Petroleum Engineering 620 - Pseudosteady-State Flow Relations for a Radial Reservoir System

Petroleum Engineering 620 — Fluid Flow in Petroleum Reservoirs
Fundamental Flow Lecture 4 — Pseudosteady-State Flow in a Circular Reservoir

Pseudosteady-State Flow Relations

for a Radial System
from Department of Petroleum Engineering Course Notes (1997)
(Derivation of the Pseudosteady-State Flow Relations for a Radial System)








Illustrations of Pseudosteady-State Performance

in Radial Flow Systems
from Blasingame, T.A.: Variable-Rate Analysis: Transient and
Pseudosteady-State Methods of Interpretation and
Application, M.S. Thesis, Texas A&M University (1986)
(Blasingame, T.A.: Variable-Rate Analysis: Transient and Pseudosteady-State Methods of

Interpretation and Application, M.S. Thesis, Texas A&M University (1986))



Pressure Trends
from Department of Petroleum Engineering Course Notes (2012)
Pressure Distributions: Solutions

All relations given in FIELD units.
Steady-State Solution:
qsc B
pr  pw  141.2 ln(r/rw ) [pr — pwf form]
kh
qsc B
pr  pe  141.2 ln(re /r ) [pr — pe form]
kh
Radius of Investigation:
-2 k
Full Solution: (qsc=constant) rinv  2.434x10 t
1 kh ct
pD  ( pi  pr )
141.2 qB
1  r 2  1  r2  t  r2   r2    r 2 
 E1  D   E1  eD   2 D exp eD    D  1  exp eD 
2  4t D  2  4t D  r 2  4t D   2r 2 4  4t D 
    eD    eD   
(Various Notes)
Pressure Distributions: Transient Flow

Radial Pressure Distribution (Lee text Fig. 1.7)
Pressure Drawdown and Buildup Cases — E1(x) Solution
2025
 t = 1000 hr p i = 2000 psia r 0.1 hr r 1 hr r 10 hr r 100 hr r 1000 hr Legend:
2000 pD_DD(r, t_ 1Em1 hr)
 t = 100 hr
pD_DD(r, t_ 1E0 hr)
1975
 t = 10 hr pD_DD(r, t_ 1E1 hr)
1950 pD_DD(r, t_ 1E2 hr)
 t = 1 hr
Pressure, psia
pD_DD(r, t_ 1E3 hr)

1925
re = 3000 ft
 t = 0.1 hr pD_BU(r,tp_+_ Dt_ 1Em1 hr)
pD_BU(r,tp_+_ Dt_ 1E0 hr)
1900 t = 0.1 hr
1 hr
1875 pD_BU(r,tp_+_ Dt_ 1E2 hr)
10 hr
1850 100 hr
1000 hr
1825
1800
1775
1.E-01 1.E+00 1.E+01 1.E+02 1.E+03 1.E+04
Radial Distance, ft
 Pressure Distributions for Transient Radial Flow

 Note the effect of the drawdown.
 Note that the buildup pressure trends retrace last drawdown trend.
 Recall that all measurements are at the wellbore, we cannot "see" in the reservoir —
our analyses are inferred from wellbore measurements. (Various Notes)
Pressure Distributions: Pseudosteady-State

The physical concept of the PSEUDOSTEADY-STATE FLOW con-
dition is defined as the condition where the pressure at all points
in the reservoir changes at the same rate. Mathematically, this
condition is given by:
d
[ p (r , t )] r  constant
dt
(Various Notes)
Pressure Distributions: Pseudosteady-State

Concept: (pressure changes at the same rate at all points in
the reservoir)
 dp 
 dr   constant
r
Reservoir Pressure Schematic:
(Various Notes)
Pseudosteady-State Flow: Summary of Relations

(pr-pwf) Flow Relations: (Circular Reservoir)
qB  re2  r  1 (r 2  rw2 ) 
pr  p wf  141 .2  ln     s
kh  (r  r )  rw  2 (r  r ) 
2 2 2 2
 e w e w 
( p -pwf) Flow Relations: ( = 0.577216 Euler's constant)
qB   re  3 
p  p wf  141 .2 ln     s (Circular Reservoir)
kh   rw  4 
qB 1  4 A 1  
p  p wf  141 .2  ln    s  (General Formulatio n)
kh  2  e rw2 C A  
   
