《Prediction of natural gas hydrate formation region in wellbore during deep water gas well testing.》.pdf

568 Availableonlineatwww．sciencedirect．com SCienceDirect JournalofHydrodynamics www．sciencedirect．coin／ 2014，26(4)：568—576 DOI：10．1016／S1001—6058f14)60064—0 science_，journal／l0OI6058 Prediction ofnaturalgashydrate formation region in wellboreduring deep· watergaswelltesting WANGZhi．yuan(王志远)，SUNBao-jiang(孙宅江)，WANGXue—rui(王雪瑞)，ZHANGZhen—nan(张振楠) SchoolofPetroleumEngineering，ChinaUniversityofPetroleum (EastChina)，Qingdao266580，China， Email：wangzyl209@126．corn (ReceivedNovember1，2013，RevisedFebruary26，2014) Abstract：Wellboretemperaturefieldequationsareestablishedwithconsiderationsoftheenthalpychangesofthenamra1gasduring thedeep—watergaswelltesting．A predictionmethodforthenaturalgashydrateofrmationregionduringthedeep—watergaswell testingisproposed．whichcombinesthewellboretemperaturefieldequations，thephaseequilibrium conditionsofthenatura1gas hydrateofrmationandthecalculationmethodsofrthepressurefield．Throughthesensitivityanalysisoftheparametersthataffectthe hydrateformationregion．itcanbeconcludedthatduringthedeep—watergaswelltesting．withthereductionofthegasproduction rateandthedecreaseofthegeothermalgradient，alongwiththeincreaseofthedepthofwater，thehydrateofrmationregioninthe wellboreenlarges，thehydrateformationregionsdifferwithdifferentcomponentcontentsofnaturalgases，ascomparedwiththepure methanegas，withtheincreaseofethaneandpropane，thehydrateofrmationregionexpands，theadmixtureofinhibitors，thetypeand theconcentrationsofwhichcanbeoptimizedthroughthemethodproposedinthepaper．wil1reducethehydrateformationregion thethrottlingeffectwillleadtotheabruptchangesoftemperatureandpressurewhichresultsinavariationofthehydrateformation regio