Analysis of production data from hydraulically fractured horizontal wells in shale reservoirs

SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 559-568

  Medeiros, F ^a   Kurtoglu, B ^b   Ozkan, E ^c   Kazemi, H ^c  

^a PETROBRAS   (Brazil)

^b Welfare Committee Houston   (United States)

^c Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE; OIL WELL PRODUCTION; OIL WELLS; PRODUCTIVITY;

FIELD APPLICATION; FRACTURED HORIZONTAL WELLS; PRODUCTION DATA; PRODUCTION DECLINE ANALYSIS; PRODUCTION DECLINES; PRODUCTIVITY INDEX; RESERVOIR HETEROGENEITY; SEMI-ANALYTICAL MODEL;

HORIZONTAL WELLS;

DATA INTERPRETATION; FRACTURE INITIATION; HETEROGENEITY; HYDRAULICS; RESERVOIR; SHALE; VOLUME; WELL;

EID: 77955399700     PISSN: 10946470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/110848-PA     Document Type: Article

References (23)

1. Agarwal, R. G., Gardner, D. C., Kleinsteiber, S. W., and Fussell, D. D. 1999. Analyzing Well Production Data Using Combined-Type-Curve and Decline-Curve Analysis Concepts. SPERes Eval & Eng 2(5):478-186. SPE-57916-PA. doi: 10.2118/57916-PA.
2. Araya, A. and Ozkan, E. 2002. An Account of Decline-Type-Curve Analysis of Vertical, Fractured, and Horizontal Well Production Data. Paper SPE 77690 presented at SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, San Antonio, Texas, USA, 29 September-2 October, doi: 10.2118/77690-MS.
3. Arps, J. J. 1945. Analysis of Decline Curves. Trans., AIME, 160:228-247.
4. Carter, R. D. 1985. Type Curves for Finite Radial and Linear Gas-Flow Systems: Constant-Terminal-Pressure Case. SPE J. 25(5):719-728. SPE-12917-PA. doi: 10.2118/12917-PA.
5. Fetkovich, M. J. 1980. Decline Curve Analysis Using Type Curves. J Pet Technol 32(6):1065-1077. SPE 4629-PA. doi: 10.2118/4629-PA.
6. Fisher, M. K., Heinze, J. R., Harris, CD., Davidson, B. M., Wright, C. A., and Dunn, K. P. 2004. Optimizing Horizontal Completion Techniques in the Barnett Shale Using Microseismic Fracture Mapping. Paper SPE 90051 presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Houston, 26-29 September, doi: 10.2118/90051-MS.
7. Gringarten, A. C. and Ramey, H. J. Jr. 1973. The Use of Source and Green's Functions in Solving Unsteady-Flow Problems in Reservoirs. SPE J. 13(5):285-296; Trans., AIME, 255. SPE-3818-PA. doi: 10.2118/3818-PA.
8. Kazemi, H. 1969. Pressure Transient Analysis of Naturally Fractured Reservoir with Uniform Fracture Distribution. SPE J. 9(4):451-462;
9. Trans., AIME, 246. SPE-2156-A. doi: 10.2118/2156-A.
10. Kazemi, H., Merrill, J. R., Porterfield, K. L., and Zeman, P. R. 1976. Numerical Simulation of Water-Oil Flow in Naturally Fractured Reservoirs. SPE J. 16(6):317-326;
11. Trans., AIME, 261. SPE-5719-PA. doi: 10.2118/5719-PA.
12. Marhaendrajana, T. and Blasingame, T. A. 2001. Decline Curve Analysis Using Type Curves-Evaluation of Well Performance Behavior in a Multiwell Reservoir System. Paper SPE 71517 presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, New Orleans, 30 September-3 October, doi: 10.2118/71517-MS.
13. Maxwell, S. C., Waltman, C. K., Warpinski, N. R., Mayerhofer, M. J., and Boroumand, N. 2006. Imaging Seismic Deformation Induced by Hydraulic Fracture Complexity. Paper SPE 102801 presented at the SPE Annual Technology Conference and Exhibition, San Antonio, Texas, USA, 24-27 September, doi: 10.2118/102801-MS.
14. Mayerhofer, M. J., Bolander, J. L., Williams, L. I., Pavy, A., and Wolhart, S. L. 2005. Integration of Microseismic-Fracture-Mapping Fracture and Production Analysis With Well Interference Data to Optimize Fracture Treatments in the Overton Field, East Texas. Paper SPE 95508 presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, 9-12 October, doi: 10.2118/95508-MS.
15. Medeiros, F. Jr., Ozkan E., and Kazemi, H. 2010. A Semianalytical Approach To Model Pressure-Transients in Heterogeneous Reservoirs. SPE Res Eval & Eng 13(2):341-358. SPE-102834-PA. doi: 10.2118/102834-PA.
16. Medeiros, F., Ozkan, E., and Kazemi, H. 2008. Productivity and Drainage Area of Fracture Horizontal Wells in Tight Gas Reservoirs. SPE Res Eval & Eng 11(5):902-911. 4SPE-108110-PA. doi: 10.2118/108110-PA.
17. Ozkan, E. and Raghavan, R. 1991a. New Solutions for Well-Test-Analysis Problems: Part 1-Analytical Considerations. SPE Form Eval 6(3):359-368. SPE-18615-PA. doi: 10.2118/18615-PA.
18. Ozkan, E. and Raghavan, R. 1991b. New Solutions for Well-Test-Analysis Problems: Part 2-Computational Considerations and Applications. SPE Form Eval 6(3):369-378. SPE-18616-PA. doi: 10.2118/18616-PA. (Pubitemid 21722115)
19. Ozkan, E., Raghavan, R., and Joshi, S. D. 1989. Horizontal Well Pressure Analysis. SPE Form Eval 4(4):567-575; Trans., AIME, 287. SPE-16378-PA. doi: 10.2118/16378-PA.
20. Ozkan, E., Sarica, C., and Haciislamoglu, M. 1999. The Influence of Pressure Drop Along the Wellbore on Horizontal Well Productivity. SPE J. 4(3):288-301. SPE-57687-PA. doi: 10.2118/57687-PA.
21. Palacio J. C. and Blasingame, T. A. 1993. Decline-Curve Analysis Using Type Curves-Analysis of Gas Well Production Data. Oral presentation given at the Rocky Mountain Regional/Low Permeability Reservoirs Symposium and Exhibition, Denver, 26-28 April, doi: 10.2118/25909-MS.
22. Raghavan, R. 1993. Well Test Analysis. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall.
23. Warren, J. E. and Root, P. J. 1963. The Behavior of Naturally Fractured Reservoirs. SPE J. 3(3):245-255; Trans., AIME, 228. SPE-426-PA. doi: 10.2118/426-PA.