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Gas and water cresting towards horizontal wells

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 February 2009

J. F. McCarthy
J. F. McCarthy
Affiliation:
BHP Research - Melbourne Laboratories, P.O. Box 264, Clayton, Vic. 3168, Australia.
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Abstract

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The hodograph method for flow in porous media is used to study the problem of simultaneous gas and water cresting towards a horizontal well in a thin oil column reservoir. Shapes of the free interfaces are found and an expression for the optimal placement of the well with respect to the interfaces is given. In addition, a numerical technique is used to find the shape of the free interface and values of critical heights for the case of water cresting towards a horizontal well beneath an impermeable plane.

Type
Research Article
Information
The ANZIAM Journal , Volume 35 , Issue 2 , October 1993 , pp. 174 - 197
Copyright
Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1993

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