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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2024

Filed:

Jun. 04, 2019
Applicant:

Landmark Graphics Corporation, Houston, TX (US);

Inventors:

Jianxin Lu, Bellaire, TX (US);

Michael T. Pelletier, Houston, TX (US);

Dale E. Jamison, Humble, TX (US);

Arash Haghshenas, Spring, TX (US);

Li Gao, Katy, TX (US);

Assignee:

Landmark Graphics Corporation, Houston, TX (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 21/08 (2006.01); E21B 44/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 21/08 (2013.01); E21B 44/00 (2013.01); E21B 2200/20 (2020.05);
Abstract

Gas bubble migration can be managed in liquids. In one example, a system can execute wellbore-simulation software to simulate changes in gas dissolution in a liquid over time. This may involve dividing the wellbore into segments spanning from the well surface to the downhole location, each segment spanning a respective depth increment between the well surface and the downhole location. Next, for each time, the system can determine a respective multiphase-flow regime associated with each segment of the plurality of segments based on a simulated pressure level, a simulated temperature, a simulated pipe eccentricity, and a simulated fluid velocity at the segment. The system can also determine how much of the gas is dissolved in the liquid at each segment based on the respective multiphase-flow regime at the segment. The system can display a graphical user interface representing the gas dissolution in the liquid over time.


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