Research Article

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

Table 6

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

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

(MPa)64524024
(104 m3/d)2.0272583.5484125.0738467.120844
(10-4 d-1)6.1933296.1021436.0591506.082153
0.0300780.0718770.1375880.258816
(108 m3)2.6311259062.6509914362.6674646992.664141330
Error1 (%)1.3782.1442.7782.650
(10-3 MPa/104 m3)2.0289782092.0283838452.0287008792.028835081
(108 m3)2.5960711942.5968319032.5964260852.596254338
Error2 (%)0.0270.0570.0410.035

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

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

(MPa)64524024
(104 m3/d)2.0331033.5639585.0982277.158882
(10-4 d-1)6.2808796.2297616.1949826.235047
0.0428620.0906990.1572940.281530
(108 m3)2.6101385522.6230317362.6394887272.673866274
Error3 (%)0.5691.0661.7003.025