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at a constant bottomhole pressure (this work was later Fig. 2 illustrates an attempt to match the well performance
extended by Blasingame et al.5 (1991) to an equivalent data functions with the single well decline type curve as pro-
“constant rate” analysis approach). In 1993, Palacio and posed by Palacio and Blasingame.6 The well performance data
Blasingame6 developed a solution for the general case of functions deviate from the b = 1 stem during boundary
variable rate/variable pressure drop for the flow of either dominated flow condition (the b = 1 stem represents the
single-phase liquid or gas. material balance model for the reservoir system). This
Rodriguez and Cinco-Ley7 (1993) developed a model for pro- behavior (i.e., data functions deviating from the material
duction decline in a bounded multiwell system. The primary balance trend) has been consistently observed for the analysis
assumptions in their model are that the pseudosteady-state of well performance data from Arun field.10
flow condition exists at all points in the reservoir and that all It is interesting that the p/z versus Gp plot for the total field
wells produce at a constant bottomhole pressure. They con- performance at Arun field shows a straight-line trend—as
cluded that the production performance of the reservoir was expected for a volumetric gas reservoir (Fig. 3). This
shown to be exponential in all cases, as long as the bottomhole observation suggests that the behavior observed in Figs. 1 and
pressures in individual wells are maintained constant. 2 is perfectly correct—individual wells compete for reserves,
Camacho et al.8 (1996) subsequently improved the while the cumulative (or aggregate) performance of the system
Rodriguez–Cinco-Ley model by allowing individual wells to is represented by a total balance of pressure and production.
produce at different times. However, Camacho et al. also In other words, if we intend to consider the “local”
assumed the existence of the pseudosteady-state condition and performance of an individual well, then the effects of other
that all wells produce at constant bottomhole pressures. nearby wells must also be considered. To prove this point we
Valko et al.9 (2000) presented the concept of a multiwell cannot rely solely on total field analyses (such as shown in
productivity index for an arbitrary number of wells in a Fig. 3) because the computation of the average pressure from
bounded reservoir system. These authors also assumed the the total field is based on an averaging of the available local
existence of pseudosteady-state flow, but proved that the pressure measurements.
concept was valid for constant rate, constant pressure, or This averaging technique itself may yield numerical artifacts,
variable rate/variable pressure production. and the issue of the accuracy and relevance of the local
The limitations of the available multiwell models are summar- pressures becomes quite important. How accurate and
ized as follows: representative are locally averaged pressures? The
Constant bottomhole pressure production (except for development of an analysis and interpretation approach that is
Valko et al. 9). This is rarely the case in practice. rigorous, yet does not rely on an average reservoir pressure
The assumption of pseudosteady-state may be violat- scheme, was our motivation.
ed, especially for conditions where the production Our strategy was to develop a multiwell data analysis method
schedule (rate/pressure) changes dramatically, the using a general multiwell model—but to develop this model in
reservoir permeability is very low, and/or the well such a form that it uses individual well performance data in
spacing changes (because of infill wells). the estimation of total reserves and the permeability in the
None of the available multiwell methods provides drainage region for a particular well.
mechanisms for rigorous production data analysis. Multiwell Solution. The general solution for the well perfor-
In this work, we have developed a general multiwell solution mance in a bounded multiwell reservoir system is given by
that is valid for all flow regimes (transient, transition, and (see Appendix A for details)11:
boundary-dominated flow). This new solution is rigorous for pD([xwD,k + ε],[ywD,k + ε],t DA) =
Σ
any rate/pressure profile (constant rate, constant pressure, or
d pD,cr(t DA – τ )
variable rate/variable pressure). It also provides a mechanism
dτ
tDA
q D,i(τ)
nwell
dτ
for the analysis of production data based on a material balance
for the entire reservoir system. i=1 k,i
0
Decline Curve Analysis in a Multiwell Reservoir
System. + q Dk(t DA) sk ..................................................... (1)
Motivation. Fig. 1 is a typical p/z plot of a gas well producing The physical model used to develop Eq. 1 is shown in Fig. 4.
