Evaluation of Damage Mechanisms and Skin Factor in Tight Gas Reservoirs
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Tight gas reservoirs normally have production problems due to very low matrix permeability and significant damage during well drilling, completion, stimulation and production. Therefore, they may not flow gas at optimum rates without advanced production improvement techniques. The main damage mechanisms and the factors that have significant influence on total skin factor in tight gas reservoirs include mechanical damage to formation rock, plugging of natural fractures by mud solid particles invasion, relative permeability reduction around wellbore as a result of filtrate invasion, liquid leak-off into the formation during fracturing operations, water blocking, skin due to wellbore breakouts, and the damage associated with perforation. Drilling and fracturing fluids invasion mostly occurs through natural fractures and may also lead to serious permeability reduction in the rock matrix that surrounds the natural or hydraulic fractures.This study represents evaluation of different damage mechanisms in tight gas formations, and examines the factors that can have significant influence on total skin factor and well productivity. Reservoir simulation was carried out based on a typical West Australian tight gas reservoir in order to understand how well productivity is affected by each of the damage mechanisms such as natural fractures plugging, mud filtrate invasion, water blocking and perforation.
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