A Field Applications of Effective Stimulation High Pressure/Temperature Multi-Stage Completion which Shows Significant Well Performance Improvement in Deep North Kuwait Jurassic Unconventional Reservoir

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdullah Al-Saeed ◽  
Anood Al-Dhafiri ◽  
Erkan Fidan ◽  
Majdi Al-Mutawa ◽  
Ahmad Abdul Hadi
Keyword(s):  
High Pressure ◽  
Performance Improvement ◽  
Well Performance ◽  
Unconventional Reservoir ◽  
Multi Stage

Utilizing Novel Expandable Steel Packers to Overcome Multi-Stage Fracturing Completion Deployment Challenges in Horizontal Gas Wells

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ebikebena M. Ombe ◽  
Ernesto G. Gomez ◽  
Aldia Syamsudhuha ◽  
Abdullah M. AlKwiter
Keyword(s):  
High Pressure ◽  
High Temperature ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Outer Diameter ◽  
Gas Wells ◽  
Multi Stage ◽  
High Pressure High Temperature ◽  
Zonal Isolation ◽  
Gas Bearing ◽  
Productive Time

Abstract This paper discusses the successful deployment of Multi-stage Fracturing (MSF) completions, composed of novel expandable steel packers, in high pressure, high temperature (HP/HT) horizontal gas wells. The 5-7/8" horizontal sections of these wells were drilled in high pressure, high temperature gas bearing formations. There were also washed-outs & high "dog-legs" along their wellbores, due to constant geo-steering required to keep the laterals within the hydrocarbon bearing zones. These factors introduced challenges to deploying the conventional MSF completion in these laterals. Due to the delicate nature of their packer elastomers and their susceptibility to degradation at high temperature, these conventional MSF completions could not be run in such hostile down-hole conditions without the risk of damage or getting stuck off-bottom. This paper describes the deployment of a novel expandable steel packer MSF completion in these tough down-hole conditions. These expandable steel packers could overcome the challenges mentioned above due to the following unique features: High temperature durability. Enhanced ruggedness which gave them the ability to be rotated & reciprocated during without risk of damage. Reduced packer outer diameter (OD) of 5.500" as compared to the 5.625" OD of conventional elastomer MSF packers. Enhanced flexibility which enabled them to be deployed in wellbores with high dog-leg severity (DLS). With the ability to rotate & reciprocate them while running-in-hole (RIH), coupled with their higher annular clearance & tolerance of high temperature, the expandable steel packers were key to overcoming the risk of damaging or getting stuck with the MSF completion while RIH. Also, due to the higher setting pressure of the expandable steel packers when compared to conventional elastomer packers, there was a reduced risk of prematurely setting the packers if high circulating pressure were encountered during deployment. Another notable advantage of these expandable packers is that they provided an optimization opportunity to reduce the number of packers required in the MSF completion. In a conventional MSF completion, two elastomer packers are usually required to ensure optimum zonal isolation between each MSF stage. However, due to their superior sealing capability, only one expandable steel packer is required to ensure good inter-stage isolation. This greatly reduces the number of packers required in the MSF completion, thereby reducing its stiffness & ultimately reducing the probability of getting stuck while RIH. The results of using these expandable steel packers is the successful deployment of the MSF completions in these harsh down-hole conditions, elimination of non-productive time associated with stuck or damaged MSF completion as well as the safe & cost-effective completion in these critical horizontal gas wells.

scholarly journals Forecasting the Effectiveness of Well Performance Improvement Techniques

2021 ◽  
Vol 1079 (7) ◽  
pp. 072037
Author(s):  
K F Gabdrakhmanova ◽  
G R Izmailova ◽  
L Z Samigullina
Keyword(s):  
Performance Improvement ◽  
Well Performance

Aerodynamic and Performance Studies of a Three-Stage High Pressure Research Turbine With 3-D - Blades, Design Point and Off-Design Experimental Investigations

2000 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. T. Schobeiri ◽  
J. L. Gilarranz ◽  
E. S. Johansen
Keyword(s):  
High Pressure ◽  
Performance Studies ◽  
Experimental Investigations ◽  
Performance Measurements ◽  
Multi Stage ◽  
Speed Range ◽  
Design Speed ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Operating Points ◽  
Performance Behavior

This paper deals with the aerodynamic and performance behavior of a three-stage high pressure research turbine with 3-D curved blades at its design and off-design operating points. The research turbine configuration incorporates six rows beginning with a stator row. Interstage aerodynamic measurements were performed at three stations, namely downstream of the first rotor row, the second stator row, and the second rotor row. Interstage radial and circumferential traversing presented a detailed flow picture of the middle stage. Performance measurements were carried out within a rotational speed range of 75% to 116% of the design speed. The experimental investigations have been carried out on the recently established multi-stage turbine research facility at the Turbomachinery Performance and Flow Research Laboratory, TPFL, of the Texas A&M University.

