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Ahmed Muaz
Khalda Petroleum Company
Contents
Why Study PVT?
Objectives of PVT Analysis
Types of Reservoir Fluids
Differentiation Between the Different Types of
Reservoir Fluids
Fluid Sampling
Laboratory Experiments
PVT Reports
Diff. Flow
Regime
Oil
Stoc
k
Tank
Transport
Volatile
Oil
Retrograde
Gas
Wet
Gas
Dry
Gas
Black Oil
An initial GOR, 1750 SCF/STB or less
A 45 API initial stock tank oil gravity or less
A dark color of stock tank oil
C7+ > 20 mole %
Initial Bo of 2 res bbl/STB or less
Volatile Oil
An initial GOR, 1750 SCF/STB or greater
A 51.2 API initial stock tank oil gravity
A medium orange stock tank oil color
C7+ concentration between 19 and 22 mole %
Bo 2.0 res bbl/STB or greater
Wet Gas
An initial GOR > 15,000 SCF/STB
API up to 70 initial stock tank oil gravity
Water white of tank oil color
C7+ concentration <4 mole %
The separator
condition is two phases
Wet gas
Pressure
Pressure path
in reservoir
Critical
point
% Liquid
Separator
Temperature
Dry Gas
An initial GOR > 1000,000 SCF/STB
Almost no liquid
C7+ concentration < 0.7 mole %
Dry gas
Pressure
% Liquid
Separator
Temperature
Heavy Oil
Black Oil
Volatile
Oil
Cricondenbar
Critical
Critical
Oil
Gas
Gas
Wet
Condens.
Gas
Critical Point
B
Pressure
Bubble
Point
Loci
Dew Point
Loci
Retrograde
Region
Cricondenterm
C
Temperature
Laboratory Tests
Primary tests
Routine laboratory tests
Special laboratory PVT tests
Primary Tests
API
Gas specific gravity
Separator gas composition
GOR
Vt
Liquid
Vt
Liquid
Liquid
Vt
Liquid
Liquid
Liquid
Gas
Vt
Liquid
Hg
Hg
Hg
Vt
Gas
Liquid
Hg
Hg
First
Step
Second
Step
Third
Step
Fourth
Step
pb
Vo
Liquid
Gas
Vo
Liquid
Liquid
Gas
Gas
Liquid
Liquid
Hg
Hg
Hg
Vo
Hg
Hg
First step
Rsb =
Gas
scf
STB
Gas
scf
Liquid
scf
Hg
Hg
Separator
resbbl
Stock
tank
Liquid
STB
Liquid
Bob =
resbbl
STB
PVT Reports
Thank You