Research Article

Effects of Reservoir Boundary Conditions, Drainage Shape, and Well Location on Productivity of a Vertical Well

Table 1

Oil field units for the parameters of reservoir, wellbore, and fluid properties.

ParameterOil field unit

Formation volume factor, Bbbl/STB
Pay zone thickness, hft
Permeability, kmD
Pressure, Ppsi
Productivity index, PISTB/day/psi
Well flow rate, STB/day
Off-center (off-vertex) distance, R0ft
Wellbore radius, ft
Drainage radius, Reft
Length of rectangular reservoir, Xeft
Width of rectangular reservoir, Yeft
Oil viscosity, μcp