A Note on Downhole Pressure in a Flowing or Static Steam Well
- Key words
- Reservoir Engineering; Well Completion; Directional; Multiple Diameter Casing; Friction Factor; Casing
- Conference
- Geothermal Resources Council Transactions
- Year
- 1986
- Session
- Pressure gradients; Well casing; Fluid dynamics
- Language
- English
Abstract
An expression, to calculate downhole/bottomhole pressure in a flowing/shut-in well is derived. This relation also considers a well which may or may not be directionally drilled. Finally, an equation is developed to calculate an equivalent diameter for a well with multiple inside diameters for friction loss considerations. The pressure calculations using these formulas are relatively fast since these equations do not require iterations. The estimates obtained by these methods are as good as those obtained by other methods currently available in the literature.
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