RESERVOIR

ENGINEERING

Dr.Ir.Sudjati Rachmat,DEA

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Reservoir Engineering Models
n Reservoir behavior: includes
n average reservoir pressure,
n GOR’s,
n WOR’s
n Producing rates, etc.
n Course will cover traditional
approaches
n When course is complete the
participants should be able to solve
most common reservoir engineering
problems
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Reservoir Engineering Models
OUTLINE:
n Introduction to reservoir
engineering-approx.7%
n Appraisal of oil and gas fields-10%
n Material balance methods-42%
n Waterflooding and enhanced
recovery-41%

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Driving Sources of Energy
Reservoir Mechanisms
n Every reservoir has at least one drive
mechanism
n Relative strengths of each mechanism
may change over time
n Modeling is needed to determine
importance of each mechanism

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Natural Water Drive
n Water displaces
petroleum in the
reservoir A
n Invasion of water
results from
Areal view

reservoir pressure
drop
n Two basic types:
A-Edgewater Cross-section

drive, B- B
Bottomwater drive
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Rock and Fluid Expansion
n Water and free gas expand as
pressure decreases
n Rock compresses as reservoir pressure
decreases
n Undersaturated oil expands with
reduced pressure

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Gravity drainage
n Enhanced by low wells

oil viscosity, high

perm. And high
Flow

reservoir dip.
n May result in high
recovery
efficiency, but
slow
n May be important
at late times
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Solution gas drive
n Gas evolves from Undersaturated
oil
oil as reservoir
pressure oil
PORE
decreases
n Evolved gas Saturated oil with
displaces oil from evolved gas

pores Gas

n Displaced oil
moves in direction
of lowest pressure
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