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Generalized Inflow Performance Relationships for Three-Phase Flow
M.L Wiggins, U. of Oklahoma
SPE Member
The relationship of the three-phase inflow covering a wide range datas of relative K, fluid
performance relationships (IPRs) for the oil and property data and water saturations.
water phases could estimated the production-
pressure of oil wells producing from homogeneous, Each set of data was used to generate
bounded reservoirs during bourdary-dominated simulator results from irreducible water saturation to
flow. Estimating the well performance can residual oil saturation. Data below are sets of
determine the optimum producstion scheme, design reservoir properties.
production and artificial lift equipment, design
stimulation treatments and forecast production for
planning purposes.
Empirical gas well delivaribility equation The results were to obtain radial flow
proposed by Rawlins and Schellhardt: geometry and constant oil rate production.
Maximum oil and water production rates were
estimated at each stage of depletion from the
simulator pressure at minimum BHP. The resulting
Vogel’s and Fetkovich’s relations were generalized IPRs are:
developed for solution-gas drive reservoirs. Brown
then approach Vogel’s for three-phase flow to
determine the IPR of oil wells producing water.
Sukarno then proposed a method derived from
computer simulation of three-phase flow and
resulted from nonlinear regression analysis based
on producing water cut and total liquid flow rate.
Overall, the average absolute error was
Generalized IPR are for three-phase flow in
4.39% for the oil IPR and 6.18% for the water IPR
bounded, homogenous reservoirs where gravity and
indicating the generalized curves should be suitable
capillary effect are negligible. This includes
in reservoir which produce flow conditions in under
predicting future performance due to depletion and
boundary-dominated. To test the reliability, those
perfmance when changes occur in the skin region.
were compared with the three-phase IPR methods of
Generalized IPRs Brown and Sukarno in which Brown’s methods are
based on developing a composite IPR curve. Vogel’s
Data about relative permeability or fluid IPR is for rhe oil phase and coupling it with a
propoerty is not reliable, in the analitytical IPR, straight-line PI for the water phase. Both methods
generelized three-phase IPRs similar to Vogel’s difffer in that they couple the water and oil rates and
were developed. The result of IPR equations are assumed it can treat each phase seperately.
based on regression analysis of simulator results
By: Vini Nandi Rahma NIM: 101317059 PE1
All three methos yield similar estimated of Then the maximum flow rate equation approach
producing rates, indicating the generalized three- with a linear regression model:
phase IPRs with suitable results. The maximum
difference between the simulator results and the
generalized IPR is 3.98% for the oil phase and
7.08% for the water phase. Based on simplicity, the
The resulting relationship to predict the future
generalized IPRs are reccomended in applying to
maximum oil rate for oil and water:
field data.