Development and verification of a numerical simulator to calculate the bottom hole flowing pressures in multiphase systems /
A vast amount of research has been conducted on the subject
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| Format: | Thesis eBook |
| Language: | English |
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1994.
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| Online Access: | Link to OAKTrust copy |
| Summary: | A vast amount of research has been conducted on the subject by using the equation of state instead of correlations for Compositions, and water cuts. The values Of bottom hole correlation, and with the measured values of bottom hole developed for this research incorporates the Beggs and Brill estimates of bottom hole flowing pressures could be obtained flowing pressures obtained by coupling the Beggs and Brill flowing pressures. It was found that the equation of state fluid Properties; hence, the use of an equation of state for fluid properties. Data from 56 wells were tested. The for the calculation of fluid Properties. Most of the for this research, which uses more data than the conventional gas/oil ratios, total depths, tubing sizes, fluid geographical locations for these wells were mostly from the helped the model to predict better estimates for flowing Louisiana. There was a wide range Of variation in the Middle East, but there were some wells located in offshore model for pressure drop prediction with an equation of state model with the equation of state were compared with the models, was found to be far superior to the conventional models. objective of this study was to show that more accurate of pressure drop in muldphase flow systems. The simulator Pressures, by analyzing more data. Thus, the model developed results from Beggs and Brill coupled with fluid property simulators in use today use correlations to calculate the such Purposes is a novel and more fundamental approach. The variables for each well, some of these were: flow rates, |
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| Item Description: | "Major subject: Petroleum Engineering". Vita. |
| Physical Description: | xi, 178 leaves : illustrations ; 28 cm. Also available online. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |