RESERVOIR

ENGINEERING II
MBE FOR GAS RESERVOIR
MATERIAL BALANCE FOR
VOLUMETRIC RESERVOIR
• Requires enough production-pressure history.
• Can determine the initial gas-in-place G, the initial reservoir pressure
pi, and the gas reserves.
• It does not require information about A, h, φ, or Sw.
• It expreses that:

where
np = moles of gas produced
ni = moles of gas initially in the reservoir
nf = moles of gas remaining in the reservoir
 MATERIAL BALANCE FOR
VOLUMETRIC RESERVOIR

where
pi = initial reservoir pressure
Gp = cumulative gas production, scf
p = current reservoir pressure
V = original gas volume, ft3
zi = gas deviation factor at pi
z = gas deviation factor at p
T = temperature, °R
We = cumulative water influx, ft3
Wp = cumulative water production, ft3
MATERIAL BALANCE FOR
VOLUMETRIC RESERVOIR
MATERIAL BALANCE FOR
VOLUMETRIC RESERVOIR
PROBLEM 1
The following pressures and cumulative production data2 are available
for a natural gas reservoir:

a. Estimate the initial gas-in-place.

b. Estimate the recoverable reserves at an abandonment pressure of
600 psia. Assume za = 0.95.
c. What is the recovery factor at the abandonment pressure of 600
psia?