ENPE523 Practise Midterm Exam

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Question 1 (10 Marks)

Multiple Choice
A.
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)

Which of the following is not a primary drive mechanism:

natural water drive
gas cap expansion
sedimentation drive
solution gas drive
oil expansion

No answers provided for

multiple choice

Answer:______

B. The effective porosity:

(a) is greater than the total porosity
(b) is the total pore volume in rock divided by rock volume
(c) can never exceed 0.48
(d) is the fluid communicating pore volume divided by the rock volume
(e) is always equal to the vugular porosity
Answer:______
C. Which is not a mechanism for fluid motion in an oil reservoir:
(a) pressure difference
(b) formation re-compaction
(c) capillary pressure
(d) gravity drainage
(e) oil phase viscosity
Answer:______
D.
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)

The tortuosity is:

the square of the ratio of the flow path length to the sample length
is always less than or equal to 1
depends only on the grain size
the square of the ratio of the sample length to the flow path length
equals 42
Answer:______

E. In an oil-water system, which of the following is not a reason why the effective permeability
of the oil phase is less than the absolute permeability:
(a) adverse capillary forces cause water to plug a channel because the pressure gradient is
insufficient to push the interface through a pore constriction
(b) trapping of clustered globules
(c) viscosity of oil is less than viscosity of water
(d) the water phase flow interferes with the flow of the oil phase
(e) immobilized drops of water plug some pore channels
Answer:______
F. The retrograde regions are:
(a) inside the two-phase region and in one of them, as the temperature and pressure is raised, the
amount of the liquid phase remains constant
(b) inside the two-phase region and in one of them, as the pressure is raised, the amount of the
liquid phase drops
(c) inside the two-phase region and in one of them, as the pressure is raised, the amount of the
liquid phase rises

(d) adjacent but outside the two-phase region and in one of them, as the pressure is raised, the
amount of the liquid phase drops
(e) inside the two-phase region and in one of them, as the viscosity is raised, the amount of the
liquid phase drops
Answer:______
G.
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)

The porosity-permeability transform refers to:

strictly the effective permeability and pore space
porosity at a given location and the permeability at a different location
relationship defined by the Kozeny-Corey equation
three-phase relative permeabilities
relationship between absolute permeability and porosity
Answer:______

H. Drainage refers to:

(a) the process where the non-wetting phase is displaced from the reservoir rock by a rise in the
pressure of the nonwetting phase and the wetting phase saturation falls
(b) the process where the wetting phase saturation is raised because the wetting phase is
displacing a nonwetting phase
(c) the process where the wetting phase is displaced from the reservoir rock by a rise in the
pressure of the nonwetting phase and the wetting phase saturation rises
(d) the process where the wetting phase is displaced from the reservoir rock by a rise in the
pressure of the nonwetting phase and the wetting phase saturation falls
(e) the process where the wetting phase saturation is raised because the nonwetting phase is
displacing a wetting phase
Answer:______
I. Stones models can be used to generate:
(a) relative permeabilities of gas and liquid phases as a function of the absolute permeability of
the reservoir rock
(b) relative permeabilities of gas and liquid phases as a function of the saturations of each phase
(c) the oil and water effective permeabilities but only at critical gas saturation
(d) the relative permeabilities for multiple gas phase systems
(e) the permeability of a component in a fluid
Answer:______
J. NBoi (1 + m) represents:
(a) oil volume in reservoir (expressed at reservoir conditions)
(b) original gas (both free and dissolved) volume in reservoir (expressed at reservoir conditions)
(c) total free gas volume in reservoir (expressed at standard conditions)
(d) original hydrocarbon pore volume (oil and both free and dissolved gas) volume in reservoir
(expressed at standard conditions)
(e) original hydrocarbon pore volume (oil and both free and dissolved gas) volume in reservoir
(expressed at reservoir conditions)
Answer:______

Question 2 (30 Marks)

The material balance states that the changes in the oil, water, and gas volumes must sum to zero.
In equation form, this is given by:

NmBoi

NBoi (N N p )Bo + NmBoi

+ NRsi N p R p (N N p )Rs Bg = (We W p )Bw
Bgi

(a) Which term or terms represents the change in free gas volume in reservoir at time t
(expressed at reservoir conditions) ?

