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- Title
Production forecast of fractured vertical wells in coalbed methane reservoirs: coupling dynamic drainage area.
- Authors
Sun, Zheng; Huang, Bingxiang; Li, Yaohui; Yu, Weichao; Ji, Liang
- Abstract
Nowadays, a great deal of attention has been attracted to the development of unconventional gas reservoirs, expecting to act as an essential role in counterpoising daily increasing energy demand all over the world. In this article, with the intent of contributing to the successful development of coalbed methane (CBM) reservoirs, a robust production prediction model is proposed for fractured vertical CBM wells. The main difference, compared with previous excellent documents, is consideration of pressure propagation behavior on CBM production performance. In general, CBM reservoirs possess the low-permeability (< 1 mD) physical property, which results in the slow pressure propagation speed during entire production life. Furthermore, because of the unique gas desorption effect inside coal matrix, more and more adsorption gas will enter coal cleats with the production proceeds, accumulating formation energy and mitigating the pressure propagation speed. As a result, it is a relatively time-lengthy period for the pressure propagation process regarding CBM reservoirs, which has not been detailed and comprehensively analyzed currently. Notably, formation pressure is a key sensitive parameter, affecting production performance of CBM wells, stemmed from the fact that gas production takes place only when formation pressure is lower than critical desorption pressure. Thus, the pressure propagation behavior has a close relationship with production performance of CBM wells, which however fails to receive due attention. In light of current conditions, the article attempts to shed light on the effect of pressure propagation behavior on production performance of CBM wells, from both theoretical and application views. With the capacity of capturing the pressure propagation behavior, a robust production prediction model is proposed for fractured vertical CBM wells, its reliability has been well verified by numerical simulator. Also, pressure propagation behavior during production process can be predicted by the proposed model, which is supposed to be highlighted as the main novel point, comparing with previous contributions. The proposed model is able to yield sensible production performance with only several input parameters, and its calculation duration is less than that of a full-calibrated numerical simulator. Meanwhile, formation pressure variation feature can be presented by the proposed model, providing an alternative pathway to evaluate and optimize production performance of fractured vertical CBM wells.
- Publication
Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2022, Vol 15, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
1866-7511
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s12517-021-09094-9