Modeling Heavy Oil & Gas Production and Facilities Using Aspen HYSYS Upstream

Course ID : EHY2351

Duration In-class (в days) : 2 days

Duration Online : 2 days

Сurriculum : in-class, Virtual Instructor-Led Training - ONLINE

Delivery : 14.10.2025 - 30.10.2025

Price : $1 290

Overview

Use the new advanced capabilities of Aspen HYSYS to enable shared workflow between production modeling and facilities modeling. Use the improved oil modeling tools in Aspen HYSYS for heavy oil models, hypothetical components from lab data, tune transport properties to match field data. Use Aspen Hydraulics to perform hydraulic calculation and use Aspen HYSYS pipe segment for Flow assurance calculation.

Audience for this course

Anyone interested in the modeling of upstream production processes, including production, facilities, and process engineers
Individuals wanting to extend the skills gained in EHY101 Aspen HYSYS Process Modeling course by learning how to use the Upstream capabilities in Aspen HYSYS

Objective

Instruction on basic topics is supplemented by useful tips for tuning your models
Instructor-guided demonstrations of product features
Hands-on workshops that apply learned concepts
Detailed course notes and reference materials

Prerequisites for this course

EHY101 Aspen HYSYS Process Modeling or
Some prior knowledge of upstream industry practices is expected

Outcomes

Use the oil modeling tools in Aspen HYSYS that are typical in production engineering software
Use the new Oil and Gas Feed option to model heavy oil within a single Aspen HYSYS flowsheet
Solve system wide debottleneck and optimization problems by tightly integrating hydraulic models with your facilities models using Aspen Hydraulics
Perform Flow Assurance calculations (Hydrate formation, Oil water emulsions handling, CO2 freezing) in pipe segment

Outline

Introduction to Aspen Upstream

Introduction to Aspen HYSYS Upstream concepts

Introduction to Heavy Oil Characterization

Specify reservoir fluid streams using HYSYS Oil & Gas Feed capabilities and calculate unknown heavy oil properties
Work within the Oil & Gas Feed property view of Aspen HYSYS
Workshop: Heavy Oil Characterization – Introduce the basics of modeling well head fluids using Oil & Gas Feed capabilities

Pipeline Simulation Using Pipe Segment

Add and connect the HYSYS Pipe Segment to build a flowsheet in Aspen HYSYS
Explore Pipe Segment results and flow assurance options
Workshop: Use the Pipe Segment to simulate a pipeline

Model a Gas Oil Separation Plant (GOSP)

Build a composition based flowsheet
Add additional properties to streams through the use of property correlations
Use the Adjust logical operation to achieve a process objective
Use the Production Allocation Utility to allocate production flow rates among contributing wells.
Workshop: Model a two-stage oil-gas separation plant using the Pipeline Simulation module as a basis

Pipeline Simulation Using Aspen Hydraulics

Identify and explain the Aspen Hydraulics Unit Operations
Summarize the available pipe options and licenses, and recognize their capabilities
Workshop – Use Aspen Hydraulics in Steady State mode to model pipeline networks

Pig Launching Using Aspen Hydraulics (Dynamics)

Convert the a steady state Aspen Hydraulics file into dynamics
Setup Aspen Hydraulics for pig modeling
Review how to merge Aspen Hydraulics sub-flowsheets with fully-defined Aspen HYSYS Dynamics files
Model pigging using a Microsoft Excel interface to plot the liquid profile along the pipeline
Workshop: Configure and use the pigging operations within Aspen Hydraulics

Explore Conceptual Design Builder to swiftly build GOSP

Understand the capabilities and options in the HYSYS Conceptual Design Builder
Use the Conceptual Design Builder to quickly build a HYSYS model of a Gas Oil Separation Plant (GOSP)
Review results in separated reports
Workshop: Specify and build a Gas-Oil Separation Plant (GOSP) model using the Conceptual Design Builder tool in Aspen HYSYS

Modeling Real Separators

Model separators to include carryover so that your simulation better matches a real process
Predict the effect of exit devices on mitigating carryover

Workshop: Use the Aspen HYSYS Real Separator capabilities to model imperfect separation in a 3-phase oil-water-gas separator