An Approach and Case Study on Determination of the Sulfur Deposition Radius in High Sulfur Gas Reservoir

Abstract:

In the process of high sulfur gas field development, the sulfur will separate out from the mixed gas when the pressure near wellbore area drops to a critical pressure of H₂S. This will reduce the reservoir porosity greatly and decrease the gas well productivity as well. This paper discusses the characteristics of pressure transient testing plots when sulfur deposition occurs based on the redial composite reservoir model. And introduce an approach to determine the sulfur deposition radius near the wellbore with pressure transient testing interpretation in high sulfur gas reservoir. The method has been applied in some high sulfur gas field in eastern Sichuan Basin. The result shows that the method is simple and practical.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 1073-1076)
• Pages: 592-596
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.1073-1076.592
• Online since: December 2014
• Authors: Pei Luo*, Yu Ming Luo, Kai Ma, Biao Zhang, Sha Sha Song
• Keywords: High Sulfur Gas Reservoir, Radial Composite Reservoir Model, Sulfur Deposition Radius, Well Test Analysis

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