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An Experimental Study on the Pressure Distribution in Horizontal Gas Wells
Jinbo Liu1, Ziheng Jiang2, Xuezhang Feng1, Ruiquan Liao2, Dianfang Feng1, Xingkai Zhang2,*, Hasimu Aikeremu1
1 No. 1 Gas Production Plant of Xinjiang Oilfield Company, Karamay, 834000, China
2 School of Petroleum Engineering, Yangtze University, Wuhan, 430100, China
* Corresponding Author: Xingkai Zhang.
Fluid Dynamics & Materials Processing 2020, 16(6), 1243-1258. https://doi.org/10.32604/fdmp.2020.010722
Received 23 March 2020; Accepted 24 September 2020; Issue published 17 December 2020
Abstract
Laboratory experiments have been carried out to study the fluid flow in
the wellbore of a horizontal gas well during the production process. The related
pressure distribution has been determined considering different cases (different
inflow media, different perforation opening methods and different liquid holdup).
It has been found that the larger the fluid flow rate, the greater the pressure
changes in the wellbore under the same hole opening mode. The uniformity of
the perforation opening method was also an important factor affecting the magnitude of the wellbore pressure change. The liquid holdup also affected the pressure
distribution, especially when the gas volumetric flow rate exceeded 200 m³/h.
Comparison of the outcomes of the present experimental study with the predictions of a theoretical model available in the literature has provided a relative error
smaller than 20%.
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Liu, J., Jiang, Z., Feng, X., Liao, R., Feng, D. et al. (2020). An Experimental Study on the Pressure Distribution in Horizontal Gas Wells.
FDMP-Fluid Dynamics & Materials Processing, 16(6), 1243–1258.