Production-Well-Testing Optimization With Multiphase Flowmeters

Production testing by use of portable multiphase flowmeters (MPFMs) was implemented in Abu Dhabi Co. Onshore Oil Operations' Field B. The objectives were to quantify the water and gas production, evaluate the performance of slugging and intermittent wells for procurement actions, evaluate the production-test data measured with conventional test separators, and improve the testing duration and strategy. The program included a set of elements to qualify the MPFM results before use and considered parallel testing with conventional separators to enable fair comparison of results.

View a synopsis of SPE 101475 published in JPT

This article, written by Technology Editor Dennis Denney, contains highlights of paper SPE 101475, "Production-Well-Testing Optimization Using Multiphase Flowmeters," by M. Metwalli Hassan and M. Bekkoucha, Adco, and M. Abukhader, Schlumberger, prepared for the 2006 Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference, Abu Dhabi, UAE, 5-8 November.

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