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Gas Recycling
in Gas
Condensate
Reservoirs
What?
Why?
How?
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Submitted by
Ahmed
Farag Rizk.
Mohamed Ata Farahat.
Ali Yahya Gergis.
Semak Zaghlol.
Mokhtar Ahmed Husieen.
Mohamed Fathy Salem.
Tarek Ali.
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Agenda
Five
Reservoir Fluids.
Retrograde Gas.
Reservoir Regions.
Condensate Problem.
Method of Implementation.
Process Efficiency.
Advantages and Disadvantages.
Economics.
Case Study.
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black oil
Volatile oil
Gas
Condensate
Initial
<1,750
Producin
g GLR
(scf/STB)
1,7503,200
Wet Gas
Dry Gas
Retrogra
de Gas
Wet Gas
Dry Gas
>3,200
>15,000
100,000
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Retrograde Phenomena
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Retrograde gascondensate
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Retrograde gascondensate
Near Critical
Lean gas
condensate
Rich gas
condensate
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Nearcritical Gascondensate
Reservoir
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Liquid Dropout %
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Reservoir Regions
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Reservoir Regions
Region
I - Near Wellbore
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Reservoir Regions
Region
2condensate build up
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Reservoir Regions
Region
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Blockage.
Gas
permeability reduction.
Loss
of Condensate.
Liquid
loading problems
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Possible Solutions
Hydraulic fracture.
Horizontal wells.
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Disadvantage
Reducing D.D.
Gas cyclic
Hyd. Frac.
Horizontal wells
High cost
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Long-term benefit.
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Gas Recycling
Target:
Definition:
Statistics:
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Gas Recycling
Data required:
Geologic data.
Rock and fluid properties.
Reservoir pressure history.
Condensate, gas, and water production
data, from the date of discovery.
(5) Proposed future production rates.
(6) Gas- and/or water-injection data, past and
future.
(7) Productivity, injectivity & Backpressure test
data on wells.
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
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Implementation Method
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Injection Pattern
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Injection Pattern
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Injected Gas
Type:
HC.
N2.
CO2.
Source:
Closed system.
Open system.
Semi-closed system.
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Handling of Production
Main
Equipment
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Handling of Production
Dehydration:
Filtration:
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=
EA Area enclosed by injected gas divided
by total reservoir area.
EV Pore space invaded by injected gas
divided by total thickness.
ED Volume of wet HC swept out of
individual pores divided by same pores at
the beginning of cycling.
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Mobility ratio:
The viscosity of lighter dry gas is less than that
of wet gas.
=
M should be 1
Gravity
difference:
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volume
factor:
The FVF of the dry gas
is greater than for the
wet.
There is a volume
difference.
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Case 1
Permeability:
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Case 2
Permeability:
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of injected gas:
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Advantages
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Disadvantages
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Economics
Profit
= revenue cost
Present
Expectations
Condensate
demand.
prices.
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Economics
cost
capital
compressors
operating
Additional
separation units
gas
Additional
pipelines
New
wells
Power
consumption
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Economics
Revenue
Normal
recovery
Additional
gas
Additional
condensate
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Economics
Additional
Well
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Economics
1.
2.
3.
4.
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Economics
5.
a)
b)
c)
i.
ii.
iii.
iv.
v.
Economic analysis:
Taxes.
Markets.
Economics of size and design of total
physical plants:
Costs of total physical plants per unit of
capacity.
Costs of operations per unit of capacity.
Costs of taxes.
Revenue from markets.
Estimates of intangible risk factors.
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Case Study
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Conclusions
The study shows that the gas injection process is a
viable option for reducing the liquid blockage in the
near wellbore region.
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Reference
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