Material Balance Method
Material Balance Method
-Material balance
Liquid exp ansion (oil exp ansion) liq. (at p ) liq. (at pi )
RB
NBo NBoi N ( Bo Boi )[]STB []RB (3.1)
STB
Liberated gas exp ansion [ solution gas (at p ) solution gas (at pi )]
SCF RB
NRsi B g NRs B g N ( Rsi Rs ) B g []STB []RB (3.2)
STB SCF
Expansion of the gascap gas
Bg
Expansion of the gascap gas mNBoi mNBoi []RB
B gi
Bg
mNBoi ( 1) ( RB) (3.3)
B gi
Change in the HCPV due to the connate
water expansion & pore volume
reduction
d ( HCPV ) dVw dV f V f the total pore vol. HCPV /(1 S w )
(c wVw c f V f )p Vw the connate water vol. V f S wc
HCPV
(c wV f S wc c f V f )p V f (c w S wc c f )p (c w S wc c f )p
(1 S w )
c w S wc c f
(1 m) NBoi ( ) p
1 S wc
Underground withdrawal
( Bo Boi ) ( Rsi Rs ) B g
Bg c w S wc c f
N p [ Bo ( R p Rs ) B g ] NBoi m 1 (1 m) p
B
Boi gi 1 S wc
(We W p ) Bw (3.7)
Note : Bo , Rs , B g f ( p)
We f ( p, t )
Simple form : Pr oduction Expansion of reservoir fluids
dV c V p
Main difficulty : measuring p
F N ( Eo mE g mE f ,w ) We Bw (3.12)
where
F N p [ Bo ( R p R s ) B g ] W p B w []RB
E o ( Bo Boi ) ( Rsi Rs ) B g [] RB
STB
Bg
E g Boi ( 1) [] RB
B gi STB
c w S wc c f
E f , w (1 m) Boi ( )p RB
1 S wc STB
F N ( E o mE g mE f , w ) We Bw (3.12)
Eq.(3.12) F NE o (3.13)
from eq.(3.7)
( Bo Boi ) ( R si R s ) B g
Bg c w S wc c f
N p [ Bo ( R p R s ) B g ] NBoi m 1 (1 m) p
B
Boi gi 1 S wc
(We W p ) B w (3.7)
Determine R.F.
Solution:
1 dVo 1 dBo
co
FromTable2.4(p.65) Vo dp Bo dp
Bob Boi
co
pi 4000 psi, Boi 1.2417 RB Boi p
STB
1.2511 1.2417
pb 3330 psi, Bob 12511 RB 11.3 10 6 psi 1
STB 1.2417(4000 3330)
Eq(3.18)
N p Bo NBoi c e p
Np Boi
R.F . c e p
N Pb
Bob
1.2417
22.8 10 6 ( 4000 3330)
1.2511
0.015 1.5%
Table 2.4 Field PVT
1 1 1
cg 300 106 psi 1 cg 300 106 psi 1
p Pb 3300
co 11.3 106 psi 1
cw 3 106 psi 1
c f 8.6 106 psi 1
Exercise3.2 Solution gas drive; below bubble point pressure
Reservoir-described in exercise 3.1
Pabandon = 900psia
(1) R.F = f(Rp)? Conclusion?
(2) Sg(free gas) = F(Pabandon)?
Solution:
( Bo Boi ) ( R si R s ) B g
Bg c w S wc c f
N p [ Bo ( R p R s ) B g ] NBoi m 1 (1 m) p
B
Boi gi 1 S wc
(We W p ) Bw (3.7)
Np ( Bo Boi ) ( Rsi Rs ) B g
R.F .
N Bo ( R p R s ) B g
Np (1.0940 1.2417) (510 122) 0.00339 344
R.F . p 900
N p 900
1.0940 ( R p 122) 0.00339 R p 201
1
Conclusion: RF
Rp
NBoi HCPV
pore volume for p pb
1 S wc (1 S wc )
NBoi S g
NRsi B g N p R p B g ( N N p ) Rs B g
(1 S wc )
[ N ( Rsi Rs ) N p ( R p Rs )]B g (1 S wc )
Sg (3.21)
NBoi
Np
[ N ( Rsi Rs ) Np( R p Rs )]Bg (1 S wc ) [( Rsi Rs ) ( R p Rs )]
Sg N Bg (1 S wc )
NBoi Boi
[(510 122) 0.49(500 122)]
0.00339 0.8 0.4428
1.2417