from Arun field (Indonesia). The data plotted in this figure are This model assumes a closed rectangular reservoir with a con-
from Syah.10 This plot is characterized by concave downward stant thickness, which is fully penetrated by multiple vertical
behavior that could easily be interpreted as an abnormal wells (the well locations are arbitrary). The reservoir is
pressure system. However, application of the material balance assumed to be homogeneous, and we also assume the single-
that accounts for abnormal pressure mechanisms does not phase flow of a slightly compressible liquid. The solution for a
validate that assumption. single well produced at a constant rate in a bounded rect-
angular reservoir is given by Eq. A-11 (or Eq. A-12).12 The
SPE 71517 Decline Curve Analysis Using Type Curves—Evaluation of Well Performance Behavior in a Multiwell Reservoir System 3
constant rate solution inside the integral in Eq. 1 is computed system—provided that the total material balance time function
at a particular well (well “k”) and includes the effects of each is used. Furthermore, this observation implies that the
μz
B)—however, this variable becomes constant during boun- p
μ z dp′ ...................................................... (7)
dary-dominated flow conditions. Eq. 2. represents a general p′
pp = p
formulation of Arp’s harmonic decline equation and should be i
pbase
recognized as a material balance relation. Note that this
0 μct pavg
schedules that occur in practice—in particular, the approach is i
valid for constant rate, constant pressure, or variable
rate/variable pressure behavior during boundary-dominated
flow conditions. This equation suggests that if we plot and the total material balance pseudotime is expressed as6
μct
d τ .............................................. (9)
qk(t)/(pi-pwf,k(t)) versus the “total material balance time” t qg,tot
0 μct p
function, then we can estimate the original oil-in-place (OOIP) i
ta,tot = qg
for the entire reservoir using decline type curves. avg
The well performance data for all wells are plotted on a log- homogeneous, but is considered locally homogeneous (Fig.
log scale in Fig. 9. Note that all the data trends from the nine 14).
wells (each with a different production schedule) overlie one Similar to the previous case, a numerical simulation is per-
another. The behavior at early time (all trends overlie) formed where each well is produced under variable bot-
confirms the homogeneous nature of the reservoir, whereas the tomhole flowing pressure conditions. The bottomhole pres-
alignment of all the data at late time confirms our total sure profile for each well is shown in Fig. 15, and the oil flow
material balance on the entire reservoir system. An important rate response for each well is shown in Fig. 16.
note is that we have not modified any data or data trend shown
in Fig. 9—the excellent agreement of these data is solely due The well performance data for all wells are plotted on a log-
to the accuracy of the new solution. log scale in Fig. 17. All the data trends converge to a single
material balance trend at late time, which corresponds to a
The value of this example is the confirmation that the per- unique reservoir volume. Also note that the different responses
formance of a single well can be used to establish the reservoir at early time correspond to the different average permeabilities
volume. It appears that the early time (tran-sient flow) data for the drainage areas defined by individual wells. The data in
can be used to estimate the permeability in the local drainage Figs. 17 and 18 clearly show the ability of our multiwell
area for each well. We con-firm this hypothesis using the approach to model the entire system based on the well
locally homogeneous and heterogeneous reservoir cases performance data for in-dividual wells.
considered in the fol-lowing sections.
Simultaneous matching of the data for all wells using the Fet-
Another advantage of using our multiwell approach (i.e., the kovich/McCray decline type curve is shown on Fig. 18. The
total material balance time function) over the single well data for all wells match the type curve very well for all flow
approach (i.e., the material balance time function for a single regimes (transient, transition, and boundary-dominated). The
formance of well [3,2] ⎯the data are plotted on a log-log
well) can be observed in Fig. 10. This figure shows the per- data are a little scattered in the transition flow regime, where
this behavior is due to a sudden change of the well flowing
scale using both the single and multiwell approaches. The data condition⎯gradual, rather than sudden, changes in rates and
for the multiwell approach (denoted by open symbols) clearly pressures are more likely in practice. The results for this
best match the type curve model for all flow regimes example are listed in Table 3.
