Motivation

The most accurate way to simulate Aquifer Expansion (or shrinkage) is full-field 3D Dynamic Flow Model where Aquifer Expansion is treated as one of the fluid phases and accounts of geological heterogeneities, gas fluid properties, relperm properties and heat exchange with surrounding rocks.

Unfortunately, in many practical cases the detailed information on the aquifer is not available which does not allow a proper modelling of aquifer expansion using a geological framework.

Besides many practical applications require only knowledge of cumulative water influx from aquifer under pressure depletion.

This allows building an Aquifer Drive Models using analytical methods.

Inputs & Outputs

Inputs		Outputs
$\begin{array}{l}p(t)\end{array}$	field-average formation pressure at time moment $\begin{array}{l}t\end{array}$	$\begin{array}{l}Q^{\downarrow}_{AQ}(t)\end{array}$	Cumulative subsurface water influx from aquifer
$\begin{array}{l}p_i\end{array}$	initial formation pressure	$\begin{array}{l}q^{\downarrow}_{AQ}(t) = \frac{dQ^{\downarrow}_{AQ}}{dt}\end{array}$	Subsurface water flowrate from aquifer
$\begin{array}{l}J_{AQ}(t)\end{array}$	aquifer Productivity Index
$\begin{array}{l}\displaystyle \tau = \frac{V_{AQ} \, c_t}{J}\end{array}$	aquifer relaxation time
Detailing Inputs
$\begin{array}{l}\sigma\end{array}$	aquifer transmissibility
$\begin{array}{l}c_t=c_r +c_w\end{array}$	aquifer total compressibility
$\begin{array}{l}V_{AQ}\end{array}$	aquifer volume
$\begin{array}{l}A_{AQ}\end{array}$	aquifer area
$\begin{array}{l}A_e\end{array}$	pay area

where

$\begin{array}{l}J(t)\end{array}$	aquifer productivity index at time moment $\begin{array}{l}t\end{array}$
$\begin{array}{l}p_i\end{array}$	initial formation pressure
$\begin{array}{l}p(t)\end{array}$	field-average formation pressure at time moment $\begin{array}{l}t\end{array}$
$\begin{array}{l}\sigma\end{array}$	aquifer transmissibility
$\begin{array}{l}\chi\end{array}$	aquifer diffusivity

Assumptions

Infinite Acting Radial Flow Aquifer

Slow variation of water influx $\begin{array}{l}Q_{WAQ}(t)\end{array}$ in time

$\begin{array}{l}\displaystyle p_{AQ}(t) = p_i - \frac{Q_{AQ}(t)}{V_{AQ} \cdot c_t}\end{array}$

Equations

(1)	$\begin{array}{l}\displaystyle \frac{d Q_{AQ}}{dt} = J__{AQ}(t) \cdot ( p_i - p(t))\end{array}$

(2)	$\begin{array}{l}\displaystyle J_{AQ}(t) = \frac{4 \pi \sigma}{ \ln \frac{1.781 \cdot A_e^2}{ 4 \pi \chi t} }\end{array}$

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-PA. http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/2603-PA

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