An Integrated Workflow for Reservoir Modeling and Flow Simulation of the Nikanassin Tight Gas Reservoir in the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin
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Abstract
Abstract This paper presents an innovative workflow for characterization and reservoir simulation of the tight gas Nikanassin Group in the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin. Petrographic studies of the Nikanassin Group show the presence of (1) intergranular, (2) microfracture + slot, and (3) isolated (non effective) porosities. These porosities are handled with a mathematical triple porosity model for improved petrophysical analysis of the Nikanassin Group. Determination of pore throat apertures (rp35) facilitates facies mapping for reservoir simulation purposes. Numerical well testing of hydraulically fractured wells provides a way of tuning the static model with dynamic well testing information. In the case of open uncemented fractures and slots, numerical well testing indicates that the reduction of in-situ permeability can be more than two orders of magnitude. On the other hand in the case of partially cemented fractures and slots the reduction in permeability might be negligible. The approach permits an efficient representation of hydraulic fractures using transmissibility multipliers for the full field simulation of commingled tight reservoirs with multi-wells and multi-stage fractures. The result is a sound full field simulation model that permits a reasonable match of production and pressure histories, and forecasting of gas recovery under different well-spacing and depletion scenarios. As most Nikanassin tight gas wells are completed commingled, this research develops a procedure for production allocation of individual contributing formations. The study shows that there is a very large gas potential in the Nikanassin Group, particularly in the Lower Monteith Formation that can be exploited by reducing significantly the well spacing. The finding is significant as the tight gas Nikanassin Group extends for more than 15,000 km2 within Alberta and British Columbia, which suggests the potential for drilling thousands of wells in the region.
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