Performance of a Horizontal Well in Bounded Reservoir Subject to Edge Water Drive

Abstract:

When a reservoir is subject to edge water drive mechanism, well completion for the purpose of optimizing oil production becomes a critical objective. Achieving this objective will require a comprehensive knowledge of fluid movement in the reservoir. Effective well spacing and design, production or injection, transient test analyses possibilities and rate scheduling are additional benefits that can be derived from knowledge of fluid movement and dynamics. Source and greens functions are utilized in deriving the appropriate dimensionless pressure expressions for the reservoir system. Finally, dimensionless pressure derivatives are computed based on the dimensionless pressure expressions. Two-edged lateral water encroachment pattern is assumed for a centrally located horizontal well, occurring both at the toe and at the heel of the well. Influences of both reservoir and wellbore properties are investigated for infinite conductivity wellbore condition. Results show on the derivative that, flow is characterized first by infinite acting flow (constant value of 0.5) before a mandatory rapid decline to zero for all well and reservoir dimensions considered. The period of infinite activity, that is, period of clean oil production, is extended if the reservoir is much larger than the length of the well. Furthermore, dimensionless time of attainment of steady state for all well design is strongly dependent on the reservoir external extent and reservoir anisotropy under constant rate regime.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volume 824)
• Pages: 365-372
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.824.365
• Online since: September 2013
• Authors: D.O. Onaiwu, E. Steve Adewole, O.A. Olafuyi
• Keywords: Bounded Reservoir, Edge Water at Toe, Horizontal Well

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