Numerical modeling of fully-transient flow in the near-wellbore region during liquid loading in gas wells

SPE Latin American and Caribbean Petroleum Engineering Conference Proceedings

Volumn 3, Issue , 2009, Pages 1141-1155

  Zhang, He ^a   Falcone, Gioia ^a   Valko, Peter ^a   Teodoriu, Catalin ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAS INDUSTRY; GASES; GASOLINE; LIQUIDS; NATURAL GAS WELLS; NUMERICAL MODELS; OIL FIELD EQUIPMENT; OIL WELLS; PRESSURE; TRANSITION FLOW; UNLOADING;

DYNAMIC INTERACTION; INFLOW PERFORMANCE RELATIONSHIPS; NEAR-WELLBORE REGION; OIL AND GAS FIELDS; PSEUDO STEADY STATE; SATISFACTORY SOLUTIONS; TRANSIENT FLOW CONDITIONS; TRANSIENT PRESSURES;

BOREHOLES;

EID: 70449839766     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/122785-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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