Phase Diagram of Reservoir

Fluids
Name: Hendy Zulfian Nurrahim
ID: 124.16.024

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OUTLINE
Introduction of Phase Diagram

Phase Diagram of Reservoir Fluid Type

• Black Oil
• Volatile Oil
• Retrograde Gas
• Wet Gas
• Dry Gas

References

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Phase Diagram

Single-component System
Multi-component System

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Black Oil
 separator conditions lie
well within the phase
envelope.
 Also called low-shrinkage
crude oil or ordinary oil.
 Consist of a wide variety
of chemical species
including large, heavy,
nonvolatile molecules.

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Volatile Oil
 Also called high-shrinkage
crude oils, and near-critical oils.
 Contain relatively fewer heavy
molecules and more
intermediates than black oils.
 Critical temperature is much
lower than for a black oil and
close to reservoir
temperature.

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Retrograde Gas

 Containing fewer of the heavy

hydrocarbons than do the oils.
 Reservoir temperature lies
between critical temperature
and cricondentherm.
 At some low pressure, the liquid
begins to revaporize.

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Wet Gas
 A wet gas exists solely as a gas
in the reservoir throughout the
reduction in reservoir pressure.
 Separator conditions lie within
the phase envelope, causing
some liquid to be formed at the
surface.
 The word “wet” means that the
gas is wet with hydrocarbon
liquid which condenses at
surface conditions

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Dry Gas
 Dry gas is primarily methane
with some intermediates.
 Hydrocarbon mixture is
solely gas in the reservoir and
that normal surface separator
conditions fall outside the
phase envelope.
 No liquid is formed at the
surface.
 The word “dry” indicates that
the gas does not contain
enough of the heavier
molecules to form
hydrocarbon liquid at the
surface.

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References:
 McCain, W.D.,Jr. The Properties of Petroleum
Fluids. 2nd ed.Tulsa, OK: PennWell. (1990)
 Dr. Paul Glover. Formation Evaluation MSc
Course Notes. Chapter 2: Reservoir Fluids.
Page 13.

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