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Study of Startup Parameters Triggering Water Cresting in Wells in Bottom-Water Reservoirs

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Based on the description of the dynamic process of bottom-water cresting in horizontal wells, we have identified a startup state that precedes the water rise. We present formulas helping to understand the nature of the process of bottom-water cresting toward a horizontal well, and to analyze the cresting process in relation to well production rate. The goal of this paper is to improve understanding of bottom-water cresting toward a horizontal well.

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This work was done with the support of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51404201), a project of the Sichuan Provincial Education Department (No. 14ZB0045), and a Deyang Major Science and Technology Project (No. 2014ZZ095-6).

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Oil & Gas Reservoir Geology and Exploitation Engineering, Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China, 610500

    Ping Yue, Xiaofan Chen, Haohan Liu & Hu Jia

  2. Sichuan College of Architectural Technology, Deyang, China

    Haohan Liu

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Translated from Khimiya i Tekhnologiya Topliv i Masel, No. 3, pp. 30 – 36, May – June, 2015.

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Yue, P., Chen, X., Liu, H. et al. Study of Startup Parameters Triggering Water Cresting in Wells in Bottom-Water Reservoirs. Chem Technol Fuels Oils 51, 280–293 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10553-015-0602-0

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