Numerical and analytical modeling of the gas-well liquid-loading process

SPE Production and Operations

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 475-482

  Dousi, Niek ^a   Veeken, C A M ^b   Currie, Peter K ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b Shell E and P Europe

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW MEASUREMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NATURAL GAS FIELDS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

FLOW RATE; GAS-WELL LIQUID-LOADING; METASTABLE RATE; WATER COLUMN;

NATURAL GAS WELLS;

FLOW MEASUREMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NATURAL GAS FIELDS; NATURAL GAS WELLS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

GAS FIELD; GAS PRODUCTION; GAS WELL; NUMERICAL MODEL; WATER COLUMN;

EID: 33846150353     PISSN: 19301855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/95282-pa     Document Type: Article

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