Determination of Drainage Area and Shape Factor of Vertical Wells in Naturally Fracture Reservoir with Help Well testing and Developed IPR Curve

Abstract

Abstract Shape Factor and drainage area in hydrocarbon reservoir are of the necessary and influencing factors on evaluation and optimization of drilling operation in oil fields. There are numerous methods to calculate the reservoir average pressure in conventional and sandstone reservoirs in that shape and drainage area of the reservoir are of important variables. On the other hand, these relations especially set for sandstone reservoirs and have limited usage in natural fracture reservoirs. This research demonstrates an approach to figure out shape factor and drainage area of wells in carbonated and naturally fractured reservoirs in all pressure and fluidity conditions. To assess this goal, results of well testing are carried out both for development of inflow performance curve and finding the drainage area. To make sure about the validity and preciseness of this method, it was investigated against the data from a well in a natural fracture field and the results were compared with those of other methods. Results dictated that the new approach can provide us with more precise and correct routes for the shape of the well in naturally fractured reservoirs. The suggested approach in this research needs production test data that has been optimized by well testing data for naturally fractured reservoirs. Additionally, this approach implemented to the draw down test and Tiab direct technique which is related to Warren and Root solution. What's more, this approach is reliable for all vertical wells in naturally fractured reservoirs (NFRs) with accessible production test data and well testing.