Well integrity parameterization to trigger redrilling [v3.13.10]

.bumpversion.cfg

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 3.13.9
+current_version = 3.13.10
 commit = True
 tag = True
 

.cookiecutterrc

@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ default_context:
     sphinx_doctest: "no"
     sphinx_theme: "sphinx-py3doc-enhanced-theme"
     test_matrix_separate_coverage: "no"
-    version: 3.13.9
+    version: 3.13.10
     version_manager: "bump2version"
     website: "https://github.com/NREL"
     year_from: "2023"

CHANGELOG.rst

@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ GEOPHIRES v3 (2023-2026)
 3.13
 ^^^^
 
+3.13.10: `Well integrity parameterization to trigger redrilling <https://github.com/softwareengineerprogrammer/GEOPHIRES/pull/163>`__ | `release <https://github.com/NREL/GEOPHIRES-X/releases/tag/v3.13.10>`__
+
 3.13.9: `Add hip-ra-x-result.json schema and HipRaXResult <https://github.com/NatLabRockies/GEOPHIRES-X/pull/499>`__ | `release <https://github.com/NREL/GEOPHIRES-X/releases/tag/v3.13.9>`__
 
 3.13.8: `Fix drilling cost types output unit conversion issue; Project Location (Latitude & Longitude); SHR Example 3 update <https://github.com/NatLabRockies/GEOPHIRES-X/pull/497>`__ | `release <https://github.com/NREL/GEOPHIRES-X/releases/tag/v3.13.8>`__

README.rst

@@ -58,9 +58,9 @@ Free software: `MIT license <LICENSE>`__
     :alt: Supported implementations
     :target: https://pypi.org/project/geophires-x
 
-.. |commits-since| image:: https://img.shields.io/github/commits-since/softwareengineerprogrammer/GEOPHIRES-X/v3.13.9.svg
+.. |commits-since| image:: https://img.shields.io/github/commits-since/softwareengineerprogrammer/GEOPHIRES-X/v3.13.10.svg
     :alt: Commits since latest release
-    :target: https://github.com/softwareengineerprogrammer/GEOPHIRES-X/compare/v3.13.9...main
+    :target: https://github.com/softwareengineerprogrammer/GEOPHIRES-X/compare/v3.13.10...main
 
 .. |docs| image:: https://readthedocs.org/projects/GEOPHIRES-X/badge/?style=flat
     :target: https://softwareengineerprogrammer.github.io/GEOPHIRES
@@ -236,6 +236,10 @@ Example-specific web interface deeplinks are listed in the Link column.
      - `example13.txt <tests/examples/example13.txt>`__
      - `.out <tests/examples/example13.out>`__
      - `link <https://gtp.scientificwebservices.com/geophires?geophires-example-id=example13>`__
+   * - Example 13b: Redrilling due to Well Integrity
+     - `example13.txt <tests/examples/example13b_well-integrity.txt>`__
+     - `.out <tests/examples/example13b_well-integrity.out>`__
+     - `link <https://gtp.scientificwebservices.com/geophires?geophires-example-id=example13b_well-integrity>`__
    * - Example 14: Data Center
      - `example14_data-center.txt <tests/examples/example14_data-center.txt>`__
      - `.out <tests/examples/example14_data-center.out>`__

docs/conf.py

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 year = '2025'
 author = 'NREL'
 copyright = f'{year}, {author}'
-version = release = '3.13.9'
+version = release = '3.13.10'
 
 pygments_style = 'trac'
 templates_path = ['./templates']

setup.py

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ def read(*names, **kwargs):
 
 setup(
     name='geophires-x',
-    version='3.13.9',
+    version='3.13.10',
     license='MIT',
     description='GEOPHIRES is a free and open-source geothermal techno-economic simulator.',
     long_description='{}\n{}'.format(