(transient, transition, and boundary-dominated).
Input and calculated values of OOIP are in excellent
The data for the single well approach (denoted by solid agreement—but this is somewhat expect-ed because the total
symbols) deviate systematically from the decline type curve material balance time correlates with the total (in-place)
model. The deviation is significant during boundary- volume. The differences in estimated permeability values
dominated flow. Any analyses based on this match of the data occur because of the frame of reference. The input
could easily yield erroneous results. permeability is the value assigned to the well spacing for a
To extend this approach for the analysis of gas well particular well; whereas the calculated permeability is the
performance, we must extend the concept of our material harmonic average of the permeabilities that occur in the
balance time function to include the total gas production. This drainage area of a particular well. The issue of a drainage area
requires modification of the pseudotime formulation for the for an individual well in a multiwell reservoir system is
gas reservoir case and combination with the material balance somewhat problematic because the drainage areas change with
time concept. This is relatively straightforward (see Eq. 9). time, corresponding to changes in the production schedule for
The remainder of this section is devoted to the validation of all the wells in the reservoir.
the gas well performance case. Heterogeneous Reservoir Example. This case differs from
locally homogeneous reservoir, the different trends at early includes both wellhead flow rates and flowing wellhead
time are due to the different average permeabilities within an pressure data.
individual well drainage areas. In this example, we use both single well (i.e., single well
In Fig. 23 all the data trends match the correct (material material balance pseudotime) and our proposed multiwell de-
balance) solution at late time (i.e., boundary-domi-nated flow). cline type curve analysis (i.e., total material balance
The variations in the early time (transient flow) behavior pseudotime) techniques. The decline type curve matches for
correspond to different permeabilities. The scat-tered data both the single and multiwell approaches are shown in Fig. 26.
within the transition region are due to severe rate changes that Our multiwell analysis approach matches the production data
affect the derivative computation. In practice, such severe rate functions (solid symbols) to the type curve very well (we used
changes are unlikely to occur. If they do occur, screening the pseudopressure and pseudotime functions to account for the
“bad” data provides a smoother derivative function. The dependency of fluid properties on pressure).
results of our analysis are provided in Table 4. The single well approach (based only on the rate and pressure
Again, the input and calculated values ofOOIP are in excellent data for a single well) fails to match the late time material
agreement. The OOIP is a unique property of the reservoir, balance trend, where the boundary-dominated flow data
and using our multiwell approach preserves this uniqueness deviate systematically from the type curve (Fig. 26, open
(based on the total material balance time). symbols). We recognize that this behavior is due to well
Although it is somewhat unclear as to how to compare the interference effects caused by competing producing wells, but
input and calculated permeability values for each well, we the single well approach has no mechanism to correct or
chose to compare the harmonic average permeability within a account for well interference behavior.
particular well spacing to the calculated permeability from the Our analysis using the multiwell approach yields an estimate
decline type curve match. The results in Table 4 confirm our of the OGIP for Arun field of approximately 19.8 TCF. The
proposition that this approach can be used to estimate estimate of the effective flow capacity (to gas) for this well is
permeabilities in a heterogeneous multiwell reservoir system. 2,791 md-ft, which is based on the match of the early time
Field Application (transient flow) data.
To demonstrate the application of our method to field data, we Figs. 27 and 28 show the log-log plots of the rate/pressure
analyzed several cases of well performance data from Arun drop and decline type curve match, respectively, for all 11
field (Indonesia). Arun field has 111 wells (79 producers, 11 wells that we considered for our combined analysis. All the
injectors, 4 observation wells, and 17 abandoned wells). The curves converge to the unique material balance trend at late
layout of Arun field is shown in Fig. 24 would certainly be time. This region (i.e., the boundary-dominated flow data) will
considered a multiwell reser-voir system. be used to establish an estimate of the total (in-place) gas
reservoirs for Arun field.
