TAREA 2 - ANALISIS DE PRESIONES

Fecha de asignación: Viernes Agosto 31 de 2018

Fecha de entrega: Martes Septiembre 11 de 2018
Instructor: Dr. Freddy H. Escobar

1. A well is producing at a rate of 700 STB/D from a reservoir which has the following
rock and fluid characteristics:

k = 150 md  = 5 cp
h = 30 ft co = 8x10-6 psi-1
 = 0.5 % B = 1.2 bbl/STB
rw = 3 in cf = 2x10-6 psi-1

a) After what value of the flowing time is the approximation Ei(-x)  ln (1.78 X) valid
for this reservoir? What does this suggest ?
b) What is the pressure drop at the well after flowing for 3 hours?
c) Calculate the pressure gradient at a point 150 ft away from the well after 3 hours of
production.

3. The following data correspond to a reservoir which has only two producer wells. The
distance between the two wells is 1000 ft.

 = 20 % h = 100 ft cf = 2x10-6 /psi

co = 3x10-6 /psi k = 100 md  = 5 cp
Pi = 2500 psia B = 1.2 bbl/STB rw = 6 in
re = 4000 ft s well A = 5 s well B = 0

An interference test was run in this system. At the beginning both wells were closed
and stabilized. A pressure recorder with a precision of  0.001 psi was run in well B.
Then well A was opened to produce 100 BOPD. What is the required time for the
perturbation generated in well A to be reach well B?

4. It is desired to estimate the current pressure of a point N located 500 ft north from
another well lying 500 ft east of a north-south flow barrier. The well has produced
230000 STB during one year at a constant rate. Reservoir an fluid properties are:

s = -3 Pi = 3500 psi B = 1.1 bbl/STB

 = 5 cp h = 120 ft ct = 2x10-5 /psi
 = 18 % rw = 4 in k = 2 Darcies

What is the current well flowing pressure for this well?

5. An oil well is producing at a constant flow rate of 450 STB/D from a very large reservoir.
An observation shut-in well is located 500 ft away. Rock and fluid properties are listed
below. Estimate the sandface pressure at both the producing well and the observation
 well at the end of two days of production. The initial reservoir pressure is 3600 psia.
Other relevant data are:

B = 1.2 rb/STB rw = 3 in  = 1.2 cp

 = 20 % k = 230 md h = 35 ft
ct = 16x10-6 /psi t = 48 hrs

6. A new oil well is placed on production at a rate of 160 STB/day. Given the rock and fluid
properties below, calculate the pressure at rw, 1, 5, 10, 50, 100, 500 and 1000 ft after 0.5
hours.

Repeat these calculations at a producing time of 50 hours. Plot the pressure versus
distance on Cartesian paper for t=0.5 and t=50 hours.

B = 1.25 rb/STB rw = 0.33 ft  = 1.8 cp

 = 12 % k = 150 md h = 45 ft
ct = 13x10-6 /psi Pi = 2500 psia

Observation well

500 ft

Well 1 Well 2

400 ft

Fig. 1. Wells location for problem 7

7. Two oil wells are producing at constant flow rates of q1 = 300 BPD and q2 = 500 BPD,
respectively, from a very large reservoir. Well 2 is located at 400 ft East away from well
1, as shown in figure 1. An observation shut-in well is located 500 ft North away from
well 1. Rock and fluid properties are listed below.

B = 1.3 rb/STB rw = 0.33 ft  = 3.1 cp

 = 20 % k = 400 md h = 40 ft
ct = 26x10-6 /psi t = 2 days Pi = 4350 psi

Estimate the sandface pressure at the producing wells and the pressure drop at the
observation well (shut-in well) at the end of two days of production.
8. If the wells depicted by Fig. 2 are placed on production at the same time, compute the
flowing pressure for the three wells after 72 hours of production.

q1 = 100 STB/D  =26 % rw1 = rw2 = rw3 =0.33 ft

q2 = 200 STB/D ct = 44.6x10-6 psi-1 B = 1.35 RB/ STB
q3 = 300 STB/D h = 24 ft  = 6 cp
r12 = 800 ft k = 56 md Pi = 4335 psia
r13 =500 ft r23 = 600 ft

What assumption is made in these calculations concerning the location of reservoir

boundaries?

Well 3
r 23
r 13

Well 2

r 12

Well 1
Fig. 2. Well position for problem 8

9. Two wells A and B located 1000 ft apart in 27 md formation are put into production at
the same time at constant rates of 550 and 1100 BPD, respectively. Additional data:

h = 57 ft  = 22 %  = 4.5 cp
Pi = 3263 psia ct = 5.15x10-6 psi-1 B = 1.101 br/STB

Well A Well B
N

Fig. 3. Wells location for problem 9

a) Determine the location of the interference point N, after 60 days of production.
b) Calculate the pressure at point N
c) Calculate the flow gradient at point N and the flow rate per foot of lease line. In
which direction is oil crossing the lease line?

10. Assume that wells A and B in Fig. 4 are oil producers. Using Darcy’s law and the
superposition principle find:
a. Pressure at point F(x,y)
b. Pressure gradient at point F(x,y)
c. Flow velocity at point F(x,y)

 
Y

F(x,y)
y

Well A Well B
X
xA xB
x  

Figure 4. Position of Wells A and B for problem 10