Example 1: Prediction of production from infinite acting oil well
Production rate dec
Data Calculate infiniteacting oil re
kH 8.2 mD t (months) q (STB/day) 440
Kv 0.9 mD 2 427.5635302
430
h 53 ft 4 410.3831807
pi 5651 psi 6 400.9586665 420
pb 1323 psi 8 394.5301768
q (STB/day)
410
u 1.7 cp 10 389.6840637
B 1.1 RB/STB 12 385.811998 400
Rs 150 CFT/STB 390
phi 0.19
380
Sw 0.34
rw 0.328 ft 370
API 28
360
Ct 1.29E-05 1/psi 0 2 4 6
S 0
pwf 3500 psi t (month
Production rate decline for an
infiniteacting oil reservoir
440
430
420
410
400
390
380
370
360
0 2 4 6 8 10 12
t (months)
Example 2: Steady - state production
Data Calculate
kH 8.2 mD q (STB/day) 99.1123132
h 53 ft
pe 5651 psi Homework
u 1.7 cp q1 (STB/day) 148.66847
B 1.1 RB/STB
rw 0.328 ft q (STB/day)
S 10 pwf1 (psi) 3924.5 148.6684697
pwf 4500 psi s1 3.62852658 148.6684697
re 2980 ft
Example 3: Effect of drainage on well performance
Data Calculate
kH 8.2 mD A re Ln(re/rw) q/q40
Kv 0.9 mD 40 744.73 7.7277637 1
h 53 ft 80 1053.21 8.0743373 0.95708
pi 5651 psi 160 1489.46 8.4209109 0.91769
pb 1323 psi 640 2978.92 9.1140581 0.84789
u 1.7 cp
B 1.1 RB/STB
Rs 150 CFT/STB
phi 0.19
Sw 0.34
rw 0.328 ft
API 28
Ct 1.29E-05 1/psi
S 0
pwf 3500 psi
1 acre 43560 ft^2
Example 4: Production from a no-flow boundary reservoir
Data Calculate
kH 8.2 mD re (ft) 2978.921
Kv 0.9 mD ln(re/rw) 9.1140581
h 53 ft p_bar 5912.933
pe 6000 psi q2/q1 0.6567034
pb 1323 psi
u 1.7 cp
B 1.1 RB/STB
Rs 150 CFT/STB
phi 0.19
Sw 0.34
rw 0.328 ft
API 28
Ct 1.29E-05 1/psi
S 0
pwf 3000 psi
A 640 acre
1 acre 43560 ft^2
Example 5: Impact of irregular well positioning on production
Data Calculate
kH 8.2 mD C_A q (STB/day)
Kv 0.9 mD Well A 30.9 422.7052683
h 53 ft Well B 4.5 379.1019834
p_bar 5651 psi
pb 1323 psi
u 1.7 cp
B 1.1 RB/STB
Rs 150 CFT/STB
phi 0.19
Sw 0.34
rw 0.328 ft
API 28
Ct 1.29E-05 1/psi
S 0
pwf 3500 psi
A 640 acre
gama 1.781
1 acre 43560 ft^2
Example 6: Transient IPR Curves
Data Calculate
kH 8.2 mD t (month) 1 6
Kv 0.9 mD pwf (psi) q (STB/day) q (STB/day)
h 53 ft 0 1173.3033078 1054.197004
pi 5651 psi 1000 965.67575378 867.6464812
pb 1323 psi 2000 758.04819975 681.0959585
u 1.7 cp 3000 550.42064572 494.5454358
B 1.1 RB/STB 4000 342.7930917 307.994913
Rs 150 CFT/STB 5000 135.16553767 121.4443903
phi 0.19 5651 0 0
Sw 0.34
rw 0.328 ft
API 28
Ct 1.29E-05 1/psi
S 0
pwf 3500 psi
t 720 h/month
Transient IPR Curves
6000
24
q (STB/day) 5000
977.4281523
804.4626325 4000
631.4971127
pwf (psi)
t = 1 month
458.5315929 3000 t =6 months
285.5660732 t = 24 months
112.6005534
2000
0
1000
0
0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200
q (STB/d)
t = 1 month
t =6 months