src/geophires_x/WellBores.py

@@ -950,6 +950,9 @@ def __init__(self, model: Model):
             ToolTipText="Productivity index defined as ratio of production well flow rate over production well inflow "
                         "pressure drop (see docs)"
         )
+
+        well_integrity_max_lifetime_param_name = "Well Integrity Maximum Lifetime"
+        # noinspection SpellCheckingInspection
         self.maxdrawdown = self.ParameterDict[self.maxdrawdown.Name] = floatParameter(
             "Maximum Drawdown",
             DefaultValue=1.0,
@@ -959,11 +962,33 @@ def __init__(self, model: Model):
             PreferredUnits=PercentUnit.TENTH,
             CurrentUnits=PercentUnit.TENTH,
             ErrMessage="assume default maximum drawdown (1)",
-            ToolTipText="Maximum allowable thermal drawdown before redrilling of all wells into new reservoir "
-                        "(most applicable to EGS-type reservoirs with heat farming strategies). E.g. a value of 0.2 "
-                        "means that all wells are redrilled after the production temperature (at the wellhead) has "
-                        "dropped by 20% of its initial temperature"
+            ToolTipText=f"Maximum allowable thermal drawdown before redrilling of all wells into new reservoir "
+                        f"(most applicable to EGS-type reservoirs with heat farming strategies). E.g. a value of 0.2 "
+                        f"means that all wells are redrilled after the production temperature (at the wellhead) has "
+                        f"dropped by 20% of its initial temperature. "
+                        f"Note that redrilling is triggered by whichever occurs first: this thermal drawdown limit or "
+                        f"the chronological limit defined by {well_integrity_max_lifetime_param_name}."
         )
+        self.well_integrity_max_lifetime = self.ParameterDict[self.well_integrity_max_lifetime.Name] = floatParameter(
+            well_integrity_max_lifetime_param_name,
+            DefaultValue=-1.0,
+            Min=0.1,
+            Max=100.0,
+            UnitType=Units.TIME,
+            PreferredUnits=TimeUnit.YEAR,
+            CurrentUnits=TimeUnit.YEAR,
+            Required=False,
+            Provided=False,
+            ToolTipText=f"Maximum chronological lifetime of the wellbore infrastructure before mechanical/chemical "
+                        f"failure forces a redrilling event, independent of thermal drawdown. Models a deterministic "
+                        f"first-order approximation of well integrity failure (compressive yielding, high-temperature "
+                        f"creep, low-cycle fatigue, cement degradation, sulfide stress cracking, etc.) that is "
+                        f"particularly relevant for Superhot Rock systems where wellbore infrastructure "
+                        f"may typically fail before thermal depletion. Redrilling is triggered at the minimum of the "
+                        f"thermal drawdown index defined by {self.maxdrawdown.Name} and this chronological index. "
+                        f"If not provided, defaults to project lifetime (no mechanical failure)."
+        )
+
         self.IsAGS = self.ParameterDict[self.IsAGS.Name] = boolParameter(
             "Is AGS",
             DefaultValue=False,
@@ -1615,22 +1640,71 @@ def Calculate(self, model: Model) -> None:
         model.logger.info(f'complete {self.__class__.__name__}: {__name__}')
 
