Preface |
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Short Biographies of the Authors |
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PART I Pressure and Flow Well Testing |
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1 Pressure and Temperature: Drawdown Well Testing: Similarities and Differences |
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3 | (11) |
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4 | (4) |
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1.1.1 Well as a cylindrical source |
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4 | (2) |
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1.1.2 Well as a linear source |
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6 | (1) |
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1.1.3 The corresponding parameters |
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7 | (1) |
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1.2 Drainage and Thermal Influence Radius |
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8 | (1) |
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8 | (1) |
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1.2.2 Thermal influence radius |
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8 | (1) |
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1.3 Skin Factor and Borehole Storage |
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9 | (1) |
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9 | (1) |
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1.4 Pressure Drawdown Well Testing |
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10 | (4) |
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1.4.1 Field example (Earlougher 1977, Example 3.1) |
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11 | (3) |
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2 The Adjusted Circulation Time |
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14 | (3) |
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3 Determination of the Formation Permeability and Skin Factor from a Variable Flow Rate Drawdown Test |
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17 | (6) |
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3.1 Diffusivity and Boundary Conditions |
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17 | (1) |
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3.2 Dimensionless Variables |
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18 | (1) |
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18 | (1) |
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19 | (4) |
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19 | (2) |
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21 | (2) |
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4 Short Term Testing Method for Stimulated Wells---Field Examples |
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23 | (17) |
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4.1 SST Method: A Brief Review |
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23 | (1) |
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4.2 Solutions for Cylindrical and Linear Sources |
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24 | (1) |
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25 | (1) |
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4.4 Pressure Buildup Test |
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26 | (2) |
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28 | (7) |
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4.5.1 Oil well IS-21, PT-1 |
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29 | (2) |
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4.5.2 Oil well IS-7, PT-1 |
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31 | (4) |
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4.6 Derivation of Equation (4-13) |
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35 | (5) |
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5 Determination of the Skin Factor for a Well Produced at a Constant Bottom-Hole Pressure |
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40 | (6) |
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5.1 Dimensionless Flow Rate |
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41 | (2) |
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43 | (1) |
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43 | (3) |
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6 Evaluation of the Efficiency of Wellbore Stimulation Operations |
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46 | (5) |
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6.1 A Well as a Cylindrical Source |
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47 | (1) |
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48 | (3) |
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7 Designing an Interference Well Test in a Geothermal Reservoir |
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51 | (10) |
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7.1 Determination of the Formation Permeability, Hydraulic Diffusivity and the Porosity |
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51 | (1) |
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52 | (2) |
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54 | (1) |
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7.4 Test Designing Example |
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55 | (2) |
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57 | (4) |
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8 Interference Well Testing---Variable Fluid Flow Rate |
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61 | (9) |
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8.1 Constant Flow Rate---the Basic Equation |
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62 | (1) |
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63 | (2) |
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65 | (5) |
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9 Determination of Formation Permeability and Skin Factor from Afterflow Pressure and Sandface Flow Rate |
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70 | (11) |
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71 | (1) |
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9.2 Approximation of qD by a Polynomial |
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72 | (1) |
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9.3 Modification of the e-x Function |
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73 | (1) |
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74 | (2) |
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74 | (2) |
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76 | (1) |
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76 | (1) |
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9.6 Processing of Field Data and Results |
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77 | (2) |
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9.7 Discussion of Results |
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79 | (2) |
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10 Analyzing the Pressure Response during the Afterflow Period: Determination of the Formation Permeability and Skin Factor |
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81 | (8) |
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81 | (1) |
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10.2 Approximation of qD by a Polynomial |
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82 | (1) |
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83 | (2) |
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85 | (4) |
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11 Application of the Horner Method for a Well Produced at a Constant Bottom-hole Pressure |
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89 | (5) |
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11.1 Horner Method: A Short Description |
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89 | (1) |
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90 | (4) |
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94 | (9) |
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12.1 Two Attractive Features |
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94 | (1) |
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95 | (8) |
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98 | (5) |
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PART II Temperature Well Testing |
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13 Determination of Formation Temperature from Bottom-Hole Temperature Logs: A Generalized Horner Method |
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103 | (12) |
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104 | (3) |
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13.1.1 Constant bore-face temperature |
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104 | (2) |
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13.1.2 Cylindrical source with a constant heat flow rate |
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106 | (1) |
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13.1.3 Well as a linear source |
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106 | (1) |
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107 | (2) |
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109 | (2) |
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111 | (4) |
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112 | (3) |
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14 Three Points Method for Estimation of the Formation Temperature |
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115 | (18) |
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14.1 Shut-in Temperatures--Permafrost Zone |
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117 | (1) |
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117 | (2) |
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14.3 Unfrozen Well Section---the Initial Temperature Distribution |
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119 | (2) |
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121 | (10) |
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14.5 Laboratory Experiment |
