Reservoir Fluid Properties PEEG 216

PEEG 216
RESERVOIR FLUID
PROPERTIES
Dr. John Williams
Class 7

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Outline
Notices
Complete 3-component or ternary mixture
phase behaviour
Brief introduction to a real reservoir fluid
phase diagram.
Homework
Return marked work

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Notice Mid-term exam

Mid-term exam will be as follows:
Evening 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Date any of the following:
Sunday 21st March
Tuesday 23rd March
Wednesday 24th March

Please vote by e-mail (voluntary) to:

jwilliams@pi.ac.ae

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Summary of Last Class

Cricondenbar and cricondentherm
Introduction to three component mixtures:
Not possible to represent all the variables on a
single diagram
Use a triangular plot to show 3-components
There are only two independent composition
variables (most be a total of 100%)

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Three component mixtures

100% A
(or 0% B)

Mixture of
40% A &
60% B

100% B

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Threecomponent
phase diagrams
at different
pressures
C1 = methane
C3 = propane
nC5 = normal pentane

Temperature = 160F

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Worked Example
Example 2-8 on page 76;
The mixture falls in the two-phase region.
There are bubble point lines and dew point
lines, but remember these are plotted at
constant pressure and temperature so in this
graph are a function of composition.

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Fig. 2-26
Phase
diagram at
500 psia &
160F

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Critical Point in a 3-Component Mixture

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Reminder about the Critical Point

P

critical point
0% liquid

%
100

id
il qu

ONE
PHASE
PRESENT

TWO PHASES
PRESENT

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Multicomponent Mixtures
There are too many components to plot
compositions uniquely.
The two-phase region gets bigger as more
components are added.
The two-phase region can extend beyond the
critical point
Figure 2-33 is a phase diagram for a real
reservoir fluid. Note that we have added
liquid deposit curves within the two-phase
region.

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Reservoir Fluid Phase Diagram (w/ Liq. Vol.)

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Homework Class 7 due next class

Question 2-13 on page 86. This involves
identifying various parameters on a binary
mixture phase diagram.
Skim-read through Chapter 2. We will
spend more time interpreting phase
diagrams in Chapter 5.

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Next Quiz
We have now finished the section of phase
behaviour.
There will be a 15 minute quiz next week.
Tuesday 2nd March or Wednesday 3rd Mar.
It will be on phase behaviour (Chapter 2).