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Transient flow behavior of a vertically fractured well producing at constant pressure

Journal Article · · Soc. Pet. Eng. AIME, Pap.; (United States)
OSTI ID:6366027
In the past, solutions to many well test problems considered the well to be produced at constant rate. While still so in many cases, the constant rate production is difficult to maintain. Gas wells, producing through separators at the wellhead or constant back pressure, incorporate constant pressure behavior. Also during large portions of the production life of tight reservoirs, wells produce at constant bottomhole pressure rather than at constant rate. In the present study, semianalytic solutions are presented for unsteady-state flow behavior of a well intersecting a vertical fracture. Analytic solutions also were presented for defining certain portions of the early time data for various types of fracture conductivity. A graphical technique is provided to analyze rate data.
OSTI ID:
6366027
Journal Information:
Soc. Pet. Eng. AIME, Pap.; (United States), Journal Name: Soc. Pet. Eng. AIME, Pap.; (United States) Vol. SPE-9963; ISSN SEAPA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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