PERFORMANCE AND BEHAVIOR OF A HORIZONTAL WELL IN RESERVOIR SUBJECT TO DOUBLE-EDGED WATER DRIVE

Authors

  • JO Oloro CHEMICAL AND PETROLEUM ENGINEERING DEPT, DELTA STATE UNIV., OLEH CAMPUS, DELTA STATE, NIGERIA
  • SE Adewole PETROLEUM ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT, UNIVERSITY OF BENIN, BENIN CITY, EDO STATE, NIGERIA

Keywords:

Double edged, Performance, Reservoir, Water Drive, Late Period.

Abstract

Determining the performance and behavior of horizontal well subjected by double-edge water drive reservoir at a late time period has been a concern to many researchers. Wellbore pressure losses during production in horizontal well increase conning propensity at late period thus rendering some part of the horizontal well unproductive. This restricts the effectiveness of increasing the horizontal well length due to wellbore pressure losses along the horizontal well. This study was carried out by using source function and  Newman rule to develop models to predict the performance and behavior of a horizontal well which was subjected by double Edgewater and numerical method was used for the computation and Sensitivity analysis of parameters was performed. The results show that the performance and behavior of the reservoir for this study were found to be when the well is position at well length (XWD: YWD: ZWD), in the ratio of 12:7:15 respectively.

 

http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/njt.v39i2.11

 

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Published

2020-04-03

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Chemical, Industrial, Materials, Mechanical, Metallurgical, Petroleum & Production Engineering

How to Cite

PERFORMANCE AND BEHAVIOR OF A HORIZONTAL WELL IN RESERVOIR SUBJECT TO DOUBLE-EDGED WATER DRIVE. (2020). Nigerian Journal of Technology, 39(2), 417-423. https://www.nijotech.com/index.php/nijotech/article/view/2290