Comparison of measured and simulated pressure and temperature profiles in geothermal wells

The correct application of geothermal wellbore flow simulators is a useful tool since their adequate calibration and use oftenavoids the need to perform costly experimental PTQ logs inside geothermal wells. Two existing wellbore flow simulators, GEOPOZOand WELFLO, were used to obtain pressure and te...

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Detalhes bibliográficos
Autores: A. Aragon, A. Garcia, A. Baca, E. Gonzalez
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:1999
País:México
Recursos:Instituto Mexicano del Petróleo
Repositorio:Redalyc-IMP
OAI Identifier:oai:redalyc.org:56838104
Acesso em linha:https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=56838104
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Ciencias de la Tierra
pressure
temperature
Geothermal well
wellbore simulators
Los Azufres geothermal field
Descrição
Resumo:The correct application of geothermal wellbore flow simulators is a useful tool since their adequate calibration and use oftenavoids the need to perform costly experimental PTQ logs inside geothermal wells. Two existing wellbore flow simulators, GEOPOZOand WELFLO, were used to obtain pressure and temperature profiles and the results were compared with experimentally measuredPT logs in well Az-19 from the Los Azufres, Mexico, geothermal field. PT logs were run using high-precision electronic loggingequipment. Comparison of experimentally measured and computed PT profiles shows a maximum error of 3.2% for the pressureprofile obtained with the WELFLO simulator.