Research Article
Optimization of Multiple Hydraulically Fractured Horizontal Wells in Unconventional Gas Reservoirs
Table 3
Parameters used in multiwell modeling.
| | Parameter | Value(s) | Unit |
| | The model dimensions | 5,000 (length) × 1,600 (width) × 200 (height) | ft | | Initial reservoir pressure | 3800 | psi | | BHP | 500 | psi | | Production time | 30 | year | | Reservoir temperature | 180 |
°F | | Gas viscosity | 0.0201 | cp | | Initial gas saturation | 0.70 | fraction | | Total compressibility | | Psi−1 | | Matrix permeability | 0.0001 | md | | Matrix porosity | 0.06 | fraction | | Fracture conductivity | 50 | md-ft | | Fracture half-length | 300 | ft | | Fracture spacing | 200, 400, 600 | ft | | Fracture height | 200 | ft | | Horizontal well length per well | 3600 | ft | | Number of fractures per well | 18, 9, 6 | number | | Number of wells | 2 | number | | Well distance | 620 | ft |
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