in this release in order to improve the usability and the overall stability of the program. The focus was on fixing issues and errors found in the previous versions and implementing some developments that enhance the existing workflows, particularly around thermal simulation.
Release Overview Overview of Developments in 2010.1
Product and Feature Changes Chapter 2
Platform Availability
All
This release includes updates to the ECLIPSE simulators (ECLIPSE and ECLIPSE FrontSim). SIS reminds customers that we are working towards the retirement of the interactive products, and their replacement by Petrel Reservoir Engineering. Customers are strongly advised to consult their SIS Account Manager about transition to Petrel RE. Note that Petrel RE includes access to some interactive products (ECLIPSE Office, Schedule, FloGrid, FloViz and GRAF) under the Petrel license. For full information on the supported hardware, devices and software systems mentioned in this chapter, refer to the Installation Guide.
Note
Linux
Note SIS advises customers that the interactive pre- and post-processors are no longer released on Linux. These products were last released on Linux in 2009.1. They are now released on Microsoft Windows only. There are no plans to discontinue support for the simulators on 64-bit x86_64 and ppc64 Linux.
The ECLIPSE simulators are no longer released on 32 bit Linux systems. They were last released on these systems in 2009.2. SIS advises customers that the 2010.2 release will be the last version to support Itanium processors.
Product and Feature Changes Platform Availability
ECLIPSE works on RedHat 4 or 5 and SUSE SLES 10 based systems.
Windows
Windows 2000 is no longer supported for any application. Microsoft XP, XP64, Vista 32, Vista 64 are supported. We tested all the products on Vista Business and Vista Enterprise. However, we expect that all of the variants in the Vista family will function correctly. Microsoft Windows Server 2008, 64 bit, is supported for the simulators only. There are no plans to discontinue any 32 bit applications on Windows-based systems.
Benchmarks
The new distribution format includes all the benchmarks and utility software. The benchmark data includes new FrontSim and ECLIPSE 300 benchmarks. These can be found under ECLIPSE/resources/BENCHMARKS.
Certified Platforms
Several new platforms have been added to the certified list and these can be obtained from the certified systems letter that will accompany the 2010.1 release. Note however that with the exception of Altix there are no certified Intel Itanium systems on the certified list.
Product and Feature Changes Platform Availability
ECLIPSE
New facilities in 2010.1
ECLIPSE 2010.1
This is a major release of the ECLIPSE suite of reservoir simulators with significant functional extensions in several key areas in both ECLIPSE 100 and ECLIPSE 300. The emphasis in this release is on the enablement of complex workflows and on feature compatibility.
Thermal Recovery Simulation

Equilibration option extensions Dual tubing wells enabling detailed steam injection control in SAGD processes Increased temperature ranges Linear Solver improvements
Enhanced Oil Recovery

Partitioning of Tracers into multiple phases Feature compatibility enabling construction of complex Chemical EOR strategies Extensions to the Rock Physics and Saturation Function options
Improved Integration with Petrel Reservoir Engineering

Generation of streamlines from ECLIPSE results User Keyword rules in development strategies Improved Results Visualization
Flexible Field Development Strategies

Sustained Capacity Tests for oil and water Keyword parameterization for use in control logic Extensions to the user defined quantity framework
Well Modeling
Multiple flow paths to surface
Compatibility Improvements for Existing Options

Parallel streamline tracers Enhanced oil recovery options Grid property modifications throughout the simulation model (static and dynamic)
Product and Feature Changes ECLIPSE
ECLIPSE 100
RUNSPEC section
Item 11 has been added to the UDQDIMS keyword. This can be used to request that a new random number generator seed is computed for restart cases, as opposed to using the seed from the base case simulation. This seed affects the new UDQ functions RRNDN and RRNDU. New items 8 and 9 have been added to the REGDIMS keyword. These can be used to specify the maximum number of work arrays, double precision and integer respectively, for use with the OPERATE and OPERATER keywords. Item 11 of the WELLDIMS keyword can now be used to specify the maximum number of lists that a well may belong to at any one time.
GRID section
The RPTINIT keyword has been added to allow the user to control GRID and EDIT output to the .INIT or .FINIT file. When the keyword is specified along with a series of mnemonics, only PORV and the mnemonics specified will be output to the .INIT or .FINIT file. This has been extended to include cartesian LGRs, radial LGRs and nested LGRs. The OPERATE keyword has been extended to allow the use of work arrays, and to include two new operators, ABS and MULTIPLY. The OPERATER keyword has been extended to allow the use of work arrays, and to include two new operators, ABS and MULTIPLY.
EDIT section
The OPERATE keyword has been extended to allow the use of work arrays, and to include two new operators, ABS and MULTIPLY. The OPERATER keyword has been extended to allow the use of work arrays, and to include two new operators, ABS and MULTIPLY.
PROPS section
The GRAVCONS keyword has been added to allow the user to override the defaulted gravity constant value. The OPERATE keyword has been extended to allow the use of work arrays, and to include two new operators, ABS and MULTIPLY. The OPERATER keyword has been extended to allow the use of work arrays, and to include two new operators, ABS and MULTIPLY.
REGIONS section
SOLUTION section
The OPERATE keyword has been extended to allow the use of work arrays, and to include two new operators, ABS and MULTIPLY.
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The OPERATER keyword has been extended to allow the use of work arrays, and to include two new operators, ABS and MULTIPLY. The OPERATER keyword has been extended to have a seventh argument, which specifies a fluid-in-place region set to use instead of OPERNUM.
SUMMARY section
The SUMMARY mnemonics NLINSMIN and NLINSMAX have been added to output the actual minimum and maximum number of linear iterations in the Newton iterations within each time step. These quantities are also output when the PERFORMA mnemonic is specified. The SUMMARY mnemonics FOSTP, FOSPR, FOSSP, FOSRU, FOSRL, GOSTP, GOSPR, GOSPP, GOSRU and GOSRL have been added to output information on the most recent sustainable capacity test for OIL. The mnemonics FWSTP, FWSPR, FWSSP, FWSRU, FWSRL, GWSTP, GWSPR, GWSPP, GWSRU and GWSRL provide this information for WATER. All lumped connection mnemonics starting C and ending L now have an exact equivalent which starts with a W. This allows direct specification of a lumped connection index instead of grid block indices. A summary mnemonic CVIRL has been added to give the injection flow rate in a lumped completion. This is equivalent to CVFRL but the sign is reversed. Summary mnemonics have been added which report well, group and field rate targets/limits. These are WOPRT, WWPRT, WGPRT, WLPRT, WJPRT, WVPRT, WOIRT, WWIRT, WGIRT, WVIRT, GOPRT, GWPRT, GGPRT, GLPRT, GJPRT, GVPRT, GOIRT, GWIRT, GGIRT, GVIRT, FOPRT, FWPRT, FGPRT, FLPRT, FJPRT, FVPRT, FOIRT, FWIRT, FGIRT and FVIRT. Completion SUMMARY mnemonics (beginning with C*) and local completion SUMMARY mnemonics (beginning with LC*) now allow the well name to be defaulted by using the wildcard character *. The SUMMARY mnemonics AAQTD and AAQPD have been added to output dimensionless time and pressure for Carter-Tracy aquifers. The SUMMARY mnemonics NBYTOT and MEMORYTS have been added to output memory usage. A summary mnemonic CVIR has been added to give the injection flow rate in a completion. This is equivalent to CVFR but the sign is reversed. SUMMARY mnemonics RGPTF, RGPTS, RGPRF and RGPRS have been added to output the regional free and solution gas production totals and rates.
SCHEDULE section
The TIME keyword has been added to ECLIPSE 100 to allow the times of report steps to be specified. Previously this was only available in ECLIPSE 300. The UDQ keyword has been extended to include two new functions, RRNDU and RRNDN, which use a different random number generator seed value for each simulation. These new functions are similar to the existing RANDU and RANDN functions but those functions use a fixed seed value that is set in the UDQPARAM keyword. The second item of the keyword GSSCPTST has been extended to include ORAT and WRAT as possible control modes.
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A new keyword EXCAVATE has been added to allow users to specify grid blocks to be removed from the simulation during a run. Item 146 of the OPTIONS keyword can be used to specify how the fluid-in-place calculations are evaluated. As explained in item 12 of WELSPECS, the hydrostatic heads calculated using segmented densities in the wellbore are damped to reduce the likelihood of stability problems. This is done by combining values from the previous time step with those of the current time step in a weighted average. An error has been identified in the implementation of this damping which meant that more damping was being applied than intended. This error has been fixed in the 2010.1 version of the simulator but has not been made the default behavior as it may result in changes in simulation results. The correct damping can be applied by setting item 145 of the OPTIONS keyword to a non-zero value. The WLIST and WLISTNAM keywords now allow a well to be in more than one list at a time, up to a maximum number specified in item 11 of WELLDIMS. The behavior of the default river infiltration equation (item 17 of GRDREACH defaulted) has been improved in the unsaturated regime. The pre-2010.1 behavior can be restored via item 148 of the OPTIONS keyword.
Partitioned Tracers
The fourth item of the TRACER keyword was extended to include MULT, which can now be used to set up a multi-partitioned tracer. The multi-partitioned tracer functionality is an extension and generalization of partitioned tracers to allow a tracer to be present in any number of phases. A sixth item of the TRACER keyword was added to specify the phase concentration to use in adsorption calculations for a partitioned tracer. Any of the phases that the tracer partitions into can be specified along with the mnemonic ALL. If this is the case the overall, pore volume averaged tracer concentration will be used as a basis for adsorption calculations. The TRACERKM keyword has been added to specify partitioning functions for tracers that partition into any number of phases. The TRDCY keyword was extended to allow the specification of an individual tracer decay half-life for each phase that the tracer partitions into. The TRDIF keyword was extended to allow specification of individual tracer diffusion coefficients for each phase that the tracer partitions into. The summary mnemonics FTIP#, RTIP#, BTIP#, RTFT#, and BTCN# were added to output the amount of tracer in place, tracer flows and tracer concentrations in each of the phases that the tracer partitions into. The mnemonics must be compounded with the threecharacter name of a partitioned tracer. Additionally, the number of the desired phase, according to the list of phases given in the TRACERKM keyword, must be specified. For example, BTCN3PT1 gets the block concentration of tracer PT1 in the third phase that it partitions into. When used with a multi-partitioned tracer, the mnemonics TRADS, TRROCK and TRDCY in the keyword RPTPROPS now output adsorption data, tables of partitioning coefficients and decay and diffusions parameters for each phase that the tracer partitions into. When used with a multi-partitioned tracer, the mnemonic TRACER in keywords RPTSOL and RPTSCHED now outputs tracer concentrations for each phase that the tracer partitions into.
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User Defined Arguments

