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Keywords: Production Data Analysis, Type Curve, Flowing Material Balance, Decline Curve, Material Balance Time
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fluid properties are the same. The selected rock previous model. In this model series, two scenarios are run
compressibility values are given in table 2. as given in table 3.
Table 2. Model Series A Specifications Table 3. Model Series B Specifications
Scenario Code Rock Compressibility (psi-1) Scenario Initial Reservoir Bottom-hole Pressure
A1 3.55E-06 Code Pressure (psi) Pressure (psi) Drawdown (psi)
A2 5.59E-06 B1 5000 4960 40
A3 7.63E-06 B2 4500 4460 40
A4 9.67E-06
The reservoir initial pressure is set at 5000 psi. The well is Like model series A, the models are run for approximately
completed open hole and the bottom-hole pressure is kept 10 years and Figs.4 and 5 show the flow rate profile and
constant at the value of 4960 psi. cumulative oil production respectively.
The simulation is run for an approximately 10 years of Fig. 5. Cumulative production versus time for model series B.
production on constant bottom-hole pressure condition. The
flow rate profile and cumulative oil production curve for
different scenarios are presented in Figs. 2 and 3 4. ANALYZING PRODUCTION DATA SETS
respectively. Fig. 2 shows that the flow rate profile are Reservoir evaluation by using Blasingame method needs a
similar in different scenarios at early times but at late times, typecurve matching process which is carried out from a
the rate of decline in flow rate is greater for scenarios with
lower rock compressibility values. Also Fig. 3 declares that
the ultimate recovery holds a greater value for scenarios with
higher rock compressibility values.
Fig. 3. Cumulative production versus time for model series A. commercial production data analysis software. For the
estimation of oil in place by FMB method the Curve Fitting
3.2.2. Model Series B: Fluid Compressibility Effect toolbox of MATLAB software is used.
Another parameter that affects the oil production in an 4.1. Blasingame Analysis
undersaturated oil reservoir is the fluid compressibility. A Plotting rate functions, rate, rate integral and rate integral
change in initial pressure condition and bottom-hole pressure derivative, the following matches for Blasingame type curve
is applied in order to consider the effect of fluid are obtained as illustrated in Fig. 6.
compressibility while the pressure drawdown is the same as
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fluid compressibility, causes a higher ultimate recovery due : Material balance time [days]
to the increase in the total compressibility value. : Dimensionless time [-]
6. CONCLUSIONS : Dimensionless time based on area [-]
From this study, the following conclusions may be drawn: : Decline dimensionless time [-]
1) Any increase in total compressibility yields in lower : Decline dimensionless material balance time [-]
decline speed in an undersaturated oil reservoir. Also as : Laplace space variable
total compressibility increases, ultimate recovery will Greeks
also increase and a higher recovery factor will be : Porosity [fraction]
achieved. : Eulers constant
2) Flowing material balance (FMB) method holds a higher : Viscosity of oil [cp]
accuracy in estimation of oil in place while it cannot : Pressure drawdown [psi]
evaluate reservoir parameters. According to this, the
: Dimensionless pressure drawdown [-]
Blasingame method is more powerful since both
Subscripts
estimation of oil in place and reservoir evaluation are
done at the same time by its type curve. D : Dimensionless
3) As the results show, production decline analysis method d : decline
has an excellent accuracy when production data are in i : initial
high frequency and quality. Recording production data pss : pseudo steady state
in such quality will allow engineers to have a cheap and
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