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PVT ANALYSIS RESULTS

By
Nnabuo, Nnaemeka UNIPORT
Okafor, Ikechukwu UNIPORT
Ubani, Chikwendu UNIPORT

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OUTLINE

Introduction

Literature Review

PVT Experiments

Results

Conclusion

References
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INTRODUCTION

Hydrocarbon PVT (pressure-Volume-Temperature)

data are essential for proper field development plan,
accurate reserve estimation, reservoir simulation
studies, material balance calculation, optimum fluid
recovery plans etc

Laboratory PVT Analysis involves the study of

reservoir fluid samples by simulating the fluid flow of
oil and gas from the reservoir to the surface, in a
laboratory, under various conditions of pressures,
volumes and temperatures.
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LITERATURE REVIEW

Ahmed T. 2006. Reservoir Engineering Handbook,

Third Edition, Oxford, Elsevier Incorporation,
Amsterdam.

Ahmed T. 2007. Equation of State and PVT Analysis:

Applications for Improved Reservoir Modelling. Gulf
Publishing Company, Houston, Texas.

Danesh A. 1998. PVT and Phase Behaviour of

Petroleum Reservoir Fluids, Amsterdam, The
Netherlands, Elsevier Science B.V.
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PVT EXPERIMENTS

Figure 1: Flow diagram for laboratory analysis of separator samples.

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PVT EXPERIMENTS

Hoffmans Plots

Material Balance

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RESULTS
6
5
4
Relative Volume 3
2
1
0
0

1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 6000 7000

Pressure [psia]

Fig 2: Plot of Relative Volume against Pressure

1000
800
600
Solution GOR [scf/STB]

400
200
0
0

500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000 3500 4000 4500

Pressure [psia]

Figure 3: Graph of Differential Solution GOR against Pressure

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RESULTS
20
15
yi/zi 10
5
0
0

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1.2

xi/zi

Figure 4: Material Balance Plot of Separator Liquid Compositional

2
Data
1.5
yi/zi

1
0.5
0
0

0.5

1.5

2.5

xi/zi

Figure 5: Material Balance Plot of Reservoir Fluid Compositional Data

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RESULTS
2
1
-2.5K
Log

-2

-1.5

-1

-0.5

0
0
-1

0.5

1.5

-2
-3
Hoffman Factor, F
-4[psia/oR]

Figure 6: Hoffman Plot for Separator Liquid Compositional Data

2
1
Log K2

-3

-2

-1

0
0
-1

-2
-3
-4
Hoffman factor, F [psia/oR]

Figure 6: Hoffman Plot for Reservoir Fluid Compositional Data

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CONCLUSION

The reservoir fluid is a black oil reservoir fluid that is

rich in gas as proven by the initial producing gas-oil
ratio value (Table 1).

The API gravity further suggests the reservoir fluid to

be a light black oil.

The plots from the material balance tests and Hoffman

plots of separator liquid and reservoir fluid
compositional data all show a linear trend.
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REFERENCES

Ahmed T. 2006. Reservoir Engineering Handbook,

Third Edition, Oxford, Elsevier Incorporation,
Amsterdam.

Dake L.P. 1994. The Practice of Reservoir

Engineering. Revised Edition, Developments in
Petroleum Science, Volume 36.

http://www.scribd.com/PVT-properties-of-reservoirfluids, Reservoir analysis, (undated), Retrieved

February 2012.
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NOMENCLATURE

Bg
Bo
F
K
Pb

Pc =

Psat =
Saturation pressure
Rs = solution GOR adjusted to separator conditions, scf/STB

Tb =

=
=
=
=
=

gas formation volume factor, ft3/scf

oil formation volume factor, bbl/STB
Hoffman factor, psi/oR
K-value
bubble-point pressure, psia
critical pressure, psia

boiling temperature, R

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NOMENCLATURE

Tc =

critical temperature, psia

Tsc =

standard temperature, R

(Vg)sc= volume of gas at saturation point, measured at standard

conditions, scf
(Vo)sc= volume of oil at saturation point, measured at standard
conditions, stb
Vrel= smoothed relative volume
Vrel = relative volume
Vsc = volume of the removed gas at standard conditions, scf

Vstdoil

oil volume at standard conditions, STB

Vresoil

oil volume at reservoir condition, bbl

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Table 1: Fluid data
Sample Name

PRJ02

Sample Description

Surface Sample

Producing GOR

1086.37 [scf/STB]

Separator Pressure

99 [psia]

Separator Temperature

55 [oF]

Separator GOR

920.50 (scf/STB)

Wellhead Pressure

2193 [psia]

Wellhead Temperature

88

Field Name

XXX

Reservoir Pressure

3955.6 [psia]

Reservoir Temperature

217.7

[oF]

[oF]

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Table 2: Some Properties of Black oil
GOR (MSCF/STB)

API

COLOUR

0.1-2.5

30-40

Brown to dark green

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Table 3: Separator and recombined reservoir fluid

No
Component
Separator Gas [mol%]
Separator Liquid [mol %]
Reservoir Fluid [mol%]
1data N
0.03
0.00
0.02
2

2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16

CO2
C1
C2
C3
i-C4
n-C4
i-C5
n-C5
C6
C7
C8
C9
C10
C11
C12+
Total

0.81
90.84
4.64
2.09
0.58
0.60
0.23
0.13
0.03
0.01
0.01
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
100.00

0.08
3.60
1.16
1.76
1.15
2.27
1.99
1.84
3.87
10.22
8.15
10.24
5.28
5.59
42.80
100.00

0.51
54.65
3.19
1.95
0.82
1.29
0.96
0.84
1.62
4.25
3.39
4.25
2.19
2.32
17.75
100.00

Molecular Weight [g/mol]

18.25

167.45

80.19

191.67

191.64

82.29

34.17

C7+ Molecular
[g/mol]
C7+Mol %

Weight 101.50
0.02

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Table 4: Differential Liberation Test at 217.7 oF (677.7R)
No.

Pressure [psia]

Solution GOR
[scf/STB]

Oil FVF
[bbl/STB]

Oil Density
[g/cm3]

Gas FVF
[ft3/scf]

Gas Density
[g/cc]

Psat

3970

903.2

1.420

0.6573

Step 1

3300

763.8

1.392

0.6788

0.0053

0.142

Step 2

2650

627.4

1.358

0.7057

0.0066

0.114

Step 3

2000

475.5

1.309

0.7313

0.0089

0.085

Step 4

1350

332.2

1.245

0.7617

0.0131

0.058

Step 5

670

177.1

1.156

0.7976

0.0272

0.029

Step 6

15

450.3

1.032

0.8338

1.2716

0.001

Residual Oil Density at 60oF = 0.840 [g/cm3]; Gravity at 60oF = 36.95 [oAPI]

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