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Flowing Gas Material Balance Equation

PETE 301 Reservoir Engineering

Dr. Ahmed Ibrahim

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MBE in volumetric gas reservoir

 No water

 Z-factor

 Isothermal

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MBE in volumetric gas reservoir

 rearranged

 pi, zi, and G are constants

 a plot of p/z versus Gp would yield a straight line

MBE in volumetric gas reservoir

Limitations:

Shut-in Reservoir Pressure

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https://ihsmarkit.com/pdf/dynam
ic-material-balance-
paper_227867110913049832.pdf

Pressure Drop in a Reservoir as a function of Radial Distance and Dynamic Material Balance (Oil or Gas-
Time During Boundary Dominated Flow inplace without shutins
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