The Effects of Richness, Relative Permeability Curves, and Skin in Well Test Analysis of Gas Condensate Reservoirs

Abstract

Gas condensate reservoirs have more complicated performance than other categories because possessing intermediate compositions leads to more complex thermodynamic and phase behavior. When the well bottom hole flowing pressure falls below the dew point, condensate liquid builds up around the wellbore, causing a reduction in gas permeability and well productivity. Well test analysis is now commonly used to identify and quantify near-wellbore effects, reservoir behavior quantifying the skin and reservoir boundaries. Finding all this information from well tests in gas condensate reservoirs, however, is challenging. The present article demonstrates the effect of the richness, relative permeability curves, and skin in well test analysis of gas condensate reservoirs.