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Dr Mostafa Ghasemi
Email: mostafa.baboli@utp.edu.my
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Room: No.8, 2nd floor, Block J3
Lesson content
Drawdown behavior of a well in the vicinity of a fault
Buildup case
Lesson outcome
Analyze drawdown and buildup test data of a well in the vicinity of a fault.
Drawdown behavior of a well in the vicinity of a fault
Method of Images
The method of images states that a fault boundary can be represented
by an imaginary well, producing at the same rate as the producing well,
situated an equal distance on the other side of the fault.
d d d
=
Well, q Well, q Image well, q
Sealing Fault
Where, d is the distance from well to fault
Method of Images contd
Applying the concept of superposition in space for two wells gives:
2d
Well, q Image well, q
() = +
70.6 2
948 70.6 948 2 2
, () = + 2 +
+
From the first straight line of versus
on semilog graph
162.6
=
1 ( )
= 1.151 + 3.23
2
Pressure behavior contd
As increases, but , the equation reduces to
162.6 + +
= 2 = + 2
This equation states that in a pressure buildup plot, the slope eventually
will be doubled provided that the pressure disturbance has reached a
sealing fault.
+ +
when , =1 pws = 1 =
= , for an infinite acting reservoir at the time of shut-in CAN BE
CONSIDERED.
Pressure behavior contd
The distance to the fault, d can be calculated
from
P*
= 0.01217 () 2m
+
+ m
Where is obtained from the
intersection point of the two straight-lines
+
Example 4: Buildup test in the presence of sealing fault
The following pressure data were obtained from the Bravo-1 well in PERSIAN GULF. Geological data
indicate the presence of a fault east of the well.
t, hr pws, psi
0 2840
0.1 2885 = 5 in = 0.14
0.2 2930
0.4 3010 h=18 ft = 22 105 1
0.6 3090
1.1 3170 = 1.8 cp B=1.31 RB/STB
1.6 3199
2.5 3240 = 3750 q=180 STB/D
3.5 3278
5 3290 = 9000
7 3302
9 3310
13 3320
20 3333
30 3343 Calculate C,k, S, and distance to fault (d).
40 3350
50 3363
70 3382
100 3400
150 3423
250 3450
Step 1: Calculate the Production time
24
= (hr)
= =0.02183bbl/psi
24
p, psi
100
10
0.01 0.1 1 10 100 1000
t, hrs
Solution contd
162.6
= = 58.1
1
1 ( )
= 1.151 2 + 3.23 =2.586
= 0.01217 = 72.9
+
24 24 9000
= = = 1200
180 /