nha cai 188bet QUALITY ASSESSMENT OF HYDROCARBON PVT DATA

Summary

PVT data are essential for proper field development plan, accurate reserve estimation, reservoir simulation, material balance calculation, and optimum fluid recovery plans. High quality and accurate PVT data can, therefore, reduce uncertainty in reservoir fluid properties and set nha cai 188bet stage for reservoir engineering modelling whilst improving nha cai 188bet technical work on which investment decisions are made. Poor quality data will, however, result in lost time due to rework and additional studies, poor development plans, and inefficient investment.

This paper focuses on nha cai 188bet testing of nha cai 188bet quality of nha cai 188bet PVT data from DH-8X-DST#4 performed in nha cai 188bet lab based on Hoffman plot, material balance, and Buckley plot.

Key words: PVT, material balance, Hoffman, Buckley, Dai Hung field.

1. Introduction

Quality control (QC) of PVT data is very important. Improper quality control or any error in nha cai 188bet recorded data can be misleading in nha cai 188bet next steps of fluid modelling,  fluid properties measurement, and construction of thermodynamic model for representative reservoir fluid.  It is, therefore, important to conduct fluid sampling and recombination using standard protocols to minimise  errors and uncertainties. In this paper, we introduce quality control of PVT measurements on collected gas and liquid samples within a reservoir to select nha cai 188bet representative reservoir fluid. After that, nha cai 188bet representative reservoir fluid will be used for simulation.

2. Methodology

a) Graphical  technique

Graphical plots [1] of nha cai 188bet non-compositional data as a function of pressure were made. nha cai 188bet following properties were plotted against pressure to check nha cai 188bet quality of nha cai 188bet PVT data: relative volume, Y-function, density, solution GOR and oil FVF, nha cai 188bet graphs are expected to show a smooth trend.

b) Hoffman plot

nha cai 188bet Hoffman plot [1] is another method of evaluating nha cai 188bet quality of compositional data. This method utilises a log-linear plot of K-value versus Hoffman factor, F. F (psi/ oR) is defined as follows:

A plot of Log (K) versus F for each component of nha cai 188bet separator liquid and reservoir fluid compositions will   be expected to yield a linear graph which implies high quality data where all points plotted are expected to fall close to nha cai 188bet line of best-fit.

Equilibrium ratios trend (K): nha cai 188bet  equilibrium  ratio  [2], Ki, of a given component in a hydrocarbon mixture is defined as nha cai 188bet ratio of nha cai 188bet mole fraction of nha cai 188bet component in nha cai 188bet gas phase, yi, to that of nha cai 188bet mole fraction of nha cai 188bet component in nha cai 188bet liquid phase, xi. Mathematically, nha cai 188bet relationship is expressed as:

nha cai 188bet K-value measures nha cai 188bet tendency of nha cai 188bet component to remain or escape to nha cai 188bet gas phase. It is essentially a property that measures nha cai 188bet volatility of nha cai 188bet component at a pressure and temperature. This tendency suggests that in a multicomponent system, components’ Ki-value should follow nha cai 188bet trend of their decreasing K-values with nha cai 188bet increasing order of their normal boiling point; that is

c) Material balance

nha cai 188bet material balance test [1] was used to evaluate compositional consistency. It was applied on nha cai 188bet separator liquid and reservoir fluid compositions. nha cai 188bet material balance equation is expressed  below.

A plot of yi/zi against xi/zi should give  a  straight  line  with  a  slope  of  –L/V and an  intercept  of  F/V.  Any  deviations  from  a straight line reflect material balance discrepancies. Reservoir fluid compositions are typically calculated from a mathematical recombination of flashed vapour and liquid compositions.  When  feed   compositions are determined from a mathematical recombination of nha cai 188bet separator vapour and separator liquid compositions, a perfectly straight line should be observed  in  nha cai 188bet  plot. In this case, nha cai 188bet plot is sometimes useful for identifying discrepancies in nha cai 188bet reported compositions. nha cai 188bet reciprocal of  nha cai 188bet slope of nha cai 188bet line can then be used to calculate nha cai 188bet GOR and compare that  with nha cai 188bet  reported  GOR.  nha cai 188bet  liquid  density  and molecular  weight  must  be  provided so that  nha cai 188bet  conversion  from  moles  to barrels can be made. When nha cai 188bet feed composition   is truly independent from nha cai 188bet vapour and liquid compositions, nha cai 188bet material balance test provides a good check on nha cai 188bet overall consistency of nha cai 188bet analyses [3].

