Reservoir Drive Mechanism

Prepared by:
Muhammad Shoaib
Lecturer (DUET)

Reservoir Drive Mechanism

Pressure difference between reservoir fluids and the wellbore

pressure causes fluid to flow from reservoir.

There are several ways in which fluid can be displaced and produced

from a reservoir, and these may be termed mechanisms or drives.

Where one replacement mechanism is dominant, the reservoir may

be said to be operating under a particular drive.

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Production Measuring Parameters

Production Parameters:
Oil Production Rate (Qo)
Gas Production Rate (Qg)

Water Production Rate (Qw)

Gas Oil Ratio GOR =

Water cut (fw)
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()
()

()
=
+ (+)
3

Drive Mechanisms for Gas Reservoirs

Depletion Drive/
Volumetric Drive

Water Drive
Recovery 55% to 75%

Recovery 80% to 90%

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Sources of Energy in Oil Reservoirs

Gas Dissolved in Oil

Liberated Gas from Oil

Free Gas Cap

Compressed Water Beneath Oil

Compressed Rock and Connate Water

Gravity Force

Combination of the Above

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Drive Mechanisms For Oil Reservoirs

Depletion Drive/ Solution Gas Drive

Gas Cap Drive

Water Drive

Gravity Drainage Drive

Rock & Connate Water Expansion Drive

Combination Drive

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Depletion Drive/ Solution Gas Drive

Wellbore

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ate as
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Lib

Secondary
gas cap

ves e
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s m tur
Ga struc
up

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Depletion Drive/ Solution Gas Drive

Ultimate Oil Recovery 5 to 20% (Least Efficient)
GOR

Initial reservoir
pressure

pressure

Bubblepoint
pressure

OIL PRODUCTON

Rsi

10

Pb

time

Oil recovery, % of OOIP

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Depletion Drive/ Solution Gas Drive

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Gas Cap Drive

Ultimate Oil Recovery 20 to 30%
pressure

OIL PRODUCTON

GOR
Rsi

time
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Gas Cap Drive

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Water Drive
Ultimate Oil Recovery 30 to 50%
pressure

OIL PRODUCTON

watercut

GOR
Rsi

time
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Water Drive

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Types of Water Drive Reservoir

Edge Water Drive

Bottom Water Drive

Oil producing well

Oil

Oil producing well

Zone

Oil
Water

Water

Zone
Water

Cross Section

Cross Section

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Natural Water Drive Mechanism

Cross-section view

Plane view
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Gravity Drainage Drive

G
as
G
as
G
as

Oil
Point C

Oil

Point B

Oil
Point A

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Rock & Connate Water Expansion Drive

1
=

106 1 (

)
COMPACTION DUE TO PRESSURE DEPLETION

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Rock & Connate Water Expansion Drive

1
=

106 1

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Combination Drive

In combination-drive reservoirs,
at least two of the basic drive
mechanisms are active in
expelling oil.

Example shows combination of

natural water influx and gas cap
drive.

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