Drawdown Testing and Semilog Analysis
Drawdown Testing and Semilog Analysis
Drawdown Testing and Semilog Analysis
Semilog analysis
Azeb D Habte
Jan 2017
PDB 3013
UTP
Lesson Content
Semilog plot of pwf versus log(t)
Determination of permeability and skin factor
Early, middle and late time pressure behavior
(ks > k)
(ks < k)
The skin effect contd
Where
141.2
= (5)
= additional pressure drop due to skin effect
S= skin factor
For r > rs
70.6 948 2
, = +
For r=rw
70.6 948 2
= + 2
Log approximation to the Ei-Function
For r=rw
162.6
= 2 3.23 + 0.8686
Determination of permeability and skin factor
Skin and permeability
Skin and permeability contd
2 1
=
log 2 log(1 )
Example 1
A well has been produced at a constant
rate of 250 STB/D. During the flow
period, bottom-hole flowing pressures
were recorded as tabulated below. The
following rock and fluid properties are
known:
=4412 psi h= 69 ft
=0.8 cp =3.9%
=0.198 ft = 17e-6 psi-1
B=1.136 bbl/STB
1
= 1.151 + 3.23
2
During this period, the reservoir is not producing fluids, and pressure
versus time data do not contain reservoir information.
1/
Falling/rising
fluid level
Early time region (ETR) pressure behavior contd
Falling/rising
fluid level
Effect of wellbore storage on pressure
Example 2: Wellbore storage calculation
The well is 2600 ft deep and has 6.625, 24lb/ft casing (5.921 ID). The bottomhole pressure is 1690 psi. If
the well is filled with water ( = 4 106 1 ). What is the wellbore storage coefficient?
Solution:
For fluid filled wellbore
=
=
2 2
5.921 1
= 2 = = = 0.191 2
2 2 144
3
= 497.154 4 106 = 1.989 103
= 3.542 104
Wellbore storage from pressure transient test data
(psi)
Unit slope
line
=
24
Where = for drawdown and =
@=0
10000 . .
= =
1000 = . /
p, psi
100
(0.045 hrs, 100 psi)
10
1
0.01 0.1 1 10 100
, hrs
Middle time region (MTR) pressure behavior
During this period, the reservoir is producing fluids, and pressure
versus time data contains reservoir information.
The straight line on semilog graph, whose slope is related to effective
permeability of the flowing phase, usually occurs during this period.
The straight line is called the correct semilog straight line
Late time region (LTR) pressure behavior
During this period, the pressure transient encounters
reservoir boundary.
The semilog curve deviates from the straight line established
during the middle-time region.
The bottomhole flowing pressure for a no-flow boundary can
be estimated using:
0.234 162.6
= 2 log + 0.351 + 0.869
Late time region (LTR) pressure behavior contd
Based on late time straight line on Cartesian plot of vs. :
0.234
=
0.234
= ( 3 )
The time to reach pseudo steady-state in a cylindrical
reservoir can be estimated from:
1190 2
= (hr)
Example 4: Reservoir volume calculation from PTT
Table 2: PTT data
t, hr Pwf, psi t, hr Pwf, psi
1.00E-03 4991.26 3.98E-01 4934.4
The data provided in Table 1 and 2 are pertinent to a reservoir
1.58E-03 4987.1 5.01E-01 4933.9
limit test (RLT) conducted in a fully-penetrating oil well 2.00E-03 4984.7 6.31E-01 4932.7
producing at a constant rate. Estimate the pore volume (Vp) of 2.51E-03 4981.8 7.94E-01 4932.4
the reservoir. 3.16E-03 4978.8 1.00E+00 4930.7
Table 1: Rock and fluid properties 3.98E-03 4975.2 1.58E+00 4927.2
5.01E-03 4971.8 2.51E+00 4926.8
q=200 STB/D rw=0.328 ft 6.31E-03 4968 3.16E+00 4925.2
7.94E-03 4965 3.98E+00 4924.9
=0.2 h=30 ft 1.00E-02 4961.4 5.01E+00 4921.9
1.26E-02 4958.5 6.31E+00 4922.2
=0.8 cp Bo=1.25 RB/STB 1.58E-02 4955.5 7.94E+00 4919.1
2.00E-02 4953.1 1.00E+01 4915.5
Pwf, psi
4920
4900 (40 hrs,4880 psi)
0.234 3
= = ( ) 4880
(50 hrs,4868 psi)
4860
4840
4820
1.0E-3 1.0E+1 2.0E+1 3.0E+1 4.0E+1 5.0E+1 6.0E+1 7.0E+1 8.0E+1 9.0E+1
t, hrs
4880 4868
= = 1.2 /
40 50
162.6
= 3.23 + 0.869
2