d) Buckley plot

nha cai 188bet Buckley plot (Figure 1) is expressed by nha cai 188bet semi logarithmic plot of K-value versus nha cai 188bet square of nha cai 188bet critical temperature Tc of nha cai 188bet reservoir fluid [4]. It gives a straight line with negative slope for nha cai 188bet light hydrocarbon components and any significant deviation indicates possible non-equilibrium separation or numerical errors in nha cai 188bet data reporting. As a component becomes less paraffinic then nha cai 188bet deviation from nha cai 188bet linearity becomes greater.

3. QC of DH-8X-DST#4 Sand 0

nha cai 188bet result of PVT analysis from DH-8X- DST#4 is shown in Table 1 - 3.

Based on Table  2,  nha cai 188bet  equilibrium ratio for each component  was  calculated as shown in Figure 2, which indicates a consistency in nha cai 188bet laboratory-reported compositional analysis.

Figure 3 is nha cai 188bet resulting material balance plot when yi/zi is plotted against xi/zi. In this case, nha cai 188bet plot from nha cai 188bet material balance of separator liquid and reservoir fluid compositional data shows a linear trend. This confirms nha cai 188bet high quality and accuracy of compositional data obtained. nha cai 188bet slope of nha cai 188bet line in nha cai 188bet figure is -1.4248, which can be converted to a GOR of 1,102.5 scf/bbl by taking nha cai 188bet negative reciprocal of nha cai 188bet slope and converting it to nha cai 188bet measured unit. This calculated GOR is about 0.01% lower than nha cai 188bet reported laboratory value of 1,103.3 scf/bbl. nha cai 188bet difference is very small, indicating that nha cai 188bet liquid molecular weight, liquid density, and recombination ratio all appear reasonably consistent with nha cai 188bet reported GOR.

nha cai 188bet Hoffman plot is a standard technique for evaluating nha cai 188bet consistency of nha cai 188bet recombined fluid samples through a graphical technique. Usually nha cai 188bet plus fraction  (e.g.  heptane-plus  (C7+))  is  not included in Hoffman consideration because it is generally not measured accurately [2]. To further control nha cai 188bet quality of nha cai 188bet recombined compositions listed in Table 2, nha cai 188bet compositions were used to generate nha cai 188bet Hoffman plot as shown in Figure 4, which confirms that nha cai 188bet separator liquid and reservoir compositional data are of high quality, as nha cai 188bet plotted points lie close to nha cai 188bet line of best fit for components C1 through C6 for all pressure.

nha cai 188bet plot from Buckley plot (Figure 5) is expressed by nha cai 188bet relationship of Log K versus Tc for nha cai 188bet reservoir fluid. A semi log plot of K value versus nha cai 188bet square of nha cai 188bet critical temperature gives a straight line with a negative slope for nha cai 188bet hydrocarbon components (C1 - C6). This confirms nha cai 188bet high quality and accuracy of nha cai 188bet compositional data obtained.

4. Conclusions

In order to obtain trustworthy PVT fluid properties, nha cai 188bet quality of nha cai 188bet samples must be examined carefully. Three other techniques for evaluating nha cai 188bet consistency of flash and composition data have also been applied for a long time, but they are still very useful today. These methods are material balance, Hoffman and Buckley plots. nha cai 188bet material balance plot can be used as a rigorous criterion for consistency while nha cai 188bet Hoffman plot and nha cai 188bet Buckley plot are considered qualitative assessment of data quality.

Application of this methodology on nha cai 188bet PVT data from DH-8X-DST#4 under study showed that nha cai 188bet samples can be used as representative for nha cai 188bet whole reservoir.

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