TUBING OPTIMIZATION BASED ON SIMULATION TUBING SIZE SENSITIVITY TO RESERVOIR PRESSURE DROP
Keywords:
Natural flow, nodal system analysis, tubing, inflow performance relationship, tubing optimizationAbstract
Tubing is an important piece of equipment in natural flow production operations. The aim of this research is to select the optimum tubing diameter based on flow rate and usage period using nodal system analysis at well X. Inflow performance relationship (IPR) and tubing performance relation (TPR) analysis are the main factors in tubing optimization. The tool used for data processing uses Pipesim software. Based on the results of the simulation, processing and analysis, the researchers selected tubing with a size of 2.375 "to be used as production tubing at well X
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