Like many of the fields in northwest Siberia, the Yamburg oil and gas condensate field is in the final production stages. This, therefore, results in an accumulation of a large amount of formation water in the inflow at the bottom of the well. Response surface analysis is used as a new technique to gain a detailed understanding of the relationships between combinations of two predictor variables and an outcome variable. This approach was applied to the Yamburg field to estimate the time of the gas-water contact, considered as the result variable, by taking into account two groups of predictive variables which correspond to the reservoirs grouped by their lithological characteristics. The results of the predicted gas-water contact time were compared to the expected gas-water contact time, the data of which were taken into account for the study. Using the model parameters as well as the three-dimensional response surface, which was constructed to facilitate and improve the interpretation of the results, it was then possible to predict the gas-water contact time under certain conditions.
The Yamburg oil and gas condensate field, like many northwestern fields, is at the final stage of production. The consequence is that the large amount of formation water in the inflow may accumulate in particular in well bottom hole. The response surface analysis is used as a new technique for gaining detailed understanding of the relationships between combinations of two predictor variables and a result variable. This approach was applied to the Yamburg field in order to estimate the time of gas-water contact lift considering the lithological characteristics of the reservoirs. The results of the predicted gas-water contact time were compared to the expected gas-water contact time, the data of which were considered for the study. Using the parameters of the model as well as the three-dimensional response surface, which was built to facilitate and improve the interpretation of the results, it was possible to predict the gas-water contact time under certain conditions.
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