PETROLEUM RESOURCE CHARACTERIZATION Fluid PropertiesFluid Properties a F.ui Properties Exercise 1 — Gas Formation VoLume Factor ‘An onshore exploration well has discovered a small gas reservoir, and a preliminary estimate of the gas in- place is required in order to justify casing the well. The well test and other pertinent data is as follows: Area = 259 ha Thickness =10m ‘Average Porosity ‘Average Sw =030 Reservoir Pressure Reservoir Temp = 100°C Gas Gravity (air=1) Yu [Nove that the GIP is estimate from: GIP = Volume x x (1-S,) x E, o and that I ha = 10,000 mi The following equations may also be of use: T, = 94.717 + 170.747, ® P. = 4892.547 — 404.486 y, ® Where, P. seudo critical pressure (kPa) Ty seudo critical temperature (K), and K = C+ 273.15 Ye = as gravity air = 1.0) For the pseudo reduced pressure and temperature we have: Ty = o and for the gas formation factor we can use: P, E = 284 (2 ou (Z] “ January 1, 2016 2ai Fluid Properties Exercise 1 - Gas Formation Volume Factor Answer ‘Since we know all the parameters required to calculate the GIIP except for the intial gas expansion factor E. then we must first calculate this parameter. We do this by first estimating the pseudo critical pressure and temperature using the Thomas, Hankinson and Phillips Correlation: Fluid Properties T, = 94.717 + 170.747y, © = 4892.547 — 404.486 y, ® Where, P. = peeudo critical pressure (kPa) T. _=pseudo critical temperature (K), and K = C + 273.15 Ye Saas gravity (air= 1.0) = 94.717 + 170.747 y, = 94.717 + 170.747(0.605) = 198.33 (K) © = 4892547 — 404.486 y, = 4892.547 — 404.486 (0.605) = 4647.83 o ‘Next we calculate the pseudo reduced pressure and temperature: _ (100+ 273.15) _ 5 ( 198.33 } iets ce r,= 2 (20%) 764783) = 3°! an From the Z-factor correlation chart, and using the above values for pseudo reduced temperature( T, = 1.88) and pressure (P, = 3.01), we obtain Z = 0.918, And hence the gas expansion factor is equal to: P, 14,000 Sm* ies (4 2a ae — eon m is We can now calculate the gas in-place from, GIP = Volume x 0X (I-S,) XE, = (259% 10,000) x (10) x (0.20) x [1.0 ~ (0.30) (116.07)] a 420.87 10° Sm” (or 14.86 Bscf) Based on onshore economics, the above gas volume is sufficient to complete and produce the well January 1, 2016 4