Southwest Petroleum University

Yonghui Liu

Chengcheng Luo

Ning Wu

Jun Chen

Yang Liu

Xin Li

Jianying Yang

Xinke Tang

Zhenghao Zhang

Xuanzhi Zheng

Jinhong Jiang

Tianjian Liu

Haibin Cai

Zhengyang Liu

Ziyan Wang

Fengjing Sun

Boren Yang

Pengbo Wu

Changqing Ye

Yu Shi

The present disclosure provides a method for calculating wellbore friction resistance of a foam drainage gas production well. It is based on the conversion of the parameters of the gas-liquid two-phase flow Mukherjee & Brill model, it defines the liquid film reversal point as the zero friction resistance point, ignores the influence of the negative value of friction resistance, and uses this as a starting point to predict the change of friction resistance. The influence of liquid phase parameters and foaming agent concentration is taken into account in the friction resistance coefficient. An effective calculation method is obtained by combining the experimental data fitting and optimization. The present disclosure better characterizes the wellbore flow condition of the foam drainage gas production well, and provides important theoretical support for the prediction of the wellbore pressure drop of the foam drainage gas production well.

Method for calculating wellbore friction resistance of foam drainage gas production well

The present disclosure provides a method for experimentally determining a critical sand-carrying gas velocity of a shale gas well. The method includes: collecting well structure and production data, calculating parameter ranges of a gas flow velocity and a liquid flow velocity; carrying out a physical simulation experiment of sand carrying in the shale gas well to obtain the sand holding capacity of the wellbore under different experimental conditions, and calculating a sand holding rate; by observing a change curve of the sand holding rate of the wellbore vs. the gas flow velocity, defining a turning point, and sensitively analyzing the influence of other experimental variables on the turning point, to calculate the critical sand-carrying production of the shale gas well under different conditions. Therefore, this calculation method is simple and applicable, and provides a theoretical basis for the optimization design of water drainage and gas production process.

Method for experimentally determining critical sand-carrying gas velocity of shale gas wells

An experimental method for determining flow patterns in vertical wellbore of gas wells at high-pressure conditions, which falls within the technical field of deliquification for gas reservoirs. The method comprises: collecting target block parameters; Developing physical simulation experiment to measure the liquid holdup of vertical wellbore; Constructing similarity dimension number to characterize gas density and change with liquid holdup to represent flow similarity of different gas velocities at different pressures; Utilizing equal liquid holdup to represent flow similarity, fitting similarity dimension coefficient, normalizing flow under different pressure conditions to same similarity dimension number, realizing coincidence of change cure of liquid holdup of normal pressure and medium pressure with similarity dimension number.

Experimental method for determining flow patterns in vertical wellbore of gas wells at high-pressure conditions

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