Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Permeability and inflow performance determination for horizontal wells
- Patent Title (中): 水平井的渗透性和流入性能测定
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Application No.: US15281799Application Date: 2016-09-30
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Publication No.: US09568642B1Publication Date: 2017-02-14
- Inventor: Muhammad Ali Khalid , Sami Abdulaziz Alnuaim , Muzammil Hussain Rammay
- Applicant: KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS
- Applicant Address: SA Dhahran
- Assignee: King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
- Current Assignee: King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
- Current Assignee Address: SA Dhahran
- Agency: Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- Main IPC: G01N15/00
- IPC: G01N15/00 ; G01V99/00 ; E21B41/00 ; E21B47/06

Abstract:
A method for assessing an inflow performance relationship for a horizontal well in heterogeneous solution gas drives reservoirs. A commercial simulator Eclipse is utilized to develop IPRs for horizontal wells producing oil from solution gas drive reservoirs. Firstly, a simulation model is developed where a base case is considered with typical rock, fluid and reservoir properties using a black oil model. Dimensionless IPR curves are generated by obtaining a set of points relating to flowing bottom-hole pressures to oil production rates. The effects of several reservoir and fluid properties such as bubblepoint pressure, oil gravity, residual oil saturation, critical gas saturation, initial water saturation, porosity and absolute permeabilities on the calculated curves are investigated. A new single empirical IPR model is obtained for horizontal wells producing oil from heterogeneous solution gas drive reservoirs suitable for systems with different reservoir permeability.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170045642A1 PERMEABILITY AND INFLOW PERFORMANCE DETERMINATION FOR HORIZONTAL WELLS Public/Granted day:2017-02-16
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