Equations: Oil and gas production
The equations of the “Oil and gas production” lessons with their conditions and units, and what each symbol means in this discipline.
This discipline has many equations, so its reference is split by subject: each subject page lists its equations with their conditions and units, and a table of symbols.
239 equations8 topics
Well completions21 equations · 93 symbolsWell completion: opening the reservoir and the tubing string · Completion string equipment · Multiple-zone completions: commingled and segregated production · Wireline operations · Horizontal wells · Multilateral wellsInflow and lift: nodal analysis48 equations · 154 symbolsNodal analysis of the production system · Inflow performance relationship (IPR) · Multiphase flow in tubing · Chokes, surface pressure losses and well temperature · Effect of completion on inflow · Well performance sensitivity analysisArtificial lift34 equations · 139 symbolsArtificial lift: when it is needed and how to choose the method · Sucker-rod pumping · Electric submersible pumps (ESP) · Hydraulic pumps: piston and jet · Progressing cavity pumps and hybrid systemsGas lift17 equations · 66 symbolsGas lift: principles and choice of operating conditions · Unloading a gas lift well: valves and mandrels · Gas lift design · Gas lift operation and optimisationPerforating5 equations · 20 symbolsShaped-charge perforating · Perforating operations: gun conveyance and proceduresFormation damage and stimulation75 equations · 244 symbolsFormation damage and damage skin · Sources of formation damage · Acid treatments: principle, economics and candidate selection · Acid systems and treatment design · Acid treatment of carbonates and special wells · Hydraulic fracturing: purpose and well selection · Inflow to a hydraulically fractured well · Rock mechanics for hydraulic fracturing · Fracture design: size and conductivity · Fracturing fluids and tip-screenout fracturingSand production9 equations · 34 symbolsSand production: types, prediction and cost of the problem · Sand control methodsFacilities and processing of production30 equations · 98 symbolsField development concepts: surface facilities · Oil treating: separators, dehydration, desalting and stabilisation · Gas processing and compression · Produced water: composition, treatment and disposal · Water injection systems