MBE of an under-saturated reservoir with pressure falling below the bubble point pressure

Havlena and Odeh (1963) provides the best explanation of the material balance of a reservoir. It
considers most reservoir conditions including the produced fluid, expansion of oil and its originally
dissolved gas, the gas cap expansion and the initial water expansion and pore volume reduction.
The formula derived by Havlena and Odeh is described below:

F N[ E0 mEg E f ,w ] We

eqn (1)

Where:
Underground Withdrawal, F N p [ Bo ( Rp Rs ) Bg ] Wp Bw
Expansion of oil and its originally dissolved gas, Eo ( Bo Boi ) ( Rsi Rs ) Bg

Bg
1

B
gi

Expansion of the gas cap, E g Boi

cw S wi c f
p
1 S wi

Expansion of initial water and the reduction of pore volume, E f , w (1 m) Boi

When the reservoir pressure falls below the bubble point pressure:
From equation (1) When the pressure of the reservoir is equal to the bubble point pressure

of the reservoir ( P Pb ) , the gas dissolved in the oil begins to be liberated. Because of this, the
initial volume of the gas cap is zero. Hence, the ratio of the initial gas cap to the initial oil volume in
the reservoir is, m 0 . This results in the term for the expansion of the gas cap Eg to be neglected
from the equation.
From the bubble point pressure and below ( P Pb ) , the expansion of the solution gas far
outweighs the expansion of the initial reservoir water and formation rock expansion. This allows us
to neglect the term, E f ,w
For the sake of simplicity, we will assume that water is not encroached or produced from the
reservoir. Wp 0 and We 0

F N [ E0 ]
By completing the terms:

N p [ Bo ( Rp Rs ) Bg ] N[( Bo Boi ) ( Rsi Rs ) Bg ]

This equation clarifies that the produced fluids on the LHS of the equation contains both oil and gas.
The RHS provides a difference between the oil and gas liberated from the initial conditions to the
current conditions below the bubble point pressure which is equal to the LHS. (The difference
between the initial and current conditions gives us the produced fluids)
When below the bubble point pressure, the values of Rs and Rp cannot be neglected as the oil in the
reservoir and the produced oil is no longer the same value of Rsi as when the reservoir pressure was
above the bubble point pressure.
By expanding the equation:

N p Bo N p Rp Bg N p Rs Bg NBo NBoi NRsi Bg NRs Bg

Terms

N p Bo
N p Rp Bg
N p Rs Bg
NBo

NBoi

NRsi Bg
NRs Bg

Explanation
The volume of oil produced in res.bbl
The volume of gas liberated from the produced
oil in res.bbl
The volume of gas dissolved in the produced oil
in res.bbl
The volume of oil remaining in the reservoir in
res.bbl
The initial volume of oil in the reservoir at the
initial reservoir pressure in res.bbl
The initial volume of gas dissolved in the oil in
the reservoir at the initial reservoir pressure in
res.bbl
The current volume of gas dissolved in the oil in
the reservoir at the current pressure res.bbl