Effect of Horizontal Well Length Variation on Productivity of Gas Condensate Well

Olabode, O.A. and Egeonu, G. I. (2017) Effect of Horizontal Well Length Variation on Productivity of Gas Condensate Well. International Journal of Applied Engineering Research, 12 (20). pp. 9271-9284. ISSN 0973-4562

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Abstract

The development of gas reservoirs and the key decisions to be made concerning gas reservoirs such as the number of wells to drill, well fracturing and capacity of the surface processing facilities are dependent on its productivity. Condensate blockage caused by liquid build up is difficult to control in the aforementioned reservoirs thereby affecting production. In this work, production is optimized from gas condensate reservoirs using horizontal wells. This is to demonstrate the performance of horizontal wells and vertical wells in gas condensate reservoirs and to study the effect of well length on horizontal well productivity and condensate recovery. A compositional simulator was used to carry our reservoir simulations on a 3D-model with properties similar to the typical Niger Delta gas condensate reservoir. The results of the sensitivity analysis of horizontal well length impact on productivity and the comparison between production capacity of a gas condensate well with the use of both vertical and horizontal wells using the criteria: drawdown pressure, condensate saturation build-up, well production rates, cumulative production, showed that the horizontal wells performed better than the vertical wells.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	T Technology > T Technology (General) T Technology > TP Chemical technology
Divisions:	Faculty of Engineering, Science and Mathematics > School of Engineering Sciences
Depositing User:	nwokealisi
Date Deposited:	07 Feb 2025 09:38
Last Modified:	07 Feb 2025 09:38
URI:	http://eprints.covenantuniversity.edu.ng/id/eprint/18769

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