Flow profiling by distributed temperature sensor (DTS) system - Expectation and reality

SPE Production and Operations

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 269-281

  Ouyang, Liang Biao ^a   Belanger, Dave ^a  

^a CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; HORIZONTAL WELLS; INVERSE PROBLEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

DISTRIBUTED TEMPERATURE SENSOR; FLOW PROFILING; JOULE-THOMSON EFFECT;

OIL WELL PRODUCTION;

BOREHOLES; HORIZONTAL WELLS; INVERSE PROBLEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; OIL WELL PRODUCTION; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

FLUID FLOW; FORWARD MODELING; INVERSE PROBLEM; SENSOR; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; WELL LOGGING;

EID: 33745802200     PISSN: 19301855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/90541-pa     Document Type: Article

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