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    1. Reservoir boundaries will impact well pressure responses over time. The type and distance of boundaries determine how quickly their effects are seen. 2. There are two main types of boundaries: impermeable boundaries that prevent fluid flow, and constant pressure boundaries like aquifers that maintain a steady pressure. 3. As the pressure change propagates through the reservoir, it will eventually reach a "pseudosteady state" where the response looks constant, though the reservoir pressure is still changing due to production or injection. Pressure-time plots can be used to analyze boundary effects.

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    1. Reservoir boundaries will impact well pressure responses over time. The type and distance of boundaries determine how quickly their effects are seen. 2. There are two main types of boundaries: impermeable boundaries that prevent fluid flow, and constant pressure boundaries like aquifers that maintain a steady pressure. 3. As the pressure change propagates through the reservoir, it will eventually reach a "pseudosteady state" where the response looks constant, though the reservoir pressure is still changing due to production or injection. Pressure-time plots can be used to analyze boundary effects.

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    1. Reservoir boundaries will impact well pressure responses over time. The type and distance of boundaries determine how quickly their effects are seen. 2. There are two main types of boundaries: impermeable boundaries that prevent fluid flow, and constant pressure boundaries like aquifers that maintain a steady pressure. 3. As the pressure change propagates through the reservoir, it will eventually reach a "pseudosteady state" where the response looks constant, though the reservoir pressure is still changing due to production or injection. Pressure-time plots can be used to analyze boundary effects.

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    Well Testing & Pressure Transient Analysis

    Lecture 7: Reservoir Boundary Response

    Abu Dhabi PolyTechnic

    PET Department
    Dr. Amar Sahed

    *
    Reservoirs are not infinite in extent
    The effect of reservoir boundaries will be felt
    sooner than later at the well being tested
    This time is dependent on:
    Distance to the boundaries
    Nature of permeable formation and the
    fluids
    Two types of reservoir boundaries:
    1. Impermeable
    2. Constant pressure

    *
    1. Impermeable boundary
    Reservoirs may be closed and no outer flow
    Or due to interference between wells
    2. Constant pressure boundary
    A large aquifer
    A large gas cap
    Balanced injection scheme

    *
    1. Pseudosteady state regime will occur when all
    sides of the reservoir (or wells own drainage
    region) have been reached by the pressure
    perturbation
    2. Pseudosteady state does not mean steady
    rather a tank like reservoir pressure response

    1. Pressure response everywhere is due mainly


    to compression or decompression of the
    reservoir fluid, BU and DD, respectively

    *
    1 V
    ct V p
    1 qt
    p
    V ct

    .................... Eq. 7.1

    Where V is the total reservoir fluid volume and V


    is the cumulative production
    Eq. 7.1 infers that:
    a plot of p Vs. t is identifiable as a straight line
    on a Cartesian
    p is dependent on the reservoir volume- hence
    estimating reservoir size

    *
    In terms of dimensionless variables the pressure
    drop can be written as:

    1 2.2458 A
    2 t DA ln
    s
    2
    2 C A rw

    Where

    2kh
    pd qB pi pwf
    0.000264kt

    t DA
    CA

    A is the area of the reservoir


    CA is the shape factor (Table 2.1)

    .............. Eq. 7.2

    Pseudosteady state occurs only after a certain value


    of tDA. Column 7 in Table 2.1 can be considered the
    end of infinite acting behavior (the end of semilog
    straight line). column 6 can be considered as start of
    Pseudosteady state (the start of the cartesian straight
    line). For a circular reservoir with the well at the
    center the pseudosteady state starts exactly at the
    time of the infinite acting behavior ends (tDA =0.1).
    These seem to overlap because of the 1% tolerance.
    However, for the case of elongated shapes or
    eccentric well locations the infinite acting ends long
    before the pseudosteady state even starts. Hence a
    transition period.

    *
    In terms of dimensional variables the pressure drop
    can be written as:
    p

    0.2342qB
    qB 2.2458 A

    t 70.65
    ln
    2 s ...... Eq. 7.3
    2

    ct hA
    kh
    C A rw

    Thus the slope of the line p(psi) Vs. t(hr) will be


    mcartesian

    0.2342qB
    ct hA

    Notice storativity and total pore volume within the


    drainage region
    Generally at fault boundaries the semilog straight
    will double in slope

    Active aquifer or gas cap, or by fluid


    injection, then a constant pressure boundary
    will manifest

    *
    The effect of any constant pressure boundary
    will ultimately cause the well pressure response
    to achieve steady state, the same constant
    pressure at the boundary
    For the case of circular constant pressure
    boundary

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