Data

Net pay thickness (h)

Well bore radius (re)
Initial pressure (pi)
pesudo pressure ( at initial)
BHFP
pseudo pressure ( at pwf)
reservoir temperature (T)
Wet gas gravity (Air=1)
Water saturation (Swi)

32 ft
0.365 ft
3500 psia
8.32E+08 psia2/cp
500.00 psia
2.11E+07 psia2/cp
180 0F
640 0R
0.689
0.34

Water compressibility (Cw)

3.60E-06 psia-1

Formation compressibility (Cr)

4.00E-06 psia-1
0.12
0.02095 cp
0.8174

Porosity
Gas viscosity (at init. pressure)
Gas FVF (at inti. pressure)
Total compresibility (Ct)

1.57E-04 psia-1

Producing Time
(Days)
30
60
90
120
150
180
210
240
270
300
330
360
390
420
450
480
510
540
570
600
660
720
780
840
900
960
1020
1170
1200
1320
1410
1500
1620
1710
1800
1980
2070
2190

Cumulative
Production
(MMscf)
13.4589
25.3066
36.3221
47.815
60.7706
71.1327
80.6358
90.3544
105.643
113.646
122.878
138
142.779
147.511
168.504
175.674
183.737
198.204
199.765
215.121
230.559
248.155
264.898
287.17
296.938
327.427
341.435
376.068
379.859
416.501
426.793
458.434
482.743
508.14
531.01
554.58
575.818
601.082

Gas Flow rate

(Mscf/day)
413.3
392.8
375.9
371.3
377.5
367.8
356.8
349
361.7
349.1
341.9
350.1
333.6
291.4
338.2
329.1
322.5
327.1
310.9
316.6
305.6
298.7
291.6
290.8
278
284.8
276.9
259.9
254.8
249.4
236.1
237.4
230.1
224.2
219.4
199.9
202.1
196.4

2280
2310
2400
2580
2700
2880
2910
3000
3400
3600
4000
4200
4800
5000
5480

626.139
635.765
648.646
678.628
702.659
722.806
735.055
742.635
791.57
835.583
881.494
914.202
981.543
997.619
1046.01

189.8
190.5
183.8
176.4
170.3
143.7
156.1
154.6
139.6
138.1
123.4
120.5
105.1
98.5
91.1

Step-1 (Matching Cumulative Production data to the best fitting curve)

It is evident that boundary dominated data is present because data falls on right hand side o
inflexion point, therefore we can record particular b value by matching this data with type
Step-2 (Recording re/rw and b)
From the transient data which falls left to the inflexion point , re/rw is calculated to be 800
whereas, form the boundary dominated flow data, b matches to the value of 0.4
Step-3 (Force a fit of rate/time data)
After calculation of re/rw and b, Rate/time data is matched by forcing a fit of this data on the
type curve having re/rw = 800 and b=0.4
Step-4 (Calculation of permeability, k)

After forcing a fit of rate/time data , we need to pick any match point on q(t) and qDd. For
simplicity q(t) = 1000 MScf/day and qDd = 2.8. We can calculate k with the formula given on
next page:
q(t)
qDd
psc
re/rw
Tsc

1000 Mscf/day
2.8
14.7 psia
800
520 Rankine

0.08 md

Step-5 (Calculate initial surface gas flow rate)

Initial surface gas flow rate qi at t=0 from the rate match point is calculated as:

qi

357.14 Mscf/day

Step-6 (Determination of intial decline rate)

From the same matched rate/time data, obtain any matched values of t and tDd
t
tDd

100 days
0.034

Initial decline rate , Di, is calcualated as:

Di

0.00034 per day

0.1241 per year

Step-7 (Calculate reservoir Vp)

Vp

1.42E+07

Step-8 (Calcualtion of reservoir drainage radius)

Assuming a circular drainage area, drainage radius is calculated as:

re

1085.29 ft

Step-9 (Calculation of Drainage Area)

3.70E+06 ft2
84.95 acres

Step-10 (Calculation of Skin)

Skin is calculated with the help of following formula:

-1.31

Step - 11 (Forecast for next 15 years)

By Extrapolating rate time curve, we cam obtain future rates with the help of following gene
Arp's Deccline Curve equation:

We have the following parameters:

qi
b
Di

357.14 Mscf/day
0.4
0.00034 per day

16-30

years

Flow rates for next year are forecast as:

t (in years)
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30

t (days)
5840
6205
6570
6935
7300
7665
8030
8395
8760
9125
9490
9855
10220
10585
10950

q (Mscf/day)
82.82
77.36
72.39
67.85
63.71
59.91
56.41
53.2
50.24
47.5
44.97
42.63
40.45
38.42
36.53

Step-12 (Economic age of the well in days or years)

q (Economic limit of the well)

30 Mscf/day

again by using following equation:

12450.83 days
34.11 years

Step-13 (Calculate Cumulative production upto Economic Limit of well)

Gp

1354616 Mscf
1355 MMScf

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a falls on right hand side of the

tching this data with type curve

w is calculated to be 800
he value of 0.4

ng a fit of this data on the

int on q(t) and qDd. For

k with the formula given on

calculated as:

s of t and tDd

the help of following general

0.1241

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