Pressure Buildup Analysis (Bounded Reservoir System)

Given:
In this homework you are given two problems one for a pressure buildup test in a bounded reservoir
following long-term production, the other for a pressure falloff test following a very long injection period.
Though neither the production nor injection times are given for either case (these are unknown), both cases
can be analyzed using the concepts for pressure buildup test analysis.
Required:
z You are to estimate the following using the appropriate Cartesian, semilog, and log-log analysis
techniques:
The formation permeability, k.
The dimensionless wellbore storage coefficient, CD.
The near well skin factor, s.
The average reservoir pressure, p , (Muskat-Arps plot).
z Be sure to provide multiple analysis results when possible (e.g., estimates of permeability from both
semilog and log-log (type curve) analysis.
 Pressure Buildup Analysis (Bounded Reservoir System)
Bourdet-Gringarten Type Curve Dimensionless Pressure and Pressure Derivative Functions (1"x1" format)
Bourdet-Gringarten Type Curve: Dimensionless Pressure and Pressure Derivative Functions

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 Pressure Buildup Analysis (Bounded Reservoir System)
Ansah Type Curve Pressure Buildup in a Bounded (Closed) Reservoir System (1"x1" format)
Ansah Type Curve: Pressure Buildup in a Bounded (Closed) Reservoir System (1"x1" format)

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 Pressure Buildup Analysis (Bounded Reservoir System)
Stewart Type Curve Well in an Infinite-Acting Reservoir System with a Single or Multiple Sealing Faults. (1"x1" format)
Stewart Type Curve: Well in an Infinite-Acting Reservoir System with a Single or Multiple Sealing Faults. (1"x1" format)

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Pressure Buildup Analysis (Bounded Reservoir System)

Raghavan/Tang-Brigham Type Curve
Well in an Infinite-Acting Reservoir System with a Composite Region (All Cases) (1"x1" format)
Raghavan/Tang-Brigham Type Curve: Well in an Infinite-Acting Reservoir System with a Composite Region (All
Cases). (1"x1" format)
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Pressure Buildup Analysis (Bounded Reservoir System)

