Automation of Decline Curve Analysis to Determine Permeability Distribution From Production History

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Abstract: This study addresses a method to determine reservoir properties using well production histories. The focus of this report is the determination of absolute permeability values using an automated decline curve matching procedure. This procedure is used in parallel with a reservoir simulation history matching process, and practical issues relating a reservoir model and the decline curve model are addressed. An automated algorithm employing nonlinear regression to process the well history data is presented. This algorithm is then demonstrated using seven simple reservoir problems, created using the BOAST black oil simulator. These demonstrations are used to draw conclusions about the simulator well model, the decline curve procedure, and possible applications of such a method in petroleum reservoir simulation.

Type of resource	text
Date created	June 1985

Author	Brooker, James Hugh
Primary advisor	Horne, Roland N.
Degree granting institution	Stanford University, Department of Petroleum Engineering

Subject	School of Earth Energy & Environmental Sciences
Genre	Thesis

Location	https://purl.stanford.edu/rp413qn4856

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Preferred Citation: Brooker, James Hugh. (1985). Automation of Decline Curve Analysis to Determine Permeability Distribution From Production History. Stanford Digital Repository. Available at: https://purl.stanford.edu/rp413qn4856

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