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    Modeling Well Performance in Simulation: Key Points To Model

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    This document provides guidance on modeling well performance in gas condensate reservoirs to account for potential condensate blockage near the wellbore. It recommends using quality PVT data and relative permeability curves from core analysis or correlations in fine-grid single well and coarse-grid full field reservoir simulations. For reservoirs where condensate blockage may be significant, it suggests measuring relative permeabilities as a function of saturation and capillary number from specialized core flood tests and incorporating those relationships using the Eclipse Nc model or Fevang-Whitson correlation to better represent near-well conditions. Comparing results from fine-grid and coarse-grid simulations can validate the approach.

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    This document provides guidance on modeling well performance in gas condensate reservoirs to account for potential condensate blockage near the wellbore. It recommends using quality PVT data and relative permeability curves from core analysis or correlations in fine-grid single well and coarse-grid full field reservoir simulations. For reservoirs where condensate blockage may be significant, it suggests measuring relative permeabilities as a function of saturation and capillary number from specialized core flood tests and incorporating those relationships using the Eclipse Nc model or Fevang-Whitson correlation to better represent near-well conditions. Comparing results from fine-grid and coarse-grid simulations can validate the approach.

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    This document provides guidance on modeling well performance in gas condensate reservoirs to account for potential condensate blockage near the wellbore. It recommends using quality PVT data and relative permeability curves from core analysis or correlations in fine-grid single well and coarse-grid full field reservoir simulations. For reservoirs where condensate blockage may be significant, it suggests measuring relative permeabilities as a function of saturation and capillary number from specialized core flood tests and incorporating those relationships using the Eclipse Nc model or Fevang-Whitson correlation to better represent near-well conditions. Comparing results from fine-grid and coarse-grid simulations can validate the approach.

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    Modeling Well Performance in Simulation: Key Points To Model

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    Nicolás Vincenti Wadsworth
    This document provides guidance on modeling well performance in gas condensate reservoirs to account for potential condensate blockage near the wellbore. It recommends using quality PVT data and relative permeability curves from core analysis or correlations in fine-grid single well and coarse-grid full field reservoir simulations. For reservoirs where condensate blockage may be significant, it suggests measuring relative permeabilities as a function of saturation and capillary number from specialized core flood tests and incorporating those relationships using the Eclipse Nc model or Fevang-Whitson correlation to better represent near-well conditions. Comparing results from fine-grid and coarse-grid simulations can validate the approach.

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    Modeling Well Performance in Simulation

    Gas production rate (MMscf/d)


    45 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 0 2 4 6 8 10
    10md, st line rel perms 10md, rock curves

    Key points to model


    Decline in liquid yield with time. Well deliverability. Always include tubing tables.
    Time (years)

    Relative permeabilities near well.

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    Use Quality-Controlled PVT data to set up an EoS model of the reservoir. Ensure that gas Z-factors and C7+ content of the gas are matched accurately. Check the predicted depletion recoveries agree with CVD results. Plot all gas-oil rel perm data in form krg vs krg/kro. Choose data for first estimate of rock rel perm curves. If no data available, use Corey functions with crossover point of about 0.1. Also plot straight-line (miscible) rel perm curve. Calculate krg/kro range for the near-well region in this reservoir. Compare rock and straight-line values in this range, to estimate potential benefit from Capillary Number (Nc) effect.

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    Single well, 1D radial, EoS simulation model on fine grid. Include tubing and use THP control. Compare rate-time performance using rock and straight-line rel perm curves to determine if condensate blockage is important.
    If blockage is important, get SCAL data for near-well rel perms. Measure krg as function of krg/kro and Nc. Typically 3 rates for each of 5 values of krg/kro. Cost ~ $100K. Saturation measurements are not really needed. Set up fine grid single well model. Include cell-to-cell calculation of Nc effects. When using the E300 model for Nc effects, check that the behavior of krg versus Nc at fixed krg/kro matches experimental data. (If high-rate rel perm data are not available, use the Fevang-Whitson correlation with a = 4000, n=0.7), Set up a coarse grid, single well model using the Generalized Pseudopressure Model (GPP in Eclipse). Include the Nc effect. Compare results with the fine grid single well model - they should agree, though for lean condensates it may be necessary to use smaller cells in the coarse grid. Full field model using coarse grid and GPP model with Nc effects.
    e-notes (c) Curtis H. Whitson, Robert E. Mott 1

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    January 31, 2014

    References
    1. 2. 3. Gas Condensate Relative Permeability for Well Calculations Modeling Gas Condensate Well Deliverability Calculating Well Deliverability in Gas Condensate Reservoirs.

    Examples
    1. 2. Simulation example Condensate Blockage Spreadsheet for comparing Eclipse and Fevang-Whitson Nc models

    Notes

    January 31, 2014

    e-notes (c) Curtis H. Whitson, Robert E. Mott

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