Development of a novel method to estimate fluid flow rate in oil wells using electrical submersible pump

The significant challenge in the oil and gas industry is the simultaneous measurement of commingled gas, oil and water streams, using the three phase test separator or multiphase flow meter (MPFM). A major issue in the application of using either test separator or MPFM in oil fields is the uncertain...

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Main Authors: Ganat, Tarek A., Hrairi, Meftah, Hawlader, Mohammad Nurul Alam, Osman, Farj
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Published: Elsevier 2015
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spelling iium-468672016-03-14T02:10:00Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/46867/ Development of a novel method to estimate fluid flow rate in oil wells using electrical submersible pump Ganat, Tarek A. Hrairi, Meftah Hawlader, Mohammad Nurul Alam Osman, Farj TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery TP690 Petroleum refining and products The significant challenge in the oil and gas industry is the simultaneous measurement of commingled gas, oil and water streams, using the three phase test separator or multiphase flow meter (MPFM). A major issue in the application of using either test separator or MPFM in oil fields is the uncertainty of the measurements, due to different process and operations conditions. This paper proposes a new computational method to estimate the electrical submersible pump (ESP) oil wells flow rates. The research idea is to close the wellhead wing valve, to measure the wellhead flowing pressure before and after closing the well head valve, and to record the total shut-in time period. Explicit physics concepts for estimations of the multiphase fluid flow rate in a vertical pipe were employed. The formulas deal with changes of fluid flow parameters along the vertical pipe in the well, as a function of pressure and temperature variations with depth. A Microsoft visual basic program was also developed based on the oil mechanistic and empirical equations that can estimate oil rate for ESP oil wells. The new method was applied on 34 ESP oil wells in a North African oil field and lead to very reliable estimation results, which have about a +/-10% relative error, and can be applied to all fluid types and under any production conditions. Elsevier 2015 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/46867/1/1-s2.0-S0920410515301236-main.pdf Ganat, Tarek A. and Hrairi, Meftah and Hawlader, Mohammad Nurul Alam and Osman, Farj (2015) Development of a novel method to estimate fluid flow rate in oil wells using electrical submersible pump. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 135. pp. 466-475. ISSN 0920-4105 http://www.elsevier.com/locate/petrol
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topic TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
TP690 Petroleum refining and products
spellingShingle TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
TP690 Petroleum refining and products
Ganat, Tarek A.
Hrairi, Meftah
Hawlader, Mohammad Nurul Alam
Osman, Farj
Development of a novel method to estimate fluid flow rate in oil wells using electrical submersible pump
description The significant challenge in the oil and gas industry is the simultaneous measurement of commingled gas, oil and water streams, using the three phase test separator or multiphase flow meter (MPFM). A major issue in the application of using either test separator or MPFM in oil fields is the uncertainty of the measurements, due to different process and operations conditions. This paper proposes a new computational method to estimate the electrical submersible pump (ESP) oil wells flow rates. The research idea is to close the wellhead wing valve, to measure the wellhead flowing pressure before and after closing the well head valve, and to record the total shut-in time period. Explicit physics concepts for estimations of the multiphase fluid flow rate in a vertical pipe were employed. The formulas deal with changes of fluid flow parameters along the vertical pipe in the well, as a function of pressure and temperature variations with depth. A Microsoft visual basic program was also developed based on the oil mechanistic and empirical equations that can estimate oil rate for ESP oil wells. The new method was applied on 34 ESP oil wells in a North African oil field and lead to very reliable estimation results, which have about a +/-10% relative error, and can be applied to all fluid types and under any production conditions.
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author Ganat, Tarek A.
Hrairi, Meftah
Hawlader, Mohammad Nurul Alam
Osman, Farj
author_facet Ganat, Tarek A.
Hrairi, Meftah
Hawlader, Mohammad Nurul Alam
Osman, Farj
author_sort Ganat, Tarek A.
title Development of a novel method to estimate fluid flow rate in oil wells using electrical submersible pump
title_short Development of a novel method to estimate fluid flow rate in oil wells using electrical submersible pump
title_full Development of a novel method to estimate fluid flow rate in oil wells using electrical submersible pump
title_fullStr Development of a novel method to estimate fluid flow rate in oil wells using electrical submersible pump
title_full_unstemmed Development of a novel method to estimate fluid flow rate in oil wells using electrical submersible pump
title_sort development of a novel method to estimate fluid flow rate in oil wells using electrical submersible pump
publisher Elsevier
publishDate 2015
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/46867/
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http://irep.iium.edu.my/46867/1/1-s2.0-S0920410515301236-main.pdf
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