Well NRU 3510 SPE 29594 Doublet

Given:
The data for this example are taken from Doublet, et al.,1 for a pressure buildup test run in 1988. Well NRU 3510 is
located in a carbonate reservoir of low to moderate permeability in the North Robertson (Clear Fork) Unit (NRU),
in the Permian Basin of West Texas. The well was drilled in 1963 and was completed in the Lower, Middle, and
Upper Clear Fork zones (all of which are considered productive).
The Lower Clear Fork was hydraulically fractured in a single treatment, and the Middle and Upper Clear Fork were
stimulated in a separate treatment. The well had produced approximately 226 MSTB as of July 1989, when it was
converted into a water injection well. The pertinent reservoir and fluid properties are given below
Reservoir properties:
=0.06 rw=0.31 ft ct=37.0x10-6 psia-1 h=150 ft
Oil properties:
Bo=1.18 RB/STB o=2.2 cp
Production parameters:
pwf(t=0)=111.9 psia qo=8 STB/D tp=unknown
References:
1. Doublet, L.E., Pande, P.K., Clark, M.B., Nevans, J.W., Vessell, R., Blasingame, T.A.: "An Integrated
Geologic and Engineering Reservoir Characterization of the North Robertson (Clear Fork) Unit," paper SPE
29594 presented at the Joint Rocky Mountain Regional and Low Permeability Reservoirs Symposium in
Denver, CO., 19-22 March 1995.
Required:
z Using the attached plots, you are to perform a complete analysis of these data, and, in particular, provide
estimates of the following parameters:
a. The formation permeability, k.
b. The dimensionless wellbore storage coefficient, CD.
c. The near well skin factor, s.
d. The average reservoir pressure, p , (Muskat-Arps plot).
z You are also to verify/calculate properties using the specialized plots which are provided.
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Well NRU 3510 SPE 29594 Doublet
Test Data and Data Functions Well NRU 3510
Test Data and Data Functions: Well NRU 3510
Point t, hr pws, psia p', psi dp/dt, psi/hr
1 0.01 112.131 0.463312 46.3312
2 0.03 112.640 0.855281 28.5094
3 0.05 113.170 1.40028 28.0056
4 0.06 113.440 1.71477 28.5795
5 0.08 113.985 2.26402 28.3003
6 0.10 114.527 2.84481 28.4481
7 0.11 114.804 3.11495 28.3177
8 0.13 115.350 3.68325 28.3327
9 0.18 116.684 4.84619 26.9233
10 0.28 119.233 7.08099 25.2893
11 0.45 123.261 10.4119 23.1376
12 0.68 128.250 14.2463 20.9504
13 0.97 133.971 18.4805 19.0521
14 1.32 140.238 22.9092 17.3555
15 1.73 146.901 27.1089 15.6699
16 2.20 153.843 31.2648 14.2113
17 2.73 160.980 35.3256 12.9398
18 3.32 168.244 39.2883 11.8338
19 3.97 175.580 43.0090 10.8335
20 4.68 182.939 46.5345 9.94327
21 5.46 190.371 49.7732 9.11597
22 6.29 197.646 52.6696 8.37355
23 7.18 204.825 55.2343 7.69280
24 8.14 211.945 57.3002 7.03934
25 9.15 218.827 59.1022 6.45926
26 10.22 225.519 60.5208 5.92180
27 11.36 232.052 61.3356 5.39926
28 12.56 238.341 61.9962 4.93600
29 13.81 244.326 62.1082 4.49734
30 15.13 250.094 62.1246 4.10605
31 16.50 255.551 61.8650 3.74939
32 17.94 260.777 61.3588 3.42022
33 19.44 265.734 60.4461 3.10937
34 21.00 270.427 59.5934 2.83778
35 22.62 274.866 58.5271 2.58740
36 24.30 279.062 57.4570 2.36449
37 26.04 283.027 56.3095 2.16242
38 27.84 286.774 55.1069 1.97941
39 29.70 290.315 53.8739 1.81394
40 31.62 293.662 52.5481 1.66186
41 33.60 296.829 51.3170 1.52729
42 35.64 299.826 50.0866 1.40535
43 37.74 302.664 48.8698 1.29491
44 39.91 305.365 47.6641 1.19429
45 42.13 307.915 46.4875 1.10343
46 44.41 310.334 45.3286 1.02068
47 46.76 312.641 44.2005 0.945263
48 49.16 314.825 43.0986 0.876701
49 51.63 316.909 42.0164 0.813798
50 54.15 318.886 40.9584 0.756388
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Well NRU 3510 SPE 29594 Doublet
Test Data and Data Functions Well NRU 3510 (Continued)
Test Data and Data Functions: Well NRU 3510 (Continued)
Point t, hr pws, psia p', psi dp/dt, psi/hr
51 56.74 320.776 39.9024 0.703250
52 59.39 322.576 38.8705 0.654496
53 62.09 324.286 37.8560 0.609696
54 64.86 325.923 36.8517 0.568173
55 67.69 327.484 35.8566 0.529718
56 70.58 328.972 34.8468 0.493721
57 73.53 330.391 33.8757 0.460706
58 76.54 331.742 32.9126 0.430005
59 79.61 333.028 31.9296 0.401075
60 82.74 334.252 30.9872 0.374513
61 85.93 335.415 30.0630 0.349855
62 89.18 336.520 29.1551 0.326924
63 92.49 337.569 28.2601 0.305548
64 95.86 338.563 27.3817 0.285643
65 99.30 339.509 26.5077 0.266946
66 102.79 340.404 25.6701 0.249733
67 106.34 341.252 24.8737 0.233907
68 109.96 342.059 24.0592 0.218800
69 113.63 342.823 23.2600 0.204699
70 117.37 343.551 22.4660 0.191412
71 121.16 344.241 21.7097 0.179182
72 125.02 344.901 20.8871 0.167070
73 128.93 345.528 20.0771 0.155721
74 132.91 346.127 19.2517 0.144848
75 136.95 346.700 18.4101 0.134429
76 141.04 347.245 17.5690 0.124567
77 145.20 347.767 16.6659 0.114779
78 149.42 348.264 15.8252 0.105911
79 153.70 348.736 15.5196 0.100973
80 158.04 349.182 15.2161 0.096280
 Pressure Buildup Analysis (Bounded Reservoir System)
Well NRU 3510 SPE 29594 Doublet
Cartesian Plot Early-Time Pressure Data (NRU Well 3510)
Cartesian Plot: Early-Time Pressure Data (NRU Well 3510)

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 Pressure Buildup Analysis (Bounded Reservoir System)
Well NRU 3510 SPE 29594 Doublet
Semilog Plot Pressure Data (NRU Well 3510)
Semilog Plot: Pressure Data (NRU Well 3510)

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 Pressure Buildup Analysis (Bounded Reservoir System)
Well NRU 3510 SPE 29594 Doublet
Log-Log Plot Pressure Drop and Pressure Drop Derivative Data (1"x1" format) (NRU Well 3510)
Log-Log Plot: Pressure Drop and Pressure Drop Derivative Data (1"x1" format) (NRU Well 3510)

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 Pressure Buildup Analysis (Bounded Reservoir System)
Well NRU 3510 SPE 29594 Doublet
Muskat Plot Late-Time PressurePressure Derivative Data (NRU Well 3510)
Muskat Plot: Late-Time PressurePressure Derivative Data (NRU Well 3510)

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Pressure Buildup Analysis (Bounded Reservoir System)

Well SWG 5408 SPE 27685 Banthai
Given:
These data are taken from Banthia et al.1 Well SWG 5408 was drilled in a carbonate reservoir of moderate
permeability in the West Texas Permian Basin. It was drilled and completed as a water injection well in the San
Andres Formation in December 1984, replacing an abandoned injection well. Well SWG 5408 is relatively close to
another injection well, so interference effects may be observed.
In addition, there are two production wells in close proximity to Well SWG 5408 and these wells may also yield
interference effects. This pressure falloff test was run from September 14-16, 1992, and the pressure data were
recorded at the surface using an electronic gauge.
Reservoir properties:
=0.18 rw=0.32 ft ct=6.53x10-6 psia-11 h=196 ft
Water properties:
Bw=1.002 RB/STB w=0.9344 cp
Production parameters:
pwf(t=0)=2518.1 psia qw=-350 STB/D (Injection) tinj=unknown