t = 24 months
Example 7: Steady -state IPR Curves - influence of skin
Data Calculate
kH 8.2 mD s 0 5
Kv 0.9 mD pwf (psi) q (STB/day) q (STB/day)
h 53 ft 0 1020.49217 658.9852316
pe 5651 psi 1000 839.906049 542.371317
pb 1323 psi 2000 659.319928 425.7574024
u 1.7 cp 3000 478.733807 309.1434877
B 1.1 RB/STB 4000 298.147686 192.5295731
Rs 150 CFT/STB 5000 117.561565 75.91565843
phi 0.19 5651 0 0
Sw 0.34
rw 0.328 ft
API 28
Ct 1.29E-05 1/psi
S 0
pwf 3500 psi
re 2980 ft
Steady -state IPR Curves - influence of skin
10 50 6000
q (STB/day) q (STB/day)
486.6061526 157.3422265 5000
400.4964105 129.4989728
314.3866684 101.6557191
4000
228.2769263 73.81246546
pwf (psi)
142.1671842 45.9692118 s=0
3000 s =5
56.05744211 18.12595814 s = 10
0 0 s = 50
2000
1000
0
0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200
q (STB/day)
in
s=0
s =5
s = 10
s = 50
0
Example 8: Pseudo - steady - state IPR Curves - influence of average reservoir pressure
Data Calculate
kH 8.2 mD P_bar 3500 4000
Kv 0.9 mD pwf (psi) q (STB/day) q (STB/day)
h 53 ft 0 688.788562 787.186928
pi 5651 psi 1000 491.99183 590.390196
pb 1323 psi 2000 295.195098 393.593464
u 1.7 cp 3000 98.398366 196.796732
B 1.1 RB/STB 4000 0 0
Rs 150 CFT/STB 5000 0 0
phi 0.19 5651 0 0
Sw 0.34
rw 0.328 ft P_bar 3500 4000
API 28 pwf (psi) q (STB/day) q (STB/day)
Ct 1.29E-05 1/psi 0 688.788562 787.186928
S 0 1000 491.99183 590.390196
pwf 3500 psi 2000 295.195098 393.593464
re 2980 ft 3000 98.398366 196.796732
4000 -98.398366 0
5000 -295.195098 -196.796732
5651 -423.309771 -324.911405
reservoir pressure
4500 5000 5651
q (STB/day) q (STB/day) q (STB/day) Pseudo - steady - state IPR Curves - in-
885.585294 983.98366 1112.09833 fluence of average reservoir pressure
688.788562 787.186928 915.301601 6000
491.99183 590.390196 718.504869
5000
295.195098 393.593464 521.708137
98.398366 196.796732 324.911405
4000 P_bar
0 0 128.114673 P_bar
pwf (psi)
0 0 0 P_bar
3000
P_bar
P_bar
4500 5000 5651 2000
q (STB/day) q (STB/day) q (STB/day)
1000
885.585294 983.98366 1112.09833
688.788562 787.186928 915.301601
0
491.99183 590.390196 718.504869 0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200
295.195098 393.593464 521.708137
q (STB/day)
98.398366 196.796732 324.911405
-98.398366 0 128.114673
-226.513039 -128.114673 0
state IPR Curves - in-
e reservoir pressure
P_bar = 3500
P_bar = 4000
P_bar = 4500
P_bar = 5000
P_bar = 5651
800 1000 1200
day)
Example 9: production rate from a horizontal well (effects of reservoir thickness and vertical perme
Data Calculate
kH 8.2 mD h (ft) 25 25 25
Kv 0.9 mD I_ani 3 1 0.25
h 53 ft L (ft) q (STB/day) q (STB/day) q (STB/day)
