ECLIPSE Case Study

Question 1

Plots needed to explain the production period can include; Oil Production Rate,
Total Oil Produced, Gas Oil Ratio and any other figures you need to describe
what is happening.
Recovery factor can be calculated by using the initial oil in place and the total
amount of oil produced over the production period.

Question 2

Start by going to the SCHEDULE section of the code where the wells are
defined. WELSPECS declare the wells in the reservoir. Since the question still
asks for a oil producer and a gas injector, which was the same as the original
code, the original WELSPECS is fine.
COMPDAT keyword is where you actually position your wells. A horizontal well
will look like this:

COMPDAT
I 40 15 1
I 40 16 1
I 40 17 1
I 40 18 1
P 10 8 3
P 10 9 3
P 10 10 3
P 10 11 3
/

1
1
1
1
3
3
3
3

open
open
open
open
open
open
open
open

1*/
1*/
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1*/
1*/
1*/
1*/
1*/

In this case the Injector well will stay in the 40 block in the x-direction, go from 15-18 in
the y-direction, and be in the top layer of the reservoir (1 in the z-direction). The
Production well will stay in the 10 block in the x-direction, go from 8-11 in the ydirection, and be in the 3rd layer in the reservoir.

Production wells can be controlled using the keyword WCONPROD, and the
Injector wells can be controlled using the WCONINJE keyword. Look up these
keywords in the manual for more information.
The economic shut in date can be done in the code using the keyword WECON.
It is easier to look at the figures after the code has ran and decide yourself when
the economic shut in date should be (when production really drops off!)

Question 3
Same as question 2 except the injector will be a water injector now. In keyword
WELSPECS, the injector is now WATER instead of GAS. The GAS in the
WCONINJE also needs to be changed.
The vertical (z-direction) layer which the injector well is located should also be
changed. Gas injectors usually go at the top of the reservoir, while water injectors
are usually located near the bottom or in the aquifer.

Question 4

To change the permeability for just a section in the reservoir you need to create a
new BOX in the grid section.
After the permeability has been declared in the entire reservoir, you can create a
BOX and give this box a different permeability. The BOX can look like this,

BOX
1 56 1 24 3 4 /
This box would go from 1 to 56 in the x, 1 to 24 in the y and from 3 to 4 in the z
direction.

To change the permeability in the box, the BOX keyword should be followed by
the keywords PERMX, PERMY and PERMZ. Look up those keywords for more
information.