Motivation
For the stabilized flow the wellbore pressure profile is constant and wellbore temperature profile is changing very slowly.
This allows solving the pressure-temperature problem iteratively:
- Iterations
- Iteration
- Iteration ...
Outputs
T(l) | Temperature distribution along the wellbore trajectory |
Inputs
T_s | Intake temperature | z(l) | Pipeline trajectory TVDss |
p_s | Intake pressure | \theta (l) | Pipeline trajectory inclination, \displaystyle \cos \theta (l) = \frac{dz}{dl} |
q_s | Intake flowrate | d | Flow pipe diameter (tubing or casing depending on where flow occurs) |
\rho(T, p) | Fluid density | \epsilon | Inner pipe wall roughness |
\mu(T, p) |
Assumptions
Stationary fluid flow | Isothermal or Quasi-isothermal conditions | Constant cross-section pipe area A along hole |
Incompressible fluid \rho(T, p)=\rho_s = \rm const | Isoviscous \mu(T, p) = \mu_s = \rm const |
The stabilized water injection profile satisfies the assumptions of the Stationary Quasi-Isothermal Incompressible Isoviscous Pipe Flow Pressure Profile @model.
The water injection wellbore temperature profile can be split into the following components:
- Upward vertical heat conduction from Earth's Centre towards Earth's surface leading to a static geothermal profile
- Upward & Downward vertical heat conduction from reservoir with non-geothermal temperature (invaded by injection water)
- Heat exchange between wellbore fluid and surrounding rocks above and below the invaded reservoir
- The temperature in water invaded reservoir stays constant from top to bottom
Equations
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See Also
Petroleum Industry / Upstream / Subsurface E&P Disciplines / Production Technology / Well Flow Performance / Lift Curves (LC) / Water Injection Wellbore Profile @model
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