JPT

 

Vol. 59 No. 3

March 2007

Production Operations

Gas/Condensate Wellbore Modeling Using a Fundamental Approach

Multiphase flow in the wellbore poses a challenge for production engineers because characterizing the prevailing flow regime determines which pressure-drop calculation method is appropriate. The problem is complicated further when the flowing fluid undergoes phase changes. A model was developed that comprises a flow-pattern-detection routine, a hydrodynamic model, and an equation-of-state-based phase-behavior package.

View a synopsis of SPE 102479 published in JPT

This article, written by Technology Editor Dennis Denney, contains highlights of paper SPE 102479, "Gas/Condensate Wellbore Modeling Using a Fundamental Approach," by A.A. Sadegh, SPE, J.S. Zaghloul, and M.A. Adewumi, SPE, Pennsylvania State U., prepared for the 2006 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, San Antonio, Texas, 24-27 September.

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