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ISSN: 1874-8341 ― Volume 12, 2019
RESEARCH ARTICLE

Analysis of Spatial Distribution Pattern of Reservoir Petrophysical Properties for Horizontal Well Performance Evaluation-A Case Study of Reservoir X



Aidoo Borsah Abraham1, *, Annan Boah Evans1, Brantson Eric Thompson2
1 Oil and Gas Engineering Department, School of Engineering, All Nations University College, Koforidua, Ghana
2 Petroleum Engineering Department, Faculty of Mineral Resources Technology, University of Mines and Technology, Tarkwa, Ghana

Abstract

Introduction:

Building a large number of static models to analyze reservoir performance is vital in reservoir development planning. For the purpose of maximizing oil recovery, reservoir behavior must be modelled properly to predict its performance. This requires the study of the variation of the reservoir petrophysical properties as a function of spatial location.

Methods:

In recent times, the method used to analyze reservoir behavior is the use of reservoir simulation. Hence, this study seeks to analyze the spatial distribution pattern of reservoir petrophysical properties such as porosity, permeability, thickness, saturation and ascertain its effect on cumulative oil production. Geostatistical techniques were used to distribute the petrophysical properties in building a 2D static model of the reservoir and construction of dynamic model to analyze reservoir performance. Vertical to horizontal permeability anisotropy ratio affects horizontal wells drilled in the 2D static reservoir. The performance of the horizontal wells appeared to be increasing steadily as kv/kh increases. At kv/kh value of 0.55, a higher cumulative oil production was observed compared to a kv/kh ratio of 0.4, 0.2, and 0.1. In addition, horizontal well length significantly affects cumulative oil production of the petroleum reservoir studied.

Results:

At kv/kh of 0.55, the results of the analysis showed a rapid decrement in cumulative oil production as the horizontal well length decreases. Considering horizontal well length of 3000 ft, 2000 ft, and 1500 ft, a minimum cumulative oil production was obtained from a horizontal well length of 1500 ft.

Conclusion:

The geostatistical and reservoir simulation methods employed in this study will serve as an insight in analyzing horizontal well performance.

Keywords: Kriging, Simulation, Variogram, Geostatistics, Permeability, Thickness, Porosity.


Article Information


Identifiers and Pagination:

Year: 2019
Volume: 12
First Page: 1
Last Page: 13
Publisher Id: TOPEJ-12-1
DOI: 10.2174/1874834101912010001

Article History:

Received Date: 05/11/2018
Revision Received Date: 14/02/2019
Acceptance Date: 20/02/2019
Electronic publication date: 23/04/2019
Collection year: 2019

© 2019 Abraham et al.

open-access license: This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0), a copy of which is available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode. This license permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.


* Address correspondence to this author at the Oil and Gas Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, All Nations University College, Koforidua, Ghana; Tel: +233243344953; E-mail: borsahaidoo@gmail.com



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