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Computation of pressure depletion and well productivity of multi-fractured wells with variable fracture spacing using fast and accurate solution method
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Yakai Tiana, b, Ruud Weijermarsa, c, *
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Computation of pressure depletion and well productivity of multi-fractured wells with variable fracture spacing using fast and accurate solution method
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Yakai Tiana, b, Ruud Weijermarsa, c, *
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  • aDepartment of Petroleum Engineering, College of Petroleum Engineering and Geosciences (CPG), King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals (KFUPM), Dhahran, 31261, Saudi Arabia
  • bPetroChina Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration and Development (RIPED), Beijing 100083, China
  • cCenter for Integrative Petroleum Research (CIPR), College of Petroleum Engineering and Geosciences (CPG), King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals (KFUPM), Dhahran, 31261, Saudi Arabia
Published: 2026-03-10 doi: 10.1016/j.ptlrs.2025.08.008
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This study presents a fast method that can model the pressure depletion around hydraulically fractured wells accurately. The Gaussian Pressure-Transient (GPT) method has infinite resolution, because no discrete-grid computations are required − the method solves the pressure field using closed-form solutions. After extensive testing on field cases and calibration against other (independent) solutionmethods, it appeared that the pressure interference of multiple fractures represented by pressure transients − in the early phases of pressure advance − behaves according to the traditional superposition-method. However, when pressure interference advances, the traditional superposition method gives increasingly unrealistic and inaccurate results. Therefore, the traditional superposition method typically used for steady-state, needs adjustment when applied to transient systems, modeled here with Gaussian pressure-diffusion probability-density functions. The new solutions are valid for the advance of pressure changes both in the early and late stages of the well-life. A second new insight presented here is that the superposition of multiple fractures using Gaussian solutions (together with pressure-gradient computations and application of Darcy's) can accurately forecast the future production rate and cumulative production of the well over the economic well-life, accounting for the impact of fracture-spacing changes. The new method is validated by history-matching of our Gaussian forecasts using real well-data to constrain specific reservoir properties (hydraulic diffusivity) and completion parameters (fracture half-lengths), and then was benchmarked against independent simulations with CMG-IMEX.

Coupled pressure-superposition method  /  Gaussian pressure transients  /  Pressure interference  /  History matching  /  Eagle Ford
Yakai Tian, Ruud Weijermars. Computation of pressure depletion and well productivity of multi-fractured wells with variable fracture spacing using fast and accurate solution method[J]. Petroleum Research, 2026 , 11 (1) : 150 -162 . DOI: 10.1016/j.ptlrs.2025.08.008
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doi: 10.1016/j.ptlrs.2025.08.008
  • Receive Date:2024-11-06
  • Online Date:2026-10-14
  • Published:2026-03-10
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  • Received:2024-11-06
  • Revised:2025-08-27
  • Accepted:2025-08-27
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    aDepartment of Petroleum Engineering, College of Petroleum Engineering and Geosciences (CPG), King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals (KFUPM), Dhahran, 31261, Saudi Arabia
    bPetroChina Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration and Development (RIPED), Beijing 100083, China
    cCenter for Integrative Petroleum Research (CIPR), College of Petroleum Engineering and Geosciences (CPG), King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals (KFUPM), Dhahran, 31261, Saudi Arabia

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* Department of Petroleum Engineering, College of Petroleum Engineering and Geosciences (CPG), King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals (KFUPM), Dhahran, 31261, Saudi Arabia. E-mail address: (R. Weijermars).
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表12种不同金属材料的力学参数
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鹅膏菌科Amanitaceae 2 11 5.26 鹅膏菌属 Amanita 10 4.78
小菇科 Mycenaceae 2 12 5.74 丝盖伞属 Inocybe 5 2.39
多孔菌科 Polyporaceae 8 14 6.70 蜡蘑属 Laccaria 5 2.39
红菇科 Russulaceae 3 23 11.00 小皮伞属 Marasmius 6 2.87
小菇属 Mycena 11 5.26
光柄菇属 Pluteus 5 2.39
红菇属 Russula 17 8.13
栓菌属 Trametes 5 2.39
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