PEOPLE’S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF ALGERIA
NATIONAL AGENCY FOR VALORIZATION OF HYDROCARBON RESOURCES
Fluid Studies – PVT
A Reservoir Simulation course for USTHB
Academic Year: 2017/2018
Instructor: Bessem Meghdouri
Reservoir Engineer at ALNAFT
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Agenda
Preface
Reminders on thermodynamics
Hydrocarbons fluid classification
PVT experiments
PVT modeling
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Preface
Objectives of fluid studies is to know:
1. The separator specifications ;
2. The design of the completions by identifying the spatial fluid distribution in the
wellbore ;
3. Gas injection / reinjection composition ;
4. The interaction between the injected gas and the reservoir fluid ;
5. The fluid recovery and different drive mechanisms ;
6. The amounts of not recovered fluids in the reservoir ;
7. Variation of PVT properties ;
8. PVT modeling (Black Oil & Compositional models) ;
9. How to calibrate models.
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PVT is important as rock properties as it is directly related to reserves
and the estimation of reservoir performance
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Reminders on thermodynamics
Petroleum genesis
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Petroleum genesis: Hydrocarbons classification
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Petroleum genesis: Non-Hydrocarbons
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Petroleum genesis: Non-Hydrocarbons
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Reminders on thermodynamics
Pure component and mixture equilibrium
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Pure component equilibrium
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Vapor pressure curve of C2H6
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Vapor pressure curve of several normal alkanes
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Liq-Vap equilibrium
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Phase envelope
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C2H6 – C6H14 binary mixture
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Hydrocarbons fluid
classification
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Under saturated oil
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Volatile oil
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Saturated oil
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Gas condensate
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Wet gas
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Dry gas
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Fluids classification
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Fluids classification: Oils
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Fluids classification: Gases
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Pressure gradient
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Fluids classification: properties
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Oil & Gas specific gravity
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PVT experiments
Oil and condensate gases
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PVT experiments
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Flash test for an oil
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Multi-stage test for an oil
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Differential liberation
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Differential liberation versus multi-stage test
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Constant Composition Expansion for gas condensate (CCE)
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Constant Composition Expansion for gas condensate (CCE)
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Constant Composition Expansion for gas condensate (CCE)
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Constant Volume Depletion (CVD)
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Main oil and gas
properties
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Oil properties – Solution GOR
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Oil properties – Production GOR
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Oil properties – FVF
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Oil properties – Compressibility and Viscosity
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Oil properties – Density
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Gas properties – FVF
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Gas properties – CGR
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Gas properties – Specific gravity and viscosity
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Gas properties – Compressibility factor
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PVT modeling
Equations Of States (EOS)
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PVT modeling
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Equation Of State (EOS)
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PVT modeling
Compositional grading
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Standard compositional grading with depth
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Standard compositional grading with depth
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Compositional grading with depth
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Compositional grading with depth
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Compositional grading with depth
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PVT modeling
Compositional data
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Characterization of cuts
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Why lumping ?
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How to lump ?
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Results of a 14 and a 7 components match
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