Abstract:
Method for using sensitivity analysis to inform the design and performance of a well test are provided. In one embodiment, a method includes providing a reservoir model of pressure transient behavior and performing a sensitivity analysis to identify an input parameter of the reservoir model that can be estimated from pressure transient test data collected from a well location. This method also includes using the results of the sensitivity analysis to design a pressure transient well test for measuring the identified input parameter. Other methods and systems are also disclosed.
Abstract:
Method for using sensitivity analysis to inform the design and performance of a well test are provided. In one embodiment, a method includes providing a reservoir model of pressure transient behavior and performing a sensitivity analysis to identify an input parameter of the reservoir model that can be estimated from pressure transient test data collected from a well location. This method also includes using the results of the sensitivity analysis to design a pressure transient well test for measuring the identified input parameter. Other methods and systems are also disclosed.
Abstract:
An apparatus for performing a well test operation includes a tubular member having a surge chamber and a valve that can control fluid flow from a well into the surge chamber during the well test operation. The apparatus can also include a flow control device, in addition to the valve, for further controlling fluid flow into the surge chamber from the well. Flow rate and pressure data can be measured during the well test operation and used to estimate reservoir properties. Various other systems, devices, and methods are also disclosed.
Abstract:
Method for using sensitivity analysis to inform the design and performance of a well test are provided. In one embodiment, a method includes providing a reservoir model of pressure transient behavior and performing a sensitivity analysis to identify an input parameter of the reservoir model that can be estimated from pressure transient test data collected from a well location. This method also includes using the results of the sensitivity analysis to design a pressure transient well test for measuring the identified input parameter. Other methods and systems are also disclosed.
Abstract:
Measuring a parameter characteristic of a formation in an oil well with a device configured to generate a sensing field within a volume of the formation and cause a flow through the volume in the presence of the sensing field. The device also comprises sensors responsive to changes in the volume, which indicate existent amounts of fluid, such as hydrocarbon and water saturations and irreducible hydrocarbon and water saturations. Measurements may be made before the flow affects the measuring volume and after onset of the flow through the measuring volume.
Abstract:
Techniques for modelling a production forecast for a well are described. In one embodiment, a method includes calibrating a geological reservoir model by analyzing pressure transient well tests, fitting the geological reservoir model to pressure data to estimate model parameters, and building a simulated history of bottom hole pressure based on the model and measured transient flow data. The calibrating may further include fitting the model to flow rate data, using measured and simulated pressure data as input, to estimate model parameters, and then building a simulated history of downhole flow rate based on the model and change in measured pressure data. The calibrated model can be used to forecast future well production. Additional methods, systems, and devices are also disclosed.
Abstract:
Method for using sensitivity analysis to inform the design and performance of a well test are provided. In one embodiment, a method includes providing a reservoir model of pressure transient behavior and performing a sensitivity analysis to identify an input parameter of the reservoir model that can be estimated from pressure transient test data collected from a well location. This method also includes using the results of the sensitivity analysis to design a pressure transient well test for measuring the identified input parameter. Other methods and systems are also disclosed.
Abstract:
The method for orienting hydraulic fractures in a subterranean formation comprises injecting a first fluid into a first horizontal wellbore penetrating the subterranean formation and open to the formation in at least one specified segment and pressurizing the first fluid in the first wellbore to create a stress field around each specified segment of the first wellbore. A second pressurized fracturing particle-laden fluid is simultaneously injected into a second horizontal wellbore open to the formation in at least one specified segment and vertically spaced apart from the first wellbore for inducing fractures propagating from the specified segments of the second wellbore towards the specified pressurized segments of the first wellbore.
Abstract:
Techniques for modelling a production forecast for a well are described. In one embodiment, a method includes calibrating a geological reservoir model by analyzing pressure transient well tests, fitting the geological reservoir model to pressure data to estimate model parameters, and building a simulated history of bottom hole pressure based on the model and measured transient flow data. The calibrating may further include fitting the model to flow rate data, using measured and simulated pressure data as input, to estimate model parameters, and then building a simulated history of downhole flow rate based on the model and change in measured pressure data. The calibrated model can be used to forecast future well production. Additional methods, systems, and devices are also disclosed.
Abstract:
An apparatus for performing a well test operation includes a tubular member having a surge chamber and a valve that can control fluid flow from a well into the surge chamber during the well test operation. The apparatus can also include a flow control device, in addition to the valve, for further controlling fluid flow into the surge chamber from the well. Flow rate and pressure data can be measured during the well test operation and used to estimate reservoir properties. Various other systems, devices, and methods are also disclosed.