NmBoi

NmBoi
+ NRsi N p R p (N N p )Rs Bg
Bgi

(b) If the above material balance equation was modified to include cumulative gas injected, GI,
which term would be modified and state final form of this term ?

NmBoi

NBoi (N N p )Bo + NmBoi

+ NRsi + GI N p R p (N N p )Rs Bg = (We W p )Bw
B
gi

(c) In an oil reservoir where there is no gas cap, no water drive, no water production, no active
gas injection, what does the material balance equation reduce to ?

NBoi (N N p )Bo NR si N p R p (N N p )Rs B g = 0

(d) For a given reservoir, the initial reservoir pressure is 4200 kPa and the PVT and production
data is given versus pressure and time in the following Table. The porosity is 0.3 and initial
water saturation is 0.2.
Time, Years
0
2

P, kPa
4200
3400

Rs
52
47

Bo
1.11
1.10

Bg
0.010
0.012

Np, Mm3
0
15

Rp
62
57

(i) Is there a gas cap in this reservoir ? How can you tell this ?
Since Rp > Rs, yes there is a gas cap.

Question 3 (20 Marks)

The oil-water relative permeability curve for a given reservoir is given in the following Table.
The water and oil viscosities are 1 and 3 cP, respectively.
Sw

krA

krB

0.2100000
0.2310714
0.2521428
0.2732143
0.2942857
0.3153571
0.3364286
0.3575000
0.3785715
0.3999999
0.4207143
0.4417857
0.4628571
0.4839286
0.5050000
0.5260714
0.5471429
0.5682143
0.5892857
0.6103572
0.6314286
0.6525000
0.6735715
0.6946429
0.7157143
0.7367857
0.7578571
0.7789286
0.8000000

0.0000000
0.0000008
0.0000130
0.0000659
0.0002082
0.0005084
0.0010542
0.0019531
0.0033319
0.0053371
0.0081346
0.0119099
0.0168680
0.0232333
0.0312500
0.0411816
0.0533111
0.0679413
0.0853941
0.1060114
0.1301541
0.1582032
0.1905587
0.2276404
0.2698875
0.3177590
0.3717331
0.4323077
0.5000000

1.0000000
0.8804812
0.7715315
0.6725691
0.5830237
0.5023360
0.4299582
0.3653545
0.3080007
0.2573857
0.2130103
0.1743886
0.1410480
0.1125295
0.0883883
0.0681944
0.0515325
0.0380033
0.0272237
0.0188276
0.0124670
0.0078125
0.0045549
0.0024063
0.0011019
0.0004026
0.0000974
0.0000086
0.0000000

(a) Which curve (A and B) is water and which one is oil ?

Water
A = ________________

Oil
B = ________________

(b) What is the connate water saturation ?

0.21
(c) What is the residual oil saturation ?
0.20
(d) What is the approximate value of the water saturation at the crossover point ?
~0.54

(e) Does the data suggest the reservoir rock is water or oil wet ?
Oil-wet
(f) At Sw = 0.4, what is the mobility ratio ?
k w AP

q w w L k w w w
M=
=
=
=
qo k o AP k o o o
L
o

M = (0.0053371/1)/(0.2573857/3) = 0.06221

(g) At Sw = 0.4, what is the fractional flow to water and to oil ?

fw =

fw =

1
=
1 + qo qw

1
k
1 + o
o

k w

w

1
k
1 + ro
o

krw

1 + w ae bS
o

1
= 0.005856
0.2573857 0.0053371
1 +

3
1

(h) If the OOIP in the reservoir is estimated to be 100 million m3, what is the maximum
recoverable oil from the reservoir given the relative permeability data above ?
Recoverable Oil = (RF) (OOIP)

