- Patent Title: Method of estimating an inflow performance relationship an oil well
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Application No.: US15282304Application Date: 2016-09-30
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Publication No.: US10578770B2Publication Date: 2020-03-03
- Inventor: Adewale Wasiu Adeniji , Sami Abdulaziz Alnuaim
- Applicant: KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS
- Applicant Address: SA Dhahran
- Assignee: King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
- Current Assignee: King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
- Current Assignee Address: SA Dhahran
- Agency: Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- Main IPC: G01V99/00
- IPC: G01V99/00 ; G06F17/50 ; E21B41/00 ; G06F17/18

Abstract:
An improved inflow performance model that provides the performance of oil wells having any slant angle within the entire azimuth of 0-90 degrees, in saturated and under saturated reservoirs. A generalized model is formulated by normalizing the coefficients of inflow performance relationship (IPR) model by performing a linear regression analysis. The generalized model is further modified to account for skin factor and is also integrated with a straight line IPR to be suitable for determining the performance of under saturated oil wells. For the case of flowing bottom-hole pressures above bubble point pressure, the straight line IPR model is used to determine the flow rate of the oil well, whereas for the case of having bottom-hole pressure below the bubble point pressure, the generalized IPR model is used to determine the flow rate performance of the well.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170017013A1 METHOD OF ESTIMATING AN INFLOW PERFORMANCE RELATIONSHIP AN OIL WELL Public/Granted day:2017-01-19
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