UNIVERSIDAD INDUSTRIAL DE SANTANDER

ESCUELA DE INGENIERÍA DE PETRÓLEOS

Análisis de Presiones
Taller 2

1) A single well located in a deepwater reservoir is producing oil at a constant rate of 5000
STB/D.
Calculate the pressure at the wellbore and at a location 250 feet away from the well after 8
days of production.
The drainage boundary of the well is located 1000 feet away. Other rock and fluid properties
of the reservoir are as follows:
Initial pressure, 19,250 psia Formation thickness, 345 ft
Formation permeability, 7 md Formation porosity, 0.19
Total compressibility, 4 10–6 psi–1 Oil viscosity, 4.5 cp
Oil FVF, 1.1 RB/STB Reservoir boundary, 1000 ft
Wellbore radius, rw 0.5 ft skin factor: 2

2) Calculate the total pressure drop at an observation well located 1500 feet from a producing
well in a virgin reservoir at 20 days. The single production well was maintained at a constant
production rate of 350 STB/D for 10 days; then the rate was increased to a constant rate of
500 STB/D for an additional 20 days. The initial reservoir pressure was 2500 psia. Assume
the reservoir was infinite acting during this test. Other reservoir and fluid properties are as
follows:
Initial pressure, 2500 psia Formation thickness, 15 ft
Formation permeability, 300 md Formation porosity, 0.24
Total compressibility, 6 *10–6 psi–1 Oil viscosity, 4.2 cp
Oil FVF, 1.2 RB/STB Wellbore radius, rw 0.5 ft

3) A reservoir at initial pressure of 2500 psia has two wells (Well A and Well B) on production
for 30 days from initial production. Well A produced at a constant rate of 700 STB/D and is
located 750 feet from an observation well. Well B produced at a constant rate of 350 STB/D
and is located 1000 feet from the same observation well. If the reservoir is infinite in size,
calculate the total pressure drop measured at the observation well at the end of 20 days. This
reservoir has the same rock and fluid properties as the reservoir in previous case.

4) Asume that the well in case 2, is 1500 feet from a sealing fault. Calculate the total pressure
drop at the wellbore.

5) Three exploration wells have been drilled into a newly discovered oil reservoir. Well B is
1400 feet from well A, Well C is 2200 ft from A and Well C is 3000 ft from B.

A
2200 ft

C
1400 ft

3000 ft

Well A is an observation well (it has a pressure gauge in the hole to measure the pressure
response due to production from wells B and C, but is not itself used for production). Well B
begins producing at 250 STB/D at time=0. Well C begins producing at 150 STB/D 48 hours
later.
Reservoir data
Initial pressure, 2727 psi Formation thickness, 10 ft
Formation permeability, 40 md Formation porosity, 0.22
Total compressibility, 1,8* 10–5 psi–1 Oil viscosity, 0,27 cp
Oil FVF, 1.23 RB/STB

Well data A B C
Rate, q observation well 250 STB/D 150 STB/D
Radious, rw 0,3 ft 0,25 ft 0,375 ft
Skin factor 5 7 -2

Calculate the pressure drop at well A at 5 days.