Consider a water injector with main pay in Reservoir Layer #1 and spontaneous fracture extending down to Reservoir Layer #2 (see Fig. 1).
Assume that fracture is not fixed and requires surplus pressure
to get opened against the rock burden. When injection bottomhole pressure
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then water is going to the main pay only (Reservoir Layer #1) and flow radially around the well.When injection bottomhole pressure
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then water is going to the fracture and then gets distributed between Reservoir Layer #1 and Reservoir Layer 2
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| Fig. 1. Dual-layer well schematic |
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| q = q_1 + q_2 |
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| p_{wf} = p_e -+ q/J |
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| J = J_1 + J_2 |
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| p_e = \Delta p_f + \frac{J_1 \cdot p_1 + J_2 \cdot (p_2- \rho \, g \, h)}{J_1 + J_2} |
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| Well |
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| | total subsurface flowrate of the well |
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| | total well productivity Index |
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| | apparent formation pressure of dual-layer formation |
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| | true vertical height between the layers tops |
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| | wellbore fuid density |
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| | gravity constant |
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| | fracture opening pressure |
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| Layer #1 |
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| bottom-hole pr4essure at Layer #1 top |
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| | total subsurface flowrate of the Layer #1 |
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| | formation pressure of the Layer #1 |
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| | productivity Index of the Layer #1 |
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| Layer #2 |
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| bottom-hole pr4essure at Layer #2 top |
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| | total subsurface flowrate of the Layer #2 |
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| | formation pressure of the Layer #2 |
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| | productivity Index of the Layer #2 |
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See Also
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Petroleum Industry / Upstream / Production / Subsurface Production / Subsurface E&P Disciplines / Field Study & Modelling / Production Analysis / Productivity Diagnostics
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