A systematic approach to predicting liquid loading in gas wells

SPE Production and Operations

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 81-88

  Guo, Boyun ^a   Ghalambor, Ali ^a   Xu, Chengcai ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

^b CNPC Well Logging Services

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM HOLE PRESSURE; DEWATERING; GAS DYNAMICS; KINETIC ENERGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; WELLHEADS;

LIQUID LOADING; LIQUID REMOVAL; TURNER'S ANALYSIS;

NATURAL GAS WELLS;

BOTTOM HOLE PRESSURE; DEWATERING; GAS DYNAMICS; KINETIC ENERGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; NATURAL GAS WELLS; WELLHEADS;

GAS PRODUCTION; GAS WELL; KINETIC ENERGY; MULTIPHASE FLOW; PREDICTION; VELOCITY; WELL TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 33745790458     PISSN: 19301855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/94081-pa     Document Type: Article

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