Some of the items of the keyword CECON can be set using a UDQ. These items are: Item 6 - Maximum water cut (water-liquid ratio); Item 7 - Maximum gas-oil ratio; Item 8 Maximum water-gas ratio; Item 11- Minimum oil production rate; and Item 12 - Minimum gas production rate. Some of the items of the keyword GCONPRI can be set using a UDQ. These items are: Item 2- Oil production rate upper limit; Item 4 - Water production rate upper limit; Item 6 - Gas production rate upper limit; Item 8 - Liquid production rate upper limit; Item 10 - Reservoir fluid volume production rate upper limit; Item 11 - Reservoir volume production balancing fraction upper limit; and Item 16 - Linearly combined rate target or upper limit. The second and third items of the keyword GTADD (control quantity) can be set using a UDQ. A new item (Item 4) is also added to specify the number of subsequent report steps at which the addition will be performed. The second and third items of the keyword GTMULT (control quantity) can be set using a UDQ. A new item (Item 4) is also added to specify the number of subsequent report steps at which the multiplication will be performed. The second item of the keyword WTADD (control quantity) can be set using a UDQ. A new item (Item 4) is also added to specify the number of subsequent report steps at which the addition will be performed. The second item of the keyword WTMULT (control quantity) can be set using a UDQ. A new item (Item 4) is also added to specify the number of subsequent report steps at which the multiplication will be performed. Item 8 of the WSEGTABL keyword (the ALQ value used in a table look-up) can be set using a UDQ. All items of the keyword LINCOM can be set using a UDQ. Items 2 and 3 of keyword GCONSUMP can be set using a UDQ.
ECLIPSE 300
RUNSPEC section
Item 11 has been added to the UDQDIMS keyword. This can be used to request that a new random number generator seed is computed for restart cases, as opposed to using the seed from the base case simulation. This seed affects the new UDQ functions RRNDN and RRNDU. A new mnemonic NEWTRAN has been added to the PETOPTS keyword. This forces fault transmissibilities to be calculated even for corner point geometry, which is necessary for correct treatment of coarsened cells containing faults. A new item 4 has been added to the JALS keyword. This can be used to switch on an extra residual check. If item 214 of OPTIONS3 is set to a non-zero value, this enables the pre-2009.2 John Appleyard Linear Solver (JALS). New items 8 and 9 have been added to the REGDIMS keyword. These can be used to specify the maximum number of work arrays, double precision and integer respectively, for use with the OPERATE and OPERATER keywords.
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A new item 13 has been added to the WELLDIMS keyword. This can be used to specify the maximum number of secondary wells in the simulation. If unspecified, the default value is 10. The ROCKCOMP keyword has been extended by two additional items: Item 4 allows the user to define a model that can be used to define the transmissibility as a function of porosity, Item 5 defines a constant value needed with one of the models chosen using item 4.
The new option OLDORNNC has been added to the PETOPTS keyword. This option reverts the order of the .INIT file data for non-neighbor connections between global cells to that seen pre-2010.1.
GRID section
The RPTINIT keyword has been added to allow the user to control GRID and EDIT output to the .INIT or .FINIT file. When the keyword is specified along with a series of mnemonics, only PORV and the mnemonics specified will be output to the .INIT or .FINIT file. This has been extended to include cartesian LGRs, radial LGRs and nested LGRs. The keyword ROCKFRAC enables the rock volume to be computed as a fraction of the grid cell bulk volume. This can be useful for coal bed, shale gas and thermal runs. The PINCH keyword has been extended to allow extra options for calculating the pinchout transmissibility. Items 4 and 5 are now available in ECLIPSE 300. The OPERATE keyword has been extended to allow the use of work arrays, and to include two new operators, ABS and MULTIPLY. The OPERATER keyword has been extended to allow the use of work arrays, and to include two new operators, ABS and MULTIPLY. The RPTGRID and RPTGRIDL keywords have been expanded to allow the user to output DPNUM information to the .PRT file. The PERMMF keyword can now be used with EQUALS.
EDIT section
PROPS section
The GRAVCONS keyword has been added to allow the user to override the defaulted gravity constant value. The OPERATE keyword has been extended to allow the use of work arrays, and to include two new operators, ABS and MULTIPLY. The OPERATER keyword has been extended to allow the use of work arrays, and to include two new operators, ABS and MULTIPLY. The MIXWPERM keyword has been added and activates an alternative water relative permeability calculation that takes into account the dissolution of gases. The MIXACTO and MIXACTG keywords have been added to specify the oil and gas activity functions, respectively, for soluble components.
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The TRANGE keyword can now be set in the PROPS section for thermal option. The default for Items 1 and 2, the minimum and maximum temperature expected, are 1 C and 2000 C, respectively. The allowable lower limit for Item 1 is -100 C and that for Item 2 is 1 C. The ROCKPMAT keyword has been added to specify the Thermal Palmer-Mansoori rock model. The ACTCO2S keyword has been added to specify the activity coefficient model that is used by CO2STORE for CO2 salting out effects. The keywords ROCKTRMX, ROCKTRMY and ROCKTRMZ allow the user to input transmissibility variation parameters for each grid cell in the X-, Y- and Z-direction respectively. Refer to ROCKCOMP keyword item 4 for more information.
REGIONS section
SOLUTION section
The RPTRST keyword now allows the mnemonics BG, BO and BW. These are phase formation-volume-factors, not molar densities. The OPERATE keyword has been extended to allow the use of work arrays, and to include two new operators, ABS and MULTIPLY. The OPERATER keyword has been extended to allow the use of work arrays, and to include two new operators, ABS and MULTIPLY. The OPERATER keyword has been extended to have a seventh argument, which specifies a fluid-in-place region set to use instead of OPERNUM.
SUMMARY section
The mnemonic FAGIP has been added to provide the summary output of field gas in place (aqueous phase). This mnemonic is compatible with the CO2SOL, H2SSOL and GASSOL options. The mnemonic BWIP is now extended to ECLIPSE 300 to provide the summary output of water in place in a block. The SUMMARY mnemonics NLINSMIN and NLINSMAX have been added to output the actual minimum and maximum number of linear iterations in the Newton iterations within each time step. These quantities are also output when the PERFORMA mnemonic is specified. The SUMMARY mnemonics FOSTP, FOSPR, FOSSP, FOSRU, FOSRL, GOSTP, GOSPR, GOSPP, GOSRU and GOSRL have been added to output information on the most recent sustainable capacity test for OIL. The mnemonics FWSTP, FWSPR, FWSSP, FWSRU, FWSRL, GWSTP, GWSPR, GWSPP, GWSRU and GWSRL provide this information for WATER. The SUMMARY mnemonics RCOM, RCWM, RCGMI and RCGMM have been added to output the regional molar amounts of hydrocarbon components in each phase. All lumped connection mnemonics starting C and ending L now have an exact equivalent which starts with a W. This allows direct specification of a lumped connection index instead of grid block indices.
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Summary mnemonics CVIRL and CVPRL have been added to give the injection and production flow rates in a lumped completion. These are numerically equivalent to CVFRL but the sign of CVIRL is reversed. The SUMMARY mnemonics ROIR, RGIP, RWIR have been added to output information on region phase injection rates. These mnemonics include group and well efficiency factors. OPTIONS3 item 237 may be used to remove efficiency factors from the calculation. The SUMMARY mnemonics ROIT, RGIT, RWIT have been added to output information on region phase injection totals. Completion SUMMARY mnemonics (beginning with C) and local completion SUMMARY mnemonics (beginning with LC) now allow the well name to be defaulted using the wildcard character *. Summary mnemonics have been added which report well, group and field rate targets/limits. These are WOPRT, WWPRT, WGPRT, WLPRT, WJPRT, WVPRT, WOIRT, WWIRT, WGIRT, WVIRT, GOPRT, GWPRT, GGPRT, GLPRT, GJPRT, GVPRT, GOIRT, GWIRT, GGIRT, GVIRT, FOPRT, FWPRT, FGPRT, FLPRT, FJPRT, FVPRT, FOIRT, FWIRT, FGIRT and FVIRT. The SUMMARY mnemonics AAQTD and AAQPD have been added to output dimensionless time and pressure for Carter-Tracy aquifers. The SUMMARY mnemonics NBYTOT and MEMORYTS have been added to output memory usage. Summary mnemonics CVIR and CVPR have been added to give the injection and production flow rates in a completion. These are numerically equivalent to CVFR but the sign of CVIR is reversed. Summary mnemonics have been added to report secondary well production, injection and phase ratio data. These summary vectors are WDOPR, WDWPR, WDGPR, WDLPR, WDVPR, WDOPT, WDWPT, WDGPT, WDLPT, WDVPT, WDWIR, WDGIR,WDWIT, WDGIT, WDGOR WDOGR, WDGLR, WDWGR and WDWCT. In addition, the secondary well temperature WDTEM and pressure WDPR summary vectors have been added. Summary mnemonics have been added to report group production, injection and phase ratio data inclusive of secondary well contributions. These summary vectors are GDOPR, GDWPR, GDGPR, GDLPR, GDVPR, GDOPT, GDWPT, GDGPT, GDLPT, GDVPT, GDWIR, GDGIR,GDWIT, GDGIT, GDGOR GDOGR, GDGLR, GDWGR and GDWCT. Summary mnemonics have been added to report field production, injection and phase ratio data inclusive of secondary well contributions. These summary vectors are FDOPR, FDWPR, FDGPR, FDLPR, FDVPR, FDOPT, FDWPT, FDGPT, FDLPT, FDVPT, FDWIR, FDGIR,FDWIT, FDGIT, FDGOR FDOGR, FDGLR, FDWGR and FDWCT.
SCHEDULE section
The UDQ keyword has been extended to include two new functions, RRNDU and RRNDN, which use a different random number generator seed value for each simulation. These new functions are similar to the existing RANDU and RANDN functions but those functions use a fixed seed value that is set in the UDQPARAM keyword. The second item of the keyword GSSCPTST has been extended to include ORAT and WRAT as possible control modes. New mnemonics have been added to the RPTRST keyword to report the number of streamlines traced by LAGTRAC through a cell. These mnemonics begin LGLC. The RPTRST keyword now allows the mnemonics BG, BO and BW. These are phase formation-volume-factors, not molar densities. ECLIPSE Suite Release Notes
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The default for TRANGE keyword Item 2 (the maximum temperature expected) is modified to 2000 C. The allowable lower limit for Item 1 (the minimum temperature expected) is 100 C and that for Item 2 is 1 C. The keyword RPRKPAME can be used to output a table of pore volume and permeability multipliers versus pressure for a given grid cell when the ROCKPAME rock compaction model is used. The Lagrangian tracer solver (LAGTRAC) is now available for use with Cartesian local grid refinements (CARFIN). The Lagrangian tracer solver (LAGTRAC) is now available for use in parallel (PARALLEL). An alternative renormalization method for LUMPING tracers solved using the Lagrangian tracer solver (LAGTRAC) has been made available. This may be activated using OPTIONS3 item 203. As explained in item 12 of WELSPECS, the hydrostatic heads calculated using segmented densities in the wellbore are damped to reduce the likelihood of stability problems. This is done by combining values from the previous time step with those of the current time step in a weighted average. An error has been identified in the implementation of this damping which meant that more damping was being applied than intended. This error has been fixed in the 2010.1 version of the simulator but has not been made default behavior as it may result in changes in simulation results. The correct damping can be applied by setting item 213 of the OPTIONS3 keyword to a non-zero value. The WSEGWELL keyword has been added to associate a segment of a multi-segment well with a secondary well name. The SCONPROD keyword has been added to provide a mechanism for specifying production controls for a secondary well. The SCONINJE keyword has been added to provide a mechanism for specifying injection controls for a secondary well. The STEST keyword has been added to provide a mechanism for testing whether closed secondary wells should be reopened. The MULTPV keyword can be used to modify the pore volumes during the run. When the RPTRST keyword includes the BASIC=2 or RESTART mnemonics, restart output will be generated for PKRG, PKRO, PKRW, PKRGE, PKRWE, PKROGE and PKROWE for thermal runs using the keyword ENKRVT. These are processed or temperature-scaled relative permeabilities. When the RPTRST keyword includes the BASIC=2 or RESTART mnemonics, restart output will be generated for PPCG and PPCW for thermal runs using the keyword ENPCVT. These are processed or temperature-scaled capillary pressures. An alternative saturation pressure calculation for the GASWAT option has been made available. This may be activated using OPTIONS3 item 225. An alternative timestep convergence strategy is available in 2010.1 in which two successive newton iterations are required to converge. This can be activated using OPTIONS3 item 206.
CO2STORE
The CO2STORE option can now be used at higher temperatures, up to 250 C. The default model for pure water density use an analytical form of the water density as detailed by The International Association for the Properties of Water and Steam (IAPWS-IF97). In order to use the pre-2010.1 water density calculations OPTIONS3 item 232 can be set to unity.
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Thermal
The thermal heavy-oil equilibration method has been enhanced. If the water-oil contact lies above the reservoir and if, based on the composition provided at the datum depth, oil is heavier than water, then the pressure in EQUIL item 2 refers to the oil phase and the reservoir will be initialized with heavy oil. The OPTIONS3 keyword item 217 can be used to restore the pre-2010.1 equilibration behavior. The TRANGE keyword can now be set in the PROPS section for thermal simulation. The default for Item 2 (the maximum temperature expected) is modified to 2000 C. The allowable lower limit for Item 1 (the minimum temperature expected) is -100 C and that for item 2 is 1 C. The OPTIONS3 keyword Item 218 can be used to restore the pre-2010.1 thermal temperature limits. A new thermal convergence method for rock-filled cells has been implemented. The OPTIONS3 keyword item 219 can be used to restore the pre-2010.1 convergence method. A new item 4 has been added to the JALS keyword. This can be used to switch on an extra residual check (ON). If item 214 of OPTIONS3 is set to a non-zero value, this enables the pre-2009.2 John Appleyard Linear Solver (JALS). When the RPTRST keyword includes the BASIC=2 or RESTART mnemonics, restart output will be generated for PKRG, PKRO, PKRW, PKRGE, PKRWE, PKROGE and PKROWE for thermal runs using the keyword ENKRVT. These are processed or temperature-scaled relative permeabilities. When the RPTRST keyword includes the BASIC=2 or RESTART mnemonics, restart output will be generated for PPCG and PPCW for thermal runs using the keyword ENPCVT. These are processed or temperature-scaled capillary pressures.
User Defined Arguments

Some of the items of the keyword CECON can be set using a UDQ. These items are: Item 6 - Maximum water cut (water-liquid ratio); Item 7 - Maximum gas-oil ratio; Item 8 Maximum water-gas ratio; Item 11- Minimum oil production rate; and Item 12 - Minimum gas production rate. Some of the items of the keyword GCONPRI can be set using a UDQ. These items are: Item 2- Oil production rate upper limit; Item 4 - Water production rate upper limit; Item 6 - Gas production rate upper limit; Item 8 - Liquid production rate upper limit; Item 10 - Reservoir fluid volume production rate upper limit; Item 11 - Reservoir volume production balancing fraction upper limit; Item 12 - Wet gas production rate upper limit; Item 14 - Surface gas volume production balancing fraction upper limit; Item 15 - Surface water volume production balancing fraction upper limit; and Item 16 - Linearly combined rate target or upper limit. The second and third items of the keyword GTADD (control quantity) can be set using a UDQ. A new item (Item 4) is also added to specify the number of subsequent report steps at which the addition will be performed. The second and third items of the keyword GTMULT (control quantity) can be set using a UDQ. A new item (Item 4) is also added to specify the number of subsequent report steps at which the multiplication will be performed. Item 8 of the WSEGTABL keyword (the ALQ value used in a table look-up) can be set using a UDQ.
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The second item of the keyword WTADD (control quantity) can be set using a UDQ. A new item (Item 4) is also added to specify the number of subsequent report steps at which the addition will be performed. The second item of the keyword WTMULT (control quantity) can be set using a UDQ. A new item (Item 4) is also added to specify the number of subsequent report steps at which the multiplication will be performed. The second and subsequent items of the keyword WINJEDET can be set using a UDQ. All items of the keyword LINCOM can be set using a UDQ. The third item of the keyword WECONCMF (maximum mole fraction) can be set using a UDQ.
Facilities for Hydraulic Fracture Workflow

ECLIPSE 300 only
To facilitate a hydraulic fracture workflow, particularly for shale gas, certain region arrays are now allowed to be modified in SCHEDULE section using the keywords ADDREG, EQUALREG, MULTIREG and OPERATER. This is an ECLIPSE 300 only facility. The arrays that can be modified are listed below:
PORO PERMZ MULTZ MULSGGD(V) PERMX MULTX SIGMA(V) DIFFMMF PERMY MULTY MULTSIG(V) WORK(1/2)
The effect of these keywords will be as follows: Table 2.1 Keyword DIFFMMF MULSGGD(V) Effect of Hydraulic Fracture keywords Description
Modifies matrix-fracture diffusivity in dual-porosity runs. If output is required for flexible restart in the model, these multiplier values will be output as DIFFMMFS. Modifies matrix-fracture coupling transmissibility for oil-gas gravity drainage in dual-porosity runs. If output is required for flexible restart in the model, these multiplier values will be output as MULSGGDS. Modifies matrix-fracture coupling transmissibility in dual-porosity runs. If output is required for flexible restart in the model, these multiplier values will be output as MULTSIGS. Modifies transmissibility in X/Y/Z-direction. If output is required for flexible restart in the model, the multiplier values will be output as MULTXS/MULTYS/MULTZS. Modifies permeability in X/Y/Z-direction. Also approximates the corresponding transmissibility multiplier MULTX/Y/Z determined from the ratio of the new permeability value to the old one. If output is required for flexible restart in the model, the permeability values will be output as MODPERMX/Y/Z.
MULTSIG(V)
MULTX/Y/Z
PERMX/Y/Z
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Table 2.1 Keyword PORO
Effect of Hydraulic Fracture keywords Description

Modifies porosity. Modifies the corresponding pore volume by a multiplier MULTPV determined from the ratio of the new porosity value to the old one. If output is required for a flexible restart in the model, the porosity values will be output as MODPORO. Modifies matrix-fracture coupling transmissibility in dual-porosity runs. If output is required for flexible restart in the model, these multiplier values will be output as SIGMA. These are work arrays to be stored for subsequent use. If output is required for flexible restart in the model, these values will be output as WORK(1/2).
SIGMA(V)
WORK(1/2)
Behavioral changes in 2010.1

