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A New Well Test Model for a Two-Zone Linear Composite Reservoir with Varied Thicknesses

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This article presents a new well test model for two-zone linear composite reservoirs, where the rock and fluid properties as well as the formation thicknesses on both sides of the discontinuity are distinctly different. An analytical solution of pressure-transient behavior for a line-source, constant-rate well in this type of reservoir configuration is obtained with Fourier space transformation and Laplace transformation. By applying Duhamel principle, the wellbore storage and skins effects can easily be included. A set of type curves are generated and the sensitivities of the relevant parameters are discussed. A new correlating parameter Mh D/√ηD is proposed to identify the pressure response in the pressure derivative curve. The model as well as the corresponding type curves are quite general that they are useful in predicting the production performance or analyzing the production data from this type of well-reservoir systems.

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Reservoir Geology and Exploitation, Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu, 610500, China

    Lie-hui Zhang, Jing-jing Guo & Qi-guo Liu

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Project supported by the National Key Basic Research Program of China (973 Program, Grant No.2006CB705808), the State Major Science and Technology Special Project during the 11th Five-year Plan (Grant No.2008ZX05054).

Biography: Zhang Lie-hui (1967-), Male, Ph. D., Professor

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Zhang, Lh., Guo, Jj. & Liu, Qg. A New Well Test Model for a Two-Zone Linear Composite Reservoir with Varied Thicknesses. J Hydrodyn 22, 804–809 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1016/S1001-6058(09)60119-0

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