In linear formation approхimation the pressure response to the varying rates in the offset wells is subject to convolution equation:
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p_n(t) = p_{i,n} + \sum_{k = 1}^N \sum_{\alpha = 1}^{N_k} \big( q^{(\alpha)}_k - q^{(\alpha-1)}_k \big) \ p^u_{nk}(t - t_{\alpha k}) |
where
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| 1 | | pressure at -th well at arbitrary moment of time |
| 2 | | initial pressure at -the well |
| 3 | | rate value of -th transient at -th well |
| 4 | | pressure transient response in -th wel to unit-rate production from -th well |
| 5 | | starting point of the -th transient in -th well |
| 6 | | number of wells in the test |
| 7 | | number of transients in -th well |
with assumption:
- – for any well
- at for any pair of wells
Hence, convolution is using initial formation pressure
, unit-rate transient responses of wells and cross-well intervals
and rate histories
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to calculate pressure bottom-hole pressure response as function time
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\big\{ p_{i, n}, \{ p^u_{nk} (t), q_k (t) \}_{k = 1 .. N} \big\} \rightarrow p_n(t) |
The
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is a reverse problem to convolution and search for
functions
and
numbers
using the historical pressure and rate records
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and provides the adjustment to the rate histories for the small mistakes
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\big\{ p_k(t), q_k (t) \big\} _{k = 1 .. N} \rightarrow \big\{ p_{i, n}, \{ p^u_{nk} (t), \tilde q_k (t) \}_{k = 1 .. N} \big\} |
The solution of deconvolution problem is based on the minimization of the objective function:
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E(\{ p_{i,n}, p^u_{nk}(\tau), q^{(\alpha)}_n \}_{n=1..N}) \rightarrow {\rm min} |
where
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E(\{ p_{i,n}, p^u_{nk}(\tau), q^{(\alpha)}_n \}_{n=1..N}) = \sum_{n=1}^N \Big(p_{i,n} + \sum_{k = 1}^N \sum_{\alpha = 1}^{N_k} (q^{(\alpha)}_k - q^{(\alpha-1)}_k ) \ p^u_{nk}(t - t_{\alpha k})- p_n(t) \Big)^2
+ w_c \, \sum_{n = 1}^N \sum_{k = 1}^{N_k} {\rm Curv} \big( p^u_{nk}(\tau) \big) +
w_q \, \sum_{k = 1}^N \sum_{\alpha = 1}^{N_k} \big( q^{(\alpha)}_k - \tilde q^{(\alpha)}_k \big)^2 |
and objective function components have the following meaning:
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| body | \sum_{n=1}^N \Big(p_{i,n} + \sum_{k = 1}^N \sum_{\alpha = 1}^{N_k} (q^{(\alpha)}_k - q^{(\alpha-1)}_k ) \ p^u_{nk}(t - t_{\alpha k})- p_n(t) \Big)^2 |
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| is responsible for minimizing discrepancy between model and historical pressure data |
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| body | w_c \, \sum_{n = 1}^N \sum_{k = 1}^{N_k} {\rm Curv} \big( p^u_{nk}(\tau) \big) |
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| is responsible for minimizing the curvature of the transient response (which reflects the diffusion character of the pressure response to well flow) |
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| body | w_q \, \sum_{k = 1}^N \sum_{\alpha = 1}^{N_k} \big( q^{(\alpha)}_k - \tilde q^{(\alpha)}_k \big)^2 |
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| is responsible for minimizing discrepancy between model and historical rate data (since historical rate records are not accurate at the time scale of pressure sampling) |
In practice the above approach is not stable.
One of the efficeint regularizations has been suggested by Shroeter
One of the most efficient method in minimizing the above objective function is the hybrid of genetic and quasinewton algorithms in parallel on multicore workstation.
The
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also adjusts the rate histories for each well
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to achieve the best macth of the bottom hole pressure readings.
The weight coefficients
and
control contributions from corresponding components and should be calibrated to the reference transients (manuualy or automatically).
The XDCV methodology constitute a big area of practical knowledge and not all the tricks and solutions are currenlty automated and require a practical skill.
See also
Petroleum Industry / Upstream / Subsurface E&P Disciplines / Production Analysis (PA) / Pressure Deconvolution / Multiwell deconvolution (MDCV) / XDCV
