Hydrocarbon Reservoirs

RESERVOIR ENGINEERING1 H. A. Akhlaghi Amiri

HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR
A portion of a trap which contains oil/or gas as a single hydraulically connected system.

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 HYDROCARBON RESERVE
The amount of technically and economically recoverable hydrocarbon.
It is the producible fraction of IOIP or IGIP

Proved reserves
at least 90% confidence

Unproved reserves
Probable (at least 50% confidence)
Possible (at least 10% confidence)

IOIP/OIIP: the total estimated amount of oil in an oil reservoir, including both producible and non-producible oil

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 TYPES OF HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR
Single phase and Two-phase

crude oil from oil zone + dissolved natural gas

from oil zone + free gas from gas cap + gas
condensate from gas cap

• oil reservoir with dissolved gas

• gas reservoir with vaporized oil (gas condensate under or on the surface)

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 TYPES OF HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR
Single phase and Two-phase
A

Initially gas
A: single phase gas reservoir (wet or dry gas)
B: Dew point or retrograde gas-condensate reservoir

Initially oil

C: Undersaturated (dissolved gas) oil reservoir

Bubble point oil reservoir
Initially oil & gas

D: Saturated (gas cap) oil reservoir

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 TYPES OF HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR
Single phase oil reservoirs

Low GOR (200-700 SCF/STB) Low GOR (<1000 SCF/STB) Moderate GOR (2000-3000 SCF/STB) High GOR (>3000 SCF/STB)
Low Bo Bo: <1.2 bbl/STB Bo: <2 bbl/STB High Bo (>2 bbl/STB)
API :<35o API:<35o API:45-55o C7+:12.5-20%
Color: Brown-dark green Color: Black Color: Green-Orange C2-C6:>35%

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TYPES OF HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR
Single phase gas reservoirs

GOR: 8000-70000 SCF/STB GOR: 60000-100000 SCF/STB GOR: >100000 SCF/STB

Condensate API :>50o Condensate API :>60o
Condensate Color: Water like Condensate Color: Water like

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