Example #7- Pumping Oil Well (example7.

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Description:

- Pumping oil well – BHP constant at 600 psig

- Initial solution GOR = 483 scf/bbl; remains relatively constant
- Reservoir drive mechanism unknown
- Workover performed in late July, 2002 to clean out well

Reservoir / Wellbore Parameters:

Pi = 5,300 psia (bottomhole)

T = 200 deg F
h = 20 ft
porosity = 20 %
Sg = 0%
So = 80%
Sw = 20 %
G = 0.65
CO2, H2S, N2 = 0

Oil Gravity = 40 API

Rsoi= 483 scf/bbl
Producing GOR = 483 scf/bbl

Questions:

- Does the well exhibit boundary dominated flow?

- Is this a good application for Fetkovich type curve?
- What do modern analysis methods such as Agarwal & Gardner, FMB show?
- Does numerical modeling help further with the analysis?
Answers:

- Does the well exhibit boundary dominated flow?

Filtering the data properly, it can be seen that the core trend of the data has
not reached unit slope part of the type curve and doesn’t show much of a
downward concavity; the tail part of the data showing unit slope is due to loss
of productivity of the well which led to clean out operation in July 2002 and
should not be confused with boundary dominated signature and attempted to
be matched on the unit slope stem
- Is this a good application for Fetkovich type curve?
Yes, Fetkovich transient type curve solutions are generated based on
Constant bottom hole pressure inner boundary condition which matches well
with the constant operating condition of this well with constant Pwf of 600 psi.
Permeability and skin calculated from the modern type curves and Fetkovich
are in good agreement. Since boundary dominated flow is not established,
selection of exponential curve (red curve below) gives the most conservative
estimate of EUR.
- What do modern analysis methods such as Agarwal & Gardner, FMB show?
Since GOR has stayed constant over the reported production period
suggesting that production is coming out of an under saturated oil reservoir,
modern analysis methods such as Agarwal & Gardner, FMB can reliably
calculate the minimum contacted oil in place assuming the used Vasquez
and Beggs correlation best represents PVT properties of the reservoir oil in
the absence of better data from lab PVT test results.
- Does numerical modeling help further with the analysis?

Results of analytical and numerical models are comparable for an oil reservoir
above bubble point pressure (Pb); however numerical models should only be
used for long term forecasting of an oil well when the reservoir pressure falls
below bubble point and the total compressibility of system increases as gas
comes out of solution; in addition multi phase flow and relative permeability
effects need to be considered in modeling and forecasting an oil well below
bubble point.