Homework No.

10
TM6009-8009 Aliran Fluida Dalam Media Berpori
Modul 4 – Advanced Reservoir Flow Solutions
Application of Convolution Theory for Flow Problems
Due date : 16 April 2020

Pre-requisite:

1. Buatlah Ringkasan Materi Kuliah Modul 4 Lecture 26 tentang Convolution.

2. Dalam Ringkasan tersebut di atas, tunjukkan pemahaman Saudara tentang aplikasi teori
konvolusi untuk kasus variable well rates dan variable pressure drops.
3. Buatlah Ringkasan Materi Kuliah Modul 4 Lecture 27 tentang Wellbore Storage.
4. Dalam Ringkasan tersebut di atas, tunjukkan pemahaman Saudara tentang aplikasi dari konsep
wellbore storage distortion dalam well test data analysis (contoh: paper SPE 21826 dengan
menggunakan teori konvolusi) – jelaskan pula mengenai konsep Dekonvolusi yang merupakan
invers dari operasi konvolusi dan aplikasinya dalam interpretasi well testing

Problem:

In this assignment you are to derive solutions of radial infinite acting flow diffusivity equation by
considering wellbore storage and skin., which in dimensionless term is given as:

1 𝜕𝑝 𝜕 2 𝑝𝐷 𝜕𝑝𝐷
( 𝜕𝑟 𝐷) + 2 = [Radial flow]............................................................................................... (1)
𝑟𝐷 𝐷 𝜕𝑟𝐷 𝜕𝑡𝐷

The initial and boundary conditions considered are:

● Initial Condition:

𝑝𝐷 (𝑟𝐷 , 𝑡𝐷 = 0) = 0 [Uniform Initial Pressure Distribution] .................................................(2)

● Inner Boundary Condition 1:

𝜕𝑝𝑤𝐷 𝜕𝑝
𝐶𝐷 − 𝜕𝑟 𝐷 |𝑟𝐷 =0 = 1 [Wellbore storage effect] ..............................................................(3)
𝜕𝑡𝐷 𝐷

● Inner Boundary Condition 2:

𝜕𝑝
𝑝𝑤𝐷 = [𝑝𝐷 − 𝑠 ( 𝜕𝑟 𝐷 )] [Skin effect near wellbore] ...........................................................(4)
𝐷 𝑟𝐷 =1

● Outer Boundary Condition:

𝑝𝐷 (𝑟𝐷 → ∞, 𝑡𝐷 ) = 0 ["Infinite-Acting" Reservoir → No Reservoir Boundary] .....................(5)

Instructions/Questions :

Your tasks are to

(a) Explain the physical meaning of initial conditions defined in (3) and (4)
(b) Using Laplace Transform approach and convolution theory, show that solution for Eq 1 –
5 is, in Laplace domain
𝐾0 (√𝑝𝐷 ) + 𝑠
ℒ(𝑝𝑤𝐷 ) =
1 + 𝐶𝐷 𝑝𝐷 𝐾0 (√𝑃) + 𝑠𝐶𝐷 𝑝𝐷
(c) Using the inverted solution from (b), which is described as (integrated against tD)
𝑝𝑤𝐷 (𝑠, 𝐶𝐷 , 𝑡𝐷 )
∞ 3
4 [(1 − 𝑒 −𝑡𝐷 )]
= 2∫ 3 𝑑𝑡𝐷
𝜋 𝑡𝐷 {[𝑡𝐷 𝐶𝐷 𝐽0 (𝑡𝐷 ) − (1 − 𝐶𝐷 𝑠𝑡𝐷2 )𝐽1 (𝑡𝐷 )]2 + [𝑡𝐷 𝐶𝐷 𝑌0 (𝑡𝐷 ) − (1 − 𝐶𝐷 𝑠𝑡𝐷2 )𝑌1 (𝑡𝐷 )]2 }
0

Plot the solution of PwD vs tD in log-log scale for several values of CD (100,1000,10000,100000)
and s (-5,0,5,10,20) for dimensionless time range up to 107. Show that the effect of wellbore
storage and skin distortion ‘dies out’ when 𝑡𝐷 > 0.2𝐶𝐷 𝑠, 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑠 > 0

Hint : Solve the integral numerically, or you might want to use inverse laplace transform
numerically from (c), if you do, please show the validation of your numerical inversion to the
analytical solution

References :
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Storage
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• Agarwal, R. G., Al-Hussainy, R., & Ramey Jr, H. J. (1970). An investigation of wellbore storage
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• Romboutsos, A., & Stewart, G. (1988). A Direct Deconvolution or Convolution Algorithm for
Well Test Analysis", paper SPE 18157 presented at the 63rd SPE Annual Technical Conference
and Exhibition. Houston, TX, Oct, 2-5.
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