These may cause changes to the results of a simulation, or alter the form or content of the output.
Behavioral changes in ECLIPSE 100

RUNSPEC section
The UDADIMS keyword has been redefined. Item 1 specifies the number of keyword arguments in which UDQs replace numeric values. Item 2 has been retained for back compatibility. Item 3 specifies the number of instances in which a UDQ is used in a keyword argument. The default values of items 3 and 4 in the WSEGSOLV keyword have been modified. There is also a new item 6 which sets the gradient linearization limit for ICD segments.
GRID section
If OPTIONS switch 141 is set to a non-zero value, the pre-2009.2 behavior for adjusting non-neighbor connections within coarsened cells is restored. For 2009.2 onwards, the NNC ends may be moved to a different coarsened cell to avoid the situation where, after coarsening, a fault NNC no longer crosses its fault. This new algorithm may also cause slight changes in the transmissibility of other NNCs. For the JFUNC and JFUNCR keywords, invalid entries for items 1 and 6 will result in an error condition. If OPTIONS switch 151 is set to a non-zero value, the pre-2010.1 behavior is restored for calculating transmissibility across a pinchout when argument 4 of the PINCH keyword is set to ALL. The transmissibility was only affected for pinchouts of more than one cell.
PROPS section
When using the STONE1EX keyword with hysteresis for version 2009.2 onwards, if the exponent values assigned to a given grid block are different for drainage and imbibition, a warning is issued. For versions up to and including 2009.1, this resulted in an error condition.
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A correction has been made to the calculation of the interpolated PVTO tables, used for the API tracking option, to avoid the creation of duplicate Rs nodes. This has been found to occur for some combinations of Rs nodes and user specified minimum separations between successive Rs nodes. Pre-2009.2 behavior may be restored by setting item 140 of the OPTIONS keyword to a non-zero value. If output of the PVTO tables is selected using the RPTPROPS keyword, the interpolated versions of the tables will also be printed if API tracking has been specified.
SOLUTION section
The default Carter-Tracy influence table has been extended to cover larger dimensionless time values. Pre-2009.1, 2009.1 and 2009.2 behaviors can be restored by setting item 123 of the OPTIONS keyword to 1, 2 and 3 respectively.
SUMMARY section
If OPTIONS switch 143 is set to a non-zero value, this restores the pre-2010.1 behavior for the reporting of partitioned tracer flowrates in river reaches.
SCHEDULE section
The calculation of the flowrate limit for wells subject to a drawdown limit (WELDRAW) has been improved. Pre-2009.2 behavior may be restored by using item 144 of the OPTIONS keyword. The default Carter-Tracy influence table has been extended to cover larger dimensionless time values. Pre-2009.1, 2009.1 and 2009.2 behaviors can be restored by setting item 123 of the OPTIONS keyword to 1, 2 and 3 respectively. The behavior for keywords WTADD and WTMULT when used with UDQ has been improved. There will be behavioral changes between 2010.1 and pre-2010.1 versions. The second item (control quantity) can be set using a UDQ. A new item (Item 4) is also added to specify the number of subsequent report steps at which the addition/multiplication will be performed. The GECON keyword argument 8 now interacts more comprehensively with follow-on wells. Item 150 of the OPTIONS keyword reverts to pre-2010.1 behavior. The RPTRST mnemonic RFIP now uses an improved formulation. Item 152 of the OPTIONS keyword reverts to the pre-2010.1 behavior. For the 2010.1 version onwards, the interpolation between immiscible and miscible relative permeability curves in the surfactant model is only performed for blocks with a non-zero surfactant concentration. The immiscible curves are used for blocks with a zero surfactant concentration.The pre-2010.1 behavior is restored via item 147 of the OPTIONS keyword. The behavior of the default river infiltration equation (item 17 of GRDREACH defaulted) has been improved in the unsaturated regime. The pre-2010.1 behavior can be restored via item 148 of the OPTIONS keyword.
Tracers
If item 149 of the OPTIONS keyword is set to a non-zero value, the pre-2010.1 behavior is restored for solving tracers in combination with Multi-Segmented Wells (MSWs). For the 2010.1 version onwards, an error has been fixed in the coupled iterative solution of the tracers which previously led to wrong tracer rates and concentrations in the MSW segments. The change affects single phase, two phase and partitioned tracers.
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Behavioral changes in ECLIPSE 300

RUNSPEC section
The UDADIMS keyword has been redefined. Item 1 specifies the number of keyword arguments in which UDQs replace numeric values. Item 2 has been retained for back compatibility. Item 3 specifies the number of instances in which a UDQ is used in a keyword argument. If OPTIONS3 switch 196 is set to a non-zero value, this restores the pre-2009.2 behavior for VELDEP models using radial geometry. If OPTIONS3 switch 197 is set to a non-zero value, the pre-2010.1 behavior for adjusting non-neighbor connections within coarsened cells is restored. For 2010.1 onwards, the NNC ends may be moved to a different coarsened cell to avoid the situation where, after coarsening, a fault NNC no longer crosses its fault. This new algorithm may also cause slight changes in the transmissibility of other NNCs. If OPTIONS3 switch 200 is set to a non-zero value, this restores the pre-2010.1 fluid-inplace calculations for any ECLIPSE 300 data set that does not contain COAL or SOLID. The EOS keyword when specified in the RUNSPEC section must have EoS models specified for all EoS regions. Previously only one EoS region model had to be specified. This does not affect the EOS keyword when specified in PROPS Section. The SUMMARY section mnemonics BOIP, BGIP, BOIPL, BOIPG, BGIPL and BGIPG are calculated using the separator defined by FIELDSEP. This provides consistency with the vectors output in the restart file when using SFIP in RPTRST. OPTIONS3 switch 201 determines this behavior. If OPTIONS3 switch 208 is set to a non-zero value, the pre-2009.2 behavior is restored whereby the SPECHS keyword need not be specified for thermal models with components exhibiting solid phases. Time zero save files are no longer generated by default if no other save files are requested throughout the run. Time zero save files are still generated automatically if later save files are requested with the SAVE or AUTOSAVE keywords. To generate a time zero save file either use the SAVE keyword in the RUNSPEC section or the MULTSAVE keyword. If OPTIONS3 switch 223 is set to a non-zero value, the pre-2010.1 treatment of updating the well PI for the rock-crushing option (using the ROCKTAB and ROCKTABH keywords) is used. This will only affect summary output for the completion connection factor, CTFAC. If OPTIONS3 switch 228 is set to 1 or 3, the pre-2010.1 EoS cubic root selection method is used for the saturation pressure calculation in flash. If OPTIONS3 switch 228 is set to 2 or 3, the pre-2010.1 EoS cubic root selection method is used for the single-phase molar density calculation in flash. If OPTIONS3 switch 232 is set to 1, the pre-2010.1 density model for pure water is activated for CO2STORE. The default values of items 3 and 4 in the WSEGSOLV keyword have been modified. There is also a new item 6 which sets the gradient linearization limit for ICD segments. OPTIONS3 switch 189 has been modified. Now, by default, a rigorous density inversion check is performed after scalar flash. If this switch is set to -1, the check will not be performed. If set to 2, this activates the density inversion check during the vector flash as well as the post-scalar flash.
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GRID section
For the JFUNC and JFUNCR keywords, invalid entries for items 1 and 6 will result in an error condition. For coal bed methane models, using the multi porosity option and the instant sorption model, each porosity adds to the rock volume. This behavior has changed so that the total rock volume of the pore systems is reset to the average total rock volume. It is possible to change the default by explicit assignment of rock fractions using the ROCKFRAC keyword. The pre-2009.2 behavior can be obtained by setting item 212 in the OPTIONS3 keyword to 1. The functionality of the PINCH keyword has been extended to be compatible with ECLIPSE 100. If OPTIONS3 switch 209 is set to a non-zero value, the pre-2010.1 treatment of the PINCH keyword is restored and items 4 and 5 will be ignored. The default Carter-Tracy influence table has been extended to cover larger dimensionless time values. Pre-2010.1 behavior can be restored by setting item 170 of the OPTIONS3 keyword to 2. Prior to 2010.1, a negative cell thickness calculated from the grid geometry was not flagged as an error. In 2010.1 a negative cell thickness generates an error but these errors can be downgraded via OPTIONS3 item 233.
PROPS section
A correction has been made to the calculation of the minimum oil saturation for the Stone 1 relative permeability model with end-point scaling and with either the SOMGAS or the SOMWAT keyword specified. This correction is only applicable if the critical oil-in-gas (SOGCR) or critical oil-water (SOWCR) end-point saturations are zero. The pre-2009.2 behavior can be restored by setting item 193 of the OPTIONS3 keyword to a non-zero value. When using the STONE1EX keyword with hysteresis, if the exponent values assigned to a given grid block are different for drainage and imbibition, for version 2009.2 onwards a warning is issued. For versions up to and including 2009.1, this resulted in an error condition. The SPECHS keyword must now be specified for thermal models in which one or more components exhibit solid phases. Pre 2009.2 behavior can be restored by setting item 208 of the OPTIONS3 keyword to a non-zero value. The default Carter-Tracy influence table has been extended to cover larger dimensionless time values. Pre-2010.1 behavior can be restored by setting item 170 of the OPTIONS3 keyword to 2. If OPTIONS3 switch 199 is set to 1, the alternative Ezrokhi calculation is activated. If OPTIONS3 switch 207 is set to 1, the alternative Jacobian construction for CO2SOL/H2SSOL/GASSOL is activated. If OPTIONS3 switch 215 is set to 1, the alternative handling of the ROCK keyword and its functionality is activated. If OPTIONS3 switch 221 is set to a non-zero value, the pre-2010.1 behavior of the BDENSITY keyword is activated. Prior to 2010.1, the output of the input oil-water capillary pressure tabular data using the EPSDEBUG or EPSDBGS keyword reported the data in GRAF format with the sign reversed as compared to the input data. This sign reversal has now been removed but may be reinstated by setting item 226 of the OPTIONS3 keyword to a non-zero value.
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The RPTPROPS mnemonics SWF3 and SGF3 now output, in addition to the input saturation function tables, the 3-phase relative permeabilities for water and gas respectively, for the IKU3P model.
SOLUTION section
The default Carter-Tracy influence table has been extended to cover larger dimensionless time values. Pre-2010.1 behavior can be restored by setting item 170 of the OPTIONS3 keyword to 2.
SUMMARY section
Summary mnemonics ROPR, RWPR and RGPR now include well and group efficiency factors in their calculation. Pre-2010.1 behavior may be recovered using item 237 of the OPTIONS3 keyword.
SCHEDULE section
The Lagrangian tracer solver (LAGTRAC) gives an improved solution for cases where no water is present in the reservoir. The Lagrangian tracer solver (LAGTRAC) calculates when to update and retrace streamlines more efficiently. If item 194 of the OPTIONS3 keyword is positive and divisible by 2, pre-2009.2 behavior is recovered. The Lagrangian tracer solver (LAGTRAC) uses an improved calculation of porosity to derive the time-of-flight. If item 194 of the OPTIONS3 keyword is positive and divisible by 3 and 5, pre-2009.2 behavior is recovered. The WELOPEN, WPIMULT and WSCCLEAN keywords have been modified so that they do not produce error messages if wells completed in local grid refinements are specified within them. Instead they now output a warning message and the offending well is skipped. If OPTIONS3 switch 196 is set to a non-zero value, this restores the pre-2009.2 behavior for VELDEP models using radial geometry. If OPTIONS3 switch 200 is set to a non-zero value, this restores the pre-2010.1 fluid-inplace calculations for any ECLIPSE 300 data set that does not contain COAL or SOLID. The Lagrangian tracer solver (LAGTRAC) uses an improved technique to solve LUMPING tracers. This technique uses total hydrocarbon streamlines instead of separate oil and gas streamlines. The previous method may be recovered using OPTIONS3 switch 202. The Lagrangian tracer solver (LAGTRAC) will now remain active after a fast restart if it is enabled when the SAVE keyword is used. Actions defined using ACTIONX with a dynamic well list defined using WDYNLIST have improved functionality. This change may be reverted to pre-2009.2 behavior by setting OPTIONS3 item 205 to a positive value. The calculation of well IPR (Inflow Performance Relation) has been improved. The new method improves the results for injecting connections, leading to better results from Open ECLIPSE queries ending IPRA, IPRB and IPRC. The pre-2010.1 behavior can be restored via item 210 of the OPTIONS3 keyword. Lift gas applied to a well using WCONPROD is now applied if the well is opened using QDRILL. Pre-2009.2 behavior may be recovered by setting OPTIONS3 item 211to a nonzero value. The default Carter-Tracy influence table has been extended to cover larger dimensionless time values. Pre-2010.1 behavior can be restored by setting item 170 of the OPTIONS3 keyword to 2. ECLIPSE Suite Release Notes
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Prior to 2009.2, a blackoil approximation was used to calculate the pressure drop in multisegment well segments with an associated VFP table. A full flash calculation is now performed. The pre-2009.2 behavior can be restored via item 204 of the OPTIONS3 keyword. For 2010.1, the PINCH keyword has been extended to include items 4 and 5. These additional items can be ignored, as was the pre-2010.1 behavior, by setting item 209 of the OPTIONS3 keyword to a non-zero value. The application of drilling time and workover time through WDRILTIM and GRUPRIG has been improved. Pre-2010.1 behavior can be restored by setting item 216 of the OPTIONS3 keyword to a non-zero value. The pre-2010.1 behavior for thermal heavy-oil equilibration can be restored by setting item 217 of the OPTIONS3 keyword to a non-zero value. The default for the TRANGE keyword Item 2 (the maximum temperature expected) is modified to 2000 C. The allowable lower limit for Item 1 (the minimum temperature expected) is -100 C and that for Item 2 is 1 C. The pre-2010.1 thermal temperature limits can be restored by setting item 218 of the OPTIONS3 keyword to a non-zero value. The pre-2010.1 thermal rock-filled convergence method can be restored by setting item 219 of the OPTIONS3 keyword to a non-zero value. The behavior for keywords WTADD and WTMULT when used with UDQ has been improved. There will be behavioral changes between 2010.1 and pre-2010.1 versions. The second item (control quantity) can be set using a UDQ. A new item (Item 4) is also added to specify the number of subsequent report steps at which the addition/multiplication will be performed. The Lagrangian tracer solver (LAGTRAC) uses an improved method for tracing streamlines; well connections are now handled in a more advanced manner. The Lagrangian tracer solver (LAGTRAC) now calculates the number of streamlines to trace using element 3 of LAGTRAC and the number of active cells. Previously the total number of cells was used. If OPTIONS3 switch 223 is set to a non-zero value, the pre-2010.1 treatment of updating the well PI for the rock-crushing option (using the ROCKTAB and ROCKTABH keywords) is used. This will only affect summary output for the completion connection factor, CTFAC. Prior to 2010.1, the cancellation of fluid import to or export from a segment using the WSEGEXSS keyword (by setting the import/export type to NONE) resulted in the cancellation of import to or export from all segments associated with the well defined using the WSEGEXSS keyword, if the cancellation was applied to the first segment previously defined for import or export. From 2010.1 onwards, if the cancellation is applied to the first segment, the import to or export from any other segments defined using this keyword is unaffected. Pre 2010.1 behavior can be restored by setting item 224 of the OPTIONS3 keyword to a non-zero value. The composition of the wellbore fluid for cross-flowing wells is better estimated before the well solve to facilitate improved reservoir volume rate control. Pre-2010.1 behavior may be recovered using OPTIONS3 item 227. Gas accounting takes better account of well and group efficiency factors when calculating re-injection quantities. Pre-2010.1 behavior may be recovered using OPTIONS3 item 229. The well model now takes better account of group efficiency factors (GEFAC) when setting group rate targets when an intermediate, unconstrained group is present. The pre-2010.1 behavior may be recovered by using OPTIONS3 switch 230. Product and Feature Changes ECLIPSE
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The asphaltene deposition model has been improved for 2010.1. The pre-2010.1 behavior can be restored via OPTIONS3 item 231. The WELSEGS keyword now uses the correct default value for the top segment volume. Pre-2010.1 behavior may be recovered using OPTIONS3 switch 234. The transmissibility and diffusivity for dual and multi porosity connections now use the simulation grid cell bulk volume and not the sum of the cell pore volume and cell rock volume. For most cases these will be equal, but for thermal and coal bed methane runs the assignment of rock volume might result in differences. The pre-2010.1 can be restored by setting this item to 235 of the OPTIONS3 keyword to 1. The behavior when failing to converge in a thermal simulation has been improved. This includes not chopping on a minimum timestep until the maximum number of Newton iterations have been solved. The pre-2010.1 behavior can be restored by setting item to 236 of the OPTIONS3 keyword to 1. If item 238 of the OPTIONS3 keyword is set to a non-zero value, the pre-2010.1 method for interpreting group injection inheritance rules will be restored. For 2010.1, the group injection inheritance linkage is automatically re-evaluated when the injection fluid changes to ensure that the correct fluid properties are used. If item 239 of the OPTIONS3 keyword is set to a non-zero value, the pre-2010.1 method for inferring injection gas injection composition from GINJGAS when using WCONINJH will be restored. In some cases, it has been found that the injection gas composition is not correctly inferred when using GINJGAS with WCONINJH and without group control. This has been rectified in 2010.1. The behavior when using OPTIONS3 item 43 with a value of 2 has changed. Prior to 2010.1 this switch suppressed the output of an error message whilst now it suppresses the output of a warning message. The composition used in the SORMW1 feature has been modified. The pre-2009.2 behavior can be restored via OPTIONS3 item 195.
ODD3P Relative Permeability and Capillary Pressure Hysteresis Model

