Laboratory measurements of non-Darcy flow coefficients in natural and artificial unconsolidated porous media

Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering

Volumn 77, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 365-374

  Macini, P ^a   Mesini, E ^a   Viola, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Forchheimer number; Grain size distribution pore structure; Inertial coefficient; Non Darcy flow

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL ISSUES; DARCY'S LAW; DIRECT MEASUREMENT; EMPIRICAL CORRELATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; EXPERIMENTAL VALUES; FORCHHEIMER EQUATION; FORCHHEIMER NUMBER; GAS PRODUCTIONS; GAS WELL; GLASS BEAD; GRAIN SIZE; GRAIN SIZE DISTRIBUTION; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; INDIRECT MEASUREMENTS; INERTIAL COEFFICIENT; INERTIAL COEFFICIENTS; KEY PARAMETERS; LABORATORY EQUIPMENTS; LABORATORY INVESTIGATIONS; LABORATORY MEASUREMENTS; LINEAR FUNCTIONS; MULTI RATE; NATURAL SAND; NON-DARCY FLOW; NON-DARCY FLOW COEFFICIENT; NON-LINEARITY; NONLINEAR BEHAVIOR; PRESSURE TESTS; PRODUCTION PERFORMANCE; SUPERFICIAL VELOCITY; UNCONSOLIDATED POROUS MEDIA; WELLBORE;

FLOW VELOCITY; GLASS; GRANULAR MATERIALS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROCARBONS; NATURAL GAS WELLS; OIL FIELD EQUIPMENT; OIL WELLS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; PORE STRUCTURE; PRESSURE GRADIENT; SEEPAGE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; VELOCITY; WELL COMPLETION; WELL TESTING;

GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE;

BOREHOLE; CORRELATION; DARCY LAW; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GAS WELL; GRAIN SIZE; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PERMEABILITY; PETROLEUM ENGINEERING; POROUS MEDIUM; PRESSURE DROP; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TURBULENT FLOW; UNCONSOLIDATED MEDIUM; WELL COMPLETION; WELL TESTING;

EID: 79957477370     PISSN: 09204105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.petrol.2011.04.016     Document Type: Article

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