Drift-flux parameters for three-phase steady-state flow in wellbores

SPE Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 130-137

  Shi, Hua ^a   Holme, Jonathan A ^b   Diaz Teran Ortegon, Luis Rodrigo ^a   Durlofsky, Louis J ^a,c   Aziz, Khalid ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

^c CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; OPTIMIZATION; PIPE; STEADY FLOW; VOLUME FRACTION;

DRIFT-FLUX MODEL; STEADY STATE FLOW; WELLBORES;

BOREHOLES;

EID: 22544456577     PISSN: 1086055X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/89836-PA     Document Type: Article

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