This document contains 7 problems related to analyzing reservoir pressures and well interference. Problem 1 involves calculating pressure drop and gradients near a well after 3 hours of production. Problem 2 asks for the time required for a pressure perturbation from one well to reach another well 1000 feet away. Problem 3 requires estimating the current pressure at a point 500 feet from a well that has produced for a year. Problem 4 involves computing flowing pressures for 3 wells after 72 hours. Problem 5 deals with pressure response in a two-well system near a fault. Problem 6 is about calculating flow rates along a lease line between three producing wells. Problem 7 concerns determining the location and pressure at an interference point between two wells producing at different rates.
This document contains 7 problems related to analyzing reservoir pressures and well interference. Problem 1 involves calculating pressure drop and gradients near a well after 3 hours of production. Problem 2 asks for the time required for a pressure perturbation from one well to reach another well 1000 feet away. Problem 3 requires estimating the current pressure at a point 500 feet from a well that has produced for a year. Problem 4 involves computing flowing pressures for 3 wells after 72 hours. Problem 5 deals with pressure response in a two-well system near a fault. Problem 6 is about calculating flow rates along a lease line between three producing wells. Problem 7 concerns determining the location and pressure at an interference point between two wells producing at different rates.
This document contains 7 problems related to analyzing reservoir pressures and well interference. Problem 1 involves calculating pressure drop and gradients near a well after 3 hours of production. Problem 2 asks for the time required for a pressure perturbation from one well to reach another well 1000 feet away. Problem 3 requires estimating the current pressure at a point 500 feet from a well that has produced for a year. Problem 4 involves computing flowing pressures for 3 wells after 72 hours. Problem 5 deals with pressure response in a two-well system near a fault. Problem 6 is about calculating flow rates along a lease line between three producing wells. Problem 7 concerns determining the location and pressure at an interference point between two wells producing at different rates.
Fecha de entrega: Viernes 5 de Septiembre de 2014 Instructor: Dr. Freddy Humberto Escobar
1. A well is producing at a rate of 400 STB/D from a reservoir which has the following rock and fluid characteristics:
k = 50 md = 3 cp h = 30 ft c o = 8x10 -6 psi -1
= 0.30 B
= 1.25 bbl/STB r w = 6 in c f = 2x10 -6 psi -1
a) After what value of the flowing time is the approximation Ei(-x) ln (1.781 X) valid for this reservoir? What does this suggest? b) What is the pressure drop at the well after flowing for 3 hours? c) Calculate the pressure gradient at a point 150 ft away from the well after 3 hours of production.
2. The following data correspond to a reservoir which has only two producer wells. The distance between the two wells is 1000 ft. = 20 % h = 80 ft c f = 2x10 -6
/psi c o = 3x10 -6
/psi k = 100 md = 3 cp P i = 2500 psia B = 1.2 bbl/STB r w = 6 in r e = 4000 ft s well A = 5 s well B = 0
An interference test was run in this system. At the beginning both wells were closed and stabilized. A pressure recorder with a precision of 0.001 psi was run in well B. Then well A was opened to produce 100 BOPD. What is the required time for the perturbation generated in well A to be reached well B?
3. It is desired to estimate the current pressure of a point N located 500 ft north from another well lying 500 ft east of a north-south flow barrier. The well has produced 230000 STB during one year at a constant rate. Reservoir an fluid properties are:
s = -3 P i = 3000 psi B = 1.1 bbl/STB = 2.3 cp h = 50 ft c t
= 2x10 -5 /psi = 8 % r w = 4 in k = 2 Darcies
4. If the wells depicted by Fig. 1 are placed on production at the same time, compute the flowing pressure for the three wells after 72 hours of production.
q 1 = 80 STB/D =16 % r w1 = r w2 = r w3 = 0.33 ft q 2 = 150 STB/D c t = 24.6x10 -6 psi -1 B = 1.35 RB/ STB q 3 = 210 STB/D h = 24 ft = 2.5 cp r 12 = 800 ft k = 56 md P i = 4735 psia r 13 =500 ft r 23 = 600 ft
What assumption is made in these calculations concerning the location of reservoir boundaries?
Well 1 Well 2 Well 3 r 1 3 r 2 3 r12
Fig. 1. Well position for problem 4
=90 Fault r 2 r = 500 ft 1 Well 1 Well 2 Image well d d
Fig. 2. Two-well system for problem 5
5. Consider a two- well system in a homogeneous reservoir with infinite radius of drainage away from a fault as is indicated in Fig. 1.20. These two new wells where completed at the same time and both closed in until the pressure in the reservoir is stabilized throughout the reservoir, then well #1 is produced for 100 hours, at which time the pressure in well #2 is measured and found to be 987 psia. Additional data are:
q 1 = 200 STB/D k = 200 md h = 30 ft = 3 cp c t = 1.5x10 -5 /psi = 15 % Pi = 1017 psia B = 1.3 rb/STB
a) Determine the distance d. b) Does the log-approximation to the Ei function apply? If not, when is this approximation possible? c) Derive the equation giving the pressure gradient at any point N at a radius d from well 1. Calculate the maximum and minimum values of the pressure gradient on this circle.
Well 1 Well 2 Well 3 800 ft 400 ft 390 ft 400 ft 410 ft 10 ft 10 ft 390 ft P2 r r LEASE A LEASE B P1
Fig. 3. Infinite reservoir containing three wells and a lease line, problem 6
6. Compute the flow rate per foot of lease for point P on the lease line which is on a line joining well 2 and 3 as shown in Fig. 3. The lease line is 2640 ft long. Wells 1, 2 and 3 have been producing for 300, 200 and 250 hours at a constant flow rate of 100, 250 and 200 STB/D, respectively. Other information is given as follows:
= 20 % B = 1.30 rb/STB c t = 11.6x10 6 psi -1
h = 300 ft = 3 cp k = 200 md P i = 1525 psia
7. Two wells A and B located 1000 ft apart in a 125 md formation are put into production at the same time at constant rates of 550 and 1100 STB/D, respectively. The average properties of the formation and fluid are as follows:
h = 57 ft = 12 % = 2.4 cp P i = 3500 psia c t = 3x10 -6 psi -1 B = 1.10 br/STB a) Determine the location of the interference point N, after 60 days of production and the pressure at point N. b) Derive an equation relating a 1 , b 1 and the pressure point M, if well B was an injector (q i = 550 BPD) during 60 days. Calculate P M for b 1 = 2a 1 .