Comparison and Validation of Theoretical and Empirical Correlations for Black Oil Reservoir Fluid Properties

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sophie Nazik Godefroy ◽  
Siew H. Khor ◽  
David Emms
Keyword(s):  
Oil Reservoir ◽  
Empirical Correlations ◽  
Reservoir Fluid ◽  
Black Oil ◽  
Fluid Properties

Systematic evaluation of asphaltene formation damage of black oil reservoir fluid from Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela

Fuel ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 206 ◽  
pp. 258-275 ◽  
Author(s):  
Afzal Memon ◽  
Craig Borman ◽  
Omid Mohammadzadeh ◽  
Martha Garcia ◽  
Dayana Judith Reyes Tristancho ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Evaluation ◽  
Formation Damage ◽  
Oil Reservoir ◽  
Reservoir Fluid ◽  
Lake Maracaibo ◽  
Black Oil

Applications of Advance Downhole Fluid Analysis and Interval Pressure Transient Test for Improving Oil Reservoir Characterization: A Case Study from the East Cost of Trinidad

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
S.. Paul ◽  
R.. Tapia ◽  
J.A.. A. Arias-Correa
Keyword(s):  
Real Time ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Oil Field ◽  
Fluid Composition ◽  
Oil Reservoir ◽  
Pressure Transient ◽  
Fluid Analysis ◽  
Reservoir Fluid ◽  
Fluid Properties ◽  
Pressure Transient Test

Abstract Acquisition of reservoir information from exploration campaigns in offshore oil reservoirs is a continuous challenge in today's operations. Reservoir fluid properties and reservoir parameters characterization are fundamental for the accurate reservoir description for field planning and facilities design. With the aid of new technology, data of the highest quality can be obtained while the well is being drilled. This data is a key input to the development plans for the area. For an exploration well in an offshore Trinidad and Tobago oil field, in a reservoir of mainly unconsolidated sandstones with medium oil, the main objective was to acquire early and quick identification of the oil prospect for planning appraisal wells. A wireline formation tester (WFT) dual-packer module was deployed to perform an interval pressure transient test (IPTT), also known as a mini-drillstem test (mini-DST), at the interval of interest for assessing key reservoir parameters such as vertical and horizontal permeability, damage skin, and reservoir pressure, among others, in the near-wellbore domain, in addition to fluid sampling. Downhole fluid analysis (DFA) was performed to identify the reservoir fluid properties including oil and water fraction, fluid composition, gas/oil ratio, density, viscosity, fluorescence, reflectance, and resistivity at multiple depths in real time. Also, the real-time insitu fluid characterization allowed making decisions about where and when to take the samples in an optimal amount of time. Additionally, a single-probe wireline formation tester was used to take fluid samples and to obtain a single-point formation pressure, used for determining pressure gradient. DFA was combined with pressure profiles to improve the determination of zonal connectivity across the reservoir. The combination of IPTT and real time DFA characterization was applied at multiple depths and resulted in an improved understanding of oil reservoir, as well as lessons learned about methodology and applications and recommendations for future operations.

A Generalized Compositional Approach for Reservoir Simulation

1983 ◽  
Vol 23 (05) ◽  
pp. 727-742 ◽  
Author(s):  
Larry C. Young ◽  
Robert E. Stephenson
Keyword(s):  
Enhanced Recovery ◽  
Gas Condensate ◽  
Reservoir Modeling ◽  
Pressure Equation ◽  
Compositional Modeling ◽  
Fluid Property ◽  
Black Oil ◽  
Fluid Properties ◽  
Newton Raphson ◽  
Raphson Method

