PaperReview

1Authors,title,andreferenceinformation:

Fetkovich,M.J.:DeclineCurveAnalysisUsingTypeCurves,JPT,JUNE1980,10651077,

2Problem.
Mostpaperswerepublishedwhichcontributetotheunderstandingofdeclinecurvesbutaddlittlenew
technology.
3Approach.
Demonstratesthatboththeanalyticalconstantpressureinfinite(earlytransientperiodforfinite
systems)andfinitereservoirsolutionscanbeplacedonacommondimensionlessloglogtypecurve
withallthestanderd"emperical"exponential,hyperpolic,andharmonicdeclinecurveequations
developedbyArps.
Simplecombinationsofmaterialbalanceequationsandnewformsofoilwellrateequationfrom
Fetkovichwork.
Illustrateunderwhatcircumestancesspecificvaluesofthehyperbolicdeclineexponentbshouldresult
indissolvedgasdrivereservoirs.loglogtypecurveanalysisthenisperformedusingthesecurves
decliningratedatacompletelyanalogoustotheloglogtypecurvematchingprocedurepresentely
employedwithconstantratecasepressuretransientdata.
4Solution.
Proposedasimpleempiricalrateequationforsolutiongasdrivereservoirsthatyieldsresultsthat
comparefavorablywithcomputerresultsobtainedusingtwophaseflowtheory.
Presentedasimplifiedapproachtowaterinfluxcalculationsforfinitesystemsthatgaveresultsthat
comparedfavorablywiththemorerigorousanalyticalconstantpressuresolutions.
5Conclusions.
Demonrelstratesthatdeclinecurveanalysisnotonlyhasasolidfundamentalbaseputalsoprovidesa
toolwithmorediagnositicpowerthanhasbeensuspectedpreviously.Thetypecurveapproach
providesuniquesolutionsonwhichengineerscanagreeorshowswhenauniquesolutionisnot
possiblewithatypecurveonly.
6Limitations.
Theassumputionofconstantpresssureatinnerboundary.
Ifbvalueresultedhigherthan1inundersaturatedreservoirs,thisvaluewellresultinfinite
production.
constantreservoirthikness.
7Application.
Abilitytodeterminereservoirparametresbyusingtypecurvematch.
Calculationofwaterinfluxwithtimechange.
Futureforcastingforflowrateofproductionwithchangeinpressure.
8Critique.
Thesecurvesdevelopedforagivenfieldwouldbemoreaccurateforanalyzingdeclinedatainthatfield
only.