| Autor: |
Gallice, Frederic, Wiggins, Michael L. |
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SPE Production & Facilities; May2004, Vol. 19 Issue 2, p100-104, 5p, 8 Charts, 1 Graph |
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Petroleum engineers are routinely required to predict the pressure/ production behavior of individual oil wells. These well-performance estimates assist the engineer in evaluating various operating conditions, determining the optimum production scheme, and designing production equipment and artificial-lift systems. In this paper, commonly used empirical, inflow performance relationships for estimating the pressure/production behavior during two-phase flow are investigated. Relationships studied include those proposed by Vogel; Fetkovich; Jones, Blount, and Glaze; Klins and Majcher; and Sukarno and Wisnogroho. Each method is described briefly, and the methods used to develop the relationship are discussed. On the basis of actual vertical-well data, the relationships are used to predict performance for 26 cases. The predicted performance is then compared to the actual measured rate and pressure data. The variation between the predicted and measured data is analyzed, and from this analysis, an assessment is made on the use of inflow performance relationships and of the quality of the performance estimates. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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