A correction has been made to the calculation of the derivatives associated with the scaling of the saturation end-points for the ODD3P relative permeability and capillary pressure hysteresis option. Pre 2009.2 behavior can be restored using the OPTODD3P keyword.
Equation of State
If OPTIONS3 switch 228 is set to 1 or 3, the pre-2010.1 EoS cubic root selection method is used for the saturation pressure calculation in flash. If OPTIONS3 switch 228 is set to 2 or 3, the pre-2010.1 EoS cubic root selection method is used for the single-phase molar density calculation in flash. OPTIONS3 switch 189 has been modified. Now, by default, a rigorous density inversion check is performed after scalar flash. If this switch is set to -1, the check will not be performed. If set to 2, this activates the density inversion check during the vector flash as well as the post-scalar flash.
INIT File NNC Output

The default order of .INIT output data for non-neighbor connections between global cells is now consistent with the order used in restart and .FLUX files. The option OLDORNNC has been added to the PETOPTS keyword to allow for back-compatibility.
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New Keywords in 2010.1

New keywords in ECLIPSE 100
GRID section
The new GRID section keywords are: Table 2.2 Keyword RPTINIT GRID keywords Description
The keyword has been added to allow the user to control GRID and EDIT output to the .INIT or .FINIT file. When the keyword is specified along with a series of mnemonics, only PORV and the mnemonics specified will be output to the .INIT or .FINIT file. This has been extended to include cartesian LGRs, radial LGRs and nested LGRs.
PROPS section
The new PROPS section keywords are: Table 2.3 Keyword GRAVCONS TRACERKM PROPS keywords Description
This keyword has been added to allow the user to override the defaulted gravity constant value. This keyword has been added to specify partitioning functions for multi-partitioned tracers.
SUMMARY section
The new SUMMARY keywords are: Table 2.4 Keyword
NLINSMIN NLINSMAX FTIP#XXX RTIP#XXX BTIP#XXX RTFT#XXX BTCN#XXX CVIRL
SUMMARY keywords Description

Output the actual minimum number of linear iterations in the Newton iterations within each time step. Output the actual maximum number of linear iterations in the Newton iterations within each time step. Outputs field tracer in place for tracer XXX in phase #. Outputs region tracer in place for tracer XXX in phase #. Outputs block tracer in place for tracer XXX in phase #. Outputs inter-region flow of tracer XXX in phase #. Outputs block concentration of tracer XXX in phase #. Gives the injection flow rate in a lumped completion. Numerically equivalent to CVFRL but the sign is reversed.
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Table 2.4 Keyword

WXXXL W/G/FOPRT W/G/FWPRT W/G/FGPRT W/G/FLPRT W/G/FJPRT W/G/FVPRT W/G/FOIRT W/G/FWIRT W/G/FGIRT W/G/FVIRT AAQTD AAQPD MEMORYTS NBYTOT

Exact equivalents to the matching CXXXL lumped completion mnemonics, except that the lumped connection number is specified in place of the indexes. Well/group/field oil production rate target/limit. Well/group/field water production rate target/limit. Well/group/field gas production rate target/limit. Well/group/field liquid production rate target/limit. Well/group/field linearly combined production rate target/limit. Well/group/field reservoir volume production rate target/limit. Well/group/field oil injection rate target/limit. Well/group/field water injection rate target/limit. Well/group/field gas injection rate target/limit. Well/group/field reservoir volume injection rate target/limit. Aquifer dimensionless time (Carter-Tracy aquifers only) Aquifer dimensionless pressure (Carter-Tracy aquifers only) Outputs the maximum current memory usage across processors as reported by the operating system. Outputs the peak usage of dynamically allocated memory as reported the simulator internal memory allocator. Note that some memory allocations are performed by other mechanisms and are not accounted for by this summary quantity. In parallel, this is the maximum across processors. Gives the injection flow rate in a completion. Numerically equivalent to CVFR but the sign is reversed. Target sustainable rate for the most recent sustainable capacity test for oil. Maximum tested rate sustained for the test period during the most recent sustainable capacity test for oil. Minimum tested rate not sustained for the test period during the most recent sustainable capacity test for oil. Period for which the target sustainable rate could be maintained for the most recent sustainable capacity test for oil. If the target sustainable rate was maintained for the entire test period, this is equal to the test period. Test period for the most recent sustainable capacity test for oil. Target sustainable rate for most recent sustainable capacity test for oil. Maximum tested rate sustained for the test period during the most recent sustainable capacity test for oil. Minimum tested rate not sustained for the test period during the most recent sustainable capacity test for oil. Period for which the target sustainable rate could be maintained for the most recent sustainable capacity test for oil. If the target sustainable rate was maintained for the entire test period, this is equal to the test period. Test period for the most recent sustainable capacity test for oil. Target sustainable rate for most recent sustainable capacity test for water. Maximum tested rate sustained for the test period during the most recent sustainable capacity test for water.
CVIR FOSPR FOSRL FOSRU FOSSP
FOSTP GOSPR GOSRL GOSRU GOSSP
GOSTP FWSPR FWSRL
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Table 2.4 Keyword

FWSRU FWSSP

Minimum tested rate not sustained for the test period during the most recent sustainable capacity test for water. Period for which the target sustainable rate could be maintained for the most recent sustainable capacity test for water. If the target sustainable rate was maintained for the entire test period, this is equal to the test period. Test period for the most recent sustainable capacity test for water. Target sustainable rate for the most recent sustainable capacity test for water. Maximum tested rate sustained for the test period during the most recent sustainable capacity test for water. Minimum tested rate not sustained for the test period during the most recent sustainable capacity test for water. Period for which the target sustainable rate could be maintained for the most recent sustainable capacity test for water. If the target sustainable rate was maintained for the entire test period, this is equal to the test period. Test period for the most recent sustainable capacity test for water. Requests output of the regional free gas production total. Requests output of the regional solution gas production total. Requests output of the regional free gas production rate. Requests output of the regional solution gas production rate.
FWSTP GWSPR GWSRL GWSRU GWSSP
GWSTP RGPTF RGPTS RGPRF RGPRS
SCHEDULE section
The new SCHEDULE keywords are: Table 2.5 Keyword TIME EXCAVATE SCHEDULE Keywords Description
This keyword has been added to ECLIPSE 100 to allow the times of report steps to be specified. Previously this was only available in ECLIPSE 300. Allows the user to specify grid blocks to be removed from the simulation during a run.
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New keywords in ECLIPSE 300

GRID section
The new GRID section keywords are: Table 2.6 Keyword RPTINIT GRID keywords Description
The keyword has been added to allow the user to control GRID and EDIT output to the .INIT or .FINIT file. When the keyword is specified along with a series of mnemonics, only PORV and the mnemonics specified will be output to the .INIT or .FINIT file. This has been extended to include cartesian LGRs, radial LGRs and nested LGRs. Set rock volume from a fractional value multiplied with the grid cell bulk volume.
ROCKFRAC
PROPS section
The new PROPS section keywords are; Table 2.7 Keyword GRAVCONS MIXWPERM MIXACTO MIXACTG TRANGE PROPS keywords Description
This keyword has been added to allow the user to override the defaulted gravity constant value. Activates an alternative (mixed) water relative permeability calculation. Used to specify the oil activity functions for soluble components. Used to specify the gas activity functions for soluble components. This keyword is now allowed to be set in PROPS section. The default for Items 1 and 2 (the minimum and maximum temperature expected) are 1 C and 2000 C, respectively. The allowable lower limit for Item 1 is -100 C and that for Item 2 is 1 C. Used to specify the Thermal Palmer-Mansoori rock model. Used to specify the CO2 activity coefficient model. Allows the user to input transmissibility variation parameters for each grid cell in the X-direction. Allows the user to input transmissibility variation parameters for each grid cell in the Y-direction. Allows the user to input transmissibility variation parameters for each grid cell in the Z-direction.
ROCKPMAT ACTCO2S ROCKTRMX ROCKTRMY ROCKTRMZ
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SUMMARY section
The new SUMMARY keywords are: Table 2.8 Keyword
FAGIP BWIP NLINSMIN NLINSMAX TCPUTR TCPUTRSV TCPULGTR TCPULGSV RCOM RCWM RCGMI RCGMM ROIR RGIR RWIR ROIT RGIT RWIT FOSPR FOSRL FOSRU FOSSP

Field gas in place (aqueous phase) - compatible with the CO2SOL, H2SSOL and GASSOL options. Block water in place. Output the actual minimum number of linear iterations in the Newton iterations within each time step. Output the actual maximum number of linear iterations in the Newton iterations within each time step. Total CPU time used in tracer calculations. Total CPU time used in tracer calculations by implicit solver. Total CPU time used in LAGTRAC streamline tracing. Total CPU time used in the LAGTRAC tracer solver. Regional molar amount of component dissolved in oil. Regional molar amount of component dissolved in water. Regional molar amount of component trapped in gas. Regional molar amount of component mobile in gas. Region oil injection rate. Region gas injection rate. Region water injection rate. Region oil injection total. Region gas injection total. Region water injection total. Target sustainable rate for the most recent sustainable capacity test for oil. Maximum tested rate sustained for the test period during the most recent sustainable capacity test for oil. Minimum tested rate not sustained for the test period during the most recent sustainable capacity test for oil. Period for which the target sustainable rate could be maintained for the most recent sustainable capacity test for oil. If the target sustainable rate was maintained for the entire test period, this is equal to the test period. Test period for the most recent sustainable capacity test for oil. Target sustainable rate for most recent sustainable capacity test for oil. Maximum tested rate sustained for the test period during the most recent sustainable capacity test for oil. Minimum tested rate not sustained for the test period during the most recent sustainable capacity test for oil. Period for which the target sustainable rate could be maintained for the most recent sustainable capacity test for oil. If the target sustainable rate was maintained for the entire test period, this is equal to the test period. Test period for the most recent sustainable capacity test for oil. Target sustainable rate for most recent sustainable capacity test for water.
FOSTP GOSPR GOSRL GOSRU GOSSP
GOSTP FWSPR
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Table 2.8 Keyword

FWSRL FWSRU FWSSP

Maximum tested rate sustained for the test period during the most recent sustainable capacity test for water. Minimum tested rate not sustained for the test period during the most recent sustainable capacity test for water. Period for which the target sustainable rate could be maintained for the most recent sustainable capacity test for water. If the target sustainable rate was maintained for the entire test period, this is equal to the test period. Test period for the most recent sustainable capacity test for water. Target sustainable rate for the most recent sustainable capacity test for water. Maximum tested rate sustained for the test period during the most recent sustainable capacity test for water. Minimum tested rate not sustained for the test period during the most recent sustainable capacity test for water. Period for which the target sustainable rate could be maintained for the most recent sustainable capacity test for water. If the target sustainable rate was maintained for the entire test period, this is equal to the test period. Test period for the most recent sustainable capacity test for water. Gives the production flow rate in a lumped completion. Identical to CVFRL. Gives the injection flow rate in a lumped completion. Numerically equivalent to CVFRL but the sign is reversed. Exact equivalents to the matching CXXXL lumped completion mnemonics, except that the lumped connection number is specified in place of the indexes. Well/group/field oil production rate target/limit. Well/group/field water production rate target/limit. Well/group/field gas production rate target/limit. Well/group/field liquid production rate target/limit. Well/group/field linearly combined production rate target/limit. Well/group/field reservoir volume production rate target/limit. Well/group/field oil injection rate target/limit. Well/group/field water injection rate target/limit. Well/group/field gas injection rate target/limit. Well/group/field reservoir volume injection rate target/limit. Aquifer dimensionless time (Carter-Tracy aquifers only) Aquifer dimensionless pressure (Carter-Tracy aquifers only) Outputs the maximum current memory usage across processors as reported by the operating system. Outputs the peak usage of dynamically allocated memory as reported the simulator internal memory allocator. Note that some memory allocations are performed by other mechanisms and are not accounted for by this summary quantity. In parallel, this is the maximum across processors. Gives the production flow rate in a completion. Identical to CVFR. Gives the injection flow rate in a completion. Numerically equivalent to CVFR but the sign is reversed. Secondary well oil production rate.
FWSTP GWSPR GWSRL GWSRU GWSSP
GWSTP CVPRL CVIRL WXXXL W/G/FOPRT W/G/FWPRT W/G/FGPRT W/G/FLPRT W/G/FJPRT W/G/FVPRT W/G/FOIRT W/G/FWIRT W/G/FGIRT W/G/FVIRT AAQTD AAQPD MEMORYTS NBYTOT
CVPR CVIR WDOPR
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Table 2.8 Keyword

WDWPR WDGPR WDLPR WDVPR WDOPT WDWPT WDGPT WDLPT WDVPT WDWIR WDGIR WDWIT WDGIT WDOGR WDGOR WDGLR WDWGR WDWCT WDTEM WDPR GDOPR GDWPR GDGPR GDLPR GDVPR GDOPT GDWPT GDGPT GDLPT GDVPT GDWIR GDGIR GDWIT GDGIT GDOGR GDGOR GDGLR GDWGR GDWCT FDOPR

Secondary well water production rate. Secondary well gas production rate. Secondary well liquid production rate. Secondary well reservoir volume production rate. Secondary well oil production total. Secondary well water production total. Secondary well gas production total. Secondary well liquid production total. Secondary well reservoir volume production total. Secondary well water injection rate. Secondary well gas injection rate. Secondary well water injection total. Secondary well gas injection total. Secondary well oil-gas ratio. Secondary well gas-oil ratio. Secondary well gas-liquid ratio. Secondary well water-gas ratio. Secondary well water cut. Secondary well temperature. Secondary well pressure. Group oil production rate including secondary well contributions. Group water production rate including secondary well contributions. Group gas production rate including secondary well contributions. Group liquid production rate including secondary well contributions. Group reservoir volume production rate including secondary well contributions. Group oil production total including secondary well contributions. Group water production total including secondary well contributions. Group gas production total including secondary well contributions. Group liquid production total including secondary well contributions. Group reservoir volume production total including secondary well contributions. Group water injection rate including secondary well contributions Group gas injection rate including secondary well contributions. Group water injection total including secondary well contributions. Group gas injection total including secondary well contributions. Group oil-gas ratio including secondary well contributions. Group gas-oil ratio including secondary well contributions. Group gas-liquid ratio including secondary well contributions. Group water-gas ratio including secondary well contributions. Group water cut including secondary well contributions. Field oil production rate including secondary well contributions.
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Table 2.8 Keyword

FDWPR FDGPR FDLPR FDVPR FDOPT FDWPT FDGPT FDLPT FDVPT FDWIR FDGIR FDWIT FDGIT FDOGR FDGOR FDGLR FDWGR FDWCT

Field water production rate including secondary well contributions. Field gas production rate including secondary well contributions. Field liquid production rate including secondary well contributions. Field reservoir volume production rate including secondary well contributions. Field oil production total including secondary well contributions. Field water production total including secondary well contributions. Field gas production total including secondary well contributions. Field liquid production total including secondary well contributions. Field reservoir volume production total including secondary well contributions. Field water injection rate including secondary well contributions Field gas injection rate including secondary well contributions. Field injection total including secondary well contributions. Field gas injection total including secondary well contributions. Field oil-gas ratio including secondary well contributions. Field gas-oil ratio including secondary well contributions. Field gas-liquid ratio including secondary well contributions. Field water-gas ratio including secondary well contributions. Field water cut including secondary well contributions.
SCHEDULE section
The new SCHEDULE section keywords are: Table 2.9 Keyword RPRKPAME SCONPROD SCONINJE STEST WSEGWELL SCHEDULE keyword Description
Output rock compaction ROCKPAME pore volume and permeability multipliers versus pressure for a given cell. Specify secondary well production controls. Specify secondary well injection controls. Test whether a closed secondary well should be reopened. Associate a segment of a multi-segment well with a secondary well name.
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Altered keywords in 2010.1

Altered keywords in ECLIPSE 100
RUNSPEC section
The altered RUNSPEC keywords are: Table 2.10 Keyword UDQDIMS Altered RUNSPEC keywords Description
Item 11 has been added to this keyword. This can be used to request that a new random number generator seed is computed for restart cases, as opposed to using the seed from the base case simulation. This seed affects the new UDQ functions RRNDN and RRNDU. The UDADIMS keyword has been redefined. Item 1 specifies the number of keyword arguments in which UDQs replace numeric values. Item 2 has been retained for back compatibility. Item 3 specifies the number of instances in which a UDQ is used in a keyword argument. A new NEWTRAN mnemonic has been added to this keyword for compatibility with ECLIPSE 300. It has no effect. New items 8 and 9 have been added to this keyword. These can be used to specify the maximum number of work arrays, double precision and integer respectively, for use with the OPERATE and OPERATER keywords. Item 11 of this keyword can now be used to specify the maximum number of lists that a well may belong to at any one time. The default values of items 3 and 4 have been modified. There is also a new item 6 which sets the gradient linearization limit for ICD segments
UDADIMS
PETOPTS REGDIMS
WELLDIMS WSEGSOLV
GRID section
The altered GRID keywords are: Table 2.11 Keyword OPERATE OPERATER JFUNC JFUNCR Altered GRID keywords Description
This keyword has been extended to allow the use of work arrays, and to include two new operators, ABS and MULTIPLY. This keyword has been extended to allow the use of work arrays, and to include two new operators, ABS and MULTIPLY. Invalid entries for items 1 and 6 will result in an error condition. Invalid entries for items 1 and 6 will result in an error condition.
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EDIT section
The altered EDIT keywords are: Table 2.12 Keyword OPERATE OPERATER Altered EDIT keywords Description
This keyword has been extended to allow the use of work arrays, and to include two new operators, ABS and MULTIPLY. This keyword has been extended to allow the use of work arrays, and to include two new operators, ABS and MULTIPLY.
PROPS section
The altered PROPS keywords are: Table 2.13 Keyword RPTPROPS OPERATE OPERATER TRACER TRACER TRDCY TRDIF RPTPROPS Altered PROPS keywords Description
If output of the PVTO tables is selected, the interpolated versions of the tables will also be printed if API tracking has been specified This keyword has been extended to allow the use of work arrays, and to include two new operators, ABS and MULTIPLY. This keyword has been extended to allow the use of work arrays, and to include two new operators, ABS and MULTIPLY. The fourth item of this keyword now accepts the value MULT which specifies a multi-partitioned tracer. A sixth item of this keyword was added to specify the phase concentration to use in adsorption calculations for partitioned tracers. This keyword was extended to allow specification of individual tracer decay halflife for each phase that a tracer partitions into. This keyword was extended to allow specification of individual tracer diffusion coefficients for each phase that a tracer partitions into. If used with multi-partitioned tracers, the mnemonics TRADS, TRROCK and TRDCY now output adsorption data, tables of partitioning coefficients and decay and diffusions parameters for each phase that the tracer partitions into.
REGIONS section
The altered REGIONS keywords are: Table 2.14 Keyword OPERATE OPERATER Altered REGIONS keywords Description
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SOLUTION section
The altered SOLUTION keywords are: Table 2.15 Keyword OPERATE OPERATER RPTSOL OPERATER Altered SOLUTION keywords Description
This keyword has been extended to allow the use of work arrays, and to include two new operators, ABS and MULTIPLY. This keyword has been extended to allow the use of work arrays, and to include two new operators, ABS and MULTIPLY. If used with multi-partitioned tracers, the mnemonic TRACER in now outputs tracer concentrations for each phase that the tracer partitions into. This keyword has been extended to have a seventh argument, which specifies a fluid-in-place region set to use instead of OPERNUM.
SUMMARY section
The altered SUMMARY keywords are: Table 2.16 Keyword
C* and LC*
Altered SUMMARY keywords Description

All completion SUMMARY mnemonics (beginning with C) and local completion SUMMARY mnemonics (beginning with LC) now allow the well name to be defaulted using the wildcard character *.
SCHEDULE section
The altered SCHEDULE keywords are: Table 2.17 Keyword UDQ Altered SCHEDULE keywords Description
This keyword has been extended to include two new functions, RRNDU and RRNDN, which use a different random number generator seed value for each simulation. These new functions are similar to the existing RANDU and RANDN functions but those functions use a fixed seed value that is set in the UDQPARAM keyword. Some of the items of this keyword can be set using a UDQ. These items are: Item 6 - Maximum water cut (water-liquid ratio); Item 7 - Maximum gas-oil ratio; Item 8 - Maximum water-gas ratio; Item 11- Minimum oil production rate; and Item 12 Minimum gas production rate. Some of the items of this keyword can be set using a UDQ. These items are: Item 2Oil production rate upper limit; Item 4 - Water production rate upper limit; Item 6 Gas production rate upper limit; Item 8 - Liquid production rate upper limit; Item 10 - Reservoir fluid volume production rate upper limit; Item 11 - Reservoir volume production balancing fraction upper limit; and Item 16 - Linearly combined rate target or upper limit. Items 2 and 3 can be set using UDQs.
CECON
GCONPRI
GCONSUMP
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Table 2.17 Keyword GSSCPTST GTADD
Altered SCHEDULE keywords Description

Added the ORAT and WRAT control modes in the options list of item 2. The second and third items (control quantity) can be set using a UDQ. A new item (Item 4) is also added to specify the number of subsequent report steps at which the addition will be performed. The second and third items (control quantity) can be set using a UDQ. A new item (Item 4) is also added to specify the number of subsequent report steps at which the multiplication will be performed. Item 8 of this keyword (the ALQ value used in a table look-up) can be set using a UDQ. The second item (control quantity) can be set using a UDQ. A new item (Item 4) is also added to specify the number of subsequent report steps at which the addition will be performed. The second item (control quantity) can be set using a UDQ. A new item (Item 4) is also added to specify the number of subsequent report steps at which the multiplication will be performed. All items can be set using a UDQ. If used with multi-partitioned tracers, the mnemonic TRACER in now outputs tracer concentrations for each phase that the tracer partitions into. Wells may now belong to more than one list at a a time, up to a maximum specified by item 11 of WELLDIMS. Wells may now belong to more than one list at a a time, up to a maximum specified by item 11 of WELLDIMS.
GTMULT
WSEGTABL WTADD
WTMULT
LINCOM RPTSCHED WLIST WLISTNAM
OPTIONS keyword
The altered OPTIONS are: Table 2.18 Switch
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Altered OPTIONS Description

This option affects the behavior of Carter-Tracy aquifer influence function tables. In 2009.1, the interpolation of influence function tables has been improved. The handling of extrapolated data was modified in 2009.2. In 2010.1, the default Carter-Tracy influence table has been extended to cover larger dimensionless time values. If set to 1, the pre-2009.1 behavior is restored. If set to 2, the 2009.1 behavior is restored. If set to 3, the 2009.2 behavior is restored. If set to a non-zero value, the pre-2009.2 behavior for the interpolation of PVTO tables for API tracking is restored. For the 2009.2 version onwards the interpolation procedure has been modified to avoid duplicate Rs nodes which could occur for some combinations of table data and minimum Rs node separations. If set to a non-zero value, the pre-2009.2 behavior for adjusting non-neighbor connections within coarsened cells is restored. For 2009.2 onwards, the NNC ends may be moved to a different coarsened cell to avoid the situation where, after coarsening, a fault NNC no longer crosses its fault. This new algorithm may also cause slight changes in the transmissibility of other NNCs. Reserved for future use.
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Table 2.18 Switch

