University of Basrah – College of Engineering

Department of Petroleum Engineering

Subject: Reservoir Engineering1 Exam: 2nd Semester

Class: 4th year Date: 23/04/2019
Examiner: Asst. Lecturer. Ahmed Al Alwan Time: 1:30 Hours
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Q1] An infinite-acting bottom-water aquifer is characterized by the following
properties. Calculate the cumulative water influx as a function of time.

ra=∞ Kh=50 md Fk=0.04

ф=0.25 μw=0.479 cp Ct=8x10-6 psi-1
h=100’ re=1000’ θ= 360

The boundary pressure history is given below:

Time, days Pressure, psi

0 3000
30 2932
60 2894
90 2838

6 marks
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Q2] Use Carter Tracy method to Calculate the water influx at the end of 1, 2 and 3
years, for the circular reservoir with an aquifer of infinite extent. The reservoir-
aquifer system has the following properties.

Reservoir Aquifer
Radius, ft 2100
h, ft 20 25
k, md 50 100
Φ, % 15 20
μw, cp 0.5 0.8
cw, psi-1 1x10-6 0.7x10-6
cf, psi-1 2x10-6 0.3x10-6

Time Boundary Pressure

n days psi
pi 0 2500
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 1 182.5 2490
2 365 2472
3 547.5 2444

6 marks

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Q3) An oil reservoir of 1200 acres is located between two intersecting faults with 80
degree of encroachment. The reservoir is bounded by an aquifer estimated by
geologists to have an area of 30000 acres. Other aquifer data are the following.
Calculate the water influx using Fetkovich’s approach.

Ct=7x10-6 psi-1 K=200 md

Ф=0.2 μw=0.92 cp
h=30’

Time, days Pressure, psi

0 3000
91.25 2975
182.5 2940
273.75 2895

8 marks
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Note: tables are available to be used in the exam.

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Examiner Head of the Department

Asst. Lecturer. Ahmed Al Alwan Dr. Hussain Sadiq

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