Productivity Formulas for a Partially Penetrating Vertical Well in a Circular Cylinder Drainage Volume

Jing Lu, Tao Zhu, Djebbar Tiab and Jalal Owayed

Mathematical Problems in Engineering, 2009, vol. 2009, 1-34

Abstract:

Taking a partially penetrating vertical well as a uniform line sink in three-dimensional space, by developing necessary mathematical analysis, this paper presents steady state productivity formulas for an off-center partially penetrating vertical well in a circular cylinder drainage volume with constant pressure at outer boundary. This paper also gives formulas for calculating the pseudo-skin factor due to partial penetration. If top and bottom reservoir boundaries are impermeable, the radius of the cylindrical system and off-center distance appears in the productivity formulas. If the reservoir has a gas cap or bottom water, the effects of the radius and off-center distance on productivity can be ignored. It is concluded that, for a partially penetrating vertical well, different productivity equations should be used under different reservoir boundary conditions.

Date: 2009
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DOI: 10.1155/2009/626154

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