PETROLEUM ENGINEERING: DRILLING AND WELL COMPLETIONS
CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 11 MULTIPHASE FLOW IN THE WELL 12 METHODS 121 THEORETICAL ANALYSIS 122 EXPERIMENTAL STUDY 123 NUMERICAL SIMULATION 13 PARAMETERS 14 MULTIPHASE FLOW PATTERNS 141 FLOW PATTERNS OF GAS?LIQUID FLOW 142 GAS?LIQUID FLOW PATTERN OF ACID GAS UNDER SUPERCRITICAL CONDITION 15 MULTIPHASE FLOW MODELS 151 HOMOGENEOUS FLOW MODEL 152 SEPARATED FLOW MODEL 153 DRIFT?FLUX MODEL 154 STATISTICAL AVERAGE MODEL CHAPTER 2 THE VOID FRACTION WAVE AND FLOW REGIME TRANSITION 21 INTRODUCTION 211 BUBBLE COALESCENCE AND FLOW REGIME TRANSITION 212 VOID FRACTION WAVE AND FLOW REGIME TRANSITION 22 EXPERIMENTAL SETUP AND METHODS 221 EXPERIMENTAL SETUP 222 OBSERVATION AND DETERMINATION OF FLOW REGIMES 223 FLOW RESISTANCE MEASUREMENT 224 FLOW RATE AND VOID FRACTION WAVE MEASUREMENT 225 DATA PROCESSING 23 FORMATION MECHANISM OF SLUG FLOW WITH LOW CONTINUOUS PHASE VELOCITY 231 FLOW REGIME TRANSITION 232 ANALYTICAL METHOD 233 EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS 234 DISCUSSION ON THE INSTABILITY OF VOID FRACTION WAVE AND FORMATION MECHANISM OF TAYLOR BUBBLE 235 PROPAGATION VELOCITY OF VOID FRACTION WAVE 24 GAS?LIQUID FLOW REGIME TRANSITION WITH HIGH CONTINUOUS PHASE VELOCITY 241 FLOW REGIME TRANSITION 242 EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS 243 MECHANISM OF LOSING STABILITY FOR BUBBLY FLOW 244 VELOCITY OF VOID FRACTION WAVE 245 NON?LINEAR PROPERTIES OF THE VOID FRACTION WAVE CHAPTER 3 MULTIPHASE FLOW MODEL FOR WELL DRILLING 31 CONTINUITY EQUATION 311 CONTINUITY EQUATION IN THE ANNULUS 312 CONTINUITY EQUATION IN THE DRILLING STEM 32 MOMENTUM EQUATION 321 MOMENTUM EQUATION IN THE ANNULUS 322 MOMENTUM EQUATION IN THE DRILLING STEM 33 ENERGY EQUATION 331 ENERGY EQUATION IN THE ANNULUS 332 ENERGY EQUATION IN THE DRILLING STEM 34 APPLICATIONS OF THE MODEL 341 UNDERBALANCED DRILLING 342 KICKING AND KILLING 343 KICKING AND KILLING AFTER ACID GAS INFLUX 344 KICKING AND KILLING FOR DEEPWATER DRILLING CHAPTER 4 MULTIPHASE FLOW DURING UNDERBALANCED DRILLING 41 FLOW MODEL 411 FLOW?GOVERNING EQUATIONS IN THE ANNULUS 412 FLOW?GOVERNING EQUATIONS IN THE DRILLING STEM 413 ENERGY EQUATIONS 414 AUXILIARY EQUATIONS 42 SOLVING PROCESSING 421 DEFINITE CONDITIONS 422 DISCRETIZATION OF THE MODEL 423 ALGORITHMS 43 CASE STUDY 431 GAS DRILLING 432 DRILL PIPE INJECTION?AERATED DRILLING 433 ANNULUS INJECTION?AERATED DRILLING CHAPTER 5 MULTIPHASE FLOW DURING KICKING AND KILLING 51 COMMON KILLING METHOD 511 KILLING PARAMETERS OF DRILLER’S METHOD AND WAIT AND WEIGHT METHOD 512 THE CIRCULATE?AND?WEIGHT METHOD 52 MULTIPHASE FLOW MODEL 521 GOVERNING EQUATIONS FOR KILLING 522 GOVERNING EQUATION FOR KICKING 523 AUXILIARY EQUATIONS 53 SOLVING PROCESS 531 DEFINITE CONDITIONS 532 DISCRETIZATION OF THE MODEL 533 ALGORITHMS 54 CASE STUDY 541 BASIC PARAMETERS OF THE WELL 542 SIMULATIONS OF OVERFLOW 543 HYDRAULIC PARAMETERS FOR KILLING CHAPTER 6 MULTIPHASE FLOW DURING KICKING AND KILLING WITH ACID GAS 61 FLOW MODEL 611 FLOW GOVERNING EQUATIONS FOR KILLING ACID GAS KICKING 612 FLOW GOVERNING EQUATIONS FOR ACID GAS KICKING 613 AUXILIARY EQUATIONS 62 THE SOLVING PROCESS 621 DEFINITE CONDITIONS 622 ALGORITHMS 63 SIMULATIONS AND CASE STUDY 631 BASIC PARAMETERS OF THE WELL 632 ACID GAS COMPRESSIBILITY AND DENSITY IN THE WELLBORE 633 ACID GAS SOLUBILITY IN THE WELLBORE 634 ACID GAS EXPANSION IN THE WELLBORE 635 IMPACT ON THE PIT GAIN CHAPTER 7 MULTIPHASE FLOW DURING KICKING AND KILLING IN DEEPWATER DRILLING 71 COMMON DEEPWATER KILLING METHOD 711 DYNAMIC KILLING METHOD 712 ADVANCED DRILLER’S METHOD 713 ADDITIONAL FLOW RATE METHOD 72 FLOW MODEL 721 GOVERNING EQUATIONS FOR DEEPWATER WELL KILLING 722 GOVERNING EQUATIONS FOR KICKING 723 AUXILIARY EQUATIONS 73 THE SOLVING PROCESS 731 DEFINITE CONDITIONS 732 ALGORITHMS 74 CASE STUDY 741 BASIC PARAMETERS OF THE WELL 742 SIMULATIONS OF KICKS AND BLOWOUT 743 SIMULATION OF THE KILLING PROCESS