Time-Dependent Pseudosteady-State Flow Relations:
qB   re  1 (r 2  rw2 ) 3  qB
pr  pi  141 .2 ln       5.615 t
kh   r  2 (re  rw ) 4 
2 2 Vp ct
 
qB   re  3  qB
p wf  pi  141 .2   
ln   s   5 .615 t
kh   rw  4  Vp ct
(Various Notes)
Pseudosteady-State Flow: Illustrative Behavior
State Methods of Interpretation and Application, M.S. Thesis, Texas A&M

From: Blasingame, T.A.: Variable-Rate Analysis: Transient and Pseudosteady-
k
rinv  2.434x10 -2 t
 ct
University (1986).
Figure 2: Reservoir Pressure Distribution — Constant Rate Transient
Flow Drawdown.
(Various Notes)

University (1986).
k
rinv  2.434x10 -2 t
 ct
Figure 7: Reservoir Pressure Distribution — Constant Wellbore

Pressure Transient Flow Drawdown.
(Various Notes)

k
rinv  2.434x10 -2 t
 ct
University (1986).
Figure 52: Reservoir Pressure Distribution — Constant Rate Post-
Transient Flow Drawdown, Homogeneous Reservoirs.
(Various Notes)

k
rinv  2.434x10 -2 t
 ct
University (1986).
Figure 57: Reservoir Pressure Distribution — Constant Wellbore
Pressure Post-Transient Flow Drawdown, Homogeneous
Reservoirs.
(Various Notes)
Reservoir Pressure Trends: Questions to Consider

Q1. Why study "reservoir pressure trends?"
A1. We can not measure pressure in the reservoir — only at the wellbore (or
sandface). In order to estimate the behavior in the reservoir, we must use
"model-based" pressure distributions.
Q2. Isn't the use of a simple model too limiting?
A2. Actually, no. Simple models are extremely consistent, and as such, even
when "wrong," the "trend" behavior is typically quite repre-sentative.
Q3. What is the "radius of investigation?"
A3. For the infinite-acting radial flow case, the radius of investigation is the point
in the reservoir where the logarithm of radius equation (straight line)
intersects the initial reservoir pressure. It is a fictitious point, but it
represents the "theoretical" location of the front of the pressure distribution
front.
2 k
rinv  2.434 x10 t
 ct
(Various Notes)

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(Derivation of the Pseudosteady-State Flow Relations for a Radial System)

(Derivation of the Pseudosteady-State Flow Relations for a Radial System)

(Derivation of the Pseudosteady-State Flow Relations for a Radial System)

(Derivation of the Pseudosteady-State Flow Relations for a Radial System)

(Derivation of the Pseudosteady-State Flow Relations for a Radial System)

(Derivation of the Pseudosteady-State Flow Relations for a Radial System)

Illustrations of Pseudosteady-State Performance

(Blasingame, T.A.: Variable-Rate Analysis: Transient and Pseudosteady-State Methods of

(Blasingame, T.A.: Variable-Rate Analysis: Transient and Pseudosteady-State Methods of

(Blasingame, T.A.: Variable-Rate Analysis: Transient and Pseudosteady-State Methods of

(Blasingame, T.A.: Variable-Rate Analysis: Transient and Pseudosteady-State Methods of

Pressure Distributions: Solutions

Pressure Distributions: Transient Flow

pD_DD(r, t_ 1E3 hr)

 Pressure Distributions for Transient Radial Flow

Pressure Distributions: Pseudosteady-State

Pressure Distributions: Pseudosteady-State

Pseudosteady-State Flow: Summary of Relations

Pseudosteady-State Flow: Illustrative Behavior

State Methods of Interpretation and Application, M.S. Thesis, Texas A&M

Pseudosteady-State Flow: Illustrative Behavior

State Methods of Interpretation and Application, M.S. Thesis, Texas A&M

Figure 7: Reservoir Pressure Distribution — Constant Wellbore

Pseudosteady-State Flow: Illustrative Behavior

State Methods of Interpretation and Application, M.S. Thesis, Texas A&M

Pseudosteady-State Flow: Illustrative Behavior

State Methods of Interpretation and Application, M.S. Thesis, Texas A&M

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