Arun field is a supergiant gas condensate reservoir with a
maximum liquid dropout of approximately 1.5% at the The results of our analysis for the 11 wells selected from Arun
dewpoint (although most data suggest that the maximum field are summarized in Table 5. The OGIP computed using
liquid production should be less than 1%). In our analysis, the our approach is consistent⎯that is, each of the well analyses
variation of fluid properties with pressure is incorporated by yields the same estimate of OGIP for the entire Arun field.
the use of pseudopressure and pseudotime. In addition, we use Our methodology assumes that the OGIP is constant;
the total (molar) gas rate. Using this procedure we expected to therefore, we should be able to force all analyses to a single
estimate the correct gas-in-place volume for the entire field, as value of gas-in-place, which is what we obtained.
well as correctly estimate the local (per well) effective Conclusions
permeabilities to gas.
The following conclusions are derived from this work.
We analyzed selected cases of well performance data from the
We have developed a general multiwell solution that
following Arun field wells:
is accurate and provides a mechanism for the analysis
Well C-II-01 (A-037) Well C-III-04 (A-016) of production data from a single well in a multiwell
Well C-II-03 (A-032) Well C-III-05 (A-035) reservoir system.
Well C-II-04 (A-024) Well C-III-06 (A-017) We have developed a methodology for the analysis of
Well C-II-16 (A-029) Well C-III-09 (A-028) production data from an individual well in a
Well C-III-02 (A-015) Well C-III-15 (A-041) multiwell system. Using this method we can estimate
Well C-III-03 (A-034) the original fluid-in-place for the entire reservoir, as
We discuss in detail the analysis results obtained using the well as the local permeability. Our methodology can
production data from Well C-III-02 (A-015). The produc-tion be applied for both oil and gas reservoirs.
history of Well C-III-02 (A-015) (wellhead pressure and gas Our approach uses the single well decline type curve
rate versus time) is plotted in Fig. 25. The production history (i.e., the Fetkovich/McCray type curve) coupled with
the appropriate data transforms for the multiwell
6 T. Marhaendrajana and T. A. Blasingame SPE 71517
βD
z = gas z-factor 11. Marhaendrajana, T.: “Modeling and Analysis of Flow Behavior
in Single and Multiwell Bounded Reservoir,” PhD dissertation,
ε
= multiwell interaction coeeficient, dimensionless
Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 2000.
μ
= small step, dimensionless 12. Marhaendrajana, T. and Blasingame, T.A.: “Rigorous and Semi-
τ
= fluid viscosity, cp Rigorous Approaches for the Evaluation of Average Reservoir
φ
= dummy variable Pressure from Pressure Transient Tests,” paper SPE 38725
= porosity, fraction presented at the 1997 SPE Annual Technical Conference and
Exhibition, San Antonio, Oct. 5–8.
Subscripts 13. Fraim, M.L. and Wattenbarger, R.A.: “Gas Reservoir Decline
A =area is used as the reference Analysis Using Type Curves with Real Gas Pseudopressure and
avg = average Normalized Time,” SPEFE (Dec. 1987) 620.
