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Despite of terminological similarity there is a big difference in the way Dynamic Modelling (DM),  Well Flow Performance (WFP) and Well Testing  define (WT) usually define formation pressure and productivity index definition and corresponding analysis..

The most typical definitions (although they do not cover the full variety of definitions referred in petroleum literature) are summarised This difference is summarized in the table below:


Formation pressure,

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Flow rate

Flowrate,

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Producivity

Productivity Index,

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DM


WFP

field
average
the 9-cell

the drainage area 

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p_r = \frac{1}{A_e} \iint_{A_e} p(x,y,z) dS


Surface flowrates:

Oil surface flowrate

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Gas surface flowrate

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bodyq_G

Water surface flowrate

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Liquid surface flowrate

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Drain-area surface Productivity Index: 

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Oil Surface Productivity Index

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body\displaystyle J_{r, O} = \frac{q_O}{p_r - p_{wf}}

Gas Surface Productivity Index

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body\displaystyle J_{r, G} = \frac{q_G}{p_r - p_{wf}}

Water Surface Productivity Index

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body\displaystyle J_{r, W} = \frac{q_W}{p_r - p_{wf}}

Liquid Surface Productivity Index

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body\displaystyle J_{r, L} = \frac{q_L}{p_r - p_{wf}}

WT

Drain-boundary formation pressure estimate 
along the boundary of drainage area 

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p_e = \frac{1}{L_e} \int_0^{L_e} p(x,y,z) dl

where

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is the boundary of drainage area
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Total sandface flowrate:

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{e9}(

g


Total Sandface Productivity Index:

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body\displaystyle J_t = \frac{q_t}{p_e - p_{wf}}

DM

9-cell formation pressure

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p_{e9, \ i,j} = \frac{1}{9} \sum_{k=i-1}^{i+1} \sum_{l=j-1}^{j+1} p_{k,l}


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p_{e9, \ i,j} = \frac{1}{9} ( p_{i,j}
+ p_{i, \, j+1} + p_{i, \, j-1}
+ p_{i-1, \, j} + p_{i-1, \, j}
+ p_{i-1 \, j-1} + p_{i+1, \, j+1}
+ p_{i-1 \, j+1} + p_{i+1, \, j-1} )

phase flowrate at sandface:

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for each fluid phase

separately)phase productivity index

individually:

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J_ w = \frac{q_q}{field-average pressure within the drainage area

p_

r - p_{wf}} ,
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bodyJ_o = \frac{q_o}{p_r - p_{wf}}
,
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bodyJ_g = \frac{q_g}{p_r - p_{wf}}
WFP

{e9,o}, \, p_{e9,g}, \, p_{e9,w}

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A

q_

e
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p_r = \frac{1}{A_e} \iint_{A_e} p(x,y,z) dS
surface component

flowrate

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\{

q_

W, q_O, q_G \}

(each fluid component separately)

and sometimes liquid

flowrate

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{\rm liq} = q_W + q_O

fluid component productivity index:

w

Sandface Productivity Index:

Oil Sandface Productivity Index

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body\displaystyle J_

W

o = \frac{q_

W

o}{p_

r

{e,o} - p_{wf}}

,

Gas Sandface Productivity Index

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body\displaystyle J_

O

g = \frac{q_

O

g}{p_

r - p_{wf}} , LaTeX Math InlinebodyJ_G = \frac{q_G}{p_r

{e,g} - p_{wf}}

and sometimes liquid productivity index:

Water Sandface Productivity Index

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{\rm liq}

w = \frac{q_

{\rm liq

q}

}

{p_

r

{e,w} - p_{wf}}

WT

average pressure value at the boudary of drainage area

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p_e = \frac{1}{L_e} \int_0^{L_e} p(x,y,z) dl
where
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is the boundary of drainage area




Sometimes the wrong estimations of flowrate stem form the wrong inputs (

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or
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p_e

...

total flowrate at sandface:

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bodyq_t = B_w \, q_W + B_o \, q_O + B_g \, ( q_G - R_s q_O)
– for Black Oil

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bodyq_t = B_w \, q_W + \frac{B_o - R_s B_g}{1 - R_v R_s} \, q_O + \frac{B_g - R_v B_o}{1 - R_v R_s} \, q_G
– for Volatile Oil

or

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body\{ W, \, O, \, G \}
pseudo-components of Compositional Model

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).


See Also

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Petroleum Industry / Upstream / Production / Subsurface Production / Well & Reservoir Management

Subsurface E&P Disciplines / Production Technology / Productivity Index