Problem 5-6

Material Balance High Pressure Gas Reservoir

HIGH PRESSURE, HIGH COMPRESSIBILITY GAS RESERVOIRS

A high pressure gas reservoir with the following characteristics is being studied.

Reservoir Temperature = 250 oF

Initial Reservoir Pressure = 10,000 psia
Gas Specific Gravity = 0.7 (No inerts present)

Sw = 30% Cf = 30x10-6 psi-1

Cw = 3x10-6 psi-1

The pressure and production history is attached.

The pressure has already been used to calculate Z factors and a P/Z
plot has been made that indicates the OGIP = 124 Bcf

Do you agree with this estimate of OGIP?

 MATERIAL BALANCE

HIGH PRESSURE, HIGH COMPRESSIBILITY GAS RESERVOIRS

Conventional P/Z Plot

Cumulative
Pressure Gas P/Z 8000
(psia) (Bcf) Z Factor (psi)
7000
10000 0 1.4110 7087.2
6000
9500 5 1.3700 6934.3
9000 10 1.3280 6777.1 5000

P/Z (psia)
8500 15 1.2870 6604.5
8000 20 1.2470 6415.4 4000
7500 25 1.2060 6218.9
7000 30 1.1670 5998.3 3000
6500 35 1.1280 5762.4
2000
6000 40 1.0910 5499.5 OGIP = 124 Bcf
5500 45 1.0550 5213.3 1000
5000 50 1.0210 4897.2
4500 55 0.9890 4550.1 0
0 25 50 75 100 125 150 175 200

Cumulative Gas Production (Bcf)

440322754.xls Data