bar = evaluation is performed at average pressure
base = arbitrary reference
cr = constant rate
SPE 71517 Decline Curve Analysis Using Type Curves—Evaluation of Well Performance Behavior in a Multiwell Reservoir System 7
Σ
tDA
q D,i(τ) ×
Appendix A—General Solution for Multiwell System
dτ
nwell
The mathematical model describing the pressure behavior in a
∂ pD,cr (xD, yD,t DA – τ,xwD,i, ywD,i)
bounded rectangular reservoir with multiple wells is in ref. 11. pD(xD, yD,t DA) =
∂t DA
i=1
In this model each well produces at an arbitrary constant rate
and any well can be located at an arbitrary position in the 0
Σ
reservoir (as shown in Fig. 4). This solution is given as
∂2 p ∂2 p φμct ∂ p
n .................................................................................... (A-7)
δ(x – xw,i, y – yw,i) =
well
∂x ∂y k ∂t
qi(t)B
μ
2
+ 2
– (A-1) If all wells are produced at individual (constant) flow rates,
Σq
i = 1 Ah(k/ )
Eq. A-7 can be simplified to yield
Eq. A-1 can be written in terms of the traditional dimension- nwell
Σ
less variables as follows: pD(xD, yD,t DA) = D,i pD,i(xD, yD,t DA,xwD,i, ywD,i) ....... (A-8)
∂ pD ∂ pD ∂ pD
q D,i(t DA) δ(xD – xwD,i, yD – ywD,i) =
i=1
+ 2π
2 2 nwell
∂x2D ∂ yD2 ∂t
+ Using Eq. A-7, the pressure solution for well “k” is given by:
pD([xwD,k + ε],[ywD,k + ε],t DA) =
i=1 DA
Σ
..................................................................................... (A-2)
d pD,cr(tDA – τ )
qD,i(τ) d τ ............ (A-9)
nwell tDA
dτ
where
2πkh ( pi – p(x, y,t))
qref Bμ
i=1
φμct A
k,i
pD = ; t DA = kt (Darcy units) 0
Σ
d pD,cr(tDA – τ )
In field units, the dimensionless variables are defined as
qD,i(τ) dτ
nwell tDA
dτ
kh ( pi – p(x, y,t))
141.2qref Bμ φμc t A
pD = ; t DA = 0.00633 kt
i=1 0 k,i
Σ
2—subject to the presumed no-flow outer boundary condition: The constant rate solution for an arbitrary location in a bound-
1 – exp – n 2π tDA
Σ
2 2
∞
cos xnπ xD cos xnπ xwD
..................................................................................... (A-3)
where ψ (xD,yDt DA,xwD, ywD) is an instantaneous line source + 4π
xeD
n=1 n 2π 2 eD eD
solution with unit strength located at (xw,yw). From Eq. A-3, 2
xeD
we can write the constant rate solution for a single well as
1 – exp – n 2π tDA
pD,cr(xD,yD,tDA) = 2π
Σ
ψ (xD,yD,tDA – τ,xwD,ywD) d τ ... (A-4)
2 2
∞
cos ynπ yD cos ynπ ywD
tDA
+ 4π
yeD
n 2π 2
We define ξ=tDA-τ and use this definition in Eq. A-4 to obtain
0 eD eD
n=1
2
yeD
1 – exp – n 2π + m 2π tDA
ΣΣ
pD,cr(xD,yD,tDA) = 2π ψ (xD,yD,ξ,xwD,ywD) d ξ ........... (A-5)
tDA 2 2 2 2
∞ ∞
+ 8π
xeD yeD
n 2π 2 + m 2π 2
0
m=1 n=1
Taking the derivative of Eq. A-5 with respect to tDA, we ob- 2
xeD 2
yeD
.................................................................................. (A-11)
Substituting Eq. A-6 into Eq. A-3, we obtain the convolution
integral formulation for the pressure response at any location From ref. 10 we note that Eq. A-11 can also be written in the
in an arbitrary multiwell reservoir system. form of an exponential integral series:
pD,cr(xD, yD,t DA) =
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Σ Σ
∞ ∞
1 (x + x + 2nxeD) 2 + ( yD + ywD + 2m yeD) 2 Appendix B—Development of Production Data
E1 D wD
2m = – ∞ n = – ∞ 4tDA Analysis Technique in Multiwell System
In this Appendix we develop the plotting functions that serve
(xD – xwD + 2nxeD) 2 + ( yD + ywD + 2m yeD) 2
+ E1 as the basis for our proposed decline type curve analysis of
4tDA
well and field production performance data from a bounded
(xD + xwD + 2nxeD) 2 + ( yD – ywD + 2m yeD) 2 multiwell reservoir system.
