DOI:10.24411/2076-6785-2020-10074
Abstract
This paper presents the effect of changes in the composition of high-wax reservoir oil on the condition and nature of the wax formation based on a developed reservoir oil model through the Multiflash 6.1 software product. The optimal operating regime of a gas-lift well (flow rate and the injection pressure of produced petroleum gas) has been determined using an analysis of the reservoir-well hydrodynamics system. Taking into account changes in the oil component composition during gas injection, the depth of wax formation has been determined by applying a developed method.
Materials and methods
We used the results of laboratory studies of the physicochemical properties of the high-wax oil in the Dragon field in Vietnam, as well as the results from modeling the movement of the specified high-wax oil along the wellbore of a gas lift well through the Schlumberger PIPESIM software package.
Keywords
high-wax oil, operation of gas lift wells, wax appearance temperature, dispersed oil system
