PETROLEUM PRODUCTION
ENGINEERING
TUTORIAL 00: Integrated Oil Well Model
By: Abucay, Franz Joseph
Aderes, David
Alamis, Adrian Carl
Cayupan, Kim Howard
Options
Launch PROSPER, select | Options | Options, and make the following choices:
PVT input Data
Select | PVT | input Data and populate the PVT entry screen
To enter the lab data, select | Match Data and populate the screen
Select | Done to return to the previous menu
PVT matching
For the PVT matching, select, | Regression | Match All | OK | Parameters and this is what can
be seen:
Select | Done and save the file to secure the data inputted into the PROSPER wellbore model.
Well Equipment Data
Select | System | Equipment (Tubing etc) | All | Edit to start the wellbore description with the
deviation survey:
The deviation survey is the reference for all the subsequent depth inputs in the equipment
section.
Select | Done to proceed with the surface equipment data.
Surface Equipment
This well model will not include pipelines downstream of the wellhead. Therefore select | Cancel
to skip this screen:
Downhole Equipment
A Sub Surface Safety Valve is treated as a restriction without length.
Simply point the cursor on the relevant cell within the column labeled “Type” underneath the
“Xmas Tree” to select the equipment type from a drop-down menu: tubing, SSSV, Restriction, or
casing.
Labels are optional.
Select | Done to enter the geothermal gradient.
Geothermal Gradient
The starting value for the overall heat transfer coefficient: is 8 Btu/h/ft2/F.
Select | Done to continue with the data inputs.
Average Heat Capacities
The default average heat capacity values will be used.
Select | Done to complete the description of the wellbore schematic.
Visualizing the wellbore sketch
To visualize the wellbore sketch, select | Summary | Draw Down Hole and the next sketch is
generated.
Select | Main and | File | Save to secure all changes made.
Inflow Performance - Model selection
For the selection of the inflow performance model, select | System | Inflow Performance and
make the following choices:
Select the Input Data Tab in the top right corner to continue with the reservoir data inputs.
Select the | Mech / Geom Skin tab at the bottom of the screen to proceed with the skin data
entry:
Note that the option “Enable Wong-Clifford” model needs to be ticked!
Select the next tab “Dev / PP Skin” at the bottom of the screen to enter the parameters required
to compute the deviation and partial skin using the Wong-Clifford method:
In order to generate an inflow curve, simply select | Calculate and the following IPR curve is
generated:
Select | Main and save the PROSPER file. This completes the construction of the model.
Well Test Analysis: Step by Step
Step 1: Critical review of the raw well test data
Step 2: Well Test Data entry into PROSPER
To enter the well test data, select | Matching | Matching | VLP/IPR (Quality Check).
Afterward populate the VLP/IPR matching screen as shown below:
Step 3: Estimate the overall heat transfer coefficient
When analyzing multiple well tests, it is good practice to estimate the U-value for each test and
see if there are severe deviations or not.
For this, select the task button “Estimate U Value” and the following sub-screen is shown:
Step 4: Perform correlation comparisons
Correlation Comparison for the “LowRate” test:
For this simply select the test by clicking on the corresponding row number.
Afterward, select | Correlation Comparison | OK and then the correlations Duns and Ros
Modified, Fancher-Brown, Petroleum Experts 2 and Petroleum Experts 5.
Proceed with | Calculate | Calculate | OK | Plot and the following plot is shown.
After correcting the GOR, one can now re-estimate the U-value for each test. For this simply
select | Estimate U-value and the algorithm will estimate and display the U value for each test.
In the end, the average U-value is calculated and displayed:
We will select | Yes and | OK to transfer the averaged U-value for all 3 tests to the geothermal
gradient screen.
Based upon engineering judgment, one may very well not accept the averaged U-value and use
an alternative one.
Here are the correlation comparison plots obtained for each test:
Correlation Comparison for the LowRate Test
Step 5: Select and Match VLP correlation (s)
To perform the match, select the “High Rate” well test ( here on row number 3) and then select |
Match VLP as highlighted in the screenshot below:
Step 6: Quality-check VLP matching results
To benchmark the VLP matching against two other well tests, simply enable them and then
perform Correlation Comparisons for each well test in turn. For this enable the Well tests, select
each well test, and then select | Correlation Comparison | Ok | Calculate | Calculate Plot.
This is how the correlation comparison looks like for the “Low rate Test”
To initiate the calculation, select | Calculate:
A graphical plot is generated when the button Plot is selected:
The plot above shows for each well test, the IPR, the VLP the test point, and the Simulated
simulation.
Sensitivity Runs
It is required to predict the performance of the well under different conditions for water cut,
GOR, and reservoir pressure:
In order to perform the sensitivity runs, select | System (Ipr + VIp) | 3 Variables and make the
following entries:
Select |Continue | Calculate | Ok | Plot | System Lpot and the following graphical representation
is generated:
This plot shows the liquid rate as a function of water cut for different reservoir pressures. This
completes this tutorial.
