A new technique for quantifying pressure interference in fractured horizontal shale wells

WC Chu, KD Scott, R Flumerfelt, C Chen… - … Reservoir Evaluation & …, 2020 - onepetro.org
Pressure communication is commonly observed in fractured horizontal shale wells,
particularly at early times when wells are placed on production. In this paper we present a …

Rate-transient analysis based on the power-law behavior for permian wells

WC Chu, ND Pandya, RW Flumerfelt… - … Reservoir Evaluation & …, 2019 - onepetro.org
In unconventional reservoirs, the application of many rate–transient–analysis (RTA)
techniques relies heavily on the identification and analysis of the linear flow regime, which is …

Impact of complex fracture networks on rate transient behavior of wells in unconventional reservoirs based on embedded discrete fracture model

J Qin, Y Xu, Y Tang, R Liang… - Journal of …, 2022 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
It has recently been demonstrated that complex fracture networks (CFNs) especially
activated natural fractures (ANF) play an important role in unconventional reservoir …

A new straight-line analysis method for estimating fracture/reservoir properties using dynamic fluid-in-place calculations

CR Clarkson, B Yuan, Z Zhang - SPE Reservoir Evaluation & …, 2020 - onepetro.org
Straight‐line analysis (SLA) methods, which are a subgroup of model‐based techniques
used for rate‐transient analysis (RTA), have proved to be immensely useful for evaluating …

[HTML][HTML] A semi-analytical rate-transient analysis model for light oil reservoirs exhibiting reservoir heterogeneity and multiphase flow

JC Li, B Yuan, CR Clarkson, JQ Tian - Petroleum Science, 2023 - Elsevier
Rate-transient analysis (RTA) has been widely applied to extract estimates of
reservoir/hydraulic fracture properties. However, the majority of RTA techniques can lead to …

Fractional dimension RTA in unconventional wells: Application in multi-phase analysis, history matching, forecasting and interference evaluation

B Zanganeh, JA Acuna - SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources …, 2022 - onepetro.org
Abstract The Fractional Dimension RTA (FD-RTA) method is applied to several wells
completed in unconventional shale reservoirs exhibiting multi-phase flow and sub-linear or …

Evaluation of the impact of multi-phase flow on reservoir signatures in the Wolfcamp shale

CR Clarkson, B Yuan, Z Zhang, F Tabasinejad… - Journal of Natural Gas …, 2020 - Elsevier
The dominant transient flow regime for multi-fractured horizontal wells (MFHWs) producing
from low-permeability and shale (unconventional) reservoirs has historically been …

Anomalous diffusion or classical diffusion in an anomalous reservoir? Evaluation of the impact of multi-phase flow on reservoir signatures in unconventional reservoirs

CR Clarkson*, B Yuan, Z Zhang… - … , Denver, Colorado, 22 …, 2019 - library.seg.org
The dominant transient flow regime for multi-fractured horizontal wells producing from low-
permeability and shale (unconventional) reservoirs has historically been interpreted to be …

A semi-analytical rate-transient analysis model for fractured horizontal well in tight reservoirs under multiphase flow conditions

J Tian, B Yuan, J Li, W Zhang… - Journal of …, 2024 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Rate-transient analysis (RTA) has been widely applied to extract reservoir/fracture
properties using analytical and semi-analytical methods with simplifying assumptions …

Analysis and interpretations of pressure data from the hydraulic fracturing test site (HFTS)

T Li, W Chu, PA Leonard - … Conference, Denver, Colorado, 22-24 July …, 2019 - library.seg.org
Three different types of analysis were performed on high-frequency bottomhole pressure
data acquired in the Hydraulic Fracturing Test Site (HFTS; Ciezobka et al., 2018) program …