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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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When you have finished the exam. Read and sign the statement below, then return
in the examination booklet.
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followed the strictures of the Texas A&M University Aggie Code of honor during this
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.
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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
135
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Mole
Fraction
Separator
Oil
xi SEP
Mole
Fraction
Reservoir
Gas
zi
xi STO
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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)
3800
GOR (scf/STB)
1800
3600
1400
3200
1200
3000
1000
2800
800
2600
600
400
2400
200
2200
2000
0
1000
2000
3000
4000
5000
6000
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Pressure (psia)
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.
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)
=
=
=
=
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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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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