Maximus 7.5 - Physics based Multiphase Flow Simulator

Released: May 2024. Patch released 13 Aug 2024 to resolve issue 20889
Maintained until May 2027
Release Notes

What's new in Maximus 7.5

With Maximus 7.5 we impress an acceleration to the transition of Maximus from a primarily design tool to a tool that can be used across the project lifecycle, from early stages of design to operations management and production optimization. In particular, through the enhancement of historian connectivity, history matching and pipeline tuning capabilities, we provide production engineers with a set of tools ready to connect Maximus to field data and make sure the parameters of the model are optimized to match historical data and forecast future production more accurately, therefore improving production plans.
With the upcoming release of the Maximus REST API, all this capability will be soon available through cloud deployment via KBC Acuity. Maximus is further enhanced in the flow assurance area through the introduction of the hydrates blockage risk management tool, which integrates the leading hydrates deposition model developed by University of Western Australia (UWA). Further enhancements in FloWax make wax deposition studies more useful and improve the overall user experience.
Through the collaboration with Caltec, Maximus 7.4 introduced the possibility of modelling surface jet pumps, to increase production of low pressure gas dominated wells, and reduce energy requirement for compression, as well as allowing the extension of the producing life of the well.

List of changes in Maximus 7.5

• New or improved functionalities

  • Drag and Drop functionality
  • Flow Correlation autotuning via new Tuning object
  • Events logic configurator
  • Various improvements to the integration of the OneSubsea Object - integration of the new release of the OnseSubsea DLL and various usability improvements
  • Two new optimization methods for Gas Lift Optimization
  • FloWax: Model wax build up over time in a pipe
  • Added EOS recommendations to Help system
  • Added new Model Variable Functions. See Maximus Help System for more details.

• Interfacing and performance

  • Improvements to the GIS map functionality
  • Ability to utilize SLB's OLGA-S for free when it's purchased directly from SLB (KBC have been stopped from selling OLGA-S as part of Maximus). Users need to request a "AOL 3-J1" OLGA-S type license from SLB
  • Various improvements to command interface and REST API to prepare Maximus for Cloud deployment in 2025
  • Update to Multiflash 7.4

List of known issues in Maximus 7.5