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Motivation

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Aquifer Drive
Aquifer Drive
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Inputs & Outputs

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bodyp(t)

field-average formation pressure at time moment

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bodyt

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Q^{\downarrow}_{AQ}

--uriencoded--Q%5e%7B\downarrow%7D_%7BAQ%7D(t)

Cumulative
cumulative subsurface water influx from aquifer

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bodyp_i

initial formation pressure

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q^{\downarrow}_{AQ}Subsurface

--uriencoded--q%5e%7B\downarrow%7D_%7BAQ%7D(t) = \

frac{dQ^{\downarrow}_{AQ}}{dt}

frac%7BdQ%5e%7B\downarrow%7D_%7BAQ%7D%7D%7Bdt%7D

subsurface
water flowrate from aquifer

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body--uriencoded--J_

{AQ}

%7BAQ%7D

aquifer Productivity Index

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body--uriencoded--\displaystyle \tau = \frac%7Bc_t \, V_\phi%7D%7BJ_%7BAQ%7D%7D

aquifer relaxation time



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Detailing Inputs

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body\displaystyle J_{AQ} = \frac{\theta}{2\pi} \cdot \frac{2 \pi \sigma}{\ln \frac{A_{AQ}}{A_e}+0.75}


aquifer Productivity Index

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body\theta

central angle of net pay areaaquifer contact

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body\sigma

aquifer transmissibility

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bodyA_e

oil
net pay area

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bodyA_{AQ}

aquifer area

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body\displaystyle \tau = \frac{V_{AQ} \, c_t}{J_{AQ}}

aquifer relaxation time

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bodyc_t=c_r +c_w

aquifer total compressibility

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bodyc_r

aquifer pore compressibility 

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bodyc_w

aquifer water compressibility

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bodyV_{AQ} = A_e \cdot h

_e

\cdot \phi

aquifer volume 

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bodyh

_e

aquifer effective thickness

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body\phi

_e

aquifer porosity

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Physical Model

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Radial Composite Reservoir

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Const Productivity IndexAquifer
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J_{AQ} = \frac{q_{AQ}}{p_{AQ}(t)-p(t)} = \rm const
Pseudo Steady State Flow
bodyJ_{AQ} = \rm const
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p_{AQ}(t) = p_i - \frac{Q_{AQ}(t)}{V_{AQ} \cdot c_t}

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Fig. 1. Fetkovich aquifer drive schematic



Mathematical Model

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\tau \cdot \frac{d Q^{\downarrow}_{AQ}}{dt} + 
\frac{1}{\tau}
 Q^{\downarrow}_{AQ} = 
J
с_t \, V_\phi \cdot \left[ 
(
 p_i - p(t)
)
 \right]
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q^{\downarrow}_{AQ}(t)=\frac{d Q^{\downarrow}_{AQ}}{dt} 

 which can be explicitly integrated:

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Q^{\downarrow}_{AQ}(t) = J_{AQ} \, \exp \left( -\frac{t}{\tau} \right) \, \int_0^t   \big[ p_i - p(\xi) \big] \, \exp \left( \frac{\xi}{\tau} \right) \, d \xi



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Assumption #1 = Const Productivity Index Aquifer:

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q_{AQ} = \frac{d Q_{AQ}}{dt} = J_{AQ} \cdot ( p_{AQ}(t) - p(t))


Assumption #2 = Pseudo Steady State Flow:

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p_{AQ}(t) = p_i - \frac{Q_{AQ}}{
V_{AQ} c_t
c_t \, V_\phi}


Eliminating

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bodyp_{AQ}(t)
one arrives to
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See Also

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Petroleum Industry / Upstream / Subsurface E&P Disciplines / Field Study & Modelling / Aquifer Drive / Aquifer Drive @modelModels

Reference

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 1.   Fetkovich, M.J. 1971. A Simplified Approach to Water Influx Calculations—Finite Aquifer Systems. J Pet Technol 23 (7): 814–28. SPE-2603-PAhttp://dx.doi.org/10.2118/2603-PA