Assignment

Semester: Fall 2019

Faculty : Faculty of Engineering
Department : Chemical and Petroleum Engineering Division/ program: PE
Course Name : Natural Gas Engineering Course Code: PTRE413

Student's Name:…………………………….……………………….………… ID:……………………………….……….….…….….…

Section/ Group: ……………………….….……………………….…… Seat Number: ………………………………

Question Mark Out of

ILO1 Q1 10 Total marks in letters

ILO2 Q2 12

Q3 8

Instructor’s Name: Dr. Rami Harkouss

Total 30
Signature:…………………………….……………
Question 1 (10 pts):
a) A reservoir is 1500 acres and 50 ft thick, porosity is 15%, and liquid
saturation is 15%. Reservoir pressure and temperature are 4026 psi and 107
°F, respectively.
The gas compositions:

Compound % mole Pc Tc
C1 0.874 673 344
C2 0.083 709 550
C3 0.022 618 666
i-C4 0.006 530 733
C4 0.002 551 766
i-C5 0.008 482 830
C5 0.003 485 847
C6 0.001 434 915
C8 0.001 361 1024

Calculate its initial gas in place.

Question 2 (8 pts):
Based on the data given in the table below, determine the gas operating density.

Qg 8 mmscfd
Pc 71.4 psi
o
Tc 346 R
MWg 20.3 lb/lbmole
µg 0.013 cP
P 250 psi
o
T 60 F
Question 3 (12 pts):
A field produces 121 MMscf/d of natural gas (γg = 0.7 with no sour gas). The
wellhead pressure and temperature are 105°F and 460 psi, respectively. At
those conditions, the fluid density and formation volume factor are ρ = 1.72 lb/
ft3 and Bg = 0.0319 ft3/scf.
The separator operating pressure and temperature are 165 psi and 100°F,
respectively.
At separator conditions, assume the mixture contains 1% (weight) of water and
4% (weight) hydrocarbon liquid.
The densities and viscosities of hydrocarbon gas, liquid (light liquid or Ll), and
water (heavy liquid or Hl) are ρg = 0.72 lb/ ft3, ρLl = 54.0 lb/ft3, and ρHl = 62.1
lb/ ft3, μg = 0.0113 cp, μLl = 0.630 cp, and μHl = 0.764 cp.
The hydrocarbon liquid holdup time is 25 minutes and the surge time is
assumed to be 5 minutes.

Size this three-phase vertical separator with baffle plate and wire mesh mist
eliminator.