What is history matching ?

History Matching is the procedure for

determining parameters in a reservoir model
from observed production data.
 History Matching

Levels of Bypassed
Process in Paths of fluid
aquifer zone
reservoir migration
support identification
 TYPES

Manual

Automatic
 Case Description
Reservoir type: Volumetric under saturated reservoir
Connate water: 37 %
Porosity: 21.5 %
Drained Area by each well: 40 acres
Thickness of pay zone was given by isopach maps of both
zones.

Well K, Zone 1 K, Zone 2

5-6 5.1 4.0
8-16 8.3 6.8
9-13 11.1 6.0
14-12 8.1 7.6
Laboratory core permeability measurements
 Solution Scheme

1. Model Development

2. Initialization

3. History Matching
 1. Model Development

Flow equation
Oil In place Material Balance
Tracy’s Model
Oil In-Place

7759 Ah (1  S wi )
N
Boi
 Material Balance
Bo  Rso Bg
n 
Bo  Boi  Rsoi  R so Bg 
mBoi
Bg  Bgi 
Bgi

Bg
Calculation of g 
these Bo  Boi  Rsoi  R so Bg 
mBoi
Bg  Bgi 
Bgi

1
w 
Bo  Boi  Rsoi  R so B g 
mBoi
Bg  Bgi 
B gi
 Equation cont.
N  N p ( j 1)  n  G p ( j 1)  g
N p 
 n   g Rave

N pj  N p ( j 1)  N p

 N p  B0
S L  S w  (1  S w )1  
 N  Boi
Equation cont.

k g  o Bo
R j  Rso 
k o  g Bg

Compare and iterate

 Flow Equation
 
 
0.00708k o h  p  p 
qo 
wf

 o Bo  r  
 ln    0.75 
e

  rw  

N p
t 
qo
2. Model Initialization

Given DATA
Permeability ratios
PVT data
Isopach Plots
Production History
Permeability data for cores
History Matching

Modified Parameter
kg/ko
kro
H
Absolute permeability
 5-16 Well Results (5-16Matching
Production History Well )
60 1400

1200
50

Average Absolute
Oil production,stb/day

Average Thickness of 1000

DATA Permeability to Air
Pay zone (ft)
Capacity (ft)
40 (md)

GOR, scf/stb
WELL Zone (1) Zone (2) Zone (1) Zone (2) Zone (1) Zone (2) 800

30
5-6 5.3 4.1 8.2 13.3 43.46 54.53
600

20
400

10
200

0 0
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Time,years
A ctual P ro ductio n M o deled P ro ductio n A ctual GOR M o deled GOR
 8-16 Well Production History Matching
60 1200
Result Well (8-16)
50 1000

40 Average Absolute Average 800

GOR. scf/stb
Oil,stb/day

DATA Permeability to Thickness of Capacity (ft

Air (md) Pay zone (ft)
30 600
Zone Zone Zone Zone Zone
WELL Zone (1)
(2) (1) (2) (1) (2)
20 400
8-16 8.3 6.6 10.5 11.0 87.15 72.6
10 200

0 0
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Time,years
Actual Oil Production Modeled Production Actual GOR Modeled GOR
 9-13 Well Production History Matching
80 Result Well (9-13) 1400

70 1200
Oil production,Stb/day

60
Average Absolute Average 1000
50 DATA Permeability to Air Thickness of Capacity (ft)
(md) Pay zone (ft) 800
40 Zone Zone Zone Zone
WELL Zone (2) Zone (2)
(1) (1) (2) (1) 600
30
166.
9-13 11.1 6 15 11 66
5 400
20

10 200

0 0
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Time,years
Actual Oil Production Modeled Production Actual GOR Modeled GOR
 14-12 Production History Matching
60 1200
Results Well (14-12)
50 1000
Oil production stb/day

40 Average 800
Average

GOR, SCF/STB
Absolute
DATA Thickness of Capacity (ft)
Permeability
Pay zone (ft)
to Air (md)
30 600

Zone Zone Zone Zone Zone Zone

WELL c(2)
20 (1) (1) (2) (1) (2) 400

14-12 8 7.5 6 11 48 82.5

10 200

0 0
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Time, years
Actual Oil Production Modeled Production Actual GOR Modeled GOR
 Conclusion
Reasonable and Defendable Model

Tarner Tracy is fine for this problem