     def calculate_redrilling(self, model: Model) -> None:
-        # Redrilling applies to the built-in analytical reservoir models and user-provided profile.
-        if model.reserv.resoption.value in \
-            [ReservoirModel.MULTIPLE_PARALLEL_FRACTURES, ReservoirModel.LINEAR_HEAT_SWEEP,
-             ReservoirModel.SINGLE_FRACTURE, ReservoirModel.ANNUAL_PERCENTAGE, ReservoirModel.USER_PROVIDED_PROFILE]:
-            index_first_max_drawdown = np.argmax(
-                self.ProducedTemperature.value < (1 - model.wellbores.maxdrawdown.value) *
-                self.ProducedTemperature.value[0])
-
-            if index_first_max_drawdown > 0:  # redrilling necessary
-                self.redrill.value = int(np.floor(len(self.ProducedTemperature.value) / index_first_max_drawdown))
-                ProducedTemperatureRepeated = np.tile(self.ProducedTemperature.value[0:index_first_max_drawdown],
-                                                      self.redrill.value + 1)
-                self.ProducedTemperature.value = ProducedTemperatureRepeated[0:len(self.ProducedTemperature.value)]
-                TResOutputRepeated = np.tile(model.reserv.Tresoutput.value[0:index_first_max_drawdown],
-                                             self.redrill.value + 1)
-                model.reserv.Tresoutput.value = TResOutputRepeated[0:len(self.ProducedTemperature.value)]
+        """
+        Redrilling applies to the built-in analytical reservoir models and user-provided profile.
+        """
+
+        if model.reserv.resoption.value not in [
+            ReservoirModel.MULTIPLE_PARALLEL_FRACTURES, ReservoirModel.LINEAR_HEAT_SWEEP,
+            ReservoirModel.SINGLE_FRACTURE, ReservoirModel.ANNUAL_PERCENTAGE,
+            ReservoirModel.USER_PROVIDED_PROFILE,
+        ]:
+            return
+
+        total_steps = len(self.ProducedTemperature.value)
+        project_lifetime_yr = model.surfaceplant.plant_lifetime.value
+
+        # Thermal drawdown trigger
+        index_first_max_drawdown = int(np.argmax(
+            self.ProducedTemperature.value
+            < (1 - model.wellbores.maxdrawdown.value) * self.ProducedTemperature.value[0]
+        ))
+
+        # Well integrity (chronological) trigger
+        if self.well_integrity_max_lifetime.Provided and self.well_integrity_max_lifetime.value > 0:
+            timesteps_per_year = total_steps / project_lifetime_yr
+            integrity_failure_index = int(self.well_integrity_max_lifetime.value * timesteps_per_year)
+            # Clamp: a lifetime >= project lifetime means "no mechanical failure"
+            if integrity_failure_index >= total_steps:
+                integrity_failure_index = 0  # treat as "no trigger" sentinel
+        else:
+            integrity_failure_index = 0  # no mechanical failure modeled
+
+        # Competing-risk: take the earliest non-zero trigger
+        candidates = [i for i in (index_first_max_drawdown, integrity_failure_index) if i > 0]
+        if not candidates:
+            return  # no redrilling
+        redrill_trigger_index = min(candidates)
+
+        if redrill_trigger_index <= 0 or redrill_trigger_index >= total_steps:
+            return
+
+        self.redrill.value = int(np.floor(total_steps / redrill_trigger_index))
+        ProducedTemperatureRepeated = np.tile(
+            self.ProducedTemperature.value[0:redrill_trigger_index],
+            self.redrill.value + 1,
+        )
+        self.ProducedTemperature.value = ProducedTemperatureRepeated[0:total_steps]
+        TResOutputRepeated = np.tile(
+            model.reserv.Tresoutput.value[0:redrill_trigger_index],
+            self.redrill.value + 1,
+        )
+        model.reserv.Tresoutput.value = TResOutputRepeated[0:total_steps]
+
+        # Log which mechanism dominated
+        if (integrity_failure_index > 0
+                and (index_first_max_drawdown == 0 or integrity_failure_index < index_first_max_drawdown)):
+            model.logger.info(
+                f"Redrilling driven by {self.well_integrity_max_lifetime.Name} "
+                f"({self.well_integrity_max_lifetime.value} {self.well_integrity_max_lifetime.CurrentUnits}); "
+                f"redrill events = {self.redrill.value}."
+            )
+        else:
+            model.logger.info(
+                f"Redrilling driven by thermal drawdown ({self.maxdrawdown.Name}; "
+                f"{self.maxdrawdown.quantity().to(convertible_unit('percent')).magnitude:.2f}%); "
+                f"redrill events = {self.redrill.value}."
+            )
 
     def _sync_output_params_from_input_params(self) -> None:
         """

src/geophires_x/__init__.py

@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = '3.13.9'
+__version__ = '3.13.10'

