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A New Method for Earlier and More Accurate EUR Prediction of Haynesville Shale Gas Wells
- Publisher: European Association of Geoscientists & Engineers
- Source: Conference Proceedings, IPTC 2013: International Petroleum Technology Conference, Mar 2013, cp-350-00578
Abstract
Haynesville shale gas wells are operated over a wide range of back pressures, varying from 8000 psi or higher at early time to 1000 psi or lower at later time. Traditional Arps Delcine Curve Analysis (DCA) presumes constant back pressure, and therefore overpredicts Estimated Ultimate Recovery (EUR) for Haynesville wells when applied at early time, prior to reaching line pressure. A new method has been developed to forecast well EUR earlier and more accuratley by using pressure normalized rate instead of actual rate. In this method, the actual rate is normalized to the rate corresponding to a constant operating pressure.