A new inversion method to interpret flow profiles from distributed temperature and pressure measurements in horizontal wells

SPE Production and Operations

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 510-521

  Yoshioka, K ^a   Zhu, D ^b   Hill, A D ^b   Lake, Larry W ^c  

^a CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF WATER; GAS INDUSTRY; OFFSHORE GAS FIELDS; OIL WELL LOGGING; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; PRESSURE; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; THERMAL LOGGING; THERMOELECTRICITY; WELL COMPLETION;

INTELLIGENT WELL COMPLETION; JOULE-THOMSON EFFECT; LEVENBERG-MARQUARDT ALGORITHM; MEASURED TEMPERATURES; OIL PRODUCTION WELLS; PRESSURE AND TEMPERATURE PROFILES; TEMPERATURE AND PRESSURES; TEMPERATURE CHANGES;

HORIZONTAL WELLS;

FLOW PATTERN; FLOWMETER; INVERSE ANALYSIS; LOGGING (GEOPHYSICS); OIL PRODUCTION; OIL WELL; PRESSURE DROP; PRESSURE GRADIENT; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; WELL COMPLETION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

EID: 73949154098     PISSN: 19301855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/109749-PA     Document Type: Article

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