Non-darcy transient radial gas flow through porous media

Conference · Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1973

OSTI ID:5067225

Dranchik, P M; Flores, J G

Canadian researchers at the Univ. of Alberta and the Univ. of Calgary have developed a computer program to solve the nonlinear partial differential equations describing transient radial gas flow through porous media. Specifically, the program can handle 4 sets of boundary conditions encountered in a finite radial system. The program has been employed to obtain pressure distributions and mass fluxes as functions of time and position for the constant-terminal rate case and the constant-terminal pressure case, in porous media having different values of permeability, inertial-resistance coefficient, slip coefficient, and rock compressibility. Changes of gas properties with pressure were taken into account. Results indicate that each of these rock properties can, under certain conditions, appreciably affect the transient response. For instance, it was observed that slip, rather than being a laboratory curiosity, can affect the transient response in a typical tight reservoir.

• OSTI ID: 5067225
• Resource Relation: Conference: 48. annual fall meeting of the Society of Petroleum Engineers, Las Vegas, NV, USA, 30 Sep 1973; Related Information: SPE Paper 4595
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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