VIETNAM OIL & GAS GROUP

PETROVIETNAM UNIVERSITY

INTRODUCTION

Lecturer : Nguyen Viet Khoi Nguyen, MSc.

Email
: nguyennvk@pvu.edu.vn
Website : www.pvu.edu.vn

References
1. Cng ngh m ng dng, Hunh Thanh Sn & L

Phc Ho, NXB HQG Tp.HCM, 2003.

2. Applied Petroleum Reservoir Engineering, Craft

B.C, Hawkins M.F and Terry R.E, Prentice-Hall Inc.,

New Jersey, 1991. (here)
3. Petroleum Engineering Handbook for the Practicing

Engineer Vol.1, Mian M.A, PennWell Publishing Co.,

Oklahoma, 1992.
4. Reservoir Engineering Handbook (4th edition), Tarek

Ahmed, Gulf Professional Publishing, 2010. (here)

5. Multiphase Flow in Wells, James P. Brill & Hemanta

Mukherjee, SPE, 1999. (here)

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Introduction
What is Reservoir?

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Tasks of Reservoir Engineer

Estimation of HC Volumes in place

Calculation of recovery factors
Estimation of recovery time

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History of RE

In 1937, Muskat tried to attempt to

organize the concepts of fluid flow in

porous media into a formal discipline
from research of:
Fancher et al. fundamental rock
properties. (1933)
Schilthuis Subsurface samples of oil and
gas for measuring fluid properties. (1935)
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History of RE
1942, Buckley and Leverett contributed to

the understanding of oil and gas

displacement
1946, Tarner showed the equation for

dertermining the recovery of oil under

solution-gas drive
1949, Everdingen and Hurst solved the

equations to predict the flow of water from

an aquifer (included paper of Hurst in 1943)
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History of RE
1955, Moore reviewed the previous 25

years of RE history and look forward to the

next 25 years.

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History of RE
About the Decline curves to model

production history and forecast production

From 1908 to 1943, many papers were
introduced and improved the method by a lot of
experts in oil industry.
1945, Arps formalized this technique and
improved in 1956

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History of RE

Classification of Production Decline Curves

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History of RE

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Drive Mechanisms

Solution-Gas Drive
Gas-Cap Drive
Waterdrive

Gravity Drive
Compaction Drive
Imbibition Drive

Combination Drive
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Trapping Mechanisms
Structural Traps

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Trapping Mechanisms
Structural Traps

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Trapping Mechanisms
Stratigraphic Traps

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Trapping Mechanisms
Fault Traps

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Trapping Mechanisms
Hydrodynamic Traps

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Trapping Mechanisms
Combination Traps

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Trapping Mechanisms
Combination Traps

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Estimating Reserves

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Estimating Reserves

7758 Ah 1 S wi
NR
RF
Boi

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Estimating Reservoir Bulk Volume

Calculating the Reservoir Bulk Volume
Trapezoidal rule:

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Estimating Reservoir Bulk Volume

Calculating the Reservoir Bulk Volume
Trapezoidal rule:

Ah hi hi 1 Ai Ai 1

i 1 2
n

1
Ah h A1 2 A2 ... 2 An 1 An
2
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Estimating Reservoir Bulk Volume

Calculating the Reservoir Bulk Volume
Example 1.1: Calculate the reservoir volume

Depth, ft
2,900
2,925
2,950
2,975
3,000
3,025
3,050
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Area, acres
20
35
50
70
95
110
130

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Estimating Reserves
Calculating the Reserves

Example 1.2: Geological contouring of a yet to

be explored region indicates that the drainage
area of a potential HC reserves is given from
example 1. The porosity of nearby regions in
the same zone is 23% and the water
saturation is 20%. If the formation volume
factor is assumed to be 1.2 bbl/STB and the
recovery factor is estimated to be 0.19.
Calculate the potential reserves
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Estimating Gas Reservoir

Similar to oil reservoirs, to estimate the gas

in place:
43560 Ah 1 S wi
Gi
Bgi

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Estimating Gas Reservoir

Remaining gas at the time of abandonment:

43560 Ah 1 S wi
Ga
Bga

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Estimating Gas Reservoir

Calculating the gas reserves:

1
1
GR Gi Ga 43560 Ah 1 S wi

Bgi Bga
43560 Ah 1 S wi
GR
RF Gi RF
Bgi
RF
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Estimating Gas Reservoir

Exercise 1.1:

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HC Phase Behavior

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HC Phase Behavior

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HC Phase Behavior
Black Oil

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HC Phase Behavior
Black Oil

Liquid-shrinkage curve for black oil

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HC Phase Behavior
Black Oil

Liquid-shrinkage curve for black oil

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HC Phase Behavior
Volatile Oil

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HC Phase Behavior
Volatile Oil

Liquid-shrinkage curve for volatile oil

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HC Phase Behavior

Liquid-shrinkage for crude oil systems

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HC Phase Behavior
Retrograde gas Condensate

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HC Phase Behavior
Wet gas

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HC Phase Behavior
Dry gas

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HC Phase Behavior
Effect of Changing the System Composition:

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More information

Formation Volume Factor (FVF)

Oil:

Oil Volume in Res

Bo
Oil Volume in Stock Tank

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More information

Formation Volume Factor (FVF)

Gas:
VR
Bg
Vsc

znRT
VR
p
zsc nRTsc
Vsc
psc
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Formation Volume Factor (FVF)

Gas:

zT
Bg 0.0282
p

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