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Well Performance: Vogel'S and Fetkovich'S Methods
Well Performance: Vogel'S and Fetkovich'S Methods
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:
PREVIOUS PROBLEM…
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