Calculation Model for Wellbore Pressure and Temperature in Heavy Oil Wells Considering of Non-Equilibrium Phenomenon

Abstract:

At present the concept of instantaneous equilibrium is often adopted for simulating the wellbore pressure and temperature distribution in heavy oil wells. In this paper, the mathematical model was built and the diffusion of gas in the oil phase was researched. It proves that the non-equilibrium phenomenon is not obvious in convenient oil wells and it could be overlooked, while in heavy oil wells the non-equilibrium phenomenon is too prominent to be overlooked. Basing on the mass conservation principle, the momentum conservation principle and the energy conservation principle, the calculated model for wellbore pressure and temperature in heavy oil wells considering of the non-equilibrium effect was established. One example shows that the model can accurately reflect the flowing laws in heavy oil wells, which has a relative value for engineering.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volume 629)
• Pages: 601-605
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.629.601
• Online since: December 2012
• Authors: Rui Dong Zhao, Chun Ming Xiong, Jian Jun Zhang, Zhen Tao, Jun Feng Shi, Xiao Dong Wu, Xi Shun Zhang
• Keywords: Heavy Oil, Mathematical Models, Multiphase Flow, Non-Equilibrium, Pressure, Temperature

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