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Assumptions Made in MBE

The MBE (material balance equation) model assumes the reservoir behaves as a single tank and ignores pressure and temperature variations. It requires reliable production data to estimate initial oil/gas in place and aquifer support. However, the MBE cannot predict fluid/pressure distributions, well placements, water/gas channeling, or heterogeneity effects. While providing insight, reservoir simulation is needed when those factors are significant. The MBE advantageously employs dynamic pressure response to production for estimating connected fluid volumes, unlike static volumetric methods.

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Assumptions Made in MBE

The MBE (material balance equation) model assumes the reservoir behaves as a single tank and ignores pressure and temperature variations. It requires reliable production data to estimate initial oil/gas in place and aquifer support. However, the MBE cannot predict fluid/pressure distributions, well placements, water/gas channeling, or heterogeneity effects. While providing insight, reservoir simulation is needed when those factors are significant. The MBE advantageously employs dynamic pressure response to production for estimating connected fluid volumes, unlike static volumetric methods.

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Assumptions made in MBE

• The MBE assumes that the reservoir behaves as if it is a


tank (i.e., a zero-dimensional model). It deals with average
values of rock and fluid properties for the whole reservoir.
It ignores pressure changes which may occur across the
reservoir.
• All processes occur at isothermal condition and the
reservoir temperature is constant throughout.
• PVT measurements reflects the fluid under real reservoir
conditions.
• Reliable production data of oil, gas and water is required
to ensure good results.
Limitations of the MBE
• MBE cannot be used to calculate fluid or pressure
distributions, nor can it be used to identify new well
locations or the effect of well locations
• MBE is not rate sensitive as it has no time reference. Thus,
effect of production rates on recovery or water influx
cannot be identified.
• The MBE cannot be used to predict water or gas
channeling.
• It cannot account for the effect of heterogeneities on the
behavior of the reservoir.
When any of these factors is significant, reservoir
simulation is required to predict precisely the behavior of
the reservoir.
Advantages of the MBE
• Provides a valuable insight into the behavior of
the reservoir, and the contribution of the various
drive mechanisms to recovery.
• In the case of reservoirs with reasonable
reservoir-wide fluid communication, the MBE
provides a method of calculating the initial oil or
gas in place, as well as the expected aquifer
effects, by using actual production and pressure
data.
Advantages of the MBE
• The only method that employs the dynamic response of the
reservoir to production as a means of estimating the volume of
original fluid. What the MBE calculates is the fluid volume in the
reservoir that is affected by production.
• The dynamic response of the reservoir fluid to production is
manifested in the pressure change. Thus, the initial fluid in
place calculated by the MBE is indicative of the fluid volume in
communication with the wells. In contrast, the volumetric
method of estimating the fluid in place is a static method. It
does not differentiate between connected and isolated areas.
For this reason, the fluid in place calculated by the MBE cannot
be larger than that calculated volumetrically, assuming an
accurate volumetric estimate.

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