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The document discusses productivity in oil and gas wells. It explains productivity index (PI) and absolute open flow (AOF), and how they are determined through inflow performance relationship (IPR) plots for oil wells and pressure-squared difference versus flowrate plots for gas wells. It also describes different types of deliverability tests conducted on high- and low-productivity gas wells to determine flow capacity and predict decline.

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12 - Productivity

The document discusses productivity in oil and gas wells. It explains productivity index (PI) and absolute open flow (AOF), and how they are determined through inflow performance relationship (IPR) plots for oil wells and pressure-squared difference versus flowrate plots for gas wells. It also describes different types of deliverability tests conducted on high- and low-productivity gas wells to determine flow capacity and predict decline.

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PRODUCTIVITY

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PRODUCTIVITY

Lecture Objectives,
by the end of this lecture, YOU should be
able to:

- Explain what is the P.I. (Productivity


Index)
- Explain what is the A.O.F. (Absolute Open
Flow) and how to determine it for OIL &
GAS wells.
PRODUCTIVITY INDEX:

P.I. Q units: bbl(STO)/day/psi


(Pi – Pwf) (used also for Gas well:
scf/day/psi)
Ex: Q= 3000 BOPD
Pwf= 4500 psi P.I.= 3 bbl/day/psi

Pi= 5500 psi


That means , the well produced 3 bbls STO per day,
per each psi of drawdown.
PRODUCTIVITY
MAXIMUM FLOW POTENTIAL
or
ABSOLUTE OPEN FLOW :

The rate at which in theory a well would


produce at a zero sandface (bottom-hole)
back pressure.

(This rate cannot be measured and probably


not achieved.)
PRODUCTIVITY

•OIL WELL (AOF)


Plotting BHP v/s Q on a linear plot
gives the Maximum Flow Potential or AOF.

It is called the IPR plot

I.P.R. = INFLOW PERFORMANCE


RELATION
•OIL WELL (AOF)
psi bopd
psi

Pwf1 4000 2000

4000 Pwf2 3000 3000

Press. & Temp.


2000 dropped, oil & gas will
separated

bopd
2000 3000
•OIL WELL (AOF)

Note: The inverse slope of the IPR curve is the


Productivity Index
PRODUCTIVITY

•GAS WELL (AOF)


Plotting pressure squared difference
v/s flowrate on a log-log plot gives the
Maximum Flow Potential or AOF.

[(Pi2-Pwf2), PSIA2] v/s [SCFD]


PRODUCTIVITY
•GAS WELL (AOF)
Deliverability Tests:
To determine flow capacity and to predict
flowrate decline over the life of the well.
•Gas well with AOF > 50 MMSCFD are
classified as HIGH Productivity Wells.
•Gas well with AOF < 50 MMSCFD are
classified as LOW / AVERAGE
Productivity Wells.
PRODUCTIVITY
•HIGH Productivity Gas Wells A.O.F.
BACK PRESSURE TEST
•Clean-up, from a few hours to 24 hr.
•Initial Shut-in, twice the duration of the Clean-up
•Flow at 4 different rates with stabilization on each
chokes, from 4 to 8 hr on each choke.
•Final Shut-in, from 12 to 24 hr.
Note:There is stabilization when: (delta P) < 0.1% WHP,
every 30 min.
PRODUCTIVITY
•LOW Productivity Gas Wells A.O.F.
ISOCHRONAL PRESSURE
•TEST
Clean-up, from a few hours to 24 hr.
•Initial Shut-in, twice the duration of the Clean-up
•Flow at 4 rates of equal duration (4 to 8 hr) with
stabilized Shut-in periods between flow (6 to 12 hr).
•The Final flow (4th), extends until stabilization.
•Final Shut-in, from 34 to 72 hr.
PRODUCTIVITY
•LOW Productivity Gas Wells A.O.F.
MODIFIED ISOCHRONAL PRESSURE
•TEST
Clean-up, from a few hours to 24 hr.
•Initial Shut-in, twice the duration of the Clean-up
•Flow at 4 rates of equal duration (4 to 8 hr) with
Shut-in equal periods between flow, no matter if
stable pressure has been reached or not.
•The Final flow (4th), extends until stabilization.
•Final Shut-in, from 34 to 72 hr.
PRODUCTIVITY
•LOW Productivity Gas Wells A.O.F.
MODIFIED ISOCHRONAL
PRESSURE TEST

- The modified isochronal test if shorter than the


isochronal test because there is no need to wait for
stabilization (apart for the last flow).

- It save time & money, results are less accurate.


PRODUCTIVITY

- Recent software products available for WT


data interpretation, offer greater flexibility
of test programme needs.

- The traditional approach such as Back


Pressure & Isochronal Test can be
modified to reduce the numbers of flow, and
hence the overall timing of the test.
PRODUCTIVITY
The End

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