The Effects of Reservoir Area Extent on the Performance of a Vertical Well in a Reservoir Subject to Bottom Water Drive

Abstract:

Reservoir performance can be understood from system type curves. The type curve gives vivid information about maximum pressure drops, magnitude of near wellbore effects, reservoir fluid and wellbore properties needed to ascertain the strength of available drive mechanism, maximum withdrawal rates and remaining fluid in real time. This paper investigates the effects of reservoir area extent on the performance of a reservoir, subject to active bottom water, when it is completed with a vertical well. Type curves of dimensionless pressures and dimensionless pressure derivatives were produced for various dimensionless values of area extent of the reservoir. These type curves were developed from solutions to flow equations using relevant source and Green’s functions. From the results, it can be observed that the larger the reservoir area extent, the larger the dimensionless pressure drop, the longer the time it takes to attain steady state. This is validated from the pressure derivative curve, which shows that reservoirs with large area extent are characterized by longer period of radial flow and subsequently delay in the attainment of steady state, thus prolonging the arrival of bottom water.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 752-753)
• Pages: 790-795
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.752-753.790
• Online since: April 2015
• Authors: I. Eiroboyi*, P.O. Obeta
• Keywords: Bottom Water, Dimensionless Pressure, Dimensionless Pressure Derivative, Dimensionless Time, Dimensionless Time of Attainment of Steady State, Reservoir Geometry, Type Curves

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