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[[Decline Curve Analysis]] '''DCA''' is an empirical method for rate decline analysis and rate forecasting published by Arps in '''1945''' <ref name=Arps />.
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[[Decline Curve Analysis]] '''(DCA)''' is an empirical method for rate decline analysis and rate forecasting published by Arps in '''1945''' <ref name=Arps />.
  
 
[[Decline Curve Analysis|DCA]] is applied for [[Well]]s and [[Reservoirs]] production forecasting.
 
[[Decline Curve Analysis|DCA]] is applied for [[Well]]s and [[Reservoirs]] production forecasting.

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Brief

Decline Curve Analysis (DCA) is an empirical method for rate decline analysis and rate forecasting published by Arps in 1945 [1].

DCA is applied for Wells and Reservoirs production forecasting.

Math & Physics

Note Rate Cumulative
Hyperbolic decline, 0 < b < 1 [2] q(t) = \frac{q_i}{(1+b\ D_i\ t)^{1/b}} Q = \frac{q^b_i}{D_i\ (1-b)} (q^{1-b}_i-q(t)^{1-b})
Exponential decline, b = 0 q(t) = {q_i}^{-D_i\ t} Q = \frac{q_i-q(t)}{D_i}
Harmonic decline, b = 1 q(t) = \frac{q_i}{1+D_i\ t} Q = \frac{q_i}{D_i} ln{\frac{q_i}{q(t)}}

Discussion

If one has a need to convert decline factor Di to the actual annual decline in %:

if\ b > 0, a = (1 - (1 + b\ D_i)^{- 1 / b}) \times 100
if\ b = 0, a = (1 - e^{-D_i}) \times 100

Nomenclature

a = annual decline, %
b = decline curve parametr, dimensionless
D_i = decline factor per time t, dimensionless
q_i = initial rate, any rate units applies
q(t) = rate at time t, any rate units applies
t = forecast time, days

References

  1. ↑ Arps, J. J. (1945). "Analysis of Decline Curves"Paid subscription required. Transactions of the AIME. Society of Petroleum Engineers. 160 (01). 
  2. ↑ "KAPPA Dynamic Data Analysis (DDA) book"Paid subscription required. 
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