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131 | (2) |
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133 | (5) |
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16 Determination of Formation Temperatures from Temperature Logs in Deep Boreholes: Comparison of Three Methods |
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138 | (9) |
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139 | (1) |
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16.2 Two Logs (Points) Method |
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139 | (1) |
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139 | (1) |
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16.4 Results of Calculations and Discussion |
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139 | (8) |
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17 Geothermal Temperature Gradient |
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147 | (4) |
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18 Estimation of the Geothermal Gradients from Single Temperature Log-Field Cases |
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151 | (7) |
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18.1 Temperature Disturbance of Formations |
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152 | (1) |
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18.2 Wellbore Shut-in Temperature |
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152 | (1) |
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18.3 Prediction of the Geothermal Gradient |
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153 | (1) |
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154 | (4) |
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19 Radial Temperature Distribution |
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158 | (4) |
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19.1 Radial Temperature Distribution during Drilling |
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158 | (1) |
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19.2 Temperature Distribution in Formations during the Shut-In Period |
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159 | (3) |
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20 Cylindrical Probe with a Constant Temperature: Determination of the Formation Thermal Conductivity and Contact Thermal Resistance |
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162 | (5) |
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20.1 Effective Radius of the Heater |
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163 | (1) |
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20.2 Dimensionless Flow Rate |
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164 | (3) |
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165 | (1) |
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165 | (2) |
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21 Well Temperature Testing: An Extension of the Slider's Method |
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167 | (12) |
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169 | (1) |
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21.2 Effective Radius of the Heater |
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169 | (2) |
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21.3 Rate of Temperature Decline |
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171 | (4) |
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21.4 Well as a Cylindrical Source |
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175 | (4) |
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21.4.1 Temperature drawdown well test |
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176 | (1) |
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177 | (2) |
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22 Cementing of Casing in Hydrocarbon Wells: The Optimal Time Lapse to Conduct a Temperature Log |
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179 | (8) |
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22.1 Temperature Increase at Cement Hydration |
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180 | (2) |
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182 | (2) |
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184 | (3) |
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23 Cementing of Geothermal Wells---Radius of Thermal Influence |
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187 | (3) |
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23.1 Radius of Thermal Influence at Cementing |
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187 | (1) |
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23.2 Example of Calculations |
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188 | (2) |
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24 Temperature Regime of Boreholes: Cementing of Production Liners |
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190 | (12) |
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24.1 Bottom-Hole Circulating Temperatures: Field Data and Empirical Formula |
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191 | (8) |
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24.1.1 Comparison with API schedules |
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193 | (2) |
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24.1.2 The equivalent "API Wellbore" method |
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195 | (1) |
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24.1.3 The "API-EW method" |
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196 | (3) |
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24.2 The Shut-in Temperature |
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199 | (3) |
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199 | (3) |
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25 Recovery of the Thermal Equilibrium in Deep and Super Deep Wells: Utilization of Measurements While Drilling Data |
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202 | (10) |
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203 | (2) |
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203 | (1) |
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25.1.2 Webb County, Texas |
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204 | (1) |
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25.2 Cumulative Heat Flow |
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205 | (1) |
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25.3 Drilling Mud Temperature as Linear Time Function |
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206 | (2) |
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25.4 Radius of Thermal Influence |
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208 | (1) |
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209 | (1) |
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210 | (2) |
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25.6.1 Mississippi well (Wooley et al. 1984) |
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210 | (1) |
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25.6.2 Webb County, Texas. Well #30 (Venditto and George 1984) |
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210 | (2) |
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26 The Duration of Temperature Monitoring in Wellbores: Permafrost Regions |
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212 | (12) |
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26.1 Shut-in Temperatures--Permafrost Zone |
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213 | (4) |
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26.2 Temperature Gradient and Estimation of the Permafrost Thickness |
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217 | (4) |
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26.3 Onset of Formations Freezeback |
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221 | (3) |
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27 The Effect of Thermal Convection and Casing on Temperature Regime of Boreholes |
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224 | (13) |
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27.1 Critical Temperature Gradient |
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225 | (2) |
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27.2 Convective Parameter, kp |
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227 | (2) |
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229 | (5) |
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27.4 Thermal Effect of Casing |
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234 | (3) |
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Appendix A Hydrostatic Pressure |
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237 | (14) |
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A1 Fluid Densities at High Temperatures and High Pressures (HTHP) |
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237 | (1) |
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A2 Water Formation Volume Factor |
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238 | (1) |
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A3 Equation of State for Sodium Chloride Brine at HTHP |
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239 | (2) |
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A4 Density of Calcium Chloride Brine at HTHP |
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241 | (3) |
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A5 Hydrostatic Pressure---a General Equation |
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244 | (5) |
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A5.1 Equivalent static density |
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244 | (3) |
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247 | (2) |
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A6 Hydrostatic Pressure for Water Based Fluids and Brines |
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249 | (1) |
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A7 Example of Calculation |
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249 | (2) |
References to Part II |
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Index |
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