Motivation




Inputs & Outputs



InputsOutputs

cumulative subsurface water influx from aquifer

initial formation pressure

subsurface water flowrate from aquifer

aquifer Productivity Index





aquifer relaxation time



Detailing Inputs


aquifer Productivity Index

central angle of net pay areaaquifer contact

aquifer transmissibility

net pay area

aquifer area

aquifer relaxation time

aquifer total compressibility

aquifer pore compressibility 

aquifer water compressibility

aquifer volume 

aquifer effective thickness

aquifer porosity



Assumptions




Radial Composite Reservoir

Const Productivity Index Aquifer


J_{AQ} = \frac{q_{AQ}}{p_{AQ}(t)-p(t)} = \rm const


Pseudo Steady State Flow


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






Fig. 1. Carter-Tracy aquifer drive schematic



Equations



\frac{d Q^{\downarrow}_{AQ}}{dt} + \frac{1}{\tau} Q^{\downarrow}_{AQ} = J \cdot ( p_i - p(t))



q^{\downarrow}_{AQ}(t)=\frac{d Q^{\downarrow}_{AQ}}{dt} 




Assumption #1 = Const Productivity Index Aquifer:

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


Assumption #2 = Pseudo Steady State Flow:

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


Eliminating one arrives to .



See Also


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

Reference


 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