A Production-Based Method for Direct Estimation of Gas-in-Place and Reserves Conference Paper uri icon

abstract

  • Abstract This paper presents a systematic method for the direct estimation of gas-in-place and reserves using only gas production data. The fundamental concept used in this work is "quadratic" rate-cumulative relation, which is given as: (1) q g = q g i D i G p + 1 2 D i G G p 2 Where we define the decline constant, Di, for this case as: (2) D i = 2 q g i [ 1 [ p w f / z w f p i / z i ] 2 ] G The basis of our method is the development and application of several rate-time/cumulative production-time plotting functions which are derived using Eq. 1 (see Appendix A). Eq. 1 is itself derived from a rigorous coupling of the gas material balance equation for a volumetric dry gas reservoir and a modified version of the stabilized gas flow equation for a gas well producing at a constant bottomhole pressure. The proposed procedure is designed to simultaneously match the independent plotting functions (developed from Eq. 1), where we note that each function exhibits unique characteristics (e.g., a straight-line trend) which can be used as an extrapolation mechanism for estimating gas reserves. In this work we utilize a "spreadsheet" approach in which the data and plotting functions are linked by "global" model parameters, thus ensuring consistent evaluations. We verify our methodology using a simulated case and we then illustrate the application of this method using a field case. Although theoretical considerations limit the rigorous use of the proposed methodology to reservoir pressures less than 6,000 psia, we have successfully applied of our method in practice for reservoir pressures as high as 10,000 psia.

name of conference

  • All Days

published proceedings

  • All Days

author list (cited authors)

  • Blasingame, T. A., & Rushing, J. A.

citation count

  • 46

complete list of authors

  • Blasingame, TA||Rushing, JA

publication date

  • January 2005