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JOURNAL OF PETROLEUM SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
Volume 209, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.petrol.2021.109876
Keywords
Unified transient analysis (UTA); Hydraulic fracturing; Rate transient analysis; Pressure transient analysis; Shale oil and gas; Formation linear-flow; Power-law behavior
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This study introduces a unified approach to transient analysis, combining pressure transient analysis (PTA) and rate transient analysis (RTA), to estimate formation parameters and infer formation pore pressure by analyzing production data in a single superposition plot. It also discusses the calibration of long-term bottom-hole pressure with short-term measurements.
Market-induced production shut-downs and restarts offer us an opportunity to gather step-rate and shut-in data for pressure transient analysis (PTA) and rate transient analysis (RTA). This study presents a unified transient analysis (UTA) to combine PTA and RTA in a single framework. In this new approach continuous production data, step-rate data, shut-in data and re-start data can be visualized and analyzed in a single superposition plot, which can be used to estimate both A(f)root k and infer formation pore pressure in a holistic manner by utilizing all available data. Most importantly, it shows that traditional log-log and square root of time plots can lead to false interpretation of the termination of linear-flow or power-law behavior. Field cases are presented to demonstrate the superiority of the newly introduced superposition plot, along with discussion on the calibration of long-term bottom-hole pressure with short-term measurements.
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