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1. Reservoir Fluid Course
2. HC Alteration
3. Properties of Natural Gases
4. Properties of Crude Oils
A. density
B. Gas Solubility
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1. Formation Volume Factor
A. Oil
B. Total (two phase)
2. Property Constants
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Laboratory Determination of
the PVT Relationships
In determining the PVT relationships (including the
gas solubility-pressure relationship) in the
laboratory, it is necessary to record the volume of
oil and volume of liberated gas as the pressure is
reduced below saturation pressure.
The manner in which the solution gas is liberated
from the oil will significantly affect all the PVT
relationships. There are two types of separation
(liberation, vaporization) process, namely:
Flash liberation
Differential liberation
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Recombination
Courtesy IPE, Tehran, 2012
By transferring an oil mixture from reservoir conditions
to standard conditions, most of the gaseous
components dissolved in the oil at reservoir conditions
are lost.
It, therefore, seems as though the oil shrinks during
production.
The volumetric changes taking place
In the reservoir,
During passage of the well and
In the process plant,
Can be studied by performing PVT experiments on the
reservoir fluid.
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The oil formation volume factor, Bo, is defined as
the ratio of the volume of oil (plus the gas in
solution) at the prevailing reservoir temperature
and pressure (bbl) to the volume of oil at standard
conditions (STB).
Evidently, Bo is always greater than or equal to
unity. The oil formation volume factor can be
expressed mathematically as
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Oil Formation Volume Factor
vs. P Diagram
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As the pressure is reduced below the initial
reservoir pressure, pi, the oil volume increases due
to the oil expansion.
This behavior results in an increase in the oil formation
volume factor and will continue until the bubble-point
pressure is reached.
At Pb, the oil reaches its maximum expansion and
consequently attains a maximum value of Bob for
the oil formation volume factor.
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As the pressure is reduced below Pb, volume of the
oil and Bo are decreased as the solution gas is
liberated.
When the pressure is reduced to atmospheric
pressure and the temperature to 60F, the value of
Bo is equal to one.
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Numerical Value of the Bo
As in the case of the gas solubility
determination, the numerical value
of the oil formation volume factor at
different pressures will depend upon
the method of gas liberation.
There is some mathematical and graphical
correlations as:
Standing's Correlation
Vasquez and Beggs' Correlation
Glaso's Correlation
Marhowi's Correlation
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Oil Formation Volume Factor for
Undersaturated Oils
With increasing p above the Pb, the oil formation
volume factor decreases due to the compression of
the oil.
To account for the effects of oil compression on Bo,
bob is first calculated by using any of the methods.
The calculated Bo is then adjusted to account for
the effect of increasing the pressure above the Pb.
This adjustment step is accomplished by using the
isothermal compressibility coefficient as described
below.
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The isothermal compressibility coefficient (as
expressed mathematically by Co=-1/v ( V/ p) T)
can be equivalently written in terms of the oil
formation volume factor:
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It should be noted that Bo and Bt are identical at
pressures above or equal to the bubble-point
pressure because only one phase, the oil phase,
exists at these pressures.
It should also be noted that at pressures below the
bubble-point pressure, the difference in the values
of the two oil properties represents the volume of
the evolved solution gas as measured at system
conditions per stock-tank barrel of oil.
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The Concept of the Two-Phase
Formation Volume Factor
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Consider a crude oil sample placed in a PVT cell at
its Pb and reservoir temperature. Assume that the
volume of the oil sample is sufficient to yield one
stock-tank barrel of oil at standard conditions. Let
Rsb represent the gas solubility at Pb
By lowering the cell pressure to p, a portion of the
solution gas is evolved and occupies a certain
volume of the PVT cell. Let Rs and Bo represent the
corresponding gas solubility and oil formation
volume factor at p.
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PVT Cell
Courtesy IPE, Tehran, 2012
Obviously, the term (Rsb - Rs) represents the
volume of the free gas as measured in scf per stock-
tank barrel of the oil. The volume of the free gas at
the cell conditions is then
The volume of the remaining oil at the cell
condition is ((V) p, T=Bo)
From the definition of the two-phase formation
volume factor
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