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PVT Analysis Principles and Application

PVT analysis studies the behavior of vapors and liquids in petroleum reservoirs under varying pressures, volumes, and temperatures. It is important for calculating reserves and characterizing reservoirs. To accurately model reservoir properties like pressure and saturation changes during production, the fluid properties must be precisely described. Ideally this is done by sampling reservoir fluids and conducting laboratory PVT analyses, but early in a well's life obtaining reliable samples can be difficult or impractical. PVT analysis determines fluid properties from any available samples and also applies established principles to estimate properties when samples are unavailable or questionable.

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PVT Analysis Principles and Application

PVT analysis studies the behavior of vapors and liquids in petroleum reservoirs under varying pressures, volumes, and temperatures. It is important for calculating reserves and characterizing reservoirs. To accurately model reservoir properties like pressure and saturation changes during production, the fluid properties must be precisely described. Ideally this is done by sampling reservoir fluids and conducting laboratory PVT analyses, but early in a well's life obtaining reliable samples can be difficult or impractical. PVT analysis determines fluid properties from any available samples and also applies established principles to estimate properties when samples are unavailable or questionable.

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PVT analysis principles and application

PVT analysis is the study of the behaviour of vapour and liquid in


petroleum reservoirs as a function of Pressure-Volume-Temperature in
terms of phase behavior and composition. It plays a key role in
calculating reserves as well as identification of reservoir
characteristics. Thus, to appropriately estimate the reservoir pressure
and saturation changes as fluid is produced throughout the reservoir
requires a precise description of the reservoir fluid properties. To
accurately describe these properties, the ideal process is to sample the
reservoir fluid and perform a laboratory studies on the fluid samples.
In the early stages of a well it can be difficult or economically
impractical to obtain reliable measurements. Fluid samples, if
available, can be subjected to pressure-volume-temperature analyses
to determine their properties, but samples are often suspected and PVT
analyses usually apply only at reservoir temperature
Principles of PVT analysis
Naturally occurring hydrocarbon systems found in petroleum reservoirs are
mixtures of organic compounds which exhibit multiphase behavior over wide
ranges of pressures and temperatures. These hydrocarbon accumulations may
occur in the gaseous state, the liquid state, the solid state, or in various
combinations of gas, liquid, and solid.
Hydrocarbon reservoirs consist of rock and fluids. Water in brine form and
a gaseous and/or liquid hydrocarbon phase are regarded as reservoir fluids. The
phase behavior of the actual hydrocarbon mixture in the reservoir can be
described as a function of the state of the system.
A system in thermodynamic equilibrium possesses an accurately defined
relationship between the state variables. These are united in the so-called
“equation of state”:

(eq. 6.1)
By specification of two variables, the third will be stipulated.
Single-Component System
Water is one of the most thoroughly studied chemical compounds.
Therefore, it is discussed as a single-component system in this context. The
possible phases are ice (solid state), water (liquid state) and steam (gaseous
state). The phase diagram in figure 6.1 illustrates at which state of the system -
characterized by p and T - two or all three phases are in equilibrium:
•The sublimation curve OA signifies the equilibrium between the solid
and vapor.
•The melting point curve OB combines the states of equilibrium between
the solid and liquid state.
•The vapor pressure curve OC specifies the states of the system at which
the liquid and vapor coexist. On this curve, the “wet” vapor is in equilibrium
with the “saturated” liquid.
• At the triple point O, all three phases are in equilibrium. In case of water,
the thermodynamical data at this point are p = 610.6 Pa and T = 273.16 K.
• The end point C of the vapor pressure curve is the critical point and
signifies the highest temperature and pressure at which the liquid and vapor
coexist (p2(H2O) =22.09 MPa, T= 647.15 K

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