#Pipesim gas lift correlations simulator#
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The second phase of experiments was lifting oil. The two phase (water-air) flow experiments revealed the compatibility of the system with our needs where gas injection reduced the pressure drop as predicted by correlations. The first phase of the experiment was to build the vertical flow loop and test it with water. The main focus was on the pressure gradient changes.Įxperiments were conducted in the laboratory.
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In this thesis, the influence of gas injection on water-oil emulsion in a vertical pipe, and the effect of a centrifugal pump on emulsion properties were investigated. The viscosity of formed emulsion increases compared to the viscosity of each phase. Under some circumstances when emulsifying agents are present, the emulsion is formed composed of a dispersed phase in a continuous phase either oil drops in water or water drops in oil emulsion. In a vertical production tubing, water and oil flow together forming a liquid mixture.
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Previous investigations underlined the effect of both systems on three phase flow in vertical pipes but few studied the behavior of emulsion inside these two methods. Both techniques aid in lifting the fluid to surface and improve production. An ESP, on the other hand, boosts the production of fluid after exposing it to great centrifugal forces and rotations inside each pump stage that leads to a change of kinetic energy to potential energy and thus increasing pressure. The basic principle of gas lift technique is reducing the gravity component of the pressure by injecting gas, thus increasing the oil production from a well. The gas lift system and ESP are used to enhance oil production from a well.