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2D Well Testing with Smart Plug Sensor

a smart plug and well technology, applied in the direction of survey, wellbore/well accessories, construction, etc., can solve the problems of one dimensional characterization, not homogeneous in quality, and really useful to a reservoir engineer

Inactive Publication Date: 2009-01-22
SCHLUMBERGER TECH CORP
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However often formations are not homogenous in quality and will have layering features.
In such cases the results obtained in terms of reservoir properties from testing the whole thickness, h, is representative of some average of the individual layer permeability which is not really useful to a reservoir engineer for assessing the potential of the well or the field under evaluation.
Such a test only provides a one dimensional characterization that is only valid for perfectly homogenous medium.
Because most formations are not homogenous but rather show a layering structure, a single pressure measurement does not sufficiently characterize each individual layer component.
In addition it is not possible to obtain a characterization of the vertical permeability from the results of a single probe.
However these methods only result in a single pressure measurement and do not simultaneously measure the pressure at different depths of the borehole and therefore are not sufficient to characterise each individual layer component of a formation in a single test.

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[0042]A vertical test well penetrating a three layer formation as shown in FIG. 5 is constructed and pressure measurements are taken using the apparatus and method of the invention.

[0043]The welltest consists of flowing layer 3 at 2000 bl / d for 24 hours followed by 48 hours of build up. The pressure response is recorded at the wellbore by gauge 53 and within the formation layers 1 and 2 by monitoring gauges 51 and 52 respectively.

[0044]An analytic model is built to have the characteristics shown in Table 1.

TABLE 1Forward model values of test wellLayer #Thickness(ft)kh (mD)kz (mD)Skin1357010—220354—350150200.5

[0045]The model is first run in a forward mode to simulate the pressure responses in the well bore and at the two monitoring gauges. The results are shown in FIG. 6.

[0046]A non-linear regression routine is used to match the pressures transient that are previously established and to recover the individual layer permeabilities along the horizontal and vertical directions (kh, kz)....

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An apparatus for characterising the permeability of a formation surrounding a wellbore, comprising:a drillstem test (DST) tool comprising, a packer for isolating a zone of the wellbore, a valve for controlling fluid into and out of the zone via the drill string of the tool and, a pressure gauge for detecting the pressure in the zone;wherein the apparatus further comprises an array of at least two antennas arranged on the tool above the packer such that when in use each antenna of the array aligns with a corresponding pressure sensor placed in the formation to obtain pressure measurements and therefore allow horizontal and vertical permeability to be determined.

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TECHNICAL FIELD[0001]This invention relates to an apparatus for characterising the permeability of a formation surrounding a borehole well. In particular permeability is determined by measuring the formation and borehole pressure in oil, gas or similar wells.BACKGROUND ART[0002]Once a well has been drilled, a well test is usually performed to characterise the formation surrounding the borehole. Properties such as skin, permeability, porosity of a reservoir, and production capacity are some the properties used to characterise the formations. Knowing how fluids flow through a reservoir is important for managing hydrocarbons reserves. Fluid flow is governed by the permeability of the formations.[0003]A conventional well test can determine formation properties from pressure measurements obtained by a drillstem test (DST) tool as shown in FIG. 1. In a conventional well test operation transient well test conditions are applied to the well and the pressure below a tester valve is measured....

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): E21B33/12E21B47/12E21B47/14
CPCE21B47/122E21B49/008E21B47/14E21B47/13
Inventor MANIN, YVESCHOUZENOUX, CHRISTIAN
Owner SCHLUMBERGER TECH CORP
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