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PETROLEUM ENGINEERING 310
SECOND EXAM
October 23, 2002

Ground Rules
Do all your work on the test paper and the space provided for the answer, do
no write on the back. Grading will be based on approach and answers.
Remember to show all your work!!!! Answers with no evidence of
calculations where they are required will not be graded.
The point value of each question or problem is provided in parentheses after
the question or problem statement.
Read the problem statement very carefully and do exactly what is required
and the way it is required. For example: if I request labels you MUST label, if I
require units you MUST provide units.
Time allotted for the test is 120 minutes.
Only interpretation questions are allowed.
This examination is open book, no homework is allowed.
You can have two cheat sheets with formulas if you wish.
You cannot discuss this test with your neighbor.

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exam.
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1.

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Two identical cells (A and B) with a volume of 600 cm3 each can be
connected trough a valve (va). A core sample with a bulk volume of 79 cm3 is
placed in cell B and vacuum is pulled in the cell by opening valve vb and
closing valve va. Cell A contains helium at 200 psia. After evacuation of cell
B, valve vb is closed and valve va is opened. After equilibration the final cell
pressure is 105 psia. The temperature was kept constant at 75 oF. You
need to determine de porosity of this core sample and the volume of the rock
(10 points)

Pressure Gauges

Vacuum Pump

va

Cell A

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vb

Cell B

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2.

A cylinder with 0.36 ft3 capacity is filled with 5 lb of a dry gas mixture with 95
moles % of C1 and 5 moles % of C2. The pressure in the vessel is 4,500
psia and the temperature is 75oF. What is the z-factor of this gas? (10
points)

3.

To make reasonable gas recovery predictions, estimates of the initial gas in

place in each reservoir must be made. In natural gas reservoir engineering
applications the following formula is used to estimate the gas in place in a
reservoir
G = 7,758 V p (1-S wi ) /Bg
Where G is the initial gas in place in SCF, Vp the reservoir pore volume, and
7,758 is a conversion factor, bbl/acre-ft.
Standard conditions are p=15.025 psia and T=60oF.
Estimate the gas in place (G) of a reservoir with an areal extent of 5,000
acres, average formation thickness (h) of 30 ft, average porosity of 15% and
interstitial water saturation (Swi) of 30%. The reservoir temperature is 200oF
and the initial reservoir pressure is 4,000 psia. (15 points)
The following data for the natural gas is available.

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Gas Specific Gravity

Molar fraction of H2S
Molar fraction of CO2

1.2
0.08
0.05

Determine the gas in place. Show intermediate calculations and write the
results in the space provided in the following table. Write down the equations
and/or figures used to evaluate this problem.
Property
Tpc
Ppc
Tpr
Ppr
z
Bg
G

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Value

Units

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4. Sketch on a single plot the behavior of the oil viscosity, the oil formation
volume factor (Bo), and the solution gas oil ratio (Rs) versus pressure for an
oil A with API gravity of 20 and another oil B with API gravity of 45. Label
all pertinent points. Both oils are at the same temperature. (10 points)

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5. A wet gas is produced through a separator at 400 psia and 150 oF to a stock
tank at 70 oF. The separator gas oil ratio is 70,000 scf/STB and the stock
tank vents 2,500scf/STB. The oil API gravity is 60. Determine the
recombination molar ratios for the stock tank and for the separator. For the
compositions of the separator liquid and the reservoir fluid it is sufficient that
you make the calculations only for methane (the rest is repetitive). Show the
equations used. (15 points).
Mole
Fraction
Separator
Gas

Mole
Fraction
Stock Tank
Gas

Mole
Fraction
Stock
Tank Oil
Mwi

yi SEP

yi STO

C1

0.8814

0.4795

0.0026

16.043

C2

0.073

0.1769

0.0054

30.07

C3

0.0297

0.1755

0.0194

44.097

C4

0.0099

0.0956

0.0341

58.123

C5

0.004

0.0515

0.0605

72.15

C6

0.0016

0.019

0.0902

86.177

C7+

0.0004

0.002

0.7878

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Mole
Fraction
Separator
Oil
xi SEP

Mole
Fraction
Reservoir
Gas
zi

xi STO

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Show all intermediate work

6. Estimate the isothermal compressibility of a dry gas for use at 4,200 psia
using the following data taken at 195 oF (10 points)
Pressure
(psia)

Z - factor

6000

1.1252

5600

1.0736

5200

1.0222

4800

0.9711

4400

0.9207

4000

0.8715

3600

0.8243

3200

0.7952

2800

0.7824

2600

0.781

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7. The Aggie Brazos Reservoir is producing a 50oAPI stock tank oil and a 0.9
specific gravity separator gas. The field separator conditions are 200 psia
and 70 oF. Estimate the solution gas oil ratio at the bubble point and the
bubble point pressure of this reservoir. The production history is plotted
below. (10 points)

Production Data - Aggie Field

2000

3800

GOR (scf/STB)

1800

3600

Average Production Pressure

3400

1400

3200

1200

3000

1000
2800

800

2600

600
400

2400

200

2200

2000
0

1000

2000

3000

4000

5000

6000

Cumulative Oil Production (MSTB)

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Pressure (psia)

Producing Gas Oil Ratio

(scf/STB)

1600

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8. The following differential liberation test has been provided to you from the
laboratory. You need to determine the following reservoir engineering
properties.

Oil Formation Volume Factors (BoD)(5 points)

Solution gas oil ratios in SCF/STB (RsD) (15 points)

Differential Depletion Test: Stinky Oil Well Temperature = 180oF

Pressure
(psig)

cm3 oil

cm3
gas

Gas z
factor

2777.0

53.5

0.0

2600.0

52.3

2.4

0.879

2350.0

50.8

3.4

0.869

2100.0

49.5

3.4

0.868

1850.0

48.1

3.8

0.869

1600.0

46.9

4.3

0.876

1350.0

45.8

4.9

0.887

1100.0

44.6

6.0

0.900

850.0

43.4

7.8

0.918

600.0

42.1

11.4

0.939

350.0

40.8

22.2

0.963

184.0

39.4

33.5

0.980

0.0

34.6

716.4

1.000

31.5

0.0

0 @ 60 F

BoD
(bbl/STB)

RsD
(SCF/STB)

Show all your work.

Useful Information
1 bbl
1 ft3
Tsc
psc

=
=
=
=

158987.3
28316.85
60oF
14.7 psia

cc
cc

(ft3 = cu ft)

zT cu ft
p scf
1 bbl = 5.615cu ft
Bg = 0.0282

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The following table may help you to organize your calculations

Differential Depletion Test: Stinky Oil Well Temperature = 180oF
Pressure
(psig)

BoD
(bbl/STB)

RsD
(SCF/STB)

2777.0
2600.0
2350.0
2100.0
1850.0
1600.0
1350.0
1100.0
850.0
600.0
350.0
184.0
0.0
0 @ 60oF

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