Productivity Evaluation for Long Horizontal Well Test in Deep-Water Faulted Sandstone Reservoir

Abstract

For deep-water faulted sandstone reservoirs, the general practice is to design long horizontal wells improving well productivity. During the project implementation stage, well tests are performed on all drilled wells to evaluate well productivity accurately. Furthermore, multisize chokes are often utilized in a shorten test time for loosen formation, high test cost, and high well productivity. Nevertheless, the conventional productivity evaluation approach cannot accurately evaluate the well test productivity and has difficulty in determining the underneath pattern. As a result, the objective of this paper is to determine a productivity evaluation method for multisize chokes long horizontal well test in deep-water faulted sandstone reservoir. This approach introduces a productivity model for long horizontal wells in faulted sandstone reservoir. It also includes the determination of steady-state test time and the productivity evaluation method for multisize chokes. In this paper, the EGINA Oilfield, a deep-water faulted sandstone reservoir, located in West Africa was chosen as the research target. Based on Renard and Dupuy’s steady-state equation, the relationship between the productivity index per meter and the length of horizontal section was derived. Consequently, this relationship is used to determine the productivity pattern for long horizontal wells with the same geological features, which can provide more accurate productivity evaluations for tested wells and forecast the well productivity for untested wells. After implementing this approach on the EGINA Oilfield, the determined relationship is capable to accurately evaluate the test productivity for long horizontal wells in reservoirs with similar characteristics and assist in examination and treatment for horizontal wells with abnormal productivity.

Sand Blocking Mechanisms and Productivity Analysis of Slant Well in Siltstone Reservoirs

“…Currently, the existing production analysis methods mainly include production profile testing, physical simulating experiments, formation coefficient splitting method, theoretical analytical formulas, and numerical simulations [12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19]. These methods mainly use the original geological interpreted formation data to predict the productivity of a well, which lacks a detailed description of the sand control tube and cannot dynamically predict the productivity loss caused by sand blockage.…”