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Altered OPTIONS Description

If set to a non-zero value, this restores the pre-2010.1 behavior for the reporting of partitioned tracer flowrates in river reaches. If set to a non-zero value, the pre-2009.2 behavior for calculating flow rate limits for the WELDRAW keyword is used. As explained in item 12 of WELSPECS, the hydrostatic heads calculated using segmented densities in the wellbore are damped to reduce the likelihood of stability problems. This is done by combining values from the previous time step with those of the current time step in a weighted average. An error has been identified in the implementation of this damping which meant that more damping was being applied than intended. This error has been fixed in the 2010.1 version of the simulator but has not been made the default behavior as it may result in changes in simulation results. The correct damping can be applied by setting this item to a non-zero value. If set to a non-zero value, fluid in place calculations include contributions from excavated cells. If set to a non-zero value, the pre-2010.1 behavior is restored for relative permeability interpolation based on capillary number in the surfactant model. For the 2010.1 version onwards the interpolation between immiscible and miscible relative permeability curves is only performed for blocks with a non-zero surfactant concentration. The immiscible curves are used for blocks with a zero surfactant concentration. If set to a non-zero value, the pre-2010.1 behavior of river infiltration equations in the unsaturated regime is restored. If set to a non-zero value, the pre-2010.1 behavior is restored for solving tracers in combination with Multi-Segmented Wells (MSWs). For the 2010.1 version onwards, an error has been fixed in the coupled iterative solution of the tracers which previously led to wrong tracer rates and concentrations in the MSW segments. The change affects single phase, two phase and partitioned tracers. If set to a non-zero value, the pre-2010.1 behavior is restored for GECON argument 8. For the 2010.1 version onwards, the simulation will not be stopped if a group includes a follow-on well due to be opened in the next time step. If set to a non-zero value, the pre-2010.1 behavior is restored for calculating transmissibility across a pinchout when argument 4 of the PINCH keyword is set to ALL. The transmissibility was only affected for pinchouts of more than one cell. If set to a non-zero value, the pre-2010.1 behavior for the RPTRST mnemonic RFIP is restored. The pre-2010.1 behavior calculated reservoir fluid-in-place to be surface fluid-in-place multiplied by formation volume factor. From 2010.1, this is calculated as pore volume multiplied by saturation.
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RUNSPEC section
The altered RUNSPEC keywords are: Table 2.19 Keyword UDQDIMS Altered RUNSPEC keywords in ECLIPSE 300 Description
Item 11 has been added to this keyword. This can be used to request that a new random number generator seed is computed for restart cases (as opposed to using the seed from the base case simulation). This seed affects the new UDQ functions RRNDN and RRNDU. The UDADIMS keyword has been redefined. Item 1 specifies the number of keyword arguments in which UDQs replace numeric values. Item 2 has been retained for back compatibility. Item 3 specifies the number of instances in which a UDQ is used in a keyword argument. The EOS keyword when specified in the RUNSPEC section must have EoS models specified for all EoS regions. Previously only one EoS region model had to be specified. This does not affect the EOS keyword when specified in the PROPS section. A new OLDORNNC mnemonic has been added to this keyword which reverts the order of the .INIT file data for non-neighbor connections between global cells to that seen pre-2010.1. A new NEWTRAN mnemonic has been added to this keyword. This forces fault transmissibilities to be calculated even for corner point geometry, which is necessary for correct treatment of coarsened cells containing faults. A new item 4 has been added to this keyword. This can be used to switch on an extra residual check. New items 8 and 9 have been added to this keyword. These can be used to specify the maximum number of work arrays, double precision and integer respectively, for use with the OPERATE and OPERATER keywords. The default values of items 3 and 4 have been modified. There is also a new item 6 which sets the gradient linearization limit for ICD segments. A new item 13 has been added to this keyword. This can be used to specify the maximum number of secondary wells in the simulation. If unspecified, the default value is 10. A new item TPLM-MAN has been added to this keyword. This can be used to specify the Thermal Palmer-Mansoori model. Items 4 and 5 have been added to define a model which can be used to specify the dependence of transmissibility on fluid porosity.
UDADIMS
EOS
PETOPTS
PETOPTS
JALS REGDIMS
WSEGSOLV WELLDIMS
ROCKCOMP
ROCKCOMP
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GRID section
The altered GRID keywords are: Table 2.20 Keyword PINCH OPERATE OPERATER RPTGRID RPTGRIDL PERMMF Altered GRID keywords in ECLIPSE 300 Description
Items 4 and 5 are now available in ECLIPSE 300 as well as ECLIPSE 100. They allow extra control over the calculation of pinchout transmissibility. This keyword has been extended to allow the use of work arrays, and to include two new operators, ABS and MULTIPLY. This keyword has been extended to allow the use of work arrays, and to include two new operators, ABS and MULTIPLY. This keyword has been expanded to allow the user to output DPNUM information to the .PRT file. This keyword has been expanded to allow the user to output DPNUM information to the .PRT file. This keyword can now be used with EQUALS.
EDIT section
The altered EDIT keywords are: Table 2.21 Keyword OPERATE OPERATER Altered EDIT keywords in ECLIPSE 300 Description
PROPS section
The altered PROPS keywords are: Table 2.22 Keyword OPTODD3P Altered PROPS keywords in ECLIPSE 300 Description
Item 1 of this keyword is now defaulted to a value of 4 which selects the 2009.2 onwards version of the ODD3P relative permeability and capillary pressure hysteresis option. Pre 2009.2 behavior can be restored by selecting other values for this item. Mnemonics SWF3 and SGF3 now output, in addition to the input saturation function tables, the 3-phase relative permeabilities for water and gas respectively, for the IKU3P model. This keyword has been extended to allow the use of work arrays, and to include two new operators, ABS and MULTIPLY. This keyword has been extended to allow the use of work arrays, and to include two new operators, ABS and MULTIPLY.
RPTPROPS
OPERATE OPERATER
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REGIONS section
The altered REGIONS keywords are: Table 2.23 Keyword OPERATE OPERATER Altered REGIONS keywords in ECLIPSE 300 Description
SOLUTION section
The altered SOLUTION keywords are: Table 2.24 Keyword RPTRST OPERATE OPERATER
OPERATER
Altered SOLUTION keywords in ECLIPSE 300 Description

The RPTRST keyword now allows the mnemonics BG, BO and BW. These are phase formation-volume-factors not molar densities. This keyword has been extended to allow the use of work arrays, and to include two new operators, ABS and MULTIPLY. This keyword has been extended to allow the use of work arrays, and to include two new operators, ABS and MULTIPLY. This keyword has been extended to have a seventh argument, which specifies a fluid-in-place region set to use instead of OPERNUM.
SUMMARY section
The altered SUMMARY mnemonics are: Table 2.25 Mnemonic
C* and LC*
Altered SUMMARY mnemonics Description

All completion SUMMARY mnemonics (beginning with C) and local completion SUMMARY mnemonics (beginning with LC) now allow the well name to be defaulted (by using the wildcard character *). Group and well efficiency factors are now included in region water production rates. Group and well efficiency factors are now included in region oil production rates. Group and well efficiency factors are now included in region gas production rates.
RWPR ROPR RGPR
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SCHEDULE section
The altered SCHEDULE keywords are: Table 2.26 Keyword ADDREG Altered SCHEDULE keywords in ECLIPSE 300 Description
This keyword may be used in the SCHEDULE section. However, this is a specialist facility. Regions (pre-defined by the FIPxxxx keyword in the REGIONS section) can be used in item 4. This will allow the following arrays to be modified: DIFFMMF, MULSGGD(V), MULTSIG(V), MULTX/Y/Z, PERMX/Y/Z, PORO, SIGMA(V) and WORK(1/2). Some of the items of this keyword can be set using a UDQ. These items are: Item 6 - Maximum water cut (water-liquid ratio); Item 7 - Maximum gas-oil ratio; Item 8 - Maximum water-gas ratio; Item 11- Minimum oil production rate; and Item 12 Minimum gas production rate. This keyword may be used in SCHEDULE section. However, this is a specialist facility. Regions (pre-defined by the FIPxxxx keyword in the REGIONS section) can be used in item 4. This will allow the following arrays to be modified: DIFFMMF, MULSGGD(V), MULTSIG(V), MULTX/Y/Z, PERMX/Y/Z, PORO, SIGMA(V) and WORK(1/2). Some of the items of this keyword can be set using a UDQ. These items are: Item 2- Oil production rate upper limit; Item 4 - Water production rate upper limit; Item 6 - Gas production rate upper limit; Item 8 - Liquid production rate upper limit; Item 10 - Reservoir fluid volume production rate upper limit; Item 11 - Reservoir volume production balancing fraction upper limit; Item 12 - Wet gas production rate upper limit; Item 14 - Surface gas volume production balancing fraction upper limit; Item 15 - Surface water volume production balancing fraction upper limit; and Item 16 - Linearly combined rate target or upper limit. Added the ORAT and WRAT control modes in the options list of item 2. The second item (control quantity) can be set using a UDQ. A new item (Item 4) is also added to specify the number of subsequent report steps at which the addition will be performed. The second item (control quantity) can be set using a UDQ. A new item (Item 4) is also added to specify the number of subsequent report steps at which the multiplication will be performed. All items may be set using a UDQ. This keyword may be used in SCHEDULE section. However, this is a specialist facility. Regions (pre-defined by the FIPxxxx keyword in the REGIONS section) can be used in Item 4. This will allow the following arrays to be modified: DIFFMMF, MULSGGD(V), MULTSIG(V), MULTX/Y/Z, PERMX/Y/Z, PORO, SIGMA(V) and WORK(1/2). This keyword may be used in SCHEDULE section. However, this is a specialist facility. Regions (pre-defined by the FIPxxxx keyword in the REGIONS section) can be used in item 7 instead of OPERNUM. This will allow the following arrays to be modified: DIFFMMF, MULSGGD(V), MULTSIG(V), MULTX/Y/Z, PERMX/Y/Z, PORO, SIGMA(V) and WORK(1/2). The RPTRST keyword now allows the BG, BO and BW mnemonics.These are phase formation-volume-factors not molar densities.
CECON
EQUALREG
GCONPRI
GSSCPTST GTADD
GTMULT
LINCOM MULTIREG
OPERATER
RPTRST
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Table 2.26 Keyword

RPTRST
Altered SCHEDULE keywords in ECLIPSE 300 Description

When BASIC=2 or RESTART is used with thermal runs containing the ENKRVT keyword restart output will be generated for PKRG, PKRO, PKRW, PKRGE, PKRWE, PKROGE and PKROWE. These are processed or temperature-scaled relative permeabilities. When BASIC=2 or RESTART is used with thermal runs containing the ENPCVT keyword restart output will be generated for PPCG and PPCW. These are processed or temperature-scaled capillary pressures. The default for the Item 2 (the maximum temperature expected) is modified to 2000 C. The allowable lower limit for Item 1 (the minimum temperature expected) is -100 C and that for Item 2 is 1 C. This keyword has been extended to include two new functions, RRNDU and RRNDN, which use a different random number generator seed value for each simulation. These new functions are similar to the existing RANDU and RANDN functions but those functions use a fixed seed value that was set in the UDQPARAM keyword. Item 3 of this keyword (the maximum mole fraction) can be set using a UDQ. This keyword no longer produces an error message if wells completed in a local grid refinement are specified in it. Instead a warning message is output and the offending well is skipped. This keyword no longer produces an error message if wells completed in a local grid refinement are specified in it. Instead a warning message is output and the offending well is skipped. This keyword no longer produces an error message if wells completed in a local grid refinement are specified in it. Instead a warning message is output and the offending well is skipped. Item 8 of this keyword (the ALQ value used in a table look-up) can be set using a UDQ. The second item (control quantity) can be set using a UDQ. A new item (Item 4)
RPTRST
TRANGE
UDQ
WECONCMF WELOPEN
WPIMULT
WSCCLEAN
WSEGTABL WTADD
is also added to specify the number of subsequent report steps at which the addition will be performed. WTMULT
The second item (control quantity) can be set using a UDQ. A new item (Item 4)
is also added to specify the number of subsequent report steps at which the multiplication will be performed. MULTPV WINJEDET
This keyword can be used to modify the pore volumes during the run.
The second and subsequent items of this keyword can be set using a UDQ.
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OPTIONS3 keyword
The altered OPTIONS3 switches are: Table 2.27 Switch
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Altered OPTIONS3 switches Description

The behavior of this switch has changed when a value of 2 is specified. Prior to 2010.1, it suppressed the output of an error message, but now it suppresses the output of a warning message. If set to 1, the pre-2009.1 behavior for the interpolation of the Carter-Tracy aquifer influence function tables is restored. If set to 2 the pre-2010.1 behavior for the default Carter-Tracy aquifer influence function table is restored. OPTIONS3 switch 189 has been modified. Now, by default, a rigorous density inversion check is performed after scalar flash. If this switch is set to -1, the check will not be performed. If set to 2, this activates the density inversion check during the vector flash as well as the post-scalar flash. If set to a non-zero value, the pre-2009.2 behavior is restored for the calculation of the minimum oil saturation for the Stone 1 relative permeability model with endpoint scaling and with either the SOMGAS or the SOMWAT keyword specified. This switch is only relevant if the critical oil-in-gas (SOGCR) or critical oil-water (SOWCR) end-point saturations are zero. If set to a positive value, pre-2009.2 LAGTRAC calculations are recovered:
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If divisible by 2, streamline update and retrace times are calculated as they were for 2009.1. If divisible by 3, streamline tracing uses the 2009.1 cell porosity calculation. If divisible by 5, streamline tracing ignores rock compressibility. If divisible by 7, streamline flow rates are calculated using the 2009.1 well/group efficiency method.
If set to a positive value, the pre-2009.2 SORMW1 initial compositional is used. That composition consists of a SORMW1 fraction of (xi*mi) where xi is the liquid fraction and mi is the molar density. If set to a non-zero value, this restores the pre-2009.2 behavior for VELDEP models using radial geometry. If set to a non-zero value, the pre-2009.2 behavior for adjusting non-neighbor connections within coarsened cells is restored. For 2009.2 onwards, the NNC ends may be moved to a different coarsened cell to avoid the situation where, after coarsening, a fault NNC no longer crosses its fault. This new algorithm may also cause slight changes in the transmissibility of other NNCs. For developer use. If set to 1, this enables an alternative Ezrokhi calculation. If set to a non-zero value, this restores the pre-2010.1 fluid-in-place calculation for any ECLIPSE 300 data set that does not contain COAL or SOLID.
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Table 2.27 Switch

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This item affects the method used to calculate the SUMMARY mnemonics BOIP, BGIP, BOIPL, BOIPG, BGIPL and BGIPG. It also affects the vectors output in the restart file when using SFIP in RPTRST.
If set to 1, the SUMMARY mnemonics and the vectors are calculated using the separators defined by FIPSEP and the regions defined by FIPNUM. If set to 2, this reverts to the pre-2010.1 behavior where the SUMMARY options are calculated using the separators defined by FIPSEP and the vectors are calculated using the separator defined by FIELDSEP.
Otherwise, SUMMARY options and vectors are calculated using the separator defined by FIELDSEP. 202 If set to a positive value, pre-2010.1 LAGTRAC calculations are recovered.

