Research Article

Reserve Estimation from Early Time Production Data in Geopressured Gas Reservoir: Gas Production of Cumulative Unit Pressure Drop Method

Table 1

Published studies of reserve estimate problem of high pressure gas reservoir.

No.Ref.YearAuthorSolution methodNeed pore volume compressibilityAdvantages and disadvantages

1[3]1971HammerlindlPolyline analysis methodHammerlindl methodAverage formation compressibility
2Material balance
3[7]1983ChenChen Yuanqian methodVolumetric gas reservoirs, pressure coefficient at the transition point is 1.2~1.3
4[8]2001GanGan-BlasingameХNo pore volume compressibility is required, and it can be calculated whether the curve inflection point appears or not
5[9]1981RamagostLinear regression methodRamagost-FarshadVolumetric gas reservoirs
6[10]1981RoachRoachХPore volume compressibility can be calculated, but it is sensitive to the original pressure data
7[11]1994PostonImproved Roach methodХIt is suitable for water drive gas reservoirs and can calculate the reserves before water invasion, the size of water invasion, and the effective compressibility coefficient
8[12]1993Becerra-ArteagaBecerra-ArteagaХNeed gradient
9[2]1963HavlenaHavlena-OdehХSuitable for water intrusion gas reservoirs, sensitive to original pressure and early data; if it is a closed gas reservoir, the rock compressibility coefficient can be calculated
10[13]1993YuanqianNonlinear regression methodBinary regressionХKnowing the variation law of natural gas deviation coefficient; this method can calculate dynamic reserves and compressibility
11[14]2008GonzalezNonlinear regression methodQuadratic production modelХDimensionless linear coefficient is less than 0.4
12[15]2011QinTrinomial approximationХThe shape of the curve is not easy to control and may cause large errors
13[16]2017JiaoLimit formХVolumetric gas reservoirs
14[17]2019SunPower function formХVolumetric gas reservoirs
15[18]1991AmbasthaType curve matchingAmbastha methodХVolumetric gas reservoirs, original pressure, and temperature are known in type curve matching, strong multisolution
16[19]1998FetkovichFetkovich methodХConsidering the influence of nonreservoir dissolved gas, inversely calculate the compressibility and the size of the water body
17[14]2008GonzalezGonzalez methodQuadratic production modelХMainly used to verify the results of other methods
18[6]2020SunSingle log match analysisХVolumetric gas reservoirs
19[20]2001MarhaendrajanaMultiwell modern production decline analysis methodWithout considering the impact of water invasion, only reserves of connected well groups can be calculated
20[21]1998WalshTrial analysis methodIt can be used to calculate the volume of water bodies and calculate the water-soluble gas reserves