The Modeling of Sulfur Deposition Damage in the Presence of Natural Fracture

Abstract

With the decreasing of temperature and pressure near the wellbore area, elemental sulfur may precipitate in a sour gas reservoir. In order to acquire prediction and management of sulfur deposition, a carbonate sour gas reservoir damage model was established in the presence of natural fracture. The effects of formation parameters to gas limited production time are analyzed. The results show that when pressure is lower than saturation pressure, gas limited production time goes up with fracture aperture and height increasing, because the reservoir can accommodate more precipitated sulfur. The bigger production rate is, the faster pressure drop is and the quicker sulfur precipitates.

Keywords:

• damage
• mathematical model
• natural fracture
• sour gas reservoir
• sulfur deposition