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DEPARTMENT OF OIL AND GAS ENGINEERING

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Well Performance
OGE 454
3 Hours

August 2012
Prosper Anumah
0242610474
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COURSE NAME: WELL PERFORMANCE

COURSE CODE: OGE 454

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COURSE DESCRIPTION:
Steady-state, pseudosteady-state, and transient well testing methods to
determine well and reservoir parameters used in formation evaluation;
applications to wells that produce gas and liquid petroleum; rate forecasting;
deliverability testing

COURSE OUTCOMES:
At the conclusion of this course the student will be able to:

Describe the concepts of porosity and permeability and be able to

relate their respective influences on fluid flow in porous media

Derive the steady-state flow equations for horizontal linear and radial
flow of liquids and gases, including the pseudo-pressure and pressuresquared formulations

Develop and apply relations for pseudosteady-state flow in closed

black oil or dry gas reservoir systems

Derive the "skin factor" variable from the steady-state flow equation
and be able to describe the conditions of damage and stimulation
using this skin factor.

Derive and manipulate the diffusivity equations for the radial and
linear flow of single and multiphase fluids (liquids and gases) through
porous media.

Define and use dimensionless variables and dimensionless solutions to

illustrate the generic performance of a particular reservoir model.
Given a particular set of parameters for a specified reservoir model,
the student should be able to use dimensionless solutions to predict
the performance of the specified reservoir system.

COURSE NAME: WELL PERFORMANCE

COURSE CODE: OGE 454

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Demonstrate the capability to integrate, analyze, and interpret well

test and production data to characterize a reservoir in terms of
reservoir properties and performance potential

DELIVERY METHODS:
Lectures,
Pre-class readings
Assignments
Quizzes
Tutorials
LIST

OF TEXTBOOKS AND OTHER TEACHING AIDS:

Well Performance Textbook
WELL PERFORMANCE 2nd Edition by Golan Michael
THE PRACTICE OF RESERVOIR ENGINEERING by L.P. Dake

PETROLEUM PRODUCTION SYSTEMS by Economides-Michael

ADVANCED RESERVOIR ENGINEERING by Tarek Ahmad

TESTING POLICY:
Tests: every two weeks
Quizzes: at the end of every chapter
Assignment: every week

EVALUATION SYSTEM:
The final grade is based upon student performance in assignments, tests and
examinations.
Tests
In class
assignments
Quizzes
Mid Semester
Final Exam
Total

5
5
10
20
60
100%

GRADING SYSTEM:
ALL NATIONS UNIVERSITY COLLEGE
COURSE NAME: WELL PERFORMANCE
COURSE CODE: OGE 454

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A: 90+
A-: 85-89
B+: 80-84

C+: 65-69
C: 60-64
C-: 55-59

D+: 50-54
D:
<49
D-: 40-44

B: 75-79
B-: 70-74

F: <40
I: Incomplete
Z:
Disqualification
Y: Continuing

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Impersonation

WEEK

OUTCOME

SCHEDULE OF TOPICS
CONTENT

Week 1

Introduction

Chapter/Refer
ence
1

Week 2

Components of
production system

Production systems

Week 3

Analysis of
production
systems
Steady-state flow,
transient flow

Production systems

Reservoir
deliverability- well
inflow performance

2/well
performance
text book
2/well
performance
text book
3/well
performance
text book

Pseudo-steady
state flow, inflow
performance

Reservoir
deliverability- well
inflow performance

3/well
performance
text book

Week 4

Week 5

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relatinship
Week 6

Fundamental Derivation
of Pipe Flow
Equation, The Friction
Factor

Tubing performance

4/well
performance
text book

Week 7

Single Phase Flow

Characteristics,
Optimisation of Tubing
Flow
Functions of Flowline
Chokes, Choke Flow
Characteristics

Tubing performance

4/well
performance
text book

Choke performance

Week 9

Choke Flow Correlations,

Single Phase and
Multiphase Flow through
Choke

Choke performance

5/well
performance
text book
5/well
performance
text book

Week
10

Deliverability of
Multilateral Well

Well deliverability

6/well
performance
text book

Week
11

Matching the
Inflow and Tubing
Performance ,
nodal analysis,
Oil Production
during Transient
Flow Period, Oil
Production during
PseudoSteady
Flow
Period
Gas Production
during Transient
Flow Period, Gas
Production during
PseudoSteadyState
Flow Period
Tutorials

Well deliverability

6/well
performance
text book

Forecast of well
production

7/well
performance
text book

Forecast of well
production

7/well
performance
text book

REVISION

1-7

Week 8

Week
12

Week
13

Week
14
Week
15

EXAMINATION

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Week
16

EXAMINATION

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