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Paper ID: A-1576
Effect of gas Lock in transient flow in HDPE water line- CBM field, Shahdol, MP India
Author(s) Name: Kumar Bhupendra, Singh Rajendra
Email: Bhupendra.pal@ril.com, Rajendra.de.singh@ril.com
Introduction CBM Well Head Separation System
Initial dewatering is required to start Gas production from Coal Bed Methane
(CBM) field. PCP are used for the dewatering of wells at RIL CBM field at
Shahdol, MP India. Water produced from well enters into HDPE water trunk line
network, spread over hilly terrain, after passing through the well separator, to
water Gathering Station (WGS). This case study is for some of the wells in
Shahdol, India CBM field have experienced high back pressure in the water
line, that exceeded the pump tripping set point, leading to pump tripping
consequently to gas production loss from the wells. In order to understand the
reason for high back pressure, transient multiphase flow behavior across the
pipeline has been studied using OLGA software.
Results
Maximum back pressure of 8-10 bar observed at well head, for GLR ranging
from 0.1 to 1.0 m3/m3
Back pressure at well head for different GLR:
GLR, m3/m3 First Well, barg Second Well, barg
0.00 3.5 1.6
0.05 6.7 4.8
0.10 9.4 7.4
Pressure across Pipeline
0.30 11.7 9.8
Steady state pressure at GLR 0.10 m3/m3 matches with the actual field
pressure.
For First Well: 10 barg
For Second well: 8 – 9 barg
Back pressure at GLR higher than 0.10 m3/m3 showing fluctuation in the
range of 1 – 1.5 bar at well head which may result in fluctuating pressure in
the pipeline. This may affect the mechanical integrity for pipeline.