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2 Well Performance
2 Well Performance
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Production Tubing Design
I-Well Performance
The individual well is our communication with the reservoir. The
effectiveness of that communication is a large factor in reservoir
drainage as well as overall economics. Good understanding of well
performance is must to optimize reservoir recovery. The main task of
Production Engineer is how to lift HC from point 7 to point 1 on the
surface.
Inflow Performance (IPR)
The inflow performance of a well represents
the ability of well to give up fluids.
The IPR is the relationship between flowing
pressure and production rate.
Flowing pressure vs. rate may be essentially
straight line or it may be curve.
IPR and PI are not equivalents
Productivity Index (PI)
0
0 p
Inflow Performance Relationship (IPR)
Ability of well to produce fluids against
various (BHFP), Pwf
Relationship between q, and drawdown
Draw-down = PR - Pwf
Shape depends on reservoir drive
mechanism
IPR declines with cumulative
production and with formation damage.
Inflow Performance Relationship
(IPR)
PR
Strong Water Drive, or
reservoirs Producing > PB
IPR is a straight line
The productivity index, J, P
is constant.
J is the production rate
per unit drawdown
J equals the reciprocal of
the slope of the IPR
J = q / (PR - Pwf) BPD/psi 0
0 q qmax
In case of saturated Oil Wells, IPR Differs From Straight Line and J
S = 0.0375 ygH/TZ