Selection of candidate wells for re-fracturing in tight gas sand reservoirs using fuzzy inference
ARTUN Emre,KULGA Burak
Table 1 Associated parameters and corresponding values for the re-fracturing well selection.
Category Hydraulic-fracture quality Reservoir characteristics Initial conditions
Fracture
length/m(ft)
Fracture permeability/μm2 Fracture width/mm(in) Thickness/
m(ft)
Porosity/
%
Permeability/
10-3 μm2
Temperature/
°C(°F)
Drainage area/
km2(acre)
Initial pressure/
MPa(psi)
LOW 152.4(500) 1 2.54(0.10) 15.2(50) 3 0.000 001 26.7(80) 0.16(40) 6.9(1 000)
MID 381.0(1 250) 50 6.35(0.25) 68.6(225) 14 0.050 000 82.2(180) 4.05(1 000) 31.0(4 500)
HIGH 609.6(2 000) 100 10.16(0.40) 121.9(400) 25 0.100 000 137.8(280) 8.09(2 000) 55.2(8 000)
Category Operational parameters Well performance
Bottom-hole
flowing pressure/
MPa(psi)
Number of
hydraulic fractures
Length of the
horizontal-well/
m(ft)
Initial production rate/
(104 m3?d-1)(MMSCF?d-1)
3-year cumulative recovery/
108 m3(BCF)
5-year cumulative recovery/
108 m3(BCF)
LOW 0.1(15) 1 304.8(1 000) 2.8(1) 0.03(0.1) 0.03(0.1)
MID 13.8(2 000) 15 1 371.6(4 500) 566.0(200) 14.15(50) 16.98(60)
HIGH 27.6(4 000) 30 2 438.4(8 000) 1 132.0(400) 113.20(400) 176.88(625)