WELL

PERFORMANCE
VOGEL’S AND FETKOVICH’S METHODS
Inflow Performance Relationship
(IPR)
Single-phase Reservoirs
Two-phase Reservoirs
Partial Two-phase Reservoirs
*Composite Reservoirs
Inflow Perfomance Relationship
(IPR) for Single-Phase Reservoirs
(Liquid)
for radial transient flow around a vertical well:
Inflow Perfomance Relationship
(IPR) for Single-Phase Reservoirs
(Liquid)
for radial steady-state flow around a vertical well:
Inflow Perfomance Relationship
(IPR) for Single-Phase Reservoirs
(Liquid)
for pseudo–steady-state flow around a vertical well:
Inflow Perfomance Relationship
(IPR) for Two-Phase Reservoirs
Below the bubble-point pressure, the solution gas escapes from the oil and become free gas.
The free gas occupies some portion of the pore space, which reduces flow of oil. This effect
is quantified by the reduced relative permeability.
Also, oil viscosity increases as its solution gas content drops.
The combination of the relative permeability effect and the viscosity effect results in lower
oil production rate at a given bottom-hole pressure.
This makes the IPR curve deviating from the linear trend below bubble-point pressure.
If the reservoir pressure is below the initial bubble-point pressure, oil and gas two-phase
flow exists in the whole reservoir domain and the reservoir is referred as a ‘‘two-phase
reservoir.’’
Inflow Perfomance Relationship
(IPR) for Two-Phase Reservoirs
IF THE AVERAGE RESERVOIR PRESSURE IS AT
BUBBLE POINT, WE CAN ESTIMATE THE
FOLLOWING:
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SOLUTION USING DARCY’S
EQUATION
IS THE SOLUTION VALID? WHY
OR WHY NOT?
SAMPLE PROBLEM #1:
SOLVE FOR THE MAXIMUM FLOW RATE OF THE RESERVOIR WITH THE FOLLOWING DATA:
Inflow Perfomance Relationship
(IPR) for Partial Two-Phase Oil
Reservoirs
If the reservoir pressure is above the bubble-point pressure
and the flowing bottom-hole pressure is below the bubble-
point pressure, a generalized IPR model can be formulated
for partial two-phase reservoirs.
This can be done by combining the straight-line IPR model
for single-phase flow with Vogel’s IPR model for two-phase
flow.
Inflow Perfomance Relationship
(IPR) for Partial Two-Phase Oil
Reservoirs
SAMPLE PROBLEM #2:
CALCULATE THE PRODUCTIVITY INDECES OF WELLS A AND B GIVEN THE FOLLOWING DATA:
SOLUTION:
Inflow Perfomance Relationship
(IPR) Using the Fetkovich
Method
This equation is more accurate than Vogel’s equation IPR
modeling.
Like Vogel’s equation, Fetkovich’s equation is also valid for
average reservoir pressure less than or equal to the initial
bubble point pressure.
FETKOVICH’S EQUATION

where C and n are empirical constants

SAMPLE PROBLEM #3
SOLUTION:
SOLUTION: (FETKOVICH’S
METHOD)
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QUIZ #1 ALL CONCEPTS SO FAR
LECTURE:FUNDAMENTALS OF NODAL
ANALYSIS
LAB: DARCY, VOGEL, FETKOVICH PROBLEM
SETS
LAB: MANUAL IPR CONSTRUCTION