ENGI 8690/9114
Midterm Exam /100 marks
March 08-2019 Time: 2:00 Hours
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Please complete the exam individually. Any copying or collaboration will result in an automatic mark of
zero on the midterm.
Unit Conversions Constants
1 kg = 2.205 lb R= 8.314 m3.Pa / (mol K)
g = 9.81 m/s2, 32.174 ft/s2 8.314 J / (mol K)
1 acre = 43560 ft2 8.314 m3.KPa / (kmol K)
1 ft = 12 in 0.08206 L.atm / (mol K)
1ft = 0.3048 m 1.987 cal / (mol K)
1 in = 2.54 cm 10.73 psi ft3/lb-mol. Ro
1 atm = 101325 Pa = 14.7 psi
1 m3 = 6.29 barrels
[°C] = 5/9([°F]-32) [°R] = [°F]+460
1cP = 10-3 Pa.s
1 lb/ft3 = 16.03 kg/m3
1 Bar = 105 N/m2 = 14.50 psi
N / m = 0.06852 lbf / ft
lb
1 ft =0.3048 m, 1 3
=16.03 kg/m 3 ¿ ,1 ¯¿ 105 N /m 2
ft
NGEI 8690/9114 Midterm Exam 1
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Part (II) Numeric Part
1. In a reservoir formation, the oil density is 53.8 lb/ft 3 with an underlying aquifer of density
62.4 lb /ft 3 .The capillary pressure measured at the oil water contact is 2.9 psi. Taking acceleration
due to gravity as a constant, Oil/water interfacial tension: 0.018 N/m, Contact angle: 35o find;
a) The distance between the free water level and oil-water contact.
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b) Using a capillary function of Pc =3.11 ( 1−S w ) +0.12 ¯¿, find the water saturation at 65ft.
c) What is the largest pore throat in the system?
d) In oil and gas reservoirs, which one is adequate to assume FWL equal Fluid’s contact. Justify
your answer? ( 20 Marks )
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2. A vertical well is producing single phase oil of viscosity 1.50cp from a vertical cylindrical region.
The well is in the center of the drainage volume. The pressure at the outer boundary is 1800 psia and
the wellbore pressure is 1750 psia. The pressures are assumed constant over time. The formation is
homogeneous with a permeability of 310 mD Formation thickness and outer boundary are assumed
to be 100 ft and 100 ft respectively. The diameter of the wellbore is 0.5 ft and the well is producing
evenly over the entire vertical column.
a. Find the flow rate from the well.
b. When the production starts, the flow rate turns out to be 867.26 bbl./day. Find the
mechanical skin factor for the well.
c. If the damaged zone around the well is cylindrical with a permeability of 180 mD,
determine the radius of the damaged zone.
d. Find the upscaled permeability for the drainage volume. ( 20 Marks )
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3. A well and reservoir have the following properties:
D = 6260 ft rw = 3.5" Pi = 3600 psi o = 1.20 cP
Boi = 1.25 rbbl/STB k = 75 mD h = 45' = 16 %
Ct = 3.2x10-5 psi-1 S = -3 A = 3140000 ft2 qo = 1500 STB/D
a) Calculate the time for which the reservoir is infinite acting?
b) Calculate the pressure at the wellbore after 100 hours and 500 hours for the reservoir
where P = Pi at r = re ( i.e. active water drive )?
( 15 Marks )
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4. The following parameters apply to an oil reservoir:
Porosity = 10%, compressibility, Cw =5.1x10-5/psi, Cf =3.9x10-5/psi
Initial conditions
Pi = 5000 psia, T = 110oF, Swc = 22%
Black Oil PVT data
Pressure(psia) Bo(r.vol/st.vol) Rso(st.vol/st.vol)
5000 1.305 89
3400 1.338 89
2700 1.350 89
1200 1.28 66.8
Gas PVT data
At standard conditions of T = 60oF and P = 14.7 psia, where Z=1,0, and final conditions of T =
110oF and P = 1200 psia, where Z = 0 .85
Production data
Reservoir Pressure Cumulative Cumulative Cumulative
(psia) oil production x105 gas production x105 water production x105
(stb) (scf) (stb)
5000 0 0 0
3400 15.12 1347.2 0
1200 64.44 6657.8 0
a) Start with the general form of the equation and simplify it for this specific case.
b) Use the equations to calculate initial oil in place, using production data at 1200 psia.
N mBti cw S wi + c f
N ( Bt−Bti ) + ( B g−B gi )+(1+m) N Bti ⌈ ⌉ ∆ ṕ+W e =N p [ Bt + ( R p−R soi ) Bg ]+ B w W p
B gi 1−Swi
( 15 Marks )
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