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The constant pressure boundary is sometimes used to match a Well Testing Group
Note that the changes in the derivative are due to the short
initial production times and the derivative calculation algorithm
(more information is available in the training
video called Deconvolution).
Now Obsolete !
There is no physical mechanism that would explain a static
boundary remaining at initial reservoir pressure. The use of this
immobile boundary is not plausible.
The constant pressure boundary is in fact an old solution that was
developed using the obsolete method of images. This solution
should no longer be used, but replaced by the linear composite
model and a linear interface.
In this case, the oil reservoir, gas cap and aquifer are represented
as three zones of the linear composite model with different
values of total compressibility, viscosity and permeability. We
consider the same reservoir fluid in all the regions of the model
and represent the differences in fluid properties as
heterogeneities.
Example
A new vertical well Mu-12 was drilled and quickly cleaned up.
After an initial PBU test, the well was put on production.
The figure below shows the pressure and rate data for the first
month of production. There were several instances when the well
was shut-in for short time periods. These flow interruptions
provide some “opportunistic” PBUs and give an idea of reservoir
pressure and the changes in effective permeability, in skin and
even sometimes in fluid contacts.
The static and PVT data used in the analysis are as follows:
Formation Volume Factor 1.3 rb/stb
Oil viscosity 2.6 cp
Oil compressibility 5.10E-06 1/psi
Water compressibility 3.00E-06 1/psi
Porosity 13 %
Water saturation 20 %
Net thickness 88 FEET
Rock compressibility 2.00E-06 (1/psi)
Wellbore radius 0.354 FEET
With Cr: the rock compressibility, Si: the saturation of fluid i and
Ci: the compressibility of fluid i.
The water to oil zone mobility ratio can be estimated as the ratio
of oil and water viscosities, i.e. 5.2. If we assume a gas viscosity
of 0.02 cp, the gas to oil mobility ratio is estimated at 130.
These estimates will help reduce the non-uniqueness and
understand the behaviour created by the gas cap and aquifer.
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