Experimental evaluation of wellbore flow models applied to worst-case-discharge calculations

Paulo J. Waltrich; Matheus S. Capovilla; Woochan Lee; Mohammad Zulqarnain; Richard Hughes; Mayank Tyagi; Wesley Williams; Seung Kam; Alexander Archer; Jagdeep Singh; Hai Nguyen; John Duhon; Craig Griffith

doi:10.2118/184444-ms

Experimental evaluation of wellbore flow models applied to worst-case-discharge calculations

Paulo J. Waltrich, Matheus S. Capovilla, Woochan Lee, Mohammad Zulqarnain, Richard Hughes, Mayank Tyagi, Wesley Williams, Seung Kam, Alexander Archer, Jagdeep Singh, Hai Nguyen, John Duhon, Craig Griffith

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Abstract

An experimental investigation was carried out to investigate the behavior of gas-liquid flows in a largediameter pipe with high flow-rates. The objectives are to experimentally evaluate two-phase flows in vertical pipes of large diameter and collect information to verify the accuracy of wellbore flow models applied to Worst-Case Discharge (WCD) calculations. The flow correlations developed for small diameters, used on Worst-Case-Discharge calculations, show errors of more than 100% compared to the experimental data for large-diameter pipes. However, for low gasliquid- ratios, the there is a reasonable agreement between experimental data and simulation results for all wellbore flow models tested, with errors lower than 10%. This study uses the experimental data to provide guidance on how to improve these flow correlations and proposes how to use the flow models to obtain improved results on WCD calculations.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Health, Safety, Security, Environment, and Social Responsibility Conference - North America 2017
Publisher	Society of Petroleum Engineers
Pages	263-270
Number of pages	8
ISBN (Electronic)	9781510842007
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2118/184444-ms
State	Published - 2017
Externally published	Yes
Event	SPE Health, Safety, Security, Environment, and Social Responsibility Conference - North America 2017 - New Orleans, United States Duration: Apr 18 2017 → Apr 20 2017

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Name	Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Health, Safety, Security, Environment, and Social Responsibility Conference - North America 2017

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Conference	SPE Health, Safety, Security, Environment, and Social Responsibility Conference - North America 2017
Country/Territory	United States
City	New Orleans
Period	04/18/17 → 04/20/17

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The authors want to thank the financial support from the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), under the research contract award M15PC00007.

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Waltrich, P. J., Capovilla, M. S., Lee, W., Zulqarnain, M., Hughes, R., Tyagi, M., Williams, W., Kam, S., Archer, A., Singh, J., Nguyen, H., Duhon, J., & Griffith, C. (2017). Experimental evaluation of wellbore flow models applied to worst-case-discharge calculations. In Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Health, Safety, Security, Environment, and Social Responsibility Conference - North America 2017 (pp. 263-270). (Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Health, Safety, Security, Environment, and Social Responsibility Conference - North America 2017). Society of Petroleum Engineers. https://doi.org/10.2118/184444-ms

Waltrich, Paulo J. ; Capovilla, Matheus S. ; Lee, Woochan et al. / Experimental evaluation of wellbore flow models applied to worst-case-discharge calculations. Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Health, Safety, Security, Environment, and Social Responsibility Conference - North America 2017. Society of Petroleum Engineers, 2017. pp. 263-270 (Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Health, Safety, Security, Environment, and Social Responsibility Conference - North America 2017).

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Experimental evaluation of wellbore flow models applied to worst-case-discharge calculations. / Waltrich, Paulo J.; Capovilla, Matheus S.; Lee, Woochan et al.
Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Health, Safety, Security, Environment, and Social Responsibility Conference - North America 2017. Society of Petroleum Engineers, 2017. p. 263-270 (Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Health, Safety, Security, Environment, and Social Responsibility Conference - North America 2017).

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