AN INTEGRATED APPROACH TO GAS-WELL DELIVERABILITY ANALYSIS, HUGOTON FIELD

This paper describes an integrated approach for analyzing gas well deliverability for a large complex well system by using electronic gas measurement (EGM) data, inflow/outflow performance (IOP) prediction, material balance, and pipeline modeling. The primary benefit is a more accurate production forecast for project analysis. In the past, determining gas well deliverability for a large multiwell system (MWS) was difficult because an efficient method was not available to analyze fully rate and pressure information, completion configuration, proration regulations, state test information, gathering system response, and reservoir material balance. Recent developments in technical software and hardware and the widespread use of EGM have led to more efficient and accurate determinations of wellhead deliverability.