Basic program analyses fluid rheology to determine pump rates

The use of statistical methods can improve the selection of a rheological model and the subsequent calculations for critical pump rate and pressure drop for cementing operations. The accompanying interactive Basic computer program allows the user to analyze fluid rheology to help determine the best...

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Published in:The Oil & gas journal Vol. 92; no. 19; pp. 69 - 72
Main Author: MOFTAH, K. R
Format: Magazine Article
Language:English
Published: Tulsa, OK Pennwell 09.05.1994
Subjects:
02 PETROLEUM
422000 > Engineering > Mining & Underground Engineering > (1980-)
Applied sciences
CALCULATION METHODS
CEMENTING
Completion equipments and methods. Casing. Cementing. Tests and measurements in wells
COMPUTER PROGRAM DOCUMENTATION
Crude oil, natural gas and petroleum products
DISPERSIONS
Drilling. Casing. Preparing wells for production
Energy
ENGINEERING
Exact sciences and technology
FRICTION FACTOR
Fuels
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
MIXTURES
OIL WELLS
Prospecting and production of crude oil, natural gas, oil shales and tar sands
PUMPING
RHEOLOGY
SLURRIES
SUSPENSIONS
WELLS 020300 > Petroleum > Drilling & Production
Rheological model
Statistical analysis
Turbulent flow
Pumping
Pressure drop
Cementing
Critical speed
Software
Power law
ISSN:0030-1388
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Summary:The use of statistical methods can improve the selection of a rheological model and the subsequent calculations for critical pump rate and pressure drop for cementing operations. The accompanying interactive Basic computer program allows the user to analyze fluid rheology to help determine the best data for use in predicting cementing pump rates. An accurate critical pump rate and pressure drop can then be calculated based on the correctly calculated rheological parameters. For cementing operations, the important methods of calculating the critical pump rate are the Hedstrom analysis, based on the Bingham plastic rheological model, and the Metzner and Reed analysis, based on the power law rheological model.
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ISSN:0030-1388