A horizontal well model considering multiphase flow and the presence of perforations

SPE Latin American and Caribbean Petroleum Engineering Conference Proceedings

Volumn 1996-April, Issue , 1996, Pages 15-23

  Gonzalez Guevara J A ^a   Camacho Velazquez R ^b  

^a INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL PETRÓLEO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; FRICTION; GASOLINE; LAMINAR FLOW; MULTIPHASE FLOW; OIL FIELD EQUIPMENT; OIL WELLS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; STEADY FLOW; VOID FRACTION;

FRICTION FACTORS; INERTIAL EFFECT; MECHANISTIC MODELING; MODEL-BASED OPC; MOMENTUM EQUATION; PRESSURE LEVEL; SINGLE-PHASE FLOW; STEADY-STATE FLOWS;

HORIZONTAL WELLS;

EID: 2942562323     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/36073-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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