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Tutorial: Secondary feedzones (optional)

The secondary feedzones of a well is the location, enthalpy, and mass flowrate (or drawdown relationship) of each feed zone that is above the well's primary, deepest feedzone. A feed zone can produce or accept fluid. Read more about feedzones.

You only need to enter a secondary feedzones for a well it the well has secondary feedzones above the well's primary, deepest feedzone. And do not enter the primary, deepest feedzone in the secondary feedzones (because you will specify the primary feedzone in the output or injectivity simulation for the well.

This tutorial shows you how to enter the secondary feedzones for the well MY WELL:

Entering the secondary feedzones

To model the effects of a feedzone, you will need to know or estimate:

The depth and the flowrate are usually obtained from a downhole Pressure/Temperature/Spinner (PTS) run while the well is discharging at a known flowrate.

The reservoir pressure at the feezone can be obtained from a PT run when the well is shut-in.

If the feedzone discharges water, then the enthalpy of the feedzone can be estimated from the temperature and pressure at the feedzone. If the feedzone discharges two-phase fluid, then a higher enthalpy will need to be estimated.

  1. In the sample database, click Secondary feedzones under

  2. Right-click in a row under Description to pop up a menu; click New. WellSim creates a new, empty secondary feedzones dataset.

  3. Enter data for one feedzone at 1300 m:

  4. Measure all depths relative to the same point at the wellhead read more

  5. Click to check, apply and save the data, then exit.

This feedzone will give correct results only for discharge simulations at the flow rate used to estimate the feedzone parameters.

See here for a tutorial for a more detailed modelling of a well with a secondary feedzone.