Well Productivity Decline due to Fines Migration and Production: (Analytical model for the Regime of strained particles accumulation)

Abstract

Abstract Well index decline has been widely observed for oil, gas and artesian wells producing the reservoir fines. It has often been explained by the lifting, migration and subsequent plugging of pores by fine particles, which have been observed in numerous core flood tests. In this work, the basic equations for the detachment of fine particles, their migration and size exclusion, causing the rock permeability decline, have been derived. The analytical model, developed for the regime of steady state production with gradual accumulation of strained particles, show the linear skin factor growth vs time and vs the amount of produced reservoir fines.