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Skinl 180531143603 PDF
Skinl 180531143603 PDF
Causes of Skin
Usually, a small negative skin can be noticed due to the existence of natural
fractures and fissures.
q re q
p ln S
2 k0 rw 2 k0
Pressure drop due to formation damage
q
p d S
2k 0
Good to Know
Positive skin causes additional pressure drop
which indeed reduces the well productivity thus
reducing revenue
With no Skin
With Skin:
Additional ΔP
Concept of Effective Wellbore
Radius
Saturation changes.
Wettability Reversal.
Fines migration.
Thus Ks < K
Therefore Skin
Causes of Skin
Clay-particle swelling or dispersion: This
is an inherent problem in sandstone that contains water-
sensitive clays in which they absorb water and become
bigger thus blocking the highways.
l n Fe Fg ln
Fd ld Fl
q re q r
ped ln , pdw ln d ,
2 k rd 2 kd rw
q re q r q re k rd q re rd k rd
p ped pdw ln ln d ln ln ln ln ln
2 k rd 2 kd rw 2 k rd kd rw 2 k rw rw kd rw
q re rd k rd k rd
p ln S , S ln ln 1 ln
2 k rw rw kd rw kd rw
𝒌 𝒓𝒅
𝑺= − 𝟏 𝐥𝐧( ) Wellbore
𝒌𝒅 𝒓𝒘 K rd rw
Kd
Skin Effect on Production
A simple experiment to examine the skin factor effect on flow rate is
to use darcy law:
Then divide the flow rate in the damage case with flow rate of no
damage (s=0)
𝑟𝑒
𝑞𝑑 ln 𝑟𝑤
=
250 𝑞𝑖 ln 𝑟𝑒 + 𝑠
Productivity Factor, qd/qi,
𝑟𝑤
200
150 Assumptions:
100%
re= 2980 ft
Rw=0.328 ft
100
50
0
-10 0 10 20 30 40 50
Skin Factor
Skin Factor effect on Horizontal well
Positive skin in a horizontal well has the same effect if the same
well has a much smaller horizontal length (i.e. distance from the heel
to toe)
For example: a well with s=10 and L=3000 ft is equivalent of having a
well of L=1500 ft with no damage
Some quantitative methods for Skin
Determination
Well Testing (Drawdown test, Build-up
test, Type Curve, )