203
If divisible by 2 the pre-2010.1 method for solving LUMPING tracers is used. If divisible by 3 the pre-2010.1 handling of well connections is used. If divisible by 5 the pre-2010.1 calculation of the number of streamlines to be traced is used.
If set to a positive value, then LUMPING tracers solved using LAGTRAC are renormalized using an alternative method. LUMPING tracers will be constrained to lie between the previous time-step solution and the un-renormalized solution for each cell, and therefore may not sum to the lumped carrier component density. If set to a non-zero value, this enables the pre-2009.2 calculation method for segments whose pressure drop is defined using VFP tables. If set to a positive value, this enables the pre-2009.2 behavior of ACTIONX with WDYNLIST. Require that two successive Newton iterations converge. If set to 1, this activates the alternative Jacobian construction for
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CO2SOL/H2SSOL/GASSOL.
If set to a non-zero value, pre 2009.2 behavior is restored whereby the SPECHS keyword may be omitted for thermal models with one or more components exhibiting solid phases. If set to a non-zero value, the pre-2010.1 behavior is restored and items 4 and 5 of the PINCH keyword are disabled. If set to a non-zero value, the pre-2009.2 behavior of the well inflow performance relationship calculations is restored. This mainly affects Open ECLIPSE queries ending IPRA, IPRB or IPRC for wells with injecting connections. If set to a non-zero value, the pre-2009.2 behavior of gas lift for wells drilled using the QDRILL keyword is used. If lift gas is specified for a closed well using WCONPROD prior to 2009.2 then no lift gas will be used if the well is opened using QDRILL. If set to a positive value the pre 2009.2 behaviour when calculating default rock volumes for a coal bed methane, instant adsorption model is activated.
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As explained in item 12 of WELSPECS, the hydrostatic heads calculated using segmented densities in the wellbore are damped to reduce the likelihood of stability problems. This is done by combining values from the previous time step with those of the current time step in a weighted average. An error has been identified in the implementation of this damping which meant that more damping was being applied than intended. This error has been fixed in the 2010.1 version of the simulator but has not been made the default behavior as it may result in changes in simulation results. The correct damping can be applied by setting this item to a non-zero value. If set to a non-zero value, this enables the pre-2009.2 John Appleyard Linear Solver (JALS). If set to 1, the alternative handling of ROCK keyword and its functionality. If set to a non-zero value this enables the pre-2010.1 behavior of GRUPRIG and WDRILTIM. If set to a non-zero value, this restores the pre-2010.1 behavior for thermal heavyoil equilibration. If set to a non-zero value, this restores the pre-2010.1 thermal temperature limits. If set to a non-zero value, this enables the pre-2010.1 thermal rock-filled convergence method. If set to a non-zero value, the pre-2010.1 behavior for the BDENSITY keyword is activated. If set to a non-zero value, the pre-2010.1 treatment of updating the well PI for the rock-crushing option (using the ROCKTAB and ROCKTABH keywords) is used. This will only affect summary output for the completion connection factor, CTFAC. If set to a non-zero value, the pre-2010.1 behavior is restored for the termination of import to or export from a segment in a multi-segment well using the WSEGEXSS keyword. If set to 1, this enables an alternative saturation pressure calculation in GASWAT cases. Prior to 2010.1, the output of the input oil-water capillary pressure tabular data using the EPSDEBUG or EPSDBGS keyword reported the data in GRAF format with the sign reversed as compared to the input data. This sign reversal has now been removed but may be reinstated by setting this item to a non-zero value. Prior to 2010.1 well fluid composition was set to zero internally for wells with no production. From 2010.1 well fluid composition is set from the well potential solution in this situation to facilitate the later calculation of reservoir fluid volume rate targets. The pre-2010.1 behavior may be recovered by setting this item to a non-zero value. If set to 1 or 3, this restores the pre-2010.1 EoS cubic root selection method for the saturation pressure calculation in flash. If set to 2 or 3, this restores the pre-2010.1 EoS cubic root selection method for the single-phase molar density calculation in flash. If set to a non-zero value, the pre-2010.1 calculation of availability limits is used. This changes the calculation of availability limit if the WEFAC and/or GEFAC keywords are used in conjunction with WAVAILIM.
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If set to a non-zero value, the pre-2010.1 use of the GEFAC keyword for transparent groups is applied. This changes group rate allocations of higher level targets if an intermediate, unconstrained group has a non-zero group efficiency factor. If set to a non-zero value, the pre-2010.1 asphaltene deposition will be used. The new behavior improves the handling of the deposition model. If set to 1, the pre-2010.1 pure water density model is activated for CO2STORE. If set to a non-zero value, this enables the pre-2010.1 behavior for handling zero or negative DZ. If set to a non-zero value the pre-2010.1 default for WELSEGS top segment effective wellbore volume is used. The transmissibility and diffusivity for dual and multi porosity connections now use the simulation grid cell bulk volume and not the sum of the cell pore volume and cell rock volume. For most cases these will be equal, but for thermal and coal bed methane runs the assignment of rock volume might result in differences. The pre-2010.1 behavior can be restored by setting this item to 1. The behavior when failing to converge in a thermal simulation has been improved. This includes not chopping on a minimum timestep until the maximum number of Newton iterations have been solved. The pre-2010.1 behavior can be restored by setting this item to 1. If set to a non-zero value region production and injection rates do not include well and group efficiency factors (WEFAC and/or GEFAC) in their calculation. If set to a non-zero value, the pre-2010.1 method for interpreting group injection inheritance rules will be restored. For 2010.1, the group injection inheritance linkage is automatically re-evaluated when the injection fluid changes to ensure that the correct fluid properties are used. If set to a non-zero value, the pre-2010.1 method for inferring injection gas injection composition from GINJGAS when using WCONINJH will be restored. In some cases, it has been found that the injection gas composition is not correctly inferred when using GINJGAS with WCONINJH and without group control. This has been rectified in 2010.1.
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FrontSim
FrontSim 2010.1
FrontSim is the reservoir simulator of choice for dynamic reservoir engineering workflows. FrontSim 2010.1 has focused on enabling these workflows within Petrel Reservoir Engineering. The FrontSim 2010.1 release is focused on Workflow enablement through Petrel Reservoir Engineering Performance enhancements Reliability, consistency and compatibility with ECLIPSE
FrontSim 2010.1 has extended native, threading multi-core technology to cover both pressure and streamline saturation solvers. On average, a user should expect to experience a noticeable speed up on a typical three-phase black-oil case on a modern multi-core CPU. ECLIPSE compatibility has been improved. This has made it particularly feasible to run an ECLIPSE black oil model in history mode, and to obtain ECLIPSE-compatible results with the usual benefits of a streamline simulator. FrontSim 2010.1 has added new features to support geologic ranking and screening workflows, and improved usability on workflows for Pattern Flood Management (PFM) rate allocation prediction. Simple automatic sink and source functionality has been added for GEOFLOFS screening runs. This allows FrontSim to make sensitivity runs for a sweeping recovery based on the spatial density of wells, and to report screening sweeping on reservoir zones. There is now support for irregular reservoir boundary pressure drive sweeping GEOFLOFS runs. The user can run dynamic sweeping on a general geologic scale reservoir model, for the purpose of computing a series of upscaled reservoir models to explore complex and field-constrained recovery mechanisms. Usability has improved in FrontSim 2010.1 for PFM pattern-based predictive rate allocations. Based on the pattern-based rate allocations, FrontSim now offers reliable field and pattern pressure maintenance and pressure controls. FrontSim PFM can honor injector group and individual rate limits, and producer group or individual rate limits. Honoring facility constraints and limits are an important step to make PFM practical for field studies with the possible support of many thousands of wells. FrontSim PFM rate allocations should allow a workflow to achieve rate and pressure constraints pattern-by-pattern for an entire field. FrontSim 2010.1 supports streamline generation and visualization on ECLIPSE and FrontSim models using restart files. A user can enable streamline visualization for most ECLIPSE models including models with LGRs. These generated streamlines can be imported into Petrel RE and filtered for display. A user may want to improve the streamline visualization experience on an existing ECLIPSE or FrontSim run by varying streamline densities, or to choose to visualize a streamline set using oil, water and gas phase velocities.
Product and Feature Changes FrontSim
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Developments in 2010.1
New Facilities
Screening Geologic Models
The new keyword DEFWPAT is used to do the automatic generation of source/sink well patterns (pseudo vertical wells) for a GEOFLOFS Type 1 workflow (uncertainty quantification study). The GEOFLOFS output has been extended to be reported by zone (FSCAT files). The zones are defined using the new keyword ZONEMAP (only valid for GEOFLOFS Type 1 and 2).
Water Flood Management

FrontSim now honors individual production limits when running Pattern Field Management (PFM). Even if the production targets are controlled by the injection efficiency (if they are "connected" to the pattern injectors) a new algorithm will ensure that individual production limits are not violated. OPTIONFS(57) = 2 will activate this option (production limits are off by default).
Grids and Models

The transmissibility multipliers (keywords MULTX, MULTX-, MULTY, MULTY-, MULTZ, MULTZ-) can now be used in the SCHEDULE section to change the transmissibility at specific time during simulation.
Behavioral Changes
Screening Geologic Models
For GEOFLOFS type 3 and 4 simulations, the pressure boundary condition can now be consistently applied to irregular boundaries. The pressure boundary condition is set for the first inactive cell at the specified boundary. A backward compatibility switch is available in OPTIONFS (parameter 70).
Water Flood Management

Production limits are honored. Injection RATE limits are honored. For the VREP option in WCONPAT, the calculation of the injection fluid rate has been slightly changed to account for the difference in pressure at the producer side and the injector side of the connecting streamline bundles. A backward compatibility switch is available in OPTIONFS (parameter 72).
Well Management
NTG can be used when calculating KH for well blocks (only used for Z-penetrated well blocks). There is a new item 12 in the GCONINJE keyword.
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For the VREP option in GCONINJE and re-injection option in WCONINJ, the calculation of the injection fluid rate has been slightly changed to account for the difference in pressure in the producers and injectors. The new implementation is compatible with ECLIPSE (only field level is available in the 2010.1 release). A backward compatibility switch is available in OPTIONFS (parameter 72). The value of the OPTIONFS(65) switch has been swapped. OPTIONFS(65)=1 in pre-2010 versions is equal to OPTIONFS(65)=0 in 2010.1 and vice versa.
Performance
Multi Core Parallel Option
The process of setting up the equation system (assembler) is done in parallel using multithreading.
New Keywords
REGIONS Section
The following keywords have been added:. Table 2.28 Keyword
ZONEMAP
New REGIONS keywords Description

Generate zone maps for point data reports
SCHEDULE Section
The following vectors have been added:. Table 2.29 Vector
DEFWPAT MULTX MULTXMULTY MULTYMULTZ MULTZ-
New SCHEDULE keywords Description

Auto-generation of source/sink well patterns Transmissibility multipliers in the X-direction Transmissibility multipliers in the negative X-direction Transmissibility multipliers in the Y-direction Transmissibility multipliers in the negative Y-direction Transmissibility multipliers in the Z-direction Transmissibility multipliers in the negative Z-direction
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Altered Keywords
The following keywords have been changed:. Table 2.30 Keyword
OPTIONFS
Altered keywords Description

Activate special program options
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ECLIPSE Pre- and Post-Processors (EPP)

The focus of this release has been on the maintenance of our existing pre- and post-processors, prioritizing business critical defects. We intend to address additional issues in the 2010.2 release, expected Q4 2010, and in subsequent releases. PVTi has been the primary focus in this release in order to improve the usability and the overall stability of the program. The focus was on fixing issues and errors found in the previous versions and implementing some developments that enhance the existing workflows.
PVTi Behavioral Changes

These may cause changes to the results of an experiment, or alter the form or content of the output
Thermal
Inconsistencies in the calculation of the specific heat capacity coefficients (SPECHA - SPECHD) have been corrected. These inconsistencies led to incorrect values being exported to thermal fluid models. Therefore users with thermal fluids models exported from versions of PVTi prior to 2010.1 are strongly advised to reset these values and re-export their models.
PVTi Improvements
This section describes the main areas of functionality that have been improved as a result of issues being resolved.
Stability
Numerous issues with certain workflows or poor data which caused PVTi to fail or stop working have been fixed such as: PVTi failing when the EoS is changed PVTi failing when the plus fraction is changed PVTi failing when generating phase envelopes.
Thermal
The pressure and temperature limits for thermal output have been increased to 1000atm and 5000K.
Input/Output
Failures in the reading and writing of PVI files have been fixed. In particular: stoppages and failures when importing poor data have been fixed an issue where the "save concise" option output did not match the full output has been fixed an issue where the blackoil tables were changed when saved to file has been fixed
Product and Feature Changes ECLIPSE Pre- and Post-Processors (EPP)
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the correct version number is written to output files sample names with decimal points are now handled correctly batch mode producing different results to interactive mode has been addressed.
Fluid Component Properties

The limit on maximum molecular weight has been increased to 2500. Inconsistencies in the BIC correlations have been fixed.
(See above for specific heat capacity coefficients changes).
User Interface (GUI)

Errors and inconsistencies in the GUI have been fixed, in particular: inconsistent/incorrect units of properties being displayed non-physical ranges suggested in dialog box help.
Experiments
The results of experiments differing from version to version have been fixed. Errors in Psat calculation (affecting experiments also) have been fixed. The issue with the viscosity calculation depending on the component order has been fixed.
Documentation
Errors and inconsistencies in the documentation have been fixed. The help link on PVTi has been restored and shows the up-to-date manual.
Data
The tutorial and other data that come with the standard installation have been updated with the latest PVTi version.
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Product and Feature Changes ECLIPSE Pre- and Post-Processors (EPP)
Known Issues Chapter 3
2010.1 Release Issues

ECLIPSE
ECLIPSE 100
The keyword TRPLPORO (triple porosity feature) may not be used if dual permeability (keyword DUALPERM) is present.
ECLIPSE 300
1 The ECLIPSE 300 residual oil (SORMW1 keyword) was activated for the 2008.2 release. In some situations performance can be adversely affected. Please see the note in the keyword description for more information. The Optimization option in ECLIPSE 300 will not output any solutions (PRESSURE, SOIL, etc) for time T=0 when multiple output is requested. This known issue does not cause any simulation problems in ECLIPSE 300, it only affects the visualization results for T=0 in FloViz for example. In ECLIPSE 300, the BDENSITY keyword has limited application within the BRINE option. If BDENSITY is used, the simulator will only satisfactorily convert between the number of moles of water and the corresponding water volume when the salt concentration of the injected water matches the initial salt concentration in the reservoir. In such cases, this salt concentration value must be entered as the reference salt concentration in PVTWSALT.
Lagrangian Tracer Solver

The Lagrangian tracer solver (LAGTRAC keyword) is not available on the IBM power series architecture.
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Multi-segment Wells
For both ECLIPSE 100 Blackoil and ECLIPSE 300 Compositional, multi-segment wells that include a large number of segments and looped flow paths can experience severe convergence problems. When this occurs, convergence can sometimes be improved by excluding acceleration in the well pressure drop calculation method (WELSEGS item 6) and/or reducing the number of segments and loops.
Parallel ECLIPSE
1 There are known limitations with the combination of PINCHXY and the Parallel option. If the simulation model contains complex geometry, for instance, Y-shaped faults, we would recommend that the Petrel software is used to define the geometry and NNCs correctly. This information can be imported into ECLIPSE using a Generic Simulation Grid (.GSG). There is a known issue concerning the use of single-porosity regions (using the DPNUM keyword) for dual-porosity parallel runs in the ECLIPSE 100 and ECIPSE 300 reservoir simulators. It principally arises where the dual-porosity region is small and is surrounded by a large single-porosity region. This is due to the fact that on some processors, only single porosity cells occur. This may result in a communication mismatch between processors with and without dual porosity cells and therefore causing the simulation to fail. The most reliable workaround is to make at least one cell on each processor dual porosity (i.e. with DPNUM=1).
Polymer (Brine)
It is not recommend to use the polymer (brine) feature if connate water is close to zero as the system will then not be adequately defined. This could result in an inaccurate polymer (brine) concentration and/or convergence problems.
Tracers
The injection/production of tracers in wells which have significant cross flow may lead to tracer mass balance errors due to current limitations in the tracer model. For non-linear tracers, for example environmental tracers with adsorption enabled, the issue with cross flow in wells may lead to non-linear convergence problems. The problem can be resolved by disabling the cross flow ability (please see item 10 of the WELSPECS keyword).
Shale Gas and Licenses

