Open AccessProductivity and injectivity of horizontal wells
Author(s) -
Khalid Aziz
Publication year - 2000
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/751965
Subject(s) - pressure drop , horizontal and vertical , flow (mathematics) , geology , petroleum engineering , work (physics) , productivity , mechanics , geotechnical engineering , engineering , mechanical engineering , geodesy , physics , economics , macroeconomics
One of the key issues addressed was pressure drop in long horizontal wells and its influence on well performance. Very little information is available in the literature on flow in pipes with influx through pipe walls. Virtually all of this work has been in small diameter pipes and with single-phase flow. In order to address this problem new experimental data on flow in horizontal and near horizontal wells have been obtained. Experiments were conducted at an industrial facility on typical 6 1/8 ID, 100 feet long horizontal well model. The new data along with available information in the literature have been used to develop new correlations and mechanistic models. Thus it is now possible to predict, within reasonable accuracy, the effect of influx through the well on pressure drop in the well