Material balance in waterdrive reservoirs

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The objectives of a material-balance analysis include:
?Confirming the producing mechanism
?Estimating the original oil in place (OOIP)
?Estimating the water influx history
?Estimating the water influx model parameters
The water influx model parameters are needed to forecast future water influx and
oil recovery.
The analysis depends on the known and unknown constants and variables. Three sce
narios are considered:
?Water influx history is known but the OOIP is unknown
?Water influx history is unknown but the OOIP is known
?Both the water influx history and the OOIP are unknown

Contents
[hide] 1 Water influx known, OOIP unknown
2 Water influx unknown, OOIP known
3 Water influx unknown, OOIP unknown 3.1 Radial aquifer
3.2 Linear aquifer
4 Example 1: estimating water influx with material balance
5 Example 2: determining water-influx parameters and OOIP
6 Nomenclature
7 References
8 Noteworthy papers in OnePetro
9 External links
10 See also
Water influx known, OOIP unknown
If the water influx history is known and the OOIP unknown, the material balance
methods in the previous sections are directly applicable. For instance, if the r
eservoir is initially undersaturated, then an (F
We)-vs.-E owf plot can be used
to confirm the mechanism and estimate the OOIP. The water influx model parameter
s can be determined by history matching.