Dual-Stage Turbocharger Matching and Boost Control Options

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Byungchan Lee ◽  
Dohoy Jung ◽  
Dennis Assanis ◽  
Zoran Filipi
Keyword(s):  
High Pressure ◽  
Diesel Engines ◽  
Pressure Ratio ◽  
Boost Pressure ◽  
High Pressure Turbine ◽  
Multi Stage ◽  
Bypass Valve ◽  
Dual Stage ◽  
Engine System ◽  
The Impact

Diesel engines are gaining in popularity, penetrating even the luxury and sports vehicle segments that have traditionally been strongly favored gasoline engines as the performance and refinement of diesel engines have improved significantly in recent years. The introduction of sophisticated technologies such as common rail injection (CRI), advanced boosting systems such as variable geometry and multi-stage turbocharging, and exhaust gas after-treatment systems have renewed the interest in Diesel engines. Among the technical advancements of diesel engines, the multi-stage turbocharging is the key to achieve such high power density that is suitable for the luxury and sports vehicle applications. Single-stage turbocharging is limited to roughly 2.5 bar of boost pressure. In order to raise the boost pressure up to levels of 4 bar or so, another turbocharger must be connected in series further multiplying the pressure ratio. The dual-stage turbocharging, however, adds system complexity, and the matching of two turbochargers becomes very costly if it is to be done experimentally. This study presents a simulation-based methodology for dual-stage turbocharger matching through an iterative procedure predicting optimal configurations of compressors and turbines. A physics-based zero-dimensional Diesel engine system simulation with a dual-stage turbocharger is implemented in SIMULINK environment, allowing easy evaluation of different configurations and subsequent analysis of engine system performance. The simulation program is augmented with a turbocharger matching program and a turbomachinery scaling routine. The configurations considered in the study include a dual-stage turbocharging system with a bypass valve added to the high pressure turbine, and a system with a wastegate valve added to a low-pressure turbine. The systematic simulation study allows detailed analysis of the impact of each of the configurations on matching, boost characteristics and transient response. The configuration with the bypass valve across high pressure turbine showed better results in terms of both steady state engine torque and transient behavior.

scholarly journals Optimization of Clearance Volume for Performance Improvement of Reciprocating Compressor

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (10) ◽  
pp. 1688-1694
Keyword(s):  
Performance Improvement ◽  
Working Condition ◽  
Optimal Time ◽  
Reciprocating Compressor ◽  
Stroke Length ◽  
Design And Optimization ◽  
Multi Stage ◽  
Compressor Performance ◽  
Effective Part ◽  
Piston Stroke

The paper addresses to engineers who do design and optimization work in the field of reciprocating compressors. In this paper theoretical and exact contemplations are given which permit to foresee the valve misfortunes. Suction valve misfortunes are additionally bring about a decrease of limit. The most effective part in the development of a reciprocating compressor depends strongly on improvement of its performance. For this purpose, a performance characteristic evaluation of a two stroke reciprocating air compressor is carried out in this paper. By and large stream misfortunes of compressor valves are affected by the valve geometry as well as are intensified by valve pocket misfortunes. The aims were to improve compressor performance by illustrating the effects of various parameters such as clearance between head and piston, stroke length, friction losses, compressor running time, background working condition and air leakage. The effect of each parameter was compared with given performance condition and after it was demonstrated the most important parameter on the performance. The parameter was measured using three techniques. The experiment addressed some factors that led to the inefficient performance of the reciprocating compressor air system and cause energy losses. The results advocate the optimal time for starting time of starting each stage of the two–stage reciprocating compressor. The work in addition may give a insight for the development of the design of multi-stage compression and presents some key design parameter.

scholarly journals Investigation on the Optimal Design and Flow Mechanism of High Pressure Ratio Impeller with Machine Learning Method

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Weilin Yi ◽  
Hongliang Cheng
Keyword(s):  
Machine Learning ◽  
High Pressure ◽  
Flow Field ◽  
Performance Improvement ◽  
Pressure Ratio ◽  
Leading Edge ◽  
Design Parameters ◽  
Support Vector ◽  
Peak Efficiency ◽  
High Pressure Ratio

The optimization of high-pressure ratio impeller with splitter blades is difficult because of large-scale design parameters, high time cost, and complex flow field. So few relative works are published. In this paper, an engineering-applied centrifugal impeller with ultrahigh pressure ratio 9 was selected as datum geometry. One kind of advanced optimization strategy including the parameterization of impeller with 41 parameters, high-quality CFD simulation, deep machine learning model based on SVR (Support Vector Machine), random forest, and multipoint genetic algorithm (MPGA) were set up based on the combination of commercial software and in-house python code. The optimization objective is to maximize the peak efficiency with the constraints of pressure-ratio at near stall point and choked mass flow. Results show that the peak efficiency increases by 1.24% and the overall performance is improved simultaneously. By comparing the details of the flow field, it is found that the weakening of the strength of shock wave, reduction of tip leakage flow rate near the leading edge, separation region near the root of leading edge, and more homogenous outlet flow distributions are the main reasons for performance improvement. It verified the reliability of the SVR-MPGA model for multiparameter optimization of high aerodynamic loading impeller and revealed the probable performance improvement pattern.

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