A Handbook on Evaluating Stripper Well Performance
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- Reservoir production data is often the only information upon which operational decisions and reserve estimates for stripper wells are based. This work presents a realm of available methodology to evaluate the performance of pumping wells and to improve the understanding of what is happening underground. Practical applications to a field example from a build up test conducted on a stripper well are presented throughout this study. The proposed methodology is inexpensive and evaluations of marginal producers are justified.Two techniques are presented for measuring liquid levels acoustically: (1) by collar summation, and (2) by acoustic velocity. A method for calculating acoustic velocities rigorously for natural gases is presented in Appendix C. If liquid levels cannot be determined acoustically, an alternate method based on the principle of mass balance in the annulus is outlined.The gas pressure at the liquid level is calculated using a stepwise procedure. The pressure drop across a dead oil column, or an oil column with gas in static equilibrium, is computed using a method presented by Standing (1977) where the oil column density is corrected for pressure and temperature. Three correlations are used to calculate the pressure drop across an oil column with gas bubbling through: (1) liquid column model, (2) Gilbert's correlation (1954) and (3) Podio et al. (1980).Measurements of liquid levels after shutin of a well are used to identify downhole problems and the wellbore fillup rate. The resulting pressure transient of a buildup test is evaluated using storage and skin type curves and a superposition technique. Conclusions are reached concerning the productive capacity of the stripper well tested.A method is proposed to determine well productivity and reservoir parameters for certain idle or shutin wells. The proposed solution utilizes superposition of constant sandface producing pressure with skin solution for an infinite reservoir.
Description
| Type of resource | text |
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| Date created | June 1986 |
Creators/Contributors
| Author | Mrlik, Richard Riker |
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| Primary advisor | Ramey, Jr., Henry J. |
| Advisor | Sageev, Abraham |
| Degree granting institution | Stanford University, Department of Petroleum Engineering |
Subjects
| Subject | School of Earth Energy & Environmental Sciences |
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| Genre | Thesis |
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- Mrlik, Richard Riker. (1986). A Handbook on Evaluating Stripper Well Performance. Stanford Digital Repository. Available at: https://purl.stanford.edu/wf221jk4512
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