References:
1. Banthia, B.S., Meyer, B.J., and Blasingame, T.A.: "Use of Surface-Derived Pressure Measurements for the
Cost-Effective Reservoir Surveillance of Waterflood Operations in the Permian Basin," paper SPE 27685
presented at the Permian Basin Oil and Gas Recovery Conference in Midland, TX., 16-18 March 1994.
Required:
z Using the attached plots, you are to perform a complete analysis of these data, and, in particular, provide
estimates of the following parameters:
a. The formation permeability, k.
b. The dimensionless wellbore storage coefficient, CD.
c. The near well skin factor, s.
d. The average reservoir pressure, p , (Muskat-Arps plot).
z You are also to verify/calculate properties using the specialized plots which are provided.
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Well SWG 5408 SPE 27685 Banthai
Test Data and Data Functions Well SWG 5408
Test Data and Data Functions: Well SWG 5408
Point t, hr pws, psia p', psi dp/dt, psi/hr
1 0.03 2506.35 11.7457 391.523
2 0.05 2500.35 20.0337 400.674
3 0.07 2493.35 24.1086 344.409
4 0.08 2487.35 28.2380 352.975
5 0.10 2482.35 29.4060 294.060
6 0.15 2469.35 35.5171 236.781
7 0.20 2458.35 39.9853 199.927
8 0.25 2448.35 44.0776 176.310
9 0.30 2440.35 46.2938 154.313
10 0.35 2433.35 50.2740 143.640
11 0.40 2426.35 52.1517 130.379
12 0.45 2420.35 54.0514 120.114
13 0.50 2414.35 56.5247 113.049
14 0.55 2409.35 58.7408 106.801
15 0.62 2402.35 62.2244 100.362
16 0.65 2398.35 62.8728 96.7274
17 0.72 2392.35 66.1032 91.8100
18 0.75 2389.35 66.8960 89.1947
19 0.80 2385.35 68.7755 85.9694
20 0.85 2380.35 70.3442 82.7579
21 0.90 2376.35 72.5435 80.6039
22 0.95 2372.35 73.4200 77.2842
23 1.00 2368.35 75.0051 75.0051
24 1.50 2336.35 85.7402 57.1601
25 2.00 2310.35 92.9464 46.4732
26 2.48 2290.35 98.4772 39.7085
27 3.02 2270.35 103.411 34.2421
28 3.50 2254.35 107.163 30.6180
29 3.98 2240.35 110.273 27.7068
30 4.50 2226.35 111.855 24.8567
31 5.00 2214.35 114.590 22.9180
32 5.55 2202.35 114.951 20.7119
33 6.05 2192.35 115.752 19.1326
34 6.48 2184.35 115.795 17.8696
35 7.05 2174.35 115.561 16.3916
36 7.53 2166.35 114.856 15.2531
37 8.03 2158.35 113.322 14.1123
38 8.47 2152.35 113.929 13.4509
39 8.95 2146.35 112.684 12.5904
40 9.42 2140.35 111.809 11.8693
41 9.93 2134.35 110.562 11.1341
42 12.60 2108.35 104.558 8.29825
43 15.00 2091.35 101.092 6.73947
44 19.93 2062.35 94.7260 4.75294
45 25.12 2041.35 88.4662 3.52174
46 30.12 2025.35 83.7611 2.78091
47 35.12 2013.35 80.7359 2.29886
48 40.12 2003.35 78.0182 1.94462
49 45.12 1995.35 75.1579 1.66573
50 46.87 1992.35 74.8817 1.59765
 Pressure Buildup Analysis (Bounded Reservoir System)
Well SWG 5408 SPE 27685 Banthai
Cartesian Plot Early-Time Pressure Data (Well SWG 5408)
Cartesian Plot: Early-Time Pressure Data (Well SWG 5408)

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 Pressure Buildup Analysis (Bounded Reservoir System)
Well SWG 5408 SPE 27685 Banthai
Semilog Plot Pressure Data (Well SWG 5408)
Semilog Plot: Pressure Data (Well SWG 5408)

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 Pressure Buildup Analysis (Bounded Reservoir System)
Well SWG 5408 SPE 27685 Banthai
Log-Log Plot Pressure Drop and Pressure Drop Derivative Data (1"x1" format) (Well SWG 5408)
Log-Log Plot: Pressure Drop and Pressure Drop Derivative Data (1"x1" format) (Well SWG 5408)

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 Pressure Buildup Analysis (Bounded Reservoir System)
Well SWG 5408 SPE 27685 Banthai
Muskat Plot Late-Time PressurePressure Derivative Data (Well SWG 5408)
Muskat Plot: Late-Time PressurePressure Derivative Data (Well SWG 5408)

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