Xinjiang Petroleum Geology ›› 1992, Vol. 13 ›› Issue (3): 251-256.

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DERIVATION AND APPLICATION OF A NEW TYPE EQUATION OF DECLINE CURVE

Chen Yuanqian, Hu Jianguo   

  1. Scientific Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration and Development, Beijing 100083
  • Received:1992-02-10 Online:1992-09-01 Published:2020-07-21

Abstract: A new type cquation of decline curve is derived in this paper, based on the application of Arps's hyperbolic decline. Also, the modified Kopatov' s empirical formula, which has been widely used in at home, is derived and suggest that it is a specific case of Arps's hyperbolic decline when the decline exponent n is 1/2. The new type equationis a straight line equation and its solution can be easily given without using the trial and error method and curve shifting method.

Key words: Oil—gas field, Production decline, Recoverable reserve