RF =

1 S wc S orw
1 S wc

Recoverable Oil = 74.7 million m3

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Question 4 (20 Marks)

In preparation for a sandpack experiment, the absolute permeability of sand is determined by
flowing water at 20 cc/min continuously through it. The sand (density equal to 2640 kg/m3) is
held in a 3 m long vertical tube with diameter equal to 10 cm. Water flows from the top of the
tube and its pressure there is 1.1 atm. The viscosity of the water is 1 cP, its density is 1000
kg/m3, and its surface tension is 65 mN/m.
(a) If the porosity of the sandpack is 0.33, what is the mass of sand required to fill the tube ?
RV = (1-0.33)(3 m)(/4)(0.10m)2
Mass sand = (2640)(RV) = 41.67 kg

(b) What is the permeability of the sand in Darcys ?

q=

kA

k = (20 cc/min)(1m3/1000000cc)(1min/60s)(0.001)/(1000)(9.81)A
= 4.33 D

(c) If the target water saturation in the sand was to be 0.3, how much water, in m3, should be
added to the sandpack ?
Sw = 0.3 = Vw/PV
PV = (0.33)(3 m)(/4)(0.10m)2
Vw = 0.3 PV = 0.002333 m3

(d) The sandpack is initially saturated with water and then it is allowed to flow out at the bottom
of the sandpack.
(i) What is the wetting fluid and what is the nonwetting fluid ?
Wetting = water

Nonwetting = air

(ii) Is imbibition or drainage occurring ?

Since Sw going down, drainage is occurring
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(e) The capillary pressure for this sand is given in the following Figure.
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Capillary Pressure, kPa

18
16
14
12
10
8
6
4
2
0
0

0.1

0.2

0.3

0.4

0.5

0.6

0.7

0.8

0.9

Water Saturation

(i) Determine an estimate for Swc.

From inspection, Swc ~ 0.23
(ii) What is the capillary pressure after the sandpack reaches an average water saturation
equal to 0.3 ?
Sw = 0.3, so get Pcap ~ 5.5 kPa
(iii)What is the equivalent capillary rise for this capillary pressure ?
Sw = 0.3, so get Pcap ~ 5.5 kPa
Pcap
= 0.56 m
h=
( w air )g
(iv) If the contact angle is estimated to be 30, what is the approximate curvature of the
air-water interfaces in the pores ?
Curvature = Pcap / = 5500 / 0.065 = 84615 m-1

(v) If the contact angle is estimated to be 30, determine an estimate for the average pore
radius ?
2 cos
Curvature = 84615 m-1 =
r
so get
r = 2.05e-5 m
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Question 5 (20 Marks)

(a) On the following diagram, label the cricondentherm, cricondenbar, bubble point line, dew
point line, liquid region, vapour region, and two-phase region. On the right are schematics of
a container holding the fluid mixture at various temperatures and pressures. Match letters
(A, B, C, and D) to the pictures (you can write letter on line at left side of each schematic).
B
Liquid+Vapour
P
D

CP

Liquid+Vapour

C
A

Vapour (Mixture)
D
A

Liquid Mixture
T

(b) For a single component, draw the vapour-liquid P-T diagram on the following Figure.
Indicate the critical point and where two-phases would occur.

CP

Two Phases

T
(c) For water, name a pressure and temperature where two fluid phases simultaneously exist.
Boiling point, 100C and 1 atm

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(d) The steam zone in a thermal oil recovery process contains water at saturation conditions and
methane at total pressure equal to 2 MPa. The mole fraction of water in the vapour phase is
equal to 0.6.
(i) What is the partial pressure of methane in the vapour phase ?
Partial pressure of methane = (0.4)(2) = 0.8 MPa

(ii) If the K-value for methane is equal to 13.4, what is the mole fraction of methane in
the liquid phase ?
yCH4 = 0.4
K-value = y CH4/x CH4 = 13.4
xCH4 = y CH4/13.4 = 0.4/13.4 = 0.02985

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