E - Fixed Constructions – 21 – B
Patent
E - Fixed Constructions
21
B
E21B 47/00 (2006.01) E21B 49/00 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 2128481
A method is provided for establishing the location and orientation of the boundaries surrounding a subterranean reservoir and creating an image thereof. A conventional pressure test is performed on a well, establishing measures of the well's pressure response as defined by the rate of pressure change in the reservoir over time. Conventional techniques are used to determine measures of the radius of investigation. A calculated response for an infinite and radially extending well and the measured response are compared as a ratio. Variation of the ratio from unity is indicative of the presence of a boundary and its magnitude is related to an angle-of-view. The angle-of- view is related to the orientation of the boundary to the well. By combining the angle-of- view and the radius of investigation, one can define vectors which extend from the well to locations on the boundary, thereby defining an image of the boundary. In an alternate embodiment, the angle-of-view and radius of investigation can be applied in a converse manner to predict the pressure response of a well from a known set of boundaries.
Slevinsky Bruce A.
Smart & Biggar
Suncor Energy Inc.
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