EUR Sensitivity Analysis


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34 rows x 4 columns

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A B C D
1 EUR Sensitivity Analysis - Arps Decline
2 Base Case Parameters
3 Initial Rate (qi) 30000 bbl/month
4 Initial Decline (Di) 0.06 1/month
5 b-exponent 0.5 -
6 Economic Limit 300 bbl/month
7
8 Base Case EUR
9 EUR (to qlimit) 900 Mstb
10 Time to Limit 25 years
11
12 EUR Sensitivity to b-exponent
13 b EUR (Mstb) % of Base Time to Limit (yrs)
14 0 495 55 6.396069703
15 0.3 685.8494878 76.20549865 13.8012579
16 0.5 900 100 25
17 0.7 1248.018928 138.6687698 47.85488951
18 1 2302.585093 255.8427881 137.5
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20 EUR Sensitivity to Initial Decline (Di)
21 Di (1/month) EUR (Mstb) % of Base 5-Year Np (Mstb)
22 0.03 1800 200 947.3684211
23 0.05 1080 120 720
24 0.06 900 100 642.8571429
25 0.08 675 75 529.4117647
26 0.1 540 60 450
27
28 EUR Sensitivity to Economic Limit
29 qlimit (bbl/month) EUR (Mstb) % of Base Life (years)
30 150 929.2893219 103.2543691 36.50593229
31 300 900 100 25
32 600 858.5786438 95.39762708 16.86407726
33 900 826.7949192 91.86610214 13.2597297
34 1500 776.3932023 86.26591136 9.644822097

Description

Sensitivity analysis of Estimated Ultimate Recovery (EUR) to Arps decline parameters. Understanding parameter uncertainty impact on EUR is critical for reserves estimation and economic analysis.

Key Sensitivities:

  • b-factor: Higher b = slower decline = higher EUR
  • Initial Decline (Di): Higher Di = faster decline = lower EUR
  • Economic Limit: Lower limit = longer production = higher EUR

Units: rates are bbl/month and Di is 1/month, so the EUR and Np columns are true volumes (shown as Mstb) and the life columns divide the returned months by 12. The Arps functions are unit-agnostic — rate and time must share the same time base.

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  2. Search for EUR Sensitivity Analysis
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  4. Click Insert to place it into your worksheet. Modify the input values to match your data.
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