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Production History Analysis for Reservoir Characterization

 

  1. By creating a table of well name, date of first water production and subsea depth of lowest perforation, the order of water break-through can be determined. By mapping the date of first break-through along with the depth of lowest perforation onto a structure map, the movement of water can be assessed.

  2. Within this area the structure sand-body geometry and production are controlling aquifer encroachment. Water is encroaching up structure from the northeast to the southwest; however, it reached its structural high in the southwest corner before the northwest corner (well 309). This fact indicates that structure alone is not influencing aquifer encroachment.

  3. The water encroachment trend indicates that it is likely that this genetic unit is in fluid-flow communication and can therefore be interpreted as a fluid-flow compartment. Figure 4 demonstrates this point.

  4. No. From the subsea depths of water encroachment, it is as if the aquifer had encroached up to the depth at which well 329 was perforated.

Well name

Date of 1st production

Depth of lowest
perforation (feet ss)

Notes

308

January 1970

-3871

Produced water after 1 month of production

309

October 1983

-3797

13 years w/o water producing 3.4 MMSTB

310

October 1970

-3869

Produced water after 1 month of production

313

July 1990

-3734

Produced water after 2 months of production

329

October 1991

-3784

44% water cut for IP