Título: | GRAVEL-PACK PUMP IN HORIZONTAL WELLS EQUIPPED WITH UNEVENLY HOLE PATTERN SCREENS | |||||||
Autor: |
JOÃO VICENTE MARTINS DE MAGALHÃES |
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Colaborador(es): |
PAULO ROBERTO DE SOUZA MENDES - Orientador |
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Catalogação: | 02/JUN/2008 | Língua(s): | PORTUGUESE - BRAZIL |
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Tipo: | TEXT | Subtipo: | THESIS | |||||
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Referência(s): |
[pt] https://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/projetosEspeciais/ETDs/consultas/conteudo.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=11706&idi=1 [en] https://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/projetosEspeciais/ETDs/consultas/conteudo.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=11706&idi=2 |
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DOI: | https://doi.org/10.17771/PUCRio.acad.11706 | |||||||
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One of the most common problems in deep and ultradeep water
explorations are the sand control during production time,
even in unconsolidated sandstones reservoirs, easily found
in Campos Basin and others Offshore frontiers along the
Brazilian coast. The reservoir particles entrance in the
production pipe may create erosion inside the column and
deposition problems in the surface and subsurface
equipments. In order to avoid all of these problems Open
Hole Gravel-Packing (OHGP) is the most applied sand control
technique in such scenarios. Due to the critical
conditions found in deep and ultradeep waters such as low
fracture gradient, ally long horizontal section
requirements, is imperative that the Gravel-Packing
operation be done with accuracy. Since the long horizontal
wells technology it was developed few years ago, only
recently has been noted that such wells brings other flow
problem, that is: the wells delivery a non-uniform
production profile, that leads to a non-uniform reservoir
drainage as well as a low recovery efficiency. This
phenomenon is also related to the early breakthrough of
water and to water and gas conning problems. Therefore,
flow equalization devices are being developed, through
research projects, for several teams. Gravel-Pack screens
with an unevenly holes pattern perforated in the base-pipe
consist in one of these new solutions. The main focus of
this work consist in present the mathematical model
development applied to the flow rate calculus in the
holes and the checking of the best hole pattern in the base-
pipe. Such pattern should have the capacity to promote the
production profile equality, providing the best reservoir
drainage, guaranteeing the total Gravel-Package without the
overpressure created, during the operation, due to the few
concentration of base-pipe holes (close to the heel), may
cause the formation fracture and, at same time,
guaranteeing the displacement through alfa/beta waves
without, the excessive holes concentration (close to the
toe), lead to premature screen-out. The computational
results obtained are validated through an experimental work
by physical simulations.
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