Multiphase flow in an oil well is a dynamic phenomenon of inhomogeneous medium,which should be studied in a nonlinear way. This paper presents an electromagnetic measurement method based on the electrical property differences between oil,gas and water to scan,inverse and show the distribution and condition of multiphase flow. Both numerical simulation and physical experiments have proved that clear images could be obtained by this way.
WU XiLing,WANG XiaoXing,ZHAO YanWei & YANG Mei School of Resource and Information Technology,China University of Petroleum,Beijing 102249,China
Electromagnetic Computer Tomography (ECT) is a method to probe the interior of an inhomogeneous medium via surface measurement in a non-linear way. Due to the great differences in conductivity and permittivity between oil and water in the well, Electromagnetic Tomography Well Logging (ETWL), a new flow imaging measurement system, is proposed to describe the distribution and movement of oil/water two-phase flow in the well by scanning the detected region and applying a suitable data processing algorithm. The results of the numerical simulation and physical modeling show that the system could provide a clear image of the flow profile.
