Application of Tiab's Direct Synthesis technique to transient pressure response of non-Newtonian fluids in vertical wells

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dc.contributor.advisorTiab, Djebbar
dc.contributor.authorMeindl, Irina Desiree Katime
dc.contributor.committeeMemberOsisanya, Samuel
dc.contributor.committeeMemberShah, Subhash
dc.date.accessioned2023-01-30T22:15:03Z
dc.date.available2023-01-30T22:15:03Z
dc.date.issued2000
dc.date.manuscript2000
dc.description.abstractNon-Newtonian fluids are very common during drilling, fracture operations and enhanced oil recovery processes. When a reservoir contains a non-Newtonian fluid such as those injected during polymer flood or the production of heavy oil, well test data cannot be interpreted using Newtonian fluid flow models. The resulting analysis would be erroneous because non-Newtonian fluids behave rather differently. These results suggest the need for a thorough study of the behavior of non-Newtonian fluids in the reservoir and also a new look at the flow of those fluids in porous media. This study presents an interpretation technique for pressure behavior of non-Newtonian fluid flow in a homogeneous reservoir without type-curve Matching. The inclusion of a no-flow and/or a constant pressure line is also investigated. First, the TSD (Tiab's Direct Synthesis) technique was applied for analyzing the pressure behavior of a well located in (1) an infinite reservoir and, (2) near a linear boundary where wellbore storage and skin effects were considered. The analysis required the generation of type-curve sets for different wellbore storage and skin values. A step-by-step procedure is presented for the calculation of the reservoir parameters: the permeability/viscosity ratio, wellbore storage coefficient, skin factor and the distance to the nearest boundary without the use of type-curve Matching. The procedure is illustrated by a numerical example.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://shareok.org/handle/11244/337018
dc.languageen_USen_US
dc.subject.lcshNon-Newtonian fluids
dc.subject.lcshOil field flooding
dc.subject.lcshHydrocarbon reservoirs
dc.subject.lcshOil wells
dc.thesis.degreeMaster of Scienceen_US
dc.titleApplication of Tiab's Direct Synthesis technique to transient pressure response of non-Newtonian fluids in vertical wellsen_US
ou.groupSchool of Petroleum and Geological Engineeringen_US

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