GENERALIZED METHOD FOR MAKING OPTIMAL ESTIMATES OF RESERVOIR-AQUIFER PARAMETERS.

Elmer L. Dougherty; Bascer M. Zagalai; Davood Khairkhah

GENERALIZED METHOD FOR MAKING OPTIMAL ESTIMATES OF RESERVOIR-AQUIFER PARAMETERS.

Elmer L. Dougherty^*
, Bascer M. Zagalai
, Davood Khairkhah

^*Corresponding author for this work

King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals

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A new, faster method is presented for predicting performance of reservoir-aquifer systems and making optimal estimates of aquifer geometry, reservoir size, aquifer size, and reservoir-aquifer fluid conductivity. The method uses existing analytical solutions giving pressure-production performance of a radial or linear aquifer connected to a reservoir with constant compressibility. The novelty of the method is the use of these solutions to predict behavior of a reservoir with compressibility changes. The method's accuracy was verified by comparing results with those calculated using a finite-difference simulator.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	123-132
Number of pages	10
Journal	Society of Petroleum Engineers journal
Volume	18
Issue number	2
State	Published - 1978

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