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Chierici provides the following example in Chapter 12 of his textbook "Principles of Petroleum Reservoir Engineering Volume 2".

 

Input Data

Perforated Interval, m

6

Thickness of Oil Zone, m

30

Total Thickness, m

50

Wellbore Radius, m

0.1052

Drainage Boundary Radius, m

321

 

 

Porosity, fraction

0.25

Radial Permeability, mD

500

Vertical Permeability, mD

500

kv/kh ratio

1

 

 

Endpoint kro, fraction

0.9

Endpoint krw, fraction

0.4

Oil Density, gm/cc

0.78

Water Density, gm/cc

1.03

Oil FVF, Bo rm³/sm³

1.25

Water FVF, Bo rm³/sm³

1

Oil Viscosity, cP

2

Water Viscosity, cP

0.6

 

 

Oil Flow Rate, m³/d

100

 

Once the user has successfully input all the required data, as shown in the following two screen captures, they can press the calculate button to perform the coning calculations.

 

 

 

 

 

With the above input panel, and a knowledge of production history (time in days and watercut), the user can iterate the vertical permeability to achieve an acceptable match. See example provided below.

 

 


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