Gas Reservoir

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Second Week

Objectives: Production and Unit Recovery

Calculate produced gas volume at abandonment pressure

(Volumetric Method).
Calculate produced gas volume at abandonment pressure

(Water drive).
Calculate unit recovery from volumetric gas reservoirs.

Calculate unit recovery from under water drive.

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Types of Gas Reservoirs:

1. Volumetric gas reservoir 2. Water drive gas Reservoir

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Volumetric Gas Reservoirs

Cumulative Produced Gas (Gp)
at initial condition

Pi, T

Pa= abandonment pressure

SCF of gas remains at Pa in 1 acre- ft
= 43560 1
Pa

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Volumetric Gas Reservoirs

Initial gas in place in 1 acre-ft
= 43560 1

(1)

= ()

(2)

= 43560 1 43560
1
= 43560 1 ( )

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(3)

Volumetric Gas Reservoirs

Example

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Water Drive reservoir

1.Normal Water drive

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2. Active or Strong Water Drive

Water Drive Reservoir

= ()
= 43560 1 43560

= 43560 1

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Water Drive Reservoir

Example

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Normal Water Drive Gas Reservoir

We= volume of water entered the reservoir

Wp= volume of water produced.
Vf= Vi- = Vi-We+WpBw
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Normal Water Drive Gas Reservoir

=
. ( + )
=

.
.
=

( + )
. .
This calculation depends on the geological data (Vb,
porosity, initial water saturation). = (1 )
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Normal Water Drive Gas Reservoir

Then based MBE:
= +

=
100%

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Unit Recovery Calculations

1. Volumetric Gas Reservoirs.
a) Calculate Initial Gas In place.
b) Calculate Remaining Gas at abandonment
pressure.
c) Calculate Unit Recovery and Recovery Factor.
2. Gas Reservoirs Under Water Drive.
a) Calculate Reservoir Gas Volume
b) Calculate Unit Recovery and Recovery Factor.
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Recovery Factor (Volumetric Gas Reservoirs)

The bulk volume is not known during

development period.
Unit basis, 1 ac-ft of the bulk reservoir rock.
Then: Reservoir pore volume= 43560* cu-ft
Connate Water= 43560* cu-ft
Reservoir gas volume= 43560* (1 ) cu-ft

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Recovery Factor (Volumetric Gas Reservoirs)

Initial gas In place (SCF)
= 43560 (1 )

SCF/ac-ft

There is no change in the interstitial water.

So the reservoir gas volume remains the same.
At the abandonment pressure, SCF of gas

remaining is:
=

43560(1)

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SCF/ac-ft

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Recovery Factor (Volumetric Gas Reservoirs)

Unit recovery: is the difference between the initial gas in

place and that remaining of gas at abandonment pressure

(called initial unit reserve).

= = 43560 (1 )

SCF/ac-ft

The recovery factor expressed in percentage of initial gas

in place is :

100( )
=
=

= 100 1

100

1
1

%
1

Recoveries range between 80 to 90%, Companies use Pa

100 psi per 1000ft of depth

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Recovery Factor (Volumetric Gas Reservoirs)

Example:

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Recovery Factor (Under Water Drive)

Under initial condition 1 ac-ft of bulk volume.
= 43560

R = 43560 (1 )

S = 43560 1
Pressure suffers at initial decline, pressure stabilizes.
Sgr is the residual gas saturation.
Sgr is a fraction of pore volume after water invades the

unit.
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Recovery Factor (Under Water Drive)

Under abandonment conditions a unit of the reservoir rock

contains for 1 ac-ft:

3

= 43560 1

= 43560

S = 43560

U = = 43560
1

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SCF/ac-ft

100
1

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Recovery Factor (Volumetric Gas Reservoirs)

Example:

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