Assignment 1

1. Determine wellbore storage coefficient (C), permeability (k), skin factor (S),
and the time for the wellbore storage effect to end (twbs) from the data and
table below, which were obtained in a pressure drawdown test on an oil well.
q=500 STB/D

rw=0.3 ft

=0.2

h=56 ft

=0.8 cp

Bo=1.2 RB/STB

Ct=1e-5 psi-1

Pi=3000 psia

t, hrs
0.0109
0.0164
0.0218
0.0273
0.0328
0.0382
0.0437
0.0491
0.0546
0.109
0.164
0.218
0.273
0.328
0.382
0.437
0.491
0.546
1.09
1.64
2.18
2.73
3.28
3.82

Pwf, psi
2976
2964
2953
2942
2930
2919
2908
2897
2886
2785
2693
2611
2536
2469
2408
2352
2302
2256
1952
1828
1768
1734
1712
1696

4.37
4.91
5.46
6.55
8.74
10.9
16.4

1684
1674
1665
1651
1630
1614
1587

2. The data provided in Table 1 and 2 are pertinent to a reservoir limit test (RLT)
conducted in a fully-penetrating oil well producing at a constant rate.
Table 1: Rock and fluid properties
q=200 STB/D

rw=0.328 ft

=0.2

h=30 ft

=0.8 cp

Bo=1.25 RB/STB

Ct=1 105 psi-1

Pi=5000 psia

Table 2: PTT data

t, hr
0.0251
0.0316
0.0398
0.0501
0.0631
0.0794
0.1
0.126
0.158
0.2
0.316
0.398
0.501
0.631
0.794
1

Pwf, psi
4951.2
4948.8
4948.8
4945.9
4944.8
4943.7
4942.2
4940.7
4939.9
4939
4936.4
4934.4
4933.9
4932.7
4932.4
4930.7

t, hr
1.58
2.51
3.16
3.98
5.01
6.31
7.94
10
12.6
15.8
20
25.1
31.6
39.8
50.1
63.1

Pwf, psi
4927.2
4926.8
4925.2
4924.9
4921.9
4922.2
4919.1
4915.5
4912.7
4909.8
4904.1
4897
4889
4880
4868
4852

79.4

4833

Estimate
a. Permeability
b. Skin factor
c. Pore volume (Vp) of the reservoir
d. Time to reach the pseudosteady-state period assuming a cylindrical
reservoir

Note: Due date is 15/06/16 (Wednesday) before 5:00 pm.