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COURSE CONTENTS
Reservoir Rock Characteristics
Porosity
Permeability
Rock and Fluid Interaction
Type of Reservoir
Type of Reservoir Drive Mechanism
Reservoir Rock Characteristics
To form a commercial reservoir of hydrocarbons, any
geological formation must exhibit two essential
characteristics.
These are capacity for storage and a transmissibility to
the fluids concerned.
Storage capacity requires void spaces within the rock
and the transmissibility requires that there should be
continuity of those void spaces.
Porosity
Petroleum is not found in underground rivers or
caverns, but in pore spaces between the grains of
porous sedimentary rocks.
A piece of porous
sedimentary rock. The pore
spaces are the white areas
between the dark grains. It is
within such pore spaces that
fluids such as oil, natural gas,
or water can be found in the
subsurface.
Porosity (φ) is defined as a percentage or fraction of
void to the bulk volume of a material.
Porosity of commercial reservoirs may range from
about 5% to about 30% of bulk volume.
Vp Vb − Vg Vp
φ= x100% = x100% = x100%
Vb Vb Vp + Vg
where:
Vp = pore or void volume Vb = bulk volume of rock
Vg = grain volume
Factors Affecting Porosity
Grain size: grain size has no effect on porosity. Well
rounded sediments that are packed into the same
arrangement generally have porosities from 26% to
48% depending on the packing.
Sorting: Well sorted sediments generally have higher
porosities than poorly sorted sediments for the simple
reason that if a sediment is a range of particle sizes
then the smaller particles may fill in the voids between
the larger particles.
Grain shape: Irregularly shaped particles tend not to
pack as neatly as rounded particles, resulting in higher
proportions of voidspace.
Total and Effective Porosity
Total porosity is defined as the
ratio of the volume of all pores to
the bulk volume of a material,
regardless of whether or not all of
the pores are interconnected.
Effective porosity is defined as the
ratio of the interconnected pore
volume to the bulk volume.
Isolated pores
Primary and Secondary Porosity
Primary porosity is defined as a porosity in a rock due
to sedimentation process.
Secondary porosity is defined as a porosity in a rock
which happen after sedimentation process, for
example fracturing and re-crystallization.
Porosity Measurement
Boyle’s Law porosimeter.
Wet and dry weight method.
Summation of fluids.
Permeability
The permeability of a rock is a measure of the ease
with which fluids can flow through a rock. This depends
on how well the pore spaces within that rock are
interconnected.
Q
A
P1 P2
where: Q = flowrate (cm3/sec)
Q k dP
=− K = permeability (darcy)
A µ dL
A = cross section area (cm2)
µ = fluid viscosity (cp)
P = pressure (atm)
L = length (cm)
L
Q = 1cm3/sec
Q
A A = 1cm2
µ = 1 cp Find k ?
P1 P2
P = 1atm
L = 1cm
mobility
dP/dL
Linear Flow
L
kA P1 − P2
Q=
Q
P1 P2 µ L
kA P1 − P2
Q= − ρg sin θ
θ
µ L
kA P1 − P2
Q= + ρg sin θ
θ µ L
Radial Flow
kA dP
Q=−
µ dR
Pwf Pe − k 2πH dP
Q= R
µ dR
h dR − 2πkH
= dP
re rw R µQ
2πkH
rw p wf
dR
∫r R p∫ µQ dP
= −
e e
rw − 2πkH
ln = (Pwf − Pe )
re µQ
2πkH(Pe − Pwf )
Q=
µ ln(re rw )
Averaging Permeability (Parallel Sand)
L A1 i=n
Q k1, h1, Q1
A2 Q = ∑ Q i = Q1 + Q 2 + Q n
k2, h2, Q2 i =1
An
kn, hn, Qn
P1 P2
i=n
∆P ∆P ∆P ∆P
k∑ A i = k 1A1 + k 2A2 + knAn
i =1 µL µL µL µL
k∑ A i = ∑ k i A i
k=
∑ kA i i
or
∑ kh
i i
Arithmetic averages
∑A i ∑h i
Averaging Permeability (Series Sand)
i=n
k1 k2 kn
A ∆P = ∑ ∆Pi = ∆P1 + ∆P2 + ∆Pn
Q L1 L2 Ln i =1
∆P1 ∆P2 ∆Pn
L
Harmonic averages
i=n
∑L i
k= i =1
i=n Prove it ?
Li
∑
i =1 k i
Exercise 1
Given:
Porosity = 0.19
Effective horizontal permeability, md = 8.2
Pay zone thickness, ft = 53
Reservoir pressure (Pavg), psi = 5,651
Flowing Bottomhole pressure (Pwf), psi = 1,000
Bubble point pressure, psi = 5,651
Oil formation volume factor, bbl/STB = 1.1
Oil viscosity, cp = 1.7
Drainage area, acres = 640
Wellbore radius, ft = 0.328
Calculate the flow rate.
Permeability Measurement
Permeability of core sample can be measured by liquid
permeameter and gas permeameter.
Liquid permeameter:
Non reactive liquid (paraffin oil) is forced to flow through
a core sample in a core holder.
A flow rate is measured, and permeability is calculated
using general Darcy equation.
Gas permeameter:
Non reactive gas (typically helium) is used in the
measurement of permeability.
The gas is flow through the sample, and the flow rate of
gas is measured.
Figure below illustrates the schematic diagram of the
Hassler-type permeability measurement under steady
state flow conditions.
The permeability is calculated using following modified
form of darcy equation which takes into account the gas
compressibility during flow.
(
Q k g P12 − P22
=
) kg =
2QπPa ∆L
A π 2Pa ∆L (
A P12 − P22 )
where: Q = gas flowrate (cm3/sec)
kg = gas permeability (darcy)
A = cross section area (cm2)
µ = fluid viscosity (cp)
P1 = inlet pressure (atm)
P2 = outlet pressure (atm)
Pa = atmospheric pressure (atm)
L = length (cm)
Slippage Phenomenon during Gas Permeability
Measurements
liquid gas
Slope is a function of k∞
P1 + P2
molecular weight and Pm =
2
molecular size.
1/Pm
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kkLL
Pc = Pnw − Pw