If you launch a dataset with COMPS=1 and CBM in the RUNSPEC section, you only need an ECLIPSE and a coalbed license to run ECLIPSE 300. However this is not supported by the license scheduling mechanisms and the job will wait for standard licenses to be available before the job starts. It will then checkout blackoil and coalbed license options as it should.
ECLIPSE Office
1 When a dataset is imported from a directory other than the working directory, the contents of the All Keywords Tab in the Case Definition can sometimes be empty. It is recommended that the Import file be first copied to the working directory. If keywords are missing after importing a case using Case Import, it is advisable to load the data directly into a new Project using File | New Project.
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Recently altered keywords now always appear in Generic mode; this is because additional features would have been lost in the conventional UI mode. Under some circumstances, datasets beginning with an INCLUDE keyword are incorrectly parsed and it is recommended that you explicitly copy the contents of the INCLUDE file into the dataset. Saturation plots do not work with negative Pcow values. It is not possible to run a VOI simulation using the ECLRUN environment. This is because the FLUX files are deleted prior to the new simulation. It is highly recommended that the new simulation be moved to a fresh directory with a new name. In general there is very limited support for the Dynamic Region keywords (EQUALREG, COPYREG, ADDREG, MULTIREG) within ECLIPSE Office. With the Generic Keywords option ON, Multiple Realizations, Multiple Sensitivities, Correlations, Show plot, Box operations, Calculator, Update Case, View Model in Data Manager and View Model in Grid Section are disabled. ECLIPSE Office is unable to calculate the totals for Summary vectors when two or more cases are loaded into the Result Viewer. When the Generic Keywords option is ON, ECLIPSE Office cannot update the RUNSPEC dimensions based on the keyword data provided in the other sections. This has to be done manually using the Dimension Overrides Section.
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10 Nested LGRs are not supported. 11 The Result Viewer is not capable of reading user defined units. 12 ECLIPSE Office incorrectly treats IMPES and DIMPES as aliases. 13 Launching from Petrel under a Petrel License checks out a standalone license instead of using multiple license servers. 14 XMF, YMF and ZMF are dimensioned to the number of components * grid size. If the model contains water (or multi-component water) the array will not be properly expanded. 15 FloGrid, FloViz and ECLIPSE Office fail on Linux when an image is saved in Postscript format. 16 The DATES and START keywords do not support time. 17 It is not possible to add some of the tracer keywords to the SUMMARY section using the ECLIPSE Office User Interface. For example, GTICF, GTICS, GTPCF, GTPCS, WTICF, WTICS, WTPCF, WTPCS, CTPR, CTPT.
FloGrid
1 2 Well Auto Connect works very slowly with large grids. Due to a general lack of robustness of this feature across all supported platforms it has been decided to change the default behavior of FloGrid such that the Save and Restore feature is NOT enabled. To enable the Save and Restore feature modify $eclrc.bat to remove the line.
=============================================== : Turn off Save and Restore if necessary : =============================================== SET ECL_UTSR_HEAP=PROCESS
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The Save and Restore feature has been withdrawn from FloGrid for 64 bit platforms. 3 FloGrid, FloViz and ECLIPSE Office fail on Linux when an image is saved in Postscript format.
FloViz
1 Visualization problems can occur in FloViz when multiple output is requested from the Optimization option in ECLIPSE 300. It will not output any solutions (PRESSURE, SOIL, etc) for time T=0 when multiple output is requested. This known issue does not cause any simulation problems in ECLIPSE 300, it only affects the visualization results for T=0. Units for SFIPOIL etc are not displayed. These units are sm3 and Mscf for SFIPGAS. FloViz may fail while reading in FrontSim models which include .GRID and .INIT files if ACTNUM, in the GRID section, inactivates cells. The work around is to use Petrel. FloGrid, FloViz and ECLIPSE Office fail on Linux when an image is saved in Postscript format.
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FrontSim
Aquifer
1 2 3 The aquifer option does not support connection to active cell faces within the grid. The aquifer option does not allow a single cell face to be connected to multiple aquifers. The aquifer facility in FrontSim can produce different initial transient rates compared to an ECLIPSE run on the same model. FrontSim may calculate a spike rate on a non-converged, initial, large time step. Reducing the initial time steps and tuning can help to reduce this effect. Typically the steady state aquifer rate should match with ECLIPSE.
Dual Porosity
In some Dual Porosity models the translation of volumes from reservoir to surface conditions does not exactly honor the input PVT.
End Point Scaling

1 2 FrontSim does not allow the non-physical condition (1 - SWU) > SOWCR in cell end point calculations. The output of scaled capillary pressure to the debug file is incorrect.
Input/Output
1 2 The Field unit output of heat capacity is incorrect. Fluid in place values reported in the PRT file are in surface units for black oil. For the compositional model the values are in reservoir units and the gas in place is in Mrcf (1000 Reservoir Cubic Feet) instead of Mrb (1000 Reservoir Barrel).
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FloViz can fail while reading in FrontSim models that include .GRID and .INIT files if the ACTNUM keyword is present in the GRID section and is set to inactivate cells. The work around is to use Petrel.
Keywords
1 2 3 The EQUALS keyword usage is not fully compatible with ECLIPSE. Use the FrontSim Reference Manual to input the correct syntax. FrontSim does not produce correct results for the MULTPV keyword in the EDIT section. This keyword functions correctly in the GRID section. The EQUALS and MULTPV keywords do not work together in the EDIT section.
Restart
A FrontSim run cannot be restarted from an ECLIPSE tracer run.
Saturation Solver
The default Front Tracker saturation solver can be slow for some models when run on a Windows 32 platform. A workaround is to use the PERFORM keyword to set the save flow functions to NO.
Well Model
1 2 3 Wells changing to BHP control can temporarily cause group rate limits to be violated if well rates did not converge within the limit of the newton iterations. The well PI reported by FrontSim is based on total mobility and will be different from that reported by ECLIPSE which is based on the mobility of the primary phase. The TRACK option in COMPORD may not always order connections in the correct order for very complex wells. You are advised to check the connections sequence for accuracy and then to order them manually. Incorrect sequences of connections can sometimes create problems during the solution process. FrontSim does not yet support GRUPTREE or second tier group control using GRUPTREE. FrontSim does not support THP control, but does support THP reporting.
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PVTi
1 2 3 First-contact and multiple-contact miscibility tests may not work for some cases with PVTi since the 2008.1 release. The solution is to use earlier versions of PVTi. Regression on Normal variables may stop working after Whitson splitting. The solution is to use Multi-feed splitting or earlier versions of PVTi (before 2007.1). The Composition with Depth Experiment is limited to isothermal cases.
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Systems
Job Submission
Using a standalone PC to queue large numbers of jobs (greater than 25) at the same time is likely to cause problems, such memory contention, or the PC freezing and becoming unresponsive. We recommend that if you need to submit a large number of jobs that you submit them in batches of less than 25 at a time, or that you use a commercial scheduling system, such as Microsoft HPC or Platform LSF for Windows, to properly schedule and control jobs.
Licensing
Windows
1 Since the 2007.2 release, ECLIPSE has been compiled to use the slbsls daemon. This means that you can set the environment variable SLBSLS_LICENSE_FILE or SLBFD_LICENSE_FILE on Windows to pick up the licenses. Note that we now suggest that this is set in the USER section rather than the SYSTEM section as these variables are picked up dynamically. They can also be used on Linux. The flexlm tools are no longer distributed on the DVDs. All licensing is now run through the Schlumberger licensing tool. The macros that used to drive flex are also no longer available. Imutil is still provided but it is in the macros directory.
Linux
1 The flex version on Linux systems is now 11.6 and uses the slbsls daemons. These will serve licenses to Windows or Linux applications. The new version of flex supports CodeMeter dongles and now PETREL licenses can be served from Linux as well as Windows license servers. There are major changes to the Linux macros to 3 support LSF HPC (with the restriction that the submission machine must be the same type as the compute machines) provide proper license aware scheduling for Reservoir coupling jobs provide support for RHEL5 fix a number of problems and errors.
A few changes have been made to the ECLIPSE LSF integration kit. In particular, the queuing of MR jobs is now supported. Note that you must upgrade LSF to 7 Update 5 for this to work.
Linux
1 You must upgrade to SLES 10 SP1 or at least Redhat 4 Update 6 for all Linux Systems. We recommend that, if you are on Xeon systems with Harpertown or Nehalem chips, you upgrade to RHEL 5 Update 5.5.
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The Infiniband drivers that are now tested are the OFED 1.4.1 drivers. These need to be installed and built, and instructions on how to do this are in the Installation Guide. The rpms are provided on the ECLIPSE DVD. Note, if you are using RHEL 4 Update 6, or RHEL 5 Update 3, you may still be able to use the vendor provided ones, though this is dependent on your hardware: that is, some hardware devices will not support these earlier versions. Also note that RHEL 4 Update 4 is not a good version as the IB fabric drivers do not work.
Parallel ECLIPSE
There were major changes to parallel ECLIPSE in the 2009.1 release. The old MPI Pro version, used only on Windows systems, has been replaced with a new version that utilizes Intel MPI instead. As a result any programs that couple with ECLIPSE must be upgraded to work with the new version. New versions of VISAGE, PIPESIM and R2SL are available and third party applications will need to be changed as well.
Scali
The supplied version of Scali is now 5.6.7. This release has the built in Scali 5 license. However if you wish to run versions of ECLIPSE earlier than 2006.1 you will need to either get a standalone license from Schlumberger or use Scali 4.4.2. This version is also supplied on the DVD. We recommend that any users of NUMA systems upgrade to this version because there is a serious problem in version 5.3 of Scali which has a 20% performance impact.
Documentation
You can adjust the displayed PDF bookmarks for the ECLIPSE Suite manuals, if required, using the standard Adobe Acrobat menu options. Selecting Collapse Top-Level Bookmarks from the Bookmarks Options menu displays only the top level bookmarks for an individual PDF file. Note This can only be done on an individual file basis and must be repeated each time the file is opened. Reducing the displayed bookmarks to the top level bookmarks may decrease the functionality and usability of the keyword manuals such as the ECLIPSE Reference Manual and the FrontSim User Guide. Further manual adjustments to the displayed bookmarks may be necessary for these manuals.
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Licensing and Installation Chapter 4
How to Install and License

Please see the Installation Guide. Note When running local simulations on Windows through ECLRUN (that is for simulations launched from Petrel or the Simulation Launcher) the license check is disabled by default in ECLRUN. Please refer to the ECLRUN User Guide for details on how to enable the license check.
Backward Compatibility
Schlumberger endeavors to maintain license back compatibility (the ability to run for example version 2009.1 of ECLIPSE under a 2010.1 license), but this is only guaranteed over a three year cycle. Clients wishing to run versions that are more than three years old may be required to dedicate licenses to older versions and run a separate license server for this purpose.
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Licensing and Installation How to Install and License
Index Appendix A
A
Altered keywords . . . . . . . 35
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Gas-Oil Ratio Limit . . . . . . . 13, 18, 37, 43
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Platform Availability. . . . . . 7 Platforms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 PVTi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
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Backward compatibility . . . 63 Behavioral Changes. . . . . . 20
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Known Issues . . . . . . . . . . 55
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Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
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ECLIPSE . . . . . . . . . . . 9, 55
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Licensing and installation . . 63 Limit Gas-Oil Ratio13, 18, 37, 43 Water Cut. 13, 18, 37, 43 Water-Gas Ratio13, 18, 37, 43
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Water Cut Limit . . . . 13, 18, 37, 43 Water-Gas Ratio Limit. . . . . . . .13, 18, 37, 43
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FloGrid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 FloViz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
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New Facilities . . . . . . . . . . . 9
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ECLIPSE Release Notes Table of Contents

ECLIPSE Release Notes Table of Contents

Release Overview Chapter 1

Overview of Developments in 2010.1

Enhanced Oil Recovery

Improved Integration with Petrel Reservoir Engineering

Flexible Field Development Strategies

ECLIPSE Suite Release Notes

Well Modeling Compatibility Improvements for Existing Options

Performance enhancements Reliability, Consistency and Compatibility with ECLIPSE

ECLIPSE Pre- and Post Processing in 2010.1

Release Overview Overview of Developments in 2010.1

ECLIPSE Suite Release Notes

Product and Feature Changes Chapter 2

ECLIPSE Suite Release Notes

Product and Feature Changes Platform Availability

ECLIPSE works on RedHat 4 or 5 and SUSE SLES 10 based systems.

Product and Feature Changes Platform Availability

ECLIPSE Suite Release Notes

Thermal Recovery Simulation

Enhanced Oil Recovery

Improved Integration with Petrel Reservoir Engineering

Flexible Field Development Strategies

Compatibility Improvements for Existing Options

ECLIPSE Suite Release Notes

Product and Feature Changes ECLIPSE

Product and Feature Changes ECLIPSE

ECLIPSE Suite Release Notes

ECLIPSE Suite Release Notes

Product and Feature Changes ECLIPSE

Product and Feature Changes ECLIPSE

ECLIPSE Suite Release Notes

User Defined Arguments

ECLIPSE Suite Release Notes

Product and Feature Changes ECLIPSE

Product and Feature Changes ECLIPSE

ECLIPSE Suite Release Notes

ECLIPSE Suite Release Notes

Product and Feature Changes ECLIPSE

Product and Feature Changes ECLIPSE

ECLIPSE Suite Release Notes

Product and Feature Changes ECLIPSE

User Defined Arguments

Product and Feature Changes ECLIPSE

ECLIPSE Suite Release Notes

Facilities for Hydraulic Fracture Workflow

ECLIPSE Suite Release Notes

Product and Feature Changes ECLIPSE

Table 2.1 Keyword PORO

Effect of Hydraulic Fracture keywords Description

Behavioral changes in 2010.1

Behavioral changes in ECLIPSE 100

Product and Feature Changes ECLIPSE

ECLIPSE Suite Release Notes

ECLIPSE Suite Release Notes