Naslov
Underground Gas Storage Process Optimisation with Respect to Reservoir Parameters and Production Equipment

Autori
Brkić, Vladislav ; Zelenika, Ivan ; Mijić, Petar ; Medved, Igor

Izvornik
Energies (1996-1073) 14 (2021), 14; 4324, 19

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
underground gas storage ; working gas volume ; withdrawal capacity ; production string ; wellhead chokes ; reservoir drawdown ; experiments ; mathematical model

Sažetak
The storage of natural gas in geological structures such as depleted fields, aquifers and salt caverns plays an important role in a gas supply system as it balances the fluctuation of gas demand and price. Hydraulic loss due to fluid flow through gas storage production equipment and an interfering effect from nonequal productivity index of storage wells may have an important influence on gas storage performance. An integrated mathematical model is developed based on underground gas storage facility production data. Using this model, the hydraulic loss is determined. A real test case that consists of a gas storage reservoir linked to the surface facility is analysed. The mathematical model uses an experimentally determined pressure drop coefficient in chokes. The base case scenario created using real gas storage facility data enables the achievement of a good history match with the given parameters of the gas storage reservoir. Using the history match simulation case as an initial scenario (a base case), two different scenarios are created to determine the injection and withdrawal performance of the gas storage field. The results indicate that the pressure drop in chokes, when fully open as a constraints in an underground gas storage facility, has a significant impact on gas storage operations and deliverability.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Rudarstvo, nafta i geološko inženjerstvo

Napomena
Glavni autori: Vladislav Brkić i Ivan Zelenika

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