pe 5651 psi 0 0 0 0
pb 1323 psi 400 402.108532 461.06793 485.880023
u 1.7 cp 800 542.090366 593.223817 613.374212
B 1.1 RB/STB 1200 655.207819 704.111808 722.903689
Rs 150 CFT/STB 1600 759.774046 808.618227 827.137795
phi 0.19 2000 862.076897 912.086922 930.894645
Sw 0.34
rw 0.328 ft L (ft) a B
API 28 400 2983.35759 3.39450903
Ct 1.29E-05 1/psi 800 2993.45291 2.70137136
S 0 1200 3010.35281 2.29594745
pwf 3500 psi 1600 3034.16605 2.00837626
I_ani 3 2000 3065.03912 1.78546628
re 2980 ft
A 66.80023 h (ft) 25 25 25
K 9.114365 I_ani 3 1 0.25
L (ft) J_H/J_v J_H/J_v J_H/J_v
0 0 0 0
400 2.19458166 2.51636348 2.65178007
800 2.95855841 3.23762868 3.34760318
1200 3.57591783 3.84282039 3.94538056
1600 4.14660735 4.41318349 4.51425746
2000 4.70494407 4.97788303 5.08052965
r thickness and vertical permeability)
Horizontal well p
formation thickne
53 53 53 250 250 250 9000
3 1 0.25 3 1 0.25
q (STB/day) q (STB/day) q (STB/day) q (STB/day) q (STB/day) q (STB/day)
0 0 0 0 0 0
667.81881 890.348545 1008.76845 1091.6508 2349.16988 3995.28547 6000
968.690118 1183.16084 1283.25279 1929.94875 3663.43721 5397.40986
q (STB/day
1207.67376 1421.89658 1516.67569 2666.134 4725.42746 6529.17783
1424.64834 1643.75415 1737.91688 3350.56899 5686.13512 7574.63513
1633.89384 1861.56103 1957.65976 4008.49984 6605.12565 8596.96512 3000
0
0 400 800
L(
53 53 53 250 250 250
3 1 0.25 3 1 0.25 Productivity
J_H/J_v J_H/J_v J_H/J_v J_H/J_v J_H/J_v J_H/J_v izonta
0 0 0 0 0 0 6
1.71921917 2.2920952 2.62577921 0.59578861 1.2821029 2.18050092
2.49377615 3.04590521 3.32680985 1.05330522 1.9993886 2.94573624
3.10901078 3.66050166 3.92609993 1.45509193 2.57898941 3.56341953
4
3.66758572 4.23164727 4.49531317 1.82863498 3.10331338 4.13399718
J_H/J_v
4.20626308 4.79236488 5.06132549 2.18771291 3.60486946 4.69195268
0
0 400 800
L(
Horizontal well production rates and impact of Graph length versus product
formation thickness and permeability anisotropy.
1800
9000
q (STB/day)
1200
q (I_ani=3; h=25 ft)
q (I_ani=1; h=25 ft)
6000 q (I_ani=0; h=25 ft)
q (STB/day
q (I_ani=3; h=53 ft)
q (I_ani=1; h=53 ft) 600
q (I_ani=0; h=53 ft)
q (I_ani=3; h=250 ft)
3000 q (I_ani=1; h=250 ft)
q (I_ani=0; h=250 ft) 0
0 400 800 1200 1600 2000
L (ft)
0
0 400 800 1200 1600 2000
L (ft)
Productivity Index ratios between hor-
izontal and vertical wells
6
q (I_ani=3; h=25 ft)
q (I_ani=1; h=25 ft)
4
q (I_ani=0.25; h=25 ft)
q (I_ani=3; h=53 ft)
J_H/J_v
q (I_ani=1; h=53 ft)
q (I_ani=0.25; h=53 ft)
q (I_ani=3; h=250 ft)
2 q (I_ani=1; h=250 ft)
q (I_ani=0.25; h=250 ft)
0
0 400 800 1200 1600 2000
L (ft)
th versus production rate
q (I_ani=3; h=53 ft)
00 1200 1600 2000
L (ft)