A Comprehensive Mechanistic Model for Upward Two-Phase Flow in Wellbores

• A. M. Ansari

  Pakistan Petroleum Ltd.

• N. D. Sylvester

  U. of Akron

• C. Sarica

  U. of Tulsa

• O. Shoham

  U. of Tulsa

• J. P. Brill

  U. of Tulsa

Abstract

A comprehensive model is formulated to predict the flow behavior for upward two-phase flow. This model is composed of a model for flow-pattern prediction and a set of independent mechanistic models for predicting such flow characteristics as holdup and pressure drop in bubble, slug, and annular flow. The comprehensive model is evaluated by using a well data bank made up of 1,712 well cases covering a wide variety of field data. Model performance is also compared with six commonly used empirical correlations and the Hasan-Kabir mechanistic model. Overall model performance is in good agreement with the data. In comparison with other methods, the comprehensive model performed the best.

Journal

• SPE Production & Facilities

  SPE Production & Facilities 9 (02), 143-151, 1994-05-01

  Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE)

Keywords

• Fuel Technology

Details

• CRID: 1363670320306902912
• NII Article ID: 30031248769
• DOI: 10.2118/20630-pa
• ISSN: 1064668X
• Web Site: https://onepetro.org/PO/article-pdf/9/02/143/2605740/spe-20630-pa.pdf
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