A procedure for solving compositional model equations is described. The procedure is based on the Newton Raphson iteration method. The equations and unknowns in the algorithm are ordered in such a way that different fluid property correlations can be accommodated leadily. Three different correlations have been implemented with the method. These include simplified correlations as well as a Redlich-Kwong equation of state (EOS). The example problems considered area conventional waterflood problem,displacement of oil by CO, andthe displacement of a gas condensate by nitrogen. These examples illustrate the utility of the different fluid-property correlations. The computing times reported are at least as low as for other methods that are specialized for a narrower class of problems. Introduction Black-oil models are used to study conventional recovery techniques in reservoirs for which fluid properties can be expressed as a function of pressure and bubble-point pressure. Compositional models are used when either the pressure. Compositional models are used when either the in-place or injected fluid causes fluid properties to be dependent on composition also. Examples of problems generally requiring compositional models are primary production or injection processes (such as primary production or injection processes (such as nitrogen injection) into gas condensate and volatile oil reservoirs and (2) enhanced recovery from oil reservoirs by CO or enriched gas injection. With deeper drilling, the frequency of gas condensate and volatile oil reservoir discoveries is increasing. The drive to increase domestic oil production has increased the importance of enhanced recovery by gas injection. These two factors suggest an increased need for compositional reservoir modeling. Conventional reservoir modeling is also likely to remain important for some time. In the past, two separate simulators have been developed and maintained for studying these two classes of problems. This result was dictated by the fact that compositional models have generally required substantially greater computing time than black-oil models. This paper describes a compositional modeling approach paper describes a compositional modeling approach useful for simulating both black-oil and compositional problems. The approach is based on the use of explicit problems. The approach is based on the use of explicit flow coefficients. For compositional modeling, two basic methods of solution have been proposed. We call these methods "Newton-Raphson" and "non-Newton-Raphson" methods. These methods differ in the manner in which a pressure equation is formed. In the Newton-Raphson method the iterative technique specifies how the pressure equation is formed. In the non-Newton-Raphson method, the composition dependence of certain ten-ns is neglected to form the pressure equation. With the non-Newton-Raphson pressure equation. With the non-Newton-Raphson methods, three to eight iterations have been reported per time step. Our experience with the Newton-Raphson method indicates that one to three iterations per tune step normally is sufficient. In the present study a Newton-Raphson iteration sequence is used. The calculations are organized in a manner which is both efficient and for which different fluid property descriptions can be accommodated readily. Early compositional simulators were based on K-values that were expressed as a function of pressure and convergence pressure. A number of potential difficulties are inherent in this approach. More recently, cubic equations of state such as the Redlich-Kwong, or Peng-Robinson appear to be more popular for the correlation Peng-Robinson appear to be more popular for the correlation of fluid properties. SPEJ p. 727

Black Oil Delumping: Running Black Oil Reservoir Simulations and Getting Compositional Wellstreams in the North Kuwait Jurassic Complex

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kassem Ghorayeb ◽  
Manoch Limsukhon ◽  
Qasem M. Dashti ◽  
Rafi M. Aziz
Keyword(s):  
Oil Reservoir ◽  
Reservoir Simulations ◽  
The North ◽  
Black Oil

Effect of Dilution on Acoustic and Transport Properties of Reservoir Fluid Systems and Their Interplay

SPE Journal ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (06) ◽  
pp. 2867-2880
Author(s):  
Ram R. Ratnakar ◽  
Edward J. Lewis ◽  
Birol Dindoruk
Keyword(s):  
Measurement Techniques ◽  
Saturation Pressure ◽  
Ultrasonic Pulse ◽  
Acoustic Velocity ◽  
Viscosity Data ◽  
Reservoir Fluid ◽  
Fluid Systems ◽  
Fluid Properties ◽  
Volume Measurements ◽  
Live Oil

Summary Acoustic velocity is one of the key thermodynamic properties that can supplement phase behavior or pressure/volume/temperature (PVT) measurements of pure substances and mixtures. Several important fluid properties are relatively difficult to obtain through traditional measurement techniques, correlations, or equation of state (EOS) models. Acoustic measurements offer a simpler method to obtain some of these properties. In this work, we used an experimental method based on ultrasonic pulse-echo measurements in a high-pressure/high-temperature (HP/HT) cell to estimate acoustic velocity in fluid mixtures. We used this technique to estimate related key PVT parameters (such as compressibility), thereby bridging gaps in essential data. In particular, the effect of dilution with methane (CH4) and carbon dioxide (CO2) at pressures from 15 to 62 MPa and temperatures from 313 to 344 K is studied for two reservoir fluid systems to capture the effect of the gas/oil ratio (GOR) and density variations on measured viscosity and acoustic velocity. Correlative analysis of the acoustic velocity and viscosity data were then performed to develop an empirical correlation that is a function of GOR. Such a correlation can be useful for improving the interpretation of the sonic velocity response and the calibration of viscosity changes when areal fluid properties vary with GOR, especially in disequilibrium systems. In addition, under isothermal conditions, the acoustic velocity of a live oil decreases monotonically with decreasing pressure until the saturation point where the trend is reversed. This observation can also be used as a technique to estimate the saturation pressure of a live oil or as a byproduct of the target experiments. It supplements the classical pressure/volume measurements to determine the bubblepoint pressure.

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