Abstract
Abstract A physical model of a gas reservoir having a vertical fracture with fracture half-length xf = 0.0635 m was developed. The model is a right circular cylinder of latex concrete with the radius xe = 0.305 m so that the xe/xf ratio is 4.8. The producing well is located at the center of the fracture. Experimental drawdown and buildup data taken from this reservoir were analyzed using available theoretical developments from the literature. The effect of pressure on permeability (the Klinkenberg effect) was included in the analysis. Simplex optimization was used in conjunction with unified (drawdown plus buildup) super-positioning to give fracture half-lengths of 0.0631 and 0.0635 m from two sets of experimental data. Corresponding values for permeability for these two sets of data were 0.0605 × 10−18 and 0.0624 × 10−18 m2, respectively, at a Klinkenberg coefficient of 5900 kPa. The fracture half-length and permeability are shown to be highly correlated. Thus, the results have more uncertainty than would be found in determining parameters by similar methods of analysis for an unfractured system. Bearing this in mind, the agreement between the known fracture half-length and values determined from the analysis of experimental data is excellent. Thus, we have demonstrated the utility of unified analysis as well as the ability to create an artificial fracture. Since the location of the model fracture relative to producing and observation wells is at the discretion of the designer, our model presents a unique opportunity to study various configurations which might be difficult to handle by mathematical modeling alone.
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