SIO the other newsletter – No. 155: Efficient Oil Extraction with FilmDoctor®
Efficient Oil Extraction with FilmDoctor® – Safer, Smarter, Subsidence-Free
By Troy vom Braucke
FilmDoctor® uses analytical physics to simulate digital twins of stress and strain fields in multi-layered oil reservoirs, cutting subsidence risk (by up to 90% in our hypothetical example below)—faster and more precise than FEA, and using real site data or literature values for preliminary analysis.
Traditional extraction softens the oil-bearing sandstone, leading to a risk of casing collapse, with wells typically limited to 40-50% of the oil being feasibly extracted.
We simulated traditional extraction methods compared to new state-of-the-art technology from RASA® to understand risks as oil is depleted due to the impact of lost circulation zones and costly repairs in the millions, while showing potential for real-time optimization of oil fields.
Using traditional extraction methods, the porous oil-bearing layer suffers from pore compaction as the oil is drained, leading in our example to increased von Mises stress of 1.3 GPa exceeding the yield strength (see Figure 2a). FilmDoctor® flags these changes preventively to help avert casing collapse.
In contrast, we explored the flexibility of RASA®’sadvanced tech, evaluating a process tweak with the simulation to show the result of significantly reducing viscosity in layer 2.
Max von Mises stress in layer 2 below 200 MPa and within the yield strength of the substrate (see Figure 2b). The process effectively annealing out the stress, converting layer 2 close its original stress-free “virgin” state, an impact as dramatic as the following image for oil-field economics:
FilmDoctor® bridges geological-scale oil reservoirs to nanoscale applications.
Building on this layered approach to minimize stress, a similar approach—echoing viscosity cuts in reservoirs— applies in aluminum-graphene batteries to allow for low-resistance domains of ion flow, enabling rapid charging with minimal heat and wear to extend cycles.
These layered solutions exploit core physics [2] to boost performance.
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If you have any questions concerning the theory, please contact Norbert Schwarzer directly via email: n.schwarzer@siomec.de
If you have any questions concerning the software and animation, please contact Nick Bierwisch: n.bierwisch@siomec.de
For all other concerns (software, offers, development, investor requests) address Peggy Heuer-Schwarzer: p.heuer@siomec.de or Troy vom Braucke: troy@gpplasma.com
References
[1] Example geology from https://geology.utah.gov/map-pub/survey-notes/horizontal-drilling-utah/
[2] N. Schwarzer, “Fluid Universe: The Way of Structured Water – mathematical formulation”, Jenny Stanford Publishing, forthcoming release in 2026).
SIO the other newsletter – No. 154: Update: Simplified Reporting with FilmDoctor®
By Troy vom Braucke and Nick Bierwisch
In a recent newsletter we discussed the application of a jet landing on a runway to understand the stresses in the landing zone for hard, soft, and taxiing scenarios.
However, sharing your FilmDoctor analysis to colleagues meant manually exporting data sections, images, or entire project files—time-consuming and fragmented, with no one-click option for a complete report for each module used.
We’ve integrated Typst [1] – a fast, open-source LaTeX alternative – to generate professional, presentation-ready PDF reports instantly. One button exports all data, images, and analysis summaries for select modules, making it effortless to extract insights, share with teams and project partners, and archive.
See attached example reports for OPfC® and FilmDoctor® modules, based on our jet runway landing scenario—complete with input data and stress field visuals.
We’re rolling this out to more modules soon.
Contact us today for your free software update (while available in your update period) or to check compatibility with older versions. Let’s streamline your workflow!
If you have any questions concerning the theory, please contact Norbert Schwarzer directly via email: n.schwarzer@siomec.de
If you have any questions concerning the software and animation, please contact Nick Bierwisch: n.bierwisch@siomec.de
For all other concerns (software, offers, development, investor requests) address Peggy Heuer-Schwarzer: p.heuer@siomec.de or Troy vom Braucke: troy@gpplasma.com
References
[1] Typst (http://www.typst.app) an open source Latex alternative which offers us new ways to create reports, summaries and so on. It was developed in Berlin, Germany and is written in Rust which makes it extremely fast and more flexible than creating document with Latex. Our software collects the needed data, creates the images and prepares the document. In the following step that document is compiled with Typst (mostly in under 1 second) and the final PDF document is created.
