Intelligent well technology is a relatively new technology that has been adopted
by many operators in recent years to improve oil and gas recovery. Because of its
complexity, accurate modeling of the reservoir and wellbore performance in the
multilateral well application is critical to optimize well production. Little work has been
performed on understanding the flow behavior through the main component of the
intelligent well, the inflow control valve. This study presents a comprehensive model to
quantify the reservoir and well performance in the horizontal laterals of the intelligent
multilateral well. Moreover, it combines this model with equations to evaluate the flow
rate and pressure profile through the inflow control valves. As a result of this study, the
well performance of intelligent wells can be predicted and optimized.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:tamu.edu/oai:repository.tamu.edu:1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2010-08-8367 |
| Date | 2010 August 1900 |
| Creators | Zarea, Marwan Annas H. |
| Contributors | Zhu, Ding, Ayers, Walter B. |
| Source Sets | Texas A and M University |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | thesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
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