Σ
+ E1
4tDA We begin by substituting Eq. A-13 into Eq. A-10:
Σ
4tDA i=1 0
1 – exp – n 2π tDA
Σ
+ q Dk (t DA) sk ................................................................... (B-1)
2 2
∞
+ 4π cos xnπ (xwD + ε) cos xnπ xwD
xeD
n 2π 2
where
F([xwD,k + ε],[ ywD,k + ε],[t DA – τ],xwD,i, ywD,i) =
n=1 eD eD
Σ exp – nx π (t
2
xeD
∞
1 – exp – n 2π tDA cos xnπ (xwD,k + ε) cos xnπ xwD,i
Σ
DA – τ)
2 2 2 2
∞
cos ynπ ( ywD + ε) cos ynπ ywD
+2
+ 4π
Σ exp – ny π (t
2
yeD
nπ
n=1 eD eD eD
∞
cos ynπ ( ywD,k + ε) cos ynπ ywD,i
2 2
DA – τ)
n=1 eD eD
2 2 2
yeD +2
Σ Σ exp –
2
1 – exp – n 2π + m 2π tDA
eD eD
ΣΣ
n=1 eD
∞ ∞
n 2π 2 + m 2π 2 (t – τ)
2 2 2 2
∞ ∞
+ 8π
xeD yeD
n 2π 2 + m 2π 2
+4 2 2 DA
m=1 n=1 xeD yeD
× cos m π mπ
yeD ( ywD,k + ε) cos yeD ywD,i .......... (B-2)
eD eD
× cos m π mπ
yeD ( ywD + ε) cos yeD ywD .......... (A-13) Writing Eq. B-1 in field units and multiplying both sides by
Σ q (τ)dτ
Substituting Eq. A-12 into Eq. A-13 we obtain qref/qk(t), we obtain
pD,cr([xwD + ε],[ ywD + ε],t DA) =
kh ( pi – pwf ,k(t)) = 2π 0.00633 k 1
t nwell
Σ q(τ) F([x
(ε + 2nxeD) + (2 ywD + ε + 2m yeD)
2 2
(ε + 2nxeD) + (ε + 2m yeD)
Σ
as
For boundary-dominated flow, Eq. B-8 becomes
q i(τ)d τ =
t n well N p,tot q k(t)
1 = 1 ............................ (B-11)
t tot,k = .............................. (B-5) ( pi – pwf ,k (t)) 1 t +b
q k(t) 0 i=1 q k (t) tot pss,mw
Nc t
by 141.2Bμ/(kh), we obtain
Substituting Eq. B-5 into Eq. B-3 and multiplying both sides
Bμ 1 4 A/ β D
where
kh 2 eγ CArwa
( pi – pwf ,k(t)) b pss,mw = 141.2 2
.................................. (B-12)
= 1 ttot
qk(t) Nct
Σ q(τ) F([x
Fetkovich3 used a modified definition of the bpss variable
defined as
w,k + ε],[ yw,k + ε ],[t – τ],x w,i, yw,i)d τ Bμ
t n well
+ 1 1
Nc t q k(t) 0 i=1
b pss = 141.2 ln reD – 1 ....................................... (B-13)
kh 2
141.2 Bμ Eq. B-13 has been used as the defining “transform” variable
+ s ................................................................ (B-6) for all the decline type curves presented for the case of a
kh
single well centered in a bounded circular reservoir. Accord-
For simplicity, we can write Eq. B-6 as ingly, we present a similar expression for the multiwell sys-
( pi – pwf ,k(t)) tem:
Bμ
= 1 ttot + f (t) ....................................... (B-7)
ln reD/ β D – 1 ....................... (B-14)
qk(t) Nct
b pss,mw = 141.2
Taking reciprocal of Eq. B-7, we obtain kh 2
ln reD/ β D – 1
performance data in the same manner as the single well case. +1
Our purpose is to use the traditional single well decline type 2
curve analysis techniques to estimate the (total) volume and
The appropriate dimensionless “decline” variables are defined
(near-well) flow properties simultaneously.
