PMRE 6001: Reservoir Engineering – Lecture 7

PMRE 6001: RESERVOIR ENGINEERING

LE CTURE : 7

Credit Hour: 3/week

Course Teacher: Dr. Afifa Tabassum Tinni

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B A S I C D I F F E R E N T I A L E Q U AT I O N F O R R A D I A L F L O W

The assumptions

Volume of the small element

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B A S I C D I F F E R E N T I A L E Q U AT I O N F O R R A D I A L F L O W

Isothermal compressibility

r
Basic partial differential equation for the radial flow of any
single phase fluid in a porous medium
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R E S E RVO I R F L U I D F L OW R E G I M E S

• Transient/ unsteady/ infinite acting state

• Semi/pseudo steady state
• Steady state

Transient state
• Applicable for relatively short period of time
• Pressure response is not affected by the outer boundary
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Semi-steady state
• Applicable for reservoirs producing for a sufficient amount
of time
• Presence of outer boundary effect is felt

Constant determination:
For radial cell
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Steady state

• Completely open outer boundary

• Fluid withdrawal= fluid entry across the outer boundary
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L I N E A R I Z AT I O N O F D E F O R S M A L L A N D C O N S TA N T C O M P R E S S I B I L I T Y F L U I D

Using chain rule of differentiation

D.W.R.to r
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W E L L I N F L OW E Q U AT I O N F O R S TA B I L I Z E D F L OW C O N D I T I O N S

Semi steady state solution

If is the average reservoir pressure At r= re, δP/δr= 0

For semi steady state the constant

determined is integrating
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Semi steady state solution

When Pr= Pe

Productivity index

q, Pwf can be directly measured

Pe can not be measured directly

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Semi steady state solution: inflow equation in terms of average pressure

Volume averaged pressure

We derived earlier
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E X A M P L E O F S TA B I L I Z E D I N F L O W E Q U AT I O N

Steam injection process

For rw<r<rh, T= Ts
For r>rh, T= Tr, original reservoir T
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