Case Studies

Network schematics

Strategic Permian demo network.

Strategic toy case study network.

Strategic small case study network.

Strategic treatment demo network.

Comparison table

	Strategic model Permian demo	Strategic model toy case study	Strategic model small case study	Strategic model treatment demo	Operational model case study
Input file	strategic_permian_demo.xlsx	strategic_toy_case_study.xlsx	strategic_small_case_study.xlsx	strategic_treatment_demo.xlsx	operational_generic_case_study.xlsx
Model type	Strategic	Strategic	Strategic	Strategic	Operational
Description	A representative example of a Permian system. Nearly identical to treatment demo, but with reduced CAPEX options.	A very small, toy-sized network. Useful for testing and debugging.	Larger network, but “small” in the sense that disposal and pipeline expansion are not allowed, so the model solves quickly.	Larger network, and disposal and pipeline expansion are allowed. Takes a bit longer to solve. This can be seen as the “default” case study for the strategic model.	Generic case study for the operational model. Note that this case study cannot currently be run in PARETO UI - it can only be run using the Python command line interface.
Decision period	Week	Week	Week	Week	Day
Decision horizon	52 weeks	52 weeks	52 weeks	52 weeks	5 days
Network nodes	28	9	28	28	0
Production pads	14	4	15	14	5
Production tanks	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	14
Completions pads	3	1	4	3	1
External completions pads [1]	1 (CP03)	0	0	1 (CP03)	N/A
Disposal sites (SWD)	5	2	3	5	2
Disposal expansion allowed? [2]	Yes, for K03 and K05	No	No	Yes, for K03 and K05	No
Storage sites	3	1	2	3	0
Storage expansion allowed?	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
Completions pad	No	No	Yes	No	Yes
Treatment sites	6 Non-desalination sites: R02, R04, R05 Desalination sites: R01, R03, R06 All sites have zero initial treatment capacity	2 Non-desalination site: R02 Desalination site: R01 Both sites have zero initial treatment capacity	2 Both are non-desalination sites Both sites have nonzero initial treatment capcity	6 Non-desalination sites: R02, R04, R05 Desalination sites: R01, R03, R06 All sites have zero initial treatment capacity	2
Treatment technologies	Non-desalination: CB, CB-EV Desalination: FF	Non-desalination: CB, CB-EV Desalination: MVC, MD, OARO	Non-desalination: CB	Non-desalination: CB, CB-EV Desalination: FF, HDH	N/A
Treatment expansion allowed?	Yes, except for R01	Yes	Yes (but only one capacity option)	Yes	No
Pipeline expansion allowed?	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
Hydraulics settings	Roughness factor: 110 Head loss: 0.03	Roughness factor: 110 Head loss: 0.03	Roughness factor: 110 Head loss: 0.03	Roughness factor: 110 Head loss: 0.03	N/A
Economics	Discount rate: 8% CAPEX lifetime: 20 years	Discount rate: 8% CAPEX lifetime: 20 years	Discount rate: 8% CAPEX lifetime: 20 years	Discount rate: 8% CAPEX lifetime: 20 years	N/A
Notes	Recommend solving with Gurobi, or with >15min runtime with CBC.			Recommend solving with Gurobi.

[1]

In the strategic model, external completions pads can be used to model opportunities for water sharing outside of the main network.

[2]

In the strategic model, disposal capacity expansion is only allowed for SWD sites for which the initial disposal capacity is 0.

Abbreviations

• CB: Clean brine treatment

• CB-EV: Clean brine treatment with enhanced evaporation

• FF: Falling film evaporation

• HDH: Humidification-dehumidification

• MD: Membrane distillation

• MVC: Mechanical vapor compression

• OARO: Osmotically assisted reverse osmosis

• SWD: Salt water disposal