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PNG 410: Applied Reservoir Engineering
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Remember that I am new teacher.- Familiarity with course material- Syllabus may keep on evolving
- I will try my best.
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Purpose of Education
Obtain knowledge (facts and methods)Develop skills:
- Quantitative analysis skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Independent learning skills- Communication skills
- Team work skills
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What I will do: ask lots of questions.
- Keep you engaged.
- Understand and practice basic concepts.
- Help me understand where you stand.
Keep an interactive learning atmosphere.
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What you can do: ask lots of questions.
- Keep you engaged.- Understand and practice basic concepts.
- Help me understand where you stand.
Keep an interactive learning atmosphere.
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Syllabus
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What is reservoir engineering?
What do reservoir engineers do?
Reservoir condition
Surface condition What is this class about?
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General Introduction
Petroleum fluids
Petroleum reservoirs
Review of phase diagram
Types of reservoirs (w.r.t. to phasediagram)
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Chemical Composition of Petroleum
Fluids Hydrocarbons + trace amount of otherelements
Hundreds to thousands of chemicalcompoundsMcCain, 1990
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Chemical Composition of Petroleum
Fluids Hydrocarbons -- organic compounds Vary in numbers of carbon, with generalformula of CnHy
Saturated (single bonds), unsaturated
(multiple bonds)
Open chain, ring or cyclic
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Saturated single bond open chain series,(CnH
2n+2)
McCain, 1990
Alkane (paraffin hydrocarbons)
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Alkane (paraffin hydrocarbons)
McCain, 1990
n-pentanen-butane
propaneethanemethane
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Chemical Composition of PetroleumFluids
Saturated, open chain Unsaturated, open chain
Saturated, cyclic Unsaturated, cyclic Unsaturated, open chain
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Petroleum fluids are very complex mixtures.
Alkane (CnH2n+2)CH4C2H6C3H8C4H10C5H12C6H14
C7H16
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Petroleum fluids are very complex mixtures.
McCain, 1990
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Petroleum fluids are very complex mixtures.
McCain, 1990
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Characterization of Petroleum Fluids
Chemical composition analysis Physical Propertiescolor, odor, refractive index, density,
boiling point, melting point, viscosity
McCain, 1990
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Characterization of Petroleum Fluids
Specific gravity (): the ratio of density of the
liquid to the density of water, both at specifiedT and P.
Typical values: 0.75 to 1.01
API gravity (American Petroleum Institute):
McCain, 1990
141.5
API 131.5
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Characterization of Petroleum Fluids
The larger number of carbon, the higher boilingand melting points, and the higher specific
gravity. McCain, 1990
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Distribution of Fluids in Reservoirs
Oil reservoir
Associated oil-gas reservoir
Gas reservoir
(Fig. 1.3, amyx)
Driving forces?
Gravitation Capillary
Oil zoneGas-oil transitional zone
water zone
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Petroleum Reservoirs
a body of porous and permeable rock containing
oil and gas through which fluids may move towardrecovery openings under pressures existing or thatmay be applied.
Sedimentary rocks
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