Evaluation of Multi-Phase Mechanistic Models for Vertical and Deviated wells

Abstract

Development of Models to accurately calculate pressure drop along wells and pipelines has always been a challenge to scientists and engineers. This thesis presents an evaluation of the most commonly used Mechanistic Models. Selected Mechanistic Models were first programmed using C# programming language, then, a comprehensive evaluation of these models was done using a large set of test points (1,418 points). The results of the programmed models were further analyzed; where three new methods were developed based on this analysis. All the programmed models/methods were tested against new field data (132 points) and compared with commonly used models in oil field.