A New Model for Evaluation of Horizontal Well in Bottom Water Reservoirs

Abstract

It is the aim of this research to describe the horizontal well performance in different conditions, this paper firstly introduces 13 dimensionless variables to describe the influence factors of horizontal well performance in bottom water reservoir and calculates the range of all the variations from low to high level by making a statistics of the actual field data of the 23 horizontal wells, then establishes the oil recovery model with response surface method using a 3 level-13 variables Box-Behnken design (BBD) . Based on the evaluation model, single factor sensitivity and interaction analysis between any two factors are carried out. Finally, research on horizontal well in typical bottom water reservoirs indicates that the values calculated by the new evaluation model fit the actual field data, which proves that the evaluation model can provide criteria for the design or optimization of horizontal well development in a bottom water reservoir.