Natural Gas Engineering

Fourth Stage

By
Asst. Lecturer. Ali Anwar Ali

2020-2021
• Example 1: A gas reservoir has the following information:
• 𝜇𝑔 =0.0123 cp, ∅= 0.19, 𝑐𝑡 =7*10−4 𝑝𝑠𝑖 −1 , k=17 md, 𝑟𝑤 =0.3 ft, h=171 ft.
• a. Calculate the effective drainage radius after 3 hours of production at a constant rate assume infinite
acting reservoir.
• b. Assume the reservoir is finite with fixed pressure boundary, calculate effective drainage radius after
two days of flow at constant rate assuming reservoir radius = 3000 ft.
• c. If the reservoir is closed, calculate effective drainage radius when the flowing time is 5110 hr.
• Solution:
2.637∗10−4 𝑘𝑡 2.637∗10−4 ∗17∗3
• a. 𝑡𝐷 = = =91344.21
∅𝜇𝑐𝑡 𝑟𝑤 2 0.19∗0.0123∗7∗10−4 ∗0.32
𝑟 1
• ln 𝑑 = ln 𝑡𝐷 + 0.809
𝑟𝑤 2
𝑟 1
• ln 𝑑 = ln(91344.21) + 0.809
0.3 2
1
𝑟𝑑
• =𝑒 2 ln(91344.21)+0.809
0.3
• 𝑟𝑑 =136 ft
 𝑟 3000
• b. 𝑟𝑒𝐷 = 𝑒 = =10000
𝑟𝑤 0.3
1 1
• 𝑟𝑒𝐷 2 = *100002 =25*106
4 4
• t= 2*24=48 hr
2.637∗10−4 𝑘𝑡 2.637∗10−4 ∗17∗48
• 𝑡𝐷 = = =1461507.427
∅𝜇𝑐𝑡 𝑟𝑤 2 0.19∗0.0123∗7∗10−4 ∗0.32
1 𝑟 1
• Since 25< 𝑡𝐷 < 𝑟𝑒𝐷 2 ln 𝑑 = ln(1461507.427) + 0.809 𝑟𝑑 =543.5 ft
4 0.3 2
•
2.637∗10−4 𝑘𝑡 2.637∗10−4 ∗17∗5110
• c. 𝑡𝐷 = = =155589644.8
∅𝜇𝑐𝑡 𝑟𝑤 2 0.19∗0.0123∗7∗10−4 ∗0.32
1
• Since 𝑡𝐷 > 𝑟𝑒𝐷 2 𝑟𝑑 =0.472 𝑟𝑒 =0.472*3000=1416 ft
4
• Example 2: A well centered in a circular area reservoir has the following data: drainage area=1000 acre,
𝜇𝑔 =0.0185 cp, k=9 mD, ∅ = 0.11, 𝑐𝑡 =3.5*10−5 psi−1 . Determine
• 1- The radius of investigation if the production time is 72 hrs.
• 2- The stabilization time.
• Solution:
• A= 43560*1000=43560000 ft2
43560000
• A=𝜋𝑟𝑒 2 𝑟𝑒 = = 3723.65 ft
𝜋
0.5 0.5
2.637∗10−4 𝑘𝑡 2.637∗10−4 ∗9∗72
• 1- 𝑟𝑖𝑛 =2 =2* =3097.82 ft
𝜇∅𝑐𝑡 0.0185∗0.11∗3.5∗10−5
948𝜇∅𝑐𝑡 𝑟𝑒 2
• 2- 𝑡𝑠 =
𝑘
948∗0.0185∗0.11∗3.5∗10−5 ∗3723.652
• =
9
• =104 hrs