Research Article

Analysis of Gas Flow Behavior for Highly Deviated Wells in Naturally Fractured-Vuggy Carbonate Gas Reservoirs

Table 2

The values of relevant parameters for verification and sensitivity analysis.

ParametersValue

Wellbore radius, (m)0.0889
Formation radius, (m)400
Formation thickness, h (m)30
Fracture permeability, (m)1
Interporosity flow coefficient between fractures and vugs,
Interporosity flow coefficient between fractures and matrix,
Fractures porosity, 0.002
Matrix porosity, 0.04
Vugs porosity, 0.017
Inclination angle, (°)75
Length of the highly deviated well, (m)300
Initial reservoir pressure, (MPa)24
Bottom-hole pressure, (MPa)20
Reservoir temperature, T (K)381.15
Gas production rate, (m3/d)600,000
Gas viscosity, (mPa·s)0.02
Gas compressibility factor, Z (m3/m3)0.97