Fluids, Vol. 10, Pages 324: Pressure Transient Analysis for Vertical Well Drilled in Filled-Cave in Fractured Reservoirs

Fluids doi: 10.3390/fluids10120324

Authors:
Wenyang Shi
Gerui Wang
Shaokai Rong
Jiazheng Qin
Juan Chen
Lei Tao
Jiajia Bai
Zhengxiao Xu
Qingjie Zhu

For capturing dynamic information about a filled-cave in the fractured reservoir, a novel Pressure Transient Analysis (PTA) analytical model for a well located at the filled-cave is established. In this new model, we consider the stress-sensitivity of the filled-cave and the inter-porosity flow of fracture. First, Perturbation transformation was used to obtain the pressure distribution in the filled-cave zone. Then, the Warren–Root model was applied to establish the pressure solution in the fractured reservoir. Next, the pressure and its derivative are obtained by the Laplace transformation and Steftest inversion. Lastly, the Bottomhole Pressure (BHP) and Bottomhole Pressure Derivative (BHPD) combined curve reveals the flow regimes of this novel model. The results show the composite model can be used to characterize the fractured reservoir with the filled-caves, and its flow follows the composite flow regimes. The spherical flow has an obvious slope of 0.5 on the BHPD curve, which can identify the size of the filled-caves. The boundary flow can be used to identify stress-sensitivity. Affected by the stress-sensitivity of the filled-cave, the BHPD’s slope of the boundary flow will be greater than 1. This research work provides technical support for capturing cave and fracture parameters in the fractured reservoir.

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