Practical Procedure To Predict Cresting Behavior of Horizontal Wells

Summary Water and gas cresting in horizontal wells are important phenomena in reservoirs that have an aquifer or a gas cap. In practical situations, many reservoirs are produced under supercritical rates, and a breakthrough of the displacing phase becomes inevitable. At the beginning of a reservoir simulation study, it is desirable to make an estimate of the breakthrough time and the post-breakthrough behavior. Grid sensitivity runs are also...