UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY

INTRODUCTION TO RESERVOIR ENGINEERING

ENPE 429, Fall 2015
Assignment no. 2
Assigned: Oct. 2, 2015

Due: Oct. 14, 2015

Problem 1
A gas well is producing gas at a rate of 1 MMSCF/day with the following composition:
Component
CO2
H2S
N2
C1 H4
C2 H6
C3 H8
C4 H10

Mole fraction
0.04
0.04
0.03
0.70
0.09
0.07
0.03

The average reservoir pressure and temperature are 2000 psia and 140F, respectively. Calculate
the following parameters (consider both ideal and real gas behaviour for parts C, D, and E):
A) Specific gravity,
B) Flow rate in lb/day,
C) Gas density at reservoir conditions,
D) Isothermal compressibility of the gas,
E) Gas formation volume factor in ft3/SCF,
Use:
= + . .
= + .

Problem 2

Experiments performed at 160 on a bottom-hole sample of a reservoir liquid resulted in the

following data for solution gas-oil ratio as a function of pressure. The original pressure and
temperature of the reservoir were 3600 psia and 160 .

Pressure (psia)
3600
3200
2800
2500
2400
1800
1200
600
200

, SCF/STB
567
567
567
567
554
436
337
223
143

(a) Was the reservoir initially undersaturated? Explain?

(b) Does the reservoir have an initial gas cap?
(c) Suppose 1000 SCF of gas had accumulated with each stock tank barrel of oil in this
reservoir. Estimate how much gas would have been in solution at 3000 psia.
(d) Would the reservoir then be called saturated or undersaturated?

Problem 3
Given the following laboratory data:
Cell pressure, psia
Oil volume in the cell,
cc
2000
650
669
1500=
1000
650
500
615
14.7
500

Gas volume in the

cell, cc
0
0
150
700
44500

Cell
temperature,
195
195
195
195
60

Evaluate (SCF/STB), (bbl/STB), and (bbl/STB) at the stated pressures. The gas
deviation factors at 195 , 1000 psia and 500 psia have been evaluated as 0.91 and 0.95,
respectively. Show at least one sample calculation for all the quantities that need to be
calculated. 1 = 5.615 3