Research Article

Performance Analysis of Gas Wells Based on the Conventional Decline Parameters and the Flow Integral Equation

Table 3

(a) The analysis results of the decline parameter method for numerical cases with normal pressure

Normal pressure casesCase 1-1Case 1-2Case 1-3Case 1-4

(MPa)2015105
(104 m3/d)1.1650882.3266423.4868674.645448
(10-4 d-1)3.8981684.0406694.2176854.402959
0.1335610.2542150.3258090.331420
(108 m3)1.9079569371.9062707581.8972729451.915 021414
Error1 (%)1.0410.9520.4751.415
(10-3 MPa/104 m3)1.4808219261.4902808241.4994425341.492784717
(108 m3)1.8823871221.8704395031.8590109731.867302158
Error2 (%)-0.313-0.946-1.551-1.112

(b) The analysis results of the modified Stumpf method for numerical cases with normal pressure

Normal pressure casesCase 1-1Case 1-2Case 1-3Case 1-4

(MPa)2015105
(104 m3/d)1.1629162.3199573.4892274.705304
(10-4 d-1)3.8529203.9681734.2282814.715305
0.1156820.2274450.3252680.408158
(108 m3)1.9216768671.9560241991.9946865972.042141878
Error3 (%)1.7683.5875.6348.147