MODELING OF HORIZENTAL

WELLS IN RESERVOIR
SIMULATION

GROUP MEMBERS
SYED MUHAMMAD ZEESHAN
SADIQ HUSSAIN
FARHAN MANSHA
SAAD MUHAMMAD
SAMI UL HAQ
 HORIZENTAL WELLS
Horizontal wells are high-angle wells (with an
inclination of generally greater than 85°)
drilled to enhance reservoir performance by
placing a long wellbore section within the
reservoir.
HORIZENTAL WELLS
ADVANTAGES OF HORIZENTAL WELLS
The advantages of horizontal wells include:
 Reduced water and gas coning because of
reduced drawdown in the reservoir for a
given production rate
 Increased production rate because of the
greater wellbore length.
 Reduced pressure drop around the wellbore.
 Lower fluid velocities around the wellbore.
 A general reduction in sand production from
a combination of Items 3 and 4.
 Larger and more efficient drainage pattern
leading to increased overall reserves
recovery.
 DISADVANTAGES OF
HORIZENTAL WELLS
 High cost as compared to a vertical well
 only one zone at a time can be produced using a
horizontal well.
 Hole cleaning problem.
 The power needed to turn the drill string or to pull
it out of the hole are higher on horizontal well than
on a normally deviated or vertical well.
 CONING
Coning is a term used to describe the
mechanism of underlying the upward
movement of water or the downward
movement of gas into the perforations of a
producing well.
Coning can seriously impact the well
productivity, influence the degree of depletion
and the overall recovery efficiency.
 PROBLEM STATEMENT

The problem deals with oil recovery by

bottom water drive in a thin reservoir
where coning is important.
 DATA
The reservoir is represented by (9*9*6) grid
system.
Fluids are produced from horizontal well drilled
in the top layer (layer 1).
The well passes through the grid block centers
and the entire length is open to flow.
A constant pressure line source is used to
simulate the bottom water drive .the line source is
completed in grid block (I,5,6) I=1,2,…9.
 Case 1
L=900 ft.
Liquid rate =3000 stb/day.
Simulation time =1500 days.
Reporting time = 100 days.
 Case 2

L =2100 ft

Case 3

Liquid rate = 6000 stb/day

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