Title
Estimation of tight gas reserves during the transient flow using a modified GPA method
Date Issued
01 January 2017
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
conference paper
Publisher(s)
Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE)
Abstract
Scenarios of low permeability and long transient flow periods present in tight gas reservoirs, set out a major challenge on the reserves estimations. Consequently, these cause high uncertainties in volumetric estimates of gas (OGIP) and impacts in the deployment of technical and economic strategies in most projects. Flowing material balance equation and decline curve techniques in tight gas reservoirs, have serious drawbacks to predict the original gas in place (OGIP). However, both techniques combined yield better modeling results, as shown by Cox et. Al. The aim of the present research is to propose a method based on the Gas Production analysis (GPA) technique with the Palacio & Blasingame approximations in conjunction with pressure transient analysis for diagnostics specialized of Linear Flow, which improve the confidence in reserve estimations, specifically in early time production. The proposed method was applied in Lajas Formation of Neuquen Basin, Argentina, where a 20% maximum error decrease is expected in the OGIP, compared with non-type curve methods to the procedures (Hyperbolic and Exponencial model) in early time production. When permeability and porosity values are higher, the error of this methods increases. This is mainly due to the fact that infinite acting flow periods are shorter. However, in low permeability scenarios the OGIP estimation may achieve acceptable outcomes since infinite acting flow last longer.
Volume
0
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ingeniería del Petróleo, (combustibles, aceites), Energía, Combustibles
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85040525669
Resource of which it is part
SPE Latin American and Caribbean Petroleum Engineering Conference Proceedings
ISBN of the container
9781510841956
Conference
SPE Latin America and Caribbean Petroleum Engineering Conference 2017 Buenos Aires 17 May 2017 through 19 May 2017
Sources of information:
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