Investigation of Parameters Affecting the Liquid Loading and Optimizing the Production of One of the Southwest Gas Condensate Wells in Iran

Document Type : Review Paper

Authors
1 Department of Petroleum Engineering, Omidiyeh Branch, Islamic Azad University, Omidiyeh, Iran
2 Department of Gas Engineering, Petroleum University of Technology, Ahwaz, Iran
3 Department of Production Engineering, Aghajari oil and gas production company (AOGPC), Omidiyeh, Iran
Abstract
One of the main problems in gas condensate wells occurring by increasing gas production and reducing pressure in gas condensate reservoirs is gas condensates loading and water in well, followed by reduced gas production and finally cut off gas production and condensates and extracted with gas from well. Thus, it is important to recognize the signs of liquid loading in the gas-producing wells in the initial stages and to provide a suitable solution for gas wells, and thus, to minimize the negative effects of fluid fall into the well opening. This paper examines the effect of various parameters on the liquid loading phenomenon in one of the well fields of Pazanan gas condensate. It was conducted to examine different factors and find the best solution for optimization in the studied wells. Finally, by providing the most suitable solution for the studied well, the rate of liquid loading in the studied wells is reduced and the economic profit resulting from optimization, high economic savings of this method and it's efficiency are confirmed. Comparison of the results obtained from this study and simulation with Pipesim software shows that the results have a good accuracy for the new well completion and these results prevent liquid loading and optimizing and increasing production in the field studied at the current time and, ultimately, very high economic profit of optimizing and return on capital in the field studied.

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Volume 5, Issue 2 - Serial Number 8
February 2019
Pages 57-67

  • Receive Date 24 April 2022