A New Technique to Determine Horizontal and Vertical Permeabilities from the Time-Delayed Response of a Vertical Interference Test |
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Authors: | James J Sheng |
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Institution: | (1) Baker Hughes Inc., Houston, TX, USA |
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Abstract: | To determine the permeabilities from a vertical interference test, earlier investigators proposed correlations or type curves
based on point source solutions or partially penetrated well solutions. However, it is impossible for these correlations or
type curves to cover all possible scenarios in the real world. In more recent years, people use regression analysis to simultaneously
match the pressure responses at the source interval and the observation point. With regression analysis, we face the problem
of non-unique solutions. Sometimes, estimated permeability could be outside a reasonable range when analyzing noisy data from
real tests. In this paper, a new technique is presented to estimate horizontal and vertical permeabilities from the time-delayed
response in a wireline vertical interference test. In a vertical test, a pressure drawdown test period is followed by a pressure
buildup test period. Because of the delay in response, the pressure at the observation probe continues to drop for some time
while the pressure at the source interval is being built up. The maximum pressure drop at the observation probe with regard
to the maximum pressure drop in the source interval is time-delayed. Using this time delay and the maximum pressure drop at
the observation probe, vertical and horizontal permeabilities can be estimated. A novel numerical scheme is used. The new
technique is compared with the previous methods, and it shows its superiority in accuracy. In addition, it can be used in
different test configurations. Application issues in real testing conditions are discussed. Finally, two field tests are analyzed
using this technique, while an earlier effort to analyze the tests using a conventional method was not successful due to poor
data quality. |
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Keywords: | Vertical interference test Horizontal permeability Vertical permeability Time-delay Wireline formation test |
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