Type Curve Development and Applications for Predicting Production Performance of Horizontal Wells in Low Permeability Gas Reservoirs

1989 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Aminian ◽  
J.R. Duda ◽  
S. Ameri
Keyword(s):  
Horizontal Wells ◽  
Production Performance ◽  
Low Permeability ◽  
Gas Reservoirs ◽  
Type Curve

Economical Feasibility Study of Abandoned Oilfields Utilizing Smart Modeling Approach: Case Study

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hadi Belhaj ◽  
M. S. Zaman ◽  
Terry Lay
Keyword(s):  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Assessment Tool ◽  
Oil Prices ◽  
Horizontal Wells ◽  
Production Performance ◽  
Advanced Technology ◽  
Co2 Injection ◽  
Low Permeability ◽  
Well Testing ◽  
Carbonate Formation

Petrel, Eclipse and Monte Carlo are three simulators often used separately to evaluate reservoir structure, production performance and economics/planning/risk analysis respectively. Integration of the three packages provides a very comprehensive and efficient assessment tool for oilfields or blocks with limited data by avoiding incompatibility, data transformation and interface problems. Many oil and gas fields that have been discovered in the past and abandoned as a high risk venture have become of prime interest to numerous smart investors taking advantage of high oil prices and advanced technology. Some of these discoveries have exhibited reasonable hydrocarbon accumulations through seismic surveys, actual drilling and initial well-testing. Their development has previously been hindered by uncertainty and by low oil prices. The ALT Field, North Africa, is a typical example. Only nine vertical wells were drilled in the ALT Field during the 1960’s including three dry holes. Low production from three zones of Chalk Carbonate formation with moderate porosity and very low permeability (less than 1 md), meant the field has been abandoned for over three decades. Recently, with oil prices flourishing, the field has caught the eye of many potential developers. By utilizing the three-simulator approach, the ALT field has been verified as a potential producer of commercial oil. Two scenarios, single-pool and two-pool, have been established for describing the field structure, both are economically feasible, with more profitability foreseen from the single-pool scenario. The two-pool scenario demonstrated the field contains 885MMblls OIIP with estimated total reserves of 310MMbbls of oil using waterflooding alone and an additional 89MMbbls using CO2 injection. The existing six vertical producers are recommended to be used for injection, while a pattern of horizontal wells are suggested to be drilled and used as producers. The horizontal wells are favored over vertical ones to overcome the very low permeability situation. Development of the ALT Field is ongoing based upon the findings of this study. The idea of the three-simulator approach has proven workable, thus has potential to be used in similar cases once minor technical software problems are resolved.

Study on Production Performance Simulating the Low Permeability Dual Media Gas Reservoirs Pre and Post Fracturing

2011 ◽  
Vol 287-290 ◽  
pp. 86-91
Author(s):  
Li Ying Wang ◽  
Shu Sheng Gao ◽  
Wei Xiong ◽  
Hua Xun Liu
Keyword(s):  
Early Stage ◽  
Cross Flow ◽  
Flow Coefficient ◽  
Production Performance ◽  
Natural Fracture ◽  
Low Permeability ◽  
Gas Reservoirs ◽  
Penetration Ratio ◽  
Order Of Magnitude ◽  
Porosity And Permeability

Mathematical model of dual media reservoir fracturing wells was established and the corresponding numerical calculation program was developed based on the special relationship between porosity and permeability of dual media low permeability gas reservoirs. Through comparative analysis of numerical results of production performance pre and post fracturing, effects of cross flow coefficient and fracture penetration ratio were well studied. The results show that: after a period of production, pressure decline of the gas well decreases linearly with time, whether fracturing or not, showing pseudo-steady-state characteristics; in the early stage, pressure drop in the vertical well pre-fracturing is an order of magnitude larger than the post-fracturing well in the logarithmic coordinate; the less developed the natural fracture is, the smaller the cross flow coefficient is, and the more significant role the fracturing plays in yield increasing; when the fracture penetration ratio is between 0.25~0.50, it has less impact on production, so it is suggested that the fracture penetration ratio is controlled at about 0.25 in actual dual media dense gas reservoirs.

scholarly journals Effect of Geological Heterogeneity on the Production Performance of a Multifractured Horizontal Well in Tight Gas Reservoirs

Lithosphere ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (Special 1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yue Peng ◽  
Tao Li ◽  
Yuxue Zhang ◽  
Yongjie Han ◽  
Dan Wu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Horizontal Well ◽  
Horizontal Wells ◽  
Gas Production ◽  
Production Performance ◽  
Tight Gas ◽  
Gas Reservoirs ◽  
Gas Reservoir ◽  
Tight Gas Reservoirs ◽  
Reservoir Permeability ◽  
Half Length

Abstract Multifractured horizontal wells are widely used in the development of tight gas reservoirs to improve the gas production and the ultimate reservoir recovery. Based on the heterogeneity characteristics of the tight gas reservoir, the homogeneous scheme and four typical heterogeneous schemes were established to simulate the production of a multifractured horizontal well. The seepage characteristics and production performance of different schemes were compared and analyzed in detail by the analysis of streamline distribution, pressure distribution, and production data. In addition, the effects of reservoir permeability level, length of horizontal well, and fracture half-length on the gas reservoir recovery were discussed. Results show that the reservoir permeability of the unfractured areas, which are located at both ends of the multifractured horizontal well, determines the seepage ability of the reservoir matrix, showing a significant impact on the long-term gas production. High reservoir permeability level, long horizontal well length, and long fracture half-length can mitigate the negative influence of heterogeneity on the gas production. Our research can provide some guidance for the layout of multifractured horizontal wells and fracturing design in heterogeneous tight gas reservoirs.

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