Thermally-Induced Wellbore Storage Effects
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- Wellbore storage has always been attributed to the pressure changes occurring in the well. This paper shows that wellbore storage is also affected by the temperature changes that result from flow in the well. The inner boundary condition of the diffusivity equation for a single phase well in an infinite radial reservoir is stated so as to include a wellbore storage term depending on temperature changes. Using Laplace inversion methods, an exact solution describing the pressure behavior of the fluid in the system was sought. However, due to the form of the term describing temperature changes in the wellbore, this is shown not to be possible. Nonetheless, the problem is set up to be solved numerically using the STEHFEIST algorithm. Two phase systems were also considered and the inner boundary condition describing such a case was also set up. Then several examples of two phase systems were mentioned where the importance of temperature changes is apparent.
Description
| Type of resource | text |
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| Date created | October 1980 |
Creators/Contributors
| Author | Araktingi, Udo |
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| Primary advisor | Ramey, Jr., Henry J. |
| Degree granting institution | Stanford University, Department of Petroleum Engineering |
Subjects
| Subject | School of Earth Energy & Environmental Sciences |
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| Genre | Thesis |
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- Araktingi, Udo. (1980). Thermally-Induced Wellbore Storage Effects. Stanford Digital Repository. Available at: https://purl.stanford.edu/ww476xd0644
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Master's Theses, Doerr School of Sustainability
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