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Experimental and Numerical Assessment of the Influence of Bottomhole Pressure Drawdown on Terrigenous Reservoir Permeability and Well Productivity

Sergey Popov1, Sergey Chernyshov2,*, Evgeniy Gladkikh2

1 Oil and Gas Research Institute of Russian Academy of Science, Moscow, 119333, Russian
2 Perm National Research Polytechnic University, Perm, 614990, Russian

* Corresponding Author: Sergey Chernyshov. Email: email

(This article belongs to this Special Issue: Fluid Dynamics & Materials Processing in the Oil and Gas Industry)

Fluid Dynamics & Materials Processing 2023, 19(3), 619-634. https://doi.org/10.32604/fdmp.2022.021936

Abstract

During oil and gas fields development, a decrease in reservoir and bottomhole pressure has often a detrimental effect on reservoir properties, especially permeability. This study presents the results of laboratory tests conducted to determine the response of terrigenous reservoir core-sample permeability to changes in the effective stresses and a decrease in the reservoir pressure. The considered samples were exposed for a long time to a constant high effective stress for a more reliable assessment of the viscoplastic deformations. According to these experiments, the decrease of the core samples permeability may reach 21% with a decrease in pressure by 9.5 MPa from the initial reservoir conditions. Numerical simulations have been also conducted. These have been based on the finite element modeling of the near-wellbore zone of the terrigenous reservoir using poroelasticity relations. The simulation results show a limited decrease in reservoir permeability in the near-wellbore zone (by 17%, which can lead to a decrease in the well productivity by 13%).

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Experimental and Numerical Assessment of the Influence of Bottomhole Pressure Drawdown on Terrigenous Reservoir Permeability and Well Productivity

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Popov, S., Chernyshov, S., Gladkikh, E. (2023). Experimental and Numerical Assessment of the Influence of Bottomhole Pressure Drawdown on Terrigenous Reservoir Permeability and Well Productivity. FDMP-Fluid Dynamics & Materials Processing, 19(3), 619–634.



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