Well modeling associated with extraction of hydrocarbons from subsurface formations

An apparatus comprising:

• a processor;
• a memory coupled to the processor;
• and
• an application accessible by the processor and stored in the memory, wherein the application is configured to:
• receive parameters associated with a failure mode of a well from a user;
• utilize a previously generated response surface to provide a technical limit for the failure mode, wherein the previously generated response surface is based on at least one numerical engineering model that represents an event resulting in the failure mode;
• using with the processor, at least one coupled physics simulator that uses a computational simulation model based on first principle physical laws to generate a coupled physics limit that comprises an algorithm that includes a combination of well operating conditions that are within the range of conditions covered by the response surface;
• and
• use both the previously generated response surface and the coupled physics limit to quantify the parameters associated with the failure mode of the well.

A method associated with the production of hydrocarbons comprising:

• identifying a well failure mode;
• accessing a user tool to determine a technical limit related to the failure mode for a well;
• and
• utilizing both a coupled physics limit that comprises an algorithm that includes a combination of well operating conditions and a previously developed response surface associated with the user tool to provide the technical limit, wherein the previously developed response surface is based on at least two simulations of at least one numerical engineering model that represents an event resulting in the well failure mode, wherein the at least one numerical engineering model represents the event in terms of at least one parameter related to the event, wherein the response surface associates the event with a range of conditions for at least one parameter related to the event, and wherein the well for which the technical limit is determined has parameter conditions within the range of conditions covered by the response surface.

A method associated with the production of hydrocarbons comprising:

• identifying a failure mode for a well;
• constructing a numerical engineering model to describe an event that results in the failure mode;
• converting the numerical engineering model into a response surface;
• selecting at least one coupled physics simulator that uses a computational simulation model based on first principle physical laws;
• using the at least one coupled physics simulator with a processor to generate a coupled physics limit that comprises an algorithm that includes a combination of well operating conditions that are within the range of conditions covered by the response surface;
• associating the response surface and the coupled physics limit with a user tool configured to provide the response surface for analysis of another well.