as
141.2 Bμ
ln reD/ β D – 1 ...... (B-17)
Recalling the boundary-dominated flow (or pseudosteady-state qk(t)
flow) solution for a single well, we have qDde =
kh ( pi – pwf ,k(t)) 2
2π
q(t) 1
= ....................................... (B-9)
φμct A
( pi – pwf ,k (t)) 1 t+b 0.00633 k ttot
ln reD/ β D – 1
Nct pss tDde = ........................ (B-18)
where 2
Bμ 1 4 A Hence we can write Eq. B-16 as
kh 2 eγ CArwa
b pss = 141.2 2
................................... (B-10) 1 .......................................................... (B-19)
q Dde =
t Dde + 1
For the multiwell case, the Dietz shape factor is determined
not only by reservoir shape and well position but also by the We immediately recognize that Eq. B-19 is the Arp’s
state of the other wells (number, position, and rate/pressure). harmonic decline relation. This result verifies that the
The apparent drainage area of a well in multiwell system production decline character of an individual well in a multi-
well reservoir system has the same behavior as a single well in
10 T. Marhaendrajana and T. A. Blasingame SPE 71517
a closed reservoir if we use the total material balance time. Table 3 – Results of Multiwell Analysis (Locally Homoge-
Furthermore, the Fetkovich/McCray type curves for a single neous Example).
well system can be used for the analysis and interpretation of
the performance of a multiwell reservoir system—provided Well Permeability, k (md) Absolute
that we use the appropriate definitions of the dimensionless (calculated) (input) Relative Error (%)
variables (Eqs. B-18 and B-19). [1,1] 22.70 25 9.2
[1,2] 5.15 5 3.0
Table 1 – Reservoir and Fluid Properties for Synthetic Exam- [1,3] 10.10 10 1.0
ple, Oil Reservoir. [2,1] 5.15 5 3.0
Reservoir Properties: [2,2] 9.77 10 2.3
Initial Pressure, pi = 5,000 psia [2,3] 13.80 15 8.0
Reservoir Thickness, h = 500 ft [3,1] 9.94 10 0.6
Total Reservoir Area, A = 6525.7 acres [3,2] 14.20 15 5.3
Original-Oil-In-Place, OOIP = 4,278 MMSTB [3,3] 18.90 20 5.5
Permeability, k = 5 md Original Oil-In-Place (input) : 4,278 MMSTB
Original Oil-In-Place (calculated) : 4,278 MMSTB
Porosity, φ
Wellbore radius, rw = 0.5 ft
= 0.2 (fraction) Table 4 – Results of Multiwell Analysis (Heterogeneous Ex-
= 3 × 10–6 psia–1
Fluid Properties: ample).
Oil Viscosity, μ
Total Compressibility, ct
= 0.8 cp Well Permeability, k (md) Absolute
Oil Formation Volume Factor, B = 1.184 RB/STB (calculated) (input) Relative Error (%)
[1,1] 4.04 4.10 1.5
Table 2 – Reservoir and Fluid Properties for Synthetic Exam- [1,2] 3.27 3.31 1.2
ple, Gas Reservoir. [1,3] 4.44 4.40 0.9
Reservoir Properties: [2,1] 4.30 4.36 1.4
Initial Pressure, pi = 5,000 psia [2,2] 2.52 2.48 1.6
Reservoir Thickness, h = 500 ft [2,3] 3.38 3.42 1.2
Total Reservoir Area, A = 6525.7 acres [3,1] 3.93 3.90 0.8
Original-Gas-In-Place, OGIP= 6.34 Tscf [3,2] 3.99 4.05 1.5
Permeability, k = 5 md [3,3] 3.64 3.73 2.4
Porosity, φ
Well radius, rw = 0.25 ft Original Oil-In-Place (input) : 4,278 MMSTB
= 0.2 (fraction) Original Oil-In-Place (calculated) : 4,278 MMSTB
Fluid Properties:
Table 5 – Summary of the Decline Type Curve Analysis
Pressure z-Factor Gas FVF Viscosity Compressibility Results for Arun Field, Indonesia (Multiwell Ap-
(psia) (bbl/scf) (cp) (1/psi) proach).
(0,0)
yw,i
ye
xw,i
xe
Figure 1 – Typical p/z plot for a well in Arun field (Well A-015). Figure 4 – Bounded rectangular reservoir with multiple wells
located at arbitrary positions within the reservoir.
16000
[3,1] [3,2] [3,3]
14000
12000
Y-Direction, ft
6000
4000
6000
8000
10000
12000
14000
16000
0
X-Direction, ft