Partial phase flow rate measurements for stratified oil-water flow in horizontal wells

作者：SONG Hongwei,GUO Haimin,GUO Shuai,SHI Hangyu

摘要：To accurately measure and evaluate the oil-water production profile of horizontal wells, a dynamic measurement experiment of oil-water two-phase flow in horizontal wells and numerical simulation were combined to establish a method for measuring the partial phase flow rate of oil-water two-phase stratified flow in horizontal wells. An experimental work was performed in horizontal oil-water two-phase flow simulation well using combination production logging tool including mini-capacitance sensor and mini-spinner. The combination tool provides a recording of holdup and velocity profiles at five different heights of the borehole cross-section. The effect of total flow rate and water-cut on the response of spinner and capacitive sensor at five measured positions were investigated. The capacitance water holdup interpolation imaging algorithm was used to determine the local fluid property and oil-water interface height, and the measured local fluid speed was combined with the numerical simulation result to establish an optimal calculation model for obtaining the partial phase flow rate of the oil-water two-phase stratified flow in the horizontal well. The calculated flow rates of five measured points are basically consistent with the experimental data, the total flow rate and water holdup from calculation are in agreement with the set values in the experiment too, suggesting that the method has high accuracy.

發文機構：Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Exploration Technologies for Oil and Gas Resources（Yangtze University） Hubei Cooperative Innovation Center of Unconventional Oil and Gas Tianjin Branch Logging Company Limited CNPC

關鍵詞：horizontalwelloil-watertwo-phaseflowstratifiedflowregimeflowratemeasurementfluiddynamicsexperimentproductionlogging

分類號： TE151[石油與天然氣工程—油氣勘探]TE243[石油與天然氣工程—油氣井工程]