Pressure transient analysis has been extensively applied to detect anomalies in a reservoir system.These anomalies may be presented in the form of an intersection of the crestal and the antithetic fault associated wit...Pressure transient analysis has been extensively applied to detect anomalies in a reservoir system.These anomalies may be presented in the form of an intersection of the crestal and the antithetic fault associated with a growth fault.Interpretation of this fault can only be achieved through the use of pressure transient analysis.The objective of the research work is to analyze and test the faulted crest,depth of the anticline structure and examine the near well bore conditions in order to evaluate whether the well productivity is governed by wellbore effects(skin effects+well bore effect)or the reservoir at large.A case study of a well in the Niger delta is considered with a series of build up test carried out in two intervals of both upper and lower gauge readings.In this study,a computer aided design which uses a pressure derivative approach is used in this work to match the pressure derivative of an intersecting fault(angle)model to the field data,and the model assumes the characteristics of the reservoir.Based on the result of the interpreted data,simulation is done by using a non linear regression method(least square).The simulated data interpreted are achieved through the regression coefficient which provides a quantitative measure of the agreement between field data and the model.In conclusion,the best cases are taken from all the results and a nodal analysis is performed to diagnose the inflow performance of the well through the transient analysis in order to optimize the recovery of the oilfield.展开更多
文摘Pressure transient analysis has been extensively applied to detect anomalies in a reservoir system.These anomalies may be presented in the form of an intersection of the crestal and the antithetic fault associated with a growth fault.Interpretation of this fault can only be achieved through the use of pressure transient analysis.The objective of the research work is to analyze and test the faulted crest,depth of the anticline structure and examine the near well bore conditions in order to evaluate whether the well productivity is governed by wellbore effects(skin effects+well bore effect)or the reservoir at large.A case study of a well in the Niger delta is considered with a series of build up test carried out in two intervals of both upper and lower gauge readings.In this study,a computer aided design which uses a pressure derivative approach is used in this work to match the pressure derivative of an intersecting fault(angle)model to the field data,and the model assumes the characteristics of the reservoir.Based on the result of the interpreted data,simulation is done by using a non linear regression method(least square).The simulated data interpreted are achieved through the regression coefficient which provides a quantitative measure of the agreement between field data and the model.In conclusion,the best cases are taken from all the results and a nodal analysis is performed to diagnose the inflow performance of the well through the transient analysis in order to optimize the recovery of the oilfield.
