Analysing and characterising horizontal well performance in rectangular closed gas reservoirs considering non-Darcy flow conditions

2020-01-01
Al-Rbeawi, Salam
This paper investigates the impact of non-Darcy flow, represented by rate-dependent skin factor (DQ(SC)), on pressure profiles, flow regimes, and productivity indices of horizontal wells extending in conventional and unconventional gas reservoirs. It introduces a new simplified technique for characterising reservoir performance under different non-Darcy flow impacts. The outcomes of this study are summarised as: 1) understanding the conditions at which non-Darcy flow could have considerable effects on reservoir performance; 2) estimating the deviation in productivity index caused by non-Darcy flow. The most interesting points in this study are: 1) the ability to estimate rate-dependent skin factor from well test analysis by observing early time radial flow regime; 2) all flow regimes, unlike pressure behaviors and productivity index, are not affected by non-Darcy flow; 3) productivity index declines sharply for high rate-dependent skin factor at early production time while pseudo-steady state productivity index is not affected by non-Darcy flow. [Received: April 12, 2018; Accepted: May 9, 2018]
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OIL GAS AND COAL TECHNOLOGY

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Citation Formats
S. Al-Rbeawi, “Analysing and characterising horizontal well performance in rectangular closed gas reservoirs considering non-Darcy flow conditions,” INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OIL GAS AND COAL TECHNOLOGY, pp. 345–376, 2020, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/63916.