PNG 410: Applied Reservoir Engineering

Home work assignment #4

April 12, 2010

Due date: April 23, 2010

NOTE: Please detail the formula, steps, and units for the calculation. Missing
formula, steps, and units can lead to lost points.

Problem 1:
The initial daily production from a gas-condensate reservoir is 190 STB of condensate,
3755M SCF of separator gas, and 90 M SCF of stock tank gas. The tank oil has a gravity
of 50.2API at 60F. The specific gravity of the separator gas is 0.72 and of the stock
tank gas, 1.2. The initial gas reservoir pressure is 3380 psia, and reservoir temperature is
200F. Average porosity is 20% and gas saturation is 80%. Assume standard condition of
14.7 psia and 60F.
1.1 What is the average specific gravity of the produced gas?
1.2 What is the initial gas-oil ratio?
1.3 Estimate the molecular weight of the condensate.
1.4 Calculate the average specific gravity of the total well production.
1.5 Calculate the gas deviation factor of the initial reservoir fluid at initial reservoir
pressure (please use Figure 10.a in GraderFigures.pdf for pseudo-critical values, and
follow the lines for California gas.)
1.6 Calculate the initial lb-moles in place per acre-foot.
1.7 Of the initial reservoir fluid, calculate the mole fraction that would be produced as
gas on surface.
1.8 Of the initial reservoir fluid per acre-foot, calculate the amount that would be
produced as gas on surface and the amount that would be produced as condensate on
surface standard conditions.

Problem 2:
The following data are taken from a study on a field gas sample in a PVT cell with an
initial hydrocarbon volume of 3970.0 cu cm. The initial reservoir pressure was 4000 psia,
which was also close to but above the dew-point pressure, and the reservoir temperature
was 186F. The initial reservoir content of gross gas (wet gas) is 1.00 MM CF under
reservoir condition. Assuming it is a volumetric reservoir and assuming that the
performance of the reservoir during depletion is the same as the performance of the PVT
cell, please fill the following table. Please assume that the liquid recovery from the gas is
25% of the butanes (C4), 50% from the pentane (C5), 75% from the hexane (C6), and
100% of heptanes and heavier.

Note: Please make sure that you study example 5.2 in lecture notes before you start
calculation. In this problem we are given residue gas-oil ratio, so the liquid volume

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can be calculated from the residue gas-oil ratio once you calculate the dry gas
fraction of the reservoir fluid.

Composition in mole percentages

Pressure (psia) 4000 3500 2900 2100 1300 605
C1 67.7 63.1 65.2 69.8 70.8 66.6
C2 14.1 14.3 14.1 14.1 14.6 16.1
C3 8.4 8.3 8.1 7.8 7,7 9.1
C4 4.4 4.3 4.1 3.5 3.4 4.3
C5 2.4 3.0 2.9 2.0 1.5 1.7
C6 1.8 1.6 1.5 1.0 0.7 0.8
C7+ 1.2 5.4 4.1 1.8 1.3 1.4
Gas deviation factor for 0.867 0.799 0.748 0.762 0.819 0.902
increment wet gas at
186F
Increment wet gas 0 224.0 474.0 1303 2600 5198
production, cu cm at cell
P and T
Residue gas-oil ratio 7,127 8,283 11,621 26,051 49,312 45,872
Gas formation volume
factor at cell condition
(CF/SCF)
Increment of gross gas
production (M CF)
Increment of gross gas
production (M SCF)
Cumulative gross gas
production (M SCF)
Mole fraction of liquid
recovery from the
produced gross
produced
Gas equivalent volume
of produced liquid (M
SCF)
Increment dry gas
production (M SCF)
Cumulative dry gas
production (M SCF)
Increment liquid
production (STB)
Cumulative liquid
production (STB)
Cumulative gross gas
recovery factor

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Cumulative residue gas
recovery factor
Cumulative liquid
recovery factor