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HW-1 Pressure Gradient Calculations: Theory

This document contains information about two problems related to pressure gradient calculations in reservoirs: 1. The first problem involves determining the fluid distribution in a reservoir using pressure gradient calculations based on data from an exploration well. The well encountered gas near the top of the reservoir structure and provided pressure, temperature, and gas properties from a formation test. 2. The second problem provides pressure and density data for an oil sample from a reservoir at 5672 ft and a water sample from a nearby aquifer at 6132 ft. The task is to use this data to calculate pressure gradients. The document provides relevant figures, tables, equations, and deadlines to help solve the two problems.

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HW-1 Pressure Gradient Calculations: Theory

This document contains information about two problems related to pressure gradient calculations in reservoirs: 1. The first problem involves determining the fluid distribution in a reservoir using pressure gradient calculations based on data from an exploration well. The well encountered gas near the top of the reservoir structure and provided pressure, temperature, and gas properties from a formation test. 2. The second problem provides pressure and density data for an oil sample from a reservoir at 5672 ft and a water sample from a nearby aquifer at 6132 ft. The task is to use this data to calculate pressure gradients. The document provides relevant figures, tables, equations, and deadlines to help solve the two problems.

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HW-1

Pressure gradient calculations


Theory:
Presentation – Definition of reserves
2 person in a group
Time for presenting – 10 min
Questions – 5-7 min
Deadline- 9 of September

Problems
Deadline – 16 of September
Format-report +defense
1. Problem: Determine the fluid distribution in a reservoir using pressure gradient
calculations.

Figure 1 shows the diagram of a reservoir where the exploration well penetrates the
reservoir near the top of the structure, observing only gas. There is no information
about the presence of oil from this well. From a wireline formation test (Table 1) the
reservoir pressure and temperature are measured, and a gas sample is obtained.

Note: Consider the gas density as a function of pressure.

Exploration
well

Gas

Figure 1. Diagram of reservoir with exploration well.

Table 1. Wireline formation test info.


Depth 5100 ft
Reservoir pressure 2377 psia
Reservoir temperature 170 ºF
Gas specific gravity, g 0.65
Gas z-factor, z 0.87

Practice 1 additional equation


0 . 01877 γ g h
p2 =p 1 exp ( zT )
dp 0 .01877⋅γ g
( )
dh w
⋅DPGWC +14 . 7= p1 exp
zT (
( DPGWC−D1 ) )
2. Problem: An exploration well encounters an oil reservoir at the depth of 5672 ft,
where the oil pressure was 2614.4 psia. An oil sample taken from the reservoir had a
density of 43 lbm/ft3 at reservoir conditions. A water sample from a nearby aquifer at
depth of 6132 ft had a density of 69.1 lbm/ft3, and the pressure at this depth was 2729.7
psia.

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