src/geophires_x_schema_generator/geophires-request.json

@@ -818,14 +818,23 @@
       "maximum": 10000.0
     },
     "Maximum Drawdown": {
-      "description": "Maximum allowable thermal drawdown before redrilling of all wells into new reservoir (most applicable to EGS-type reservoirs with heat farming strategies). E.g. a value of 0.2 means that all wells are redrilled after the production temperature (at the wellhead) has dropped by 20% of its initial temperature",
+      "description": "Maximum allowable thermal drawdown before redrilling of all wells into new reservoir (most applicable to EGS-type reservoirs with heat farming strategies). E.g. a value of 0.2 means that all wells are redrilled after the production temperature (at the wellhead) has dropped by 20% of its initial temperature. Note that redrilling is triggered by whichever occurs first: this thermal drawdown limit or the chronological limit defined by Well Integrity Maximum Lifetime.",
       "type": "number",
       "units": "",
       "category": "Well Bores",
       "default": 1.0,
       "minimum": 0.0,
       "maximum": "1.0"
     },
+    "Well Integrity Maximum Lifetime": {
+      "description": "Maximum chronological lifetime of the wellbore infrastructure before mechanical/chemical failure forces a redrilling event, independent of thermal drawdown. Models a deterministic first-order approximation of well integrity failure (compressive yielding, high-temperature creep, low-cycle fatigue, cement degradation, sulfide stress cracking, etc.) that is particularly relevant for Superhot Rock systems where wellbore infrastructure may typically fail before thermal depletion. Redrilling is triggered at the minimum of the thermal drawdown index defined by Maximum Drawdown and this chronological index. If not provided, defaults to project lifetime (no mechanical failure).",
+      "type": "number",
+      "units": "yr",
+      "category": "Well Bores",
+      "default": -1.0,
+      "minimum": 0.1,
+      "maximum": 100.0
+    },
     "Is AGS": {
       "description": "Set to true if the model is for an Advanced Geothermal System (AGS)",
       "type": "boolean",

tests/base_test_case.py

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import inspect
+import math
 import numbers
 import os.path
 import sys
@@ -11,6 +12,7 @@
 
 from geophires_x.GeoPHIRESUtils import sig_figs
 from geophires_x_client import GeophiresInputParameters
+from geophires_x_client import GeophiresXResult
 
 # noinspection PyProtectedMember
 from geophires_x_client import _get_logger
@@ -29,6 +31,41 @@ def _get_test_file_content(self, test_file_name, **open_kw_args) -> str:
     def _list_test_files_dir(self, test_files_dir: str):
         return os.listdir(self._get_test_file_path(test_files_dir))  # noqa: PTH208
 
+    # noinspection PyMethodMayBeStatic
+    def _sanitize_nan(self, r: GeophiresXResult) -> GeophiresXResult:
+        """
+        Workaround for float('nan') != float('nan')
+        See https://stackoverflow.com/questions/51728427/unittest-how-to-assert-if-the-two-possibly-nan-values-are-equal
+
+        TODO generalize beyond After-tax IRR
+
+        Mutates passed-in result object.
+        """
+
+        irr_key = 'After-tax IRR'
+        if irr_key in r.result['ECONOMIC PARAMETERS']:
+            try:
+                if math.isnan(r.result['ECONOMIC PARAMETERS'][irr_key]['value']):
+                    r.result['ECONOMIC PARAMETERS'][irr_key]['value'] = 'NaN'
+            except TypeError:
+                pass
+
+        return r
+
+    # noinspection PyMethodMayBeStatic
+    def _strip_metadata(self, geophires_result: GeophiresXResult) -> GeophiresXResult:
+        """
+        Useful for comparing results from different runs.
+
+        Mutates passed-in result object.
+        """
+
+        for key in ['metadata', 'Simulation Metadata']:
+            if key in geophires_result.result:
+                del geophires_result.result[key]
+
+        return geophires_result
+
     def assertAlmostEqualWithinPercentage(self, expected, actual, msg: str | None = None, percent=5):
         if msg is not None and not isinstance(msg, str):
             raise ValueError(f'msg must be a string (you may have meant to pass percent={msg})')