Modeling Results for the Real Horizontal Heavy-Oil-Production Well of Mechanical Solids

Aleksey Dengaev, Vladimir Shishulin, Elena Safiullina and Aleksandra Palyanitsina
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Aleksey Dengaev: Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas (National Research University), Leninskiy Prospect, 65, 119991 Moscow, Russia
Vladimir Shishulin: Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas (National Research University), Leninskiy Prospect, 65, 119991 Moscow, Russia
Elena Safiullina: Oil and Gas Faculty, Saint Petersburg Mining University, 199106 St. Petersburg, Russia
Aleksandra Palyanitsina: Oil and Gas Faculty, Saint Petersburg Mining University, 199106 St. Petersburg, Russia

Energies, 2022, vol. 15, issue 14, 1-13

Abstract: Recently, more and more new oil fields entering commercial production are complicated by the content of high-viscosity products, which are located at relatively shallow depths. For the rational development of such fields, a network of horizontal wells is used. A special feature of these objects is a weakly cemented reservoir, which leads to significant sand occurrence during well operation. At the same time, the removal of mechanical impurities cannot be avoided even when using complex measures, including the use of various filters. There are quite a few methods describing the behavior of mechanical impurities in gas–liquid flows. The purpose of the work was to analyze the removal of mechanical impurity particles from horizontal wells with high-viscosity oil. A model of a typical well in the OLGA software was created, and data on the types of particle removal were obtained. As a result of calculations, the quality of removal for different diameters of mechanical impurities was determined, and the dependence of the critical diameter on the well flow rate was constructed.

Keywords: sand production; sand transport; particle; «OLGA»; high-viscosity oil; horizontal wells; mechanical solids (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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