Injectivity Test Example
• Analyzing Injectivity Test in Liquid Filled Unit Mobility
Ratio Reservoir Pressure response data for an
injectivity test in a water-flooded reservoir are given in
Table. Before the test, all the wells in the reservoir had
been shut-in for several weeks and pressure had
stabilized. Other known reser voir data are: depth =
1250 ft; rw = 0.25 ft; h = 20 ft; qw = -120stb/day; Pi =
225psig; Ct= 6.5 x10-6psi-1 Ø-= 16%;µw= 1.0cP;pw =
62.5lbm/cuft; Bw = 1.027 rb/stb; and tubing size = 2 in.
• Method of Analysis Plot the following figures
using data from Table 1. Figure 1 is a log-log
data plot showing wellbore storage effects,
which are important from 2 to 3hr. Figures 14-
8 and 14-9 show radius of drainage
performance and semilog straight line through
the data after 3 hours of injection. Inter
preted data from Figure 14-9 are: Pressure
response at 1 hr, p1hr = 725 psi Tubing
pressure before injection = 185.0 psi Slope =
80psig/cycle.
• Permeability is calculated using:
• Estimate distance to water bank from :
• Calculate radius of investigation from Eq.
• Since rj < rwb, using unit mobility ratio analysis
is justified and Eq. can be used to estimate
skin factor:
Estimate pressure drop across the skin from Eq.
Pressure Fall-off Test Example
• Analyzing Single Rate Pressure Fall-Off Test
Data (Liquid Filled Case-Unit Mobility Ratio)
Pressure response data for an injectivity test
in a water-flooded reservoir are given in Table
14-4. Before the test, all the wells in the
reservoir had been shut-in .
• depth = 4819ft; rw = 0.354ft; h = 49ft; q =
1426stb/d; ct = 6.5 x 10-6psi-1; Ø = 16%;
µ=[Link]; pw = 62.51bm/cuft; Bw = 1.027
rb/stb and tubing size = 2 in; injected area =
20 acres; cumulative volume injected before
test = 2380mbbls; injection pressure at
pw(At=o)= 525 psi; hole size = 8.50 in; co = 3.0
x 10-6psi-1; cw = 3.0 x 10-6psi-1; cg = 1.00 x 10-
6
psi-1; cf = 4.0 x 10-6psi-1so = 0.20, sg = 0 and sw =
0.80.
• Solution Pseudo-producing time tp = 24 x 2380
x 1000/1426 = 40,056.10 hours (Eq. 14-16). The
log-log data, Figure 14-11, indicate that
wellbore storage is important for about 0.01 to
0.07 hr. From semilog plot, Figure 14—12, find
the following: —> p1hr = 268 psi, p* = -335 psi,
slope m = 130psi/cycle. Calculate permeability
to water using Eq.
• calculate dimensionless flowing time
• Then, pavg - p* = 7.96(m/2.303) - 7.96(130/2.303) =
449 psig, and obtaining p* from Figure 14—12
(semilog plot), we find, p = pe= -335 + 449 = 115 psi.
Calculate skin factor s and pressure loss due to skin,
∆p skin from Eqs.
• Calculate injectivity index and flow efficiency
from Eqs:
• Estimate compressibility in the swept zone
from the following equation:
• Analyzing Step-Rate Injectivity Test Example Felsenthal
provides the data in Table 14-10 for a step-rate test in
a reservoir with the following properties: h= 270 ft; ct
= 1.5 x 10-5psi-11, rw = 0.25ft; Ø = 0.186 fraction; / µw =
0.45cP; /Bw= 1.0 rb/stb; well depth = 7260 ft and
injected fluid pressure gradient = 0.433 psi/ft.
Estimate formation permeability and skin factor.
• Slope, m, = 0.357[psi/stb/day]cycle.
• Intercept, b1 = 0.885[psi/(stb/day)]
• Estimate formation permeability, k, from Eq.
• Determine skin factor, s, from Eq.