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Volumetric method
Volumetric reservoirs
Initial condition (at Pi) At abandonment (at Pa)
Interstitial water Interstitial water
7758 S w 7758 S w
Reservoir oil Reservoir gas
7758 1 S w 7758 S g
Stock tank oil Reservoir oil
7758 1 S w 7758 1 S w S g
Boi
Stock tank oil
7758 1 S w S g
Bo
7758 1 S w 7758 1 S w S g
Unit recovery
Boi Bo
Volumetric reservoirs
1 S w 1 S w S g
Unit recovery
7758
B oi B o
1
1 S w Sg
Boi
(1 S w ) Bo
Water drive reservoirs
No appreciable decline in pressure
Bo remains the same as Boi
Water influx and no gas saturation
the residual oil saturation after water displacement is S or
At abandonment (at
Pa); 7758 S or
Reservoir oil
7758 S or
Boi
Stock tank oil Recovery
Unitrecovery
factor
7758 1 S w 7758 S or 1 S w S or
Boi Boi 1 Sw
7758 1 S w S or
Boi
Oil in place and Recovery calculation (Volum
Initial oil inplace (N) STB/ac.ft.
Volumetric reservoir
Schilthuis, 1936
Schilthuis, generalised material balance
0 0
N ( Bt Bti ) N p Bt ( R p Rsoi ) Bg (5.6)
Undersaturated reservoirs (for
P>Pbp)
No free gas in the reservoir - the produced gas at the surface must be
from the solution gas.
R p Rso Rsoi
Then,
N ( Bt Bti ) N p Bt
Bob= 1.600
Boi= 1.572
Pbp= 3550 Pi
Example 1 (contd)
Undersaturated reservoirs (for
P<Pbp)
Undersaturated reservoirs (for
P<Pbp)
Example 5.1 (C&H)
Calculations to show the effect of the produced gas oil ratio, Rp on fractional
recovery in volumetric, undersaturated reservoirs
Rsoi =