A New Method for Wax Precipitation Prediction of Waxy Oil Wells and Software Designing

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Wax precipitation of oil production wells seriously influence the oil production. In order to improve the level of wax removal, it is necessary to predict the depth, thickness and period of wax precipitation in the wellbore with oil production. On the basis of the mechanism analysis for wax precipitation in the wellbore, the theoretical model and empirical model were built up and programmed wax precipitation of oil production wells software and the results by the two models were compared. The sensitive factors which influence wax precipitation in the wellbore were analyzed. The results show that the two models can be used to predict the wax thickness, depth and precipitation cycle. The empirical model for wax precipitation profile prediction is more accurate than the theoretical model. The wax precipitation varies with the productive time and water cut.

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