APPENDIX G
Answers to Selected Supplementary Problems
“I wish I had an answer to that because I’m tired of answering that question.”
Yogi Berra
Chapter 2
SP 2.3 (A) 125°C; fairly reliable. (B) 425°C; unreliable, too large an extrapolation.
SP 2.6 SP 2.6(A) (a) 250.2°C; (b) 254.2°C. (B) 696 ppm. (C) Since the measured is less than this value, the quartz concentration in the reservoir fluid is less than the 484 ppm found for the assumed temperature, and the reservoir fluid temperature is less also. The actual temperature in the reservoir was about 235°C.
Chapter 4
SP 4.1 632 m.
SP 4.2 (A) 72.2 kg/s. (B) (a) Flashing will occur inside the well; (b) flashing will occur in the formation leading to “excess” steam and enthalpy at the wellhead. ...
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