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INTRODUCTION
 Basically, the reservoirs are porous and permeable rocks that
contains accumulation of hydrocarbons.
 However,reservoir fluids could be classified to (wet gas,dry gas,
condensate,volatile and black oil(

• Identification of reservoir fluids:

1. Field data.

2. Observation in laboratory.

3. Phase diagram.
 Gas reservoirs: the reservoir temperature is greater than the critical temperature of the
hydrocarbon fluid.
Oil reservoirs: the reservoir temperature T is less than the critical temperature Tc of the reservoir
fluid.
 Gas reservoir

 Gas reservoirs classified according to their content

to:

1. Dry Gas.

2. Wet gas.

3. Condensate.
 Dry Gas
• The word “dry” means that the gas does not contain
sufficient heavy molecules to create hydrocarbon liquid at
the surface.
• Dry gases consist of methane and non-hydrocarbons such
as nitrogen and carbon dioxide.
• dry gas remains single phase from reservoir to separator
conditions.
• Identification of Dry gas:

FIELD DATA DRY GAS LABORATORY DATA DRY GAS

GOR 100,000
Phase change in No phase
scf/stb
reservoir change
Stock-tank liquid No liquid
gravity,API Heptane plus < 0.8
Color of stock-tank No liquid
liquid FVF at bubble point -
 Wet-gas

• Natural gas that contains significant heavy hydrocarbons such as

propane, butane and other liquid hydrocarbons.

• Wet gas exists solely as a gas in the reservoir.

• is known as wet gas or rich gas.

• Identification of wet gas :

FIELD DATA WET GAS LABORATORY DATA WEY GAS
GOR > Phase change in No
15,000scf/stb reservoir change
Stock-tank liquid Up to 70
gravity,API Heptane plus <4
Color of stock-tank Water white FVF at bubble point -
liquid
 Retrograde Gas Condensate
• Condensate gases are gaseous at subsurface conditions and
condense as liquid at surface conditions.

• Reservoir contains condensate gas generally produces both oil

and gas at the surface.

• Identification of condensate gas

FIELD DATA CONDENSATE GAS LABRATORY CONDENSATE GAS

DATA
GOR >3200 Phase change Dew point
Stock-tank liquid > 40 in reservoir
gravity ,API Heptane plus < 12.5
Color of stock- Lightly colored FVF at bubbl -
tank liquid point
 oil reservoir
 oil reservoirs can be classified according to:
• The initial reservoir pressure Pi:

1. Undersaturated oil reservoir.

2. Saturated oil reservoir.

3. Gas-cap reservoir.

• Their content :
1. volatile oil.
2. black oil.
 Volatile Oils
• Volatile oils have many common features with gas
condensates, but as they contain more heavy compounds.

• they behave liquid-like at reservoir conditions.

• Volatile oils are known as high-shrinkage oil.

• Identification of volatile oils :

FIELD DATA VOLATILE LABORATORY DATA VOLATILE
GOR 1750 TO 3200 scf/stb Phase change in Bubble point
reservoir
Stock-tank liquid 40 OR higher
Heptane plus 20 to 12.5
gravity,API
Color of stock- Brown ,orange , FVF at bubble point >2.0
tank liquid green
 Black Oil Reservoirs
• Black oils are the most common type of oil reservoirs.

• Black oils are made up of a variety of components including

large, heavy, and non-volatile hydrocarbons .

• They are also known as low-shrinkage oil reservoirs.

• identification of black oil :

FIELD DATA BLACK OIL LABORATORY DATA BLACK OIL
GOR 2ooo scf/STB OR Phase change in Bubble
less reservoir point
Stock-tank liquid < 45 Heptane plus > 20 %
gravity,API
Color of stock- Dark colored FVF at bubble point < 2.0
tank liquid
• case study of well XX in
Nafora field.
FIELD DATA xx

Pb Initial reservoir
GOR 48scf/sbbl
pressure pressure 1040psi
Stock-tank 31º 294psi
liquid
gravity,API

Color of stock- Dark

tank liquid

LABORATORY DATA xx

Phase change in Bubble

reservoir point
viscosity 6.490cp

FVF at bubble point 1.048vol/svol

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