This paper introduces a direct method to use the results of Houpeurt deliverability analysis to derive the constants "C" and "n" in the Rawlins and Schellhardt gas well deliverability equation. The motivation for this effort is the need to report the results of Rawlins and Schellhardt analysis to regulatory agencies, and the widespread use of their deliverability equation by engineers. We present a detailed procedure which shows how these results can be applied to deliverability forecasting. This paper includes an illustrative example in which the new method is applied to field data from the literature. This example presents comparisons between Houpeurt and Rawlins and Schellhardt analyses and shows the correlation between the two methods.

Keywords:
pseudopressure, deliverability forecasting, reservoir pressure, deliverability exponent, schellhardt method, average reservoir pressure, drillstem/well testing, coefficient, flow rate, psia 2
Subjects:
Well & Reservoir Surveillance and Monitoring, Reservoir Fluid Dynamics, Formation Evaluation & Management, Flow in porous media, Drillstem/well testing, Well performance, inflow performance
Copyright 1991, Society of Petroleum Engineers
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