RESERVOIR

ENGINEERING II
GAS CAP RESERVOIR
HAVLENA-ODEH EQUATION
• Gas-cap gas is the predominant driving mechanism
• Natural water influx is negligible (We = 0),
• Effect of water and pore compressibility can be considered
negligible.

• There are three possible unknowns in the equation:

• N is unknown, m is known
• m is unknown, N is known
• N and m are unknown
FISRT CASE
N is unknown, m is known

F can be calculated at
various times as a
function of the
production terms Np and
R p.
SECOND CASE
m is unknown, N is known
THIRD CASE
N and m are unknown
PROBLEM 1
The production history and the PVT data of a gas-cap-drive reservoir
are given below:

The initial gas solubility is 975 scf/STB. Estimate the initial oil and
gas-in-place.
PROBLEM 2
The following data are available on a gas-cap-drive reservoir:

Calculate the initial oil and free gas volumes

COMBINATION-DRIVE
RESERVOIRS
There are three unknowns:
• Initial oil-in-place, N
• Size of the gas cap, m
• Water influx, We

Where the variables are given by:

COMBINATION-DRIVE
RESERVOIRS
A graph of F vs We
should give a straight
line with slope of unit
if the aquifer is
correctly selected.