A simplified model for oil/water flow in vertical and deviated wellbores

SPE Production and Facilities

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 56-62

  Hasan, A Rashid ^a   Kabir, C S ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); EQUATIONS OF MOTION; FLOW PATTERNS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; PIPE FLOW; VISCOUS FLOW; WATER;

DEVIATED WELLBORES; VERTICAL WELLBORES;

OIL WELL PRODUCTION;

DEVIATED WELL; OIL; TWO-PHASE FLOW; WATER; WELL;

TWO PHASE FLOW; WATER; WELL;

EID: 0033079682     PISSN: 1064668X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/54131-PA     Document Type: Article

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