ENGI 9113 Phase Behavior

Assignment 1 reference solutions

Questions from Danesh book

We can read from the differential test, the bubble point pressure is Pb=4566 psig. The optimal separator
pressure is 400psig where the value of Bob=1.645 and Rsb=1342scf/stb is at its minimum.

For any pressure below the bubble point, the Solution gas oil ratio can be calculated by:

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For any pressure below the bubble point, the oil formation volume can be calculated by:

Total formation volume factor can be calculated by: (°R = °F + 459.67); ([°R] = [K] × 9⁄5); (1Stb=5.61Scf)

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Where:

Rs-- GOR at any Rsb--GOR at initial Rsdb--GOR at initial Rsd--GOR at asking

pressure below the bubble point from bubble point from pressure from
bubble point separator test. differential test differential test
Bo—Oil formation Bod—Oil formation Bob— Oil formation Bodb—Oil formation
volume factor at given volume from volume at optimum volume factor from
pressure differential test at separator test differential test at
given pressure initial bubble point
Bg--The gas formation Z—Gas compressibility Bt--The total volume
volume factor Bo at from differential test factor
any pressure below for given pressure
the bubble point
T—Given temperature, Tsc—Standard P—Given pressure Psc—Standard
( ) Temperature( ( ) Pressure
)

2.3

No standard solutions. As long as you your opinion make sense, full marks will be
given. Some sample solutions can be find from group Jenny Kim and Donald
Hender.
Assume we have 1 mole gas in the initial cell, and we can calculate the volume of the gas in the initial
condition according to:

Two phases Z can be calculated by:

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For P/Z required in the question:

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Where,

For example, at P=373 bar:

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Next, the volume of produced gas can be calculated:

For example, at P=373 bar:

Therefore, we can calculate the at given condition:

 Cumulative Gas
Pressure(MPa) Production(mol%) Z
37.3 2.33 1.017 36.67623349 0.001971
32.1 9.91 0.956 33.82985436 0.009156
27.1 19.49 0.912 30.23245171 0.020347
22.1 31.58 0.875 25.69251454 0.038787
17.1 45.63 0.873 20.41657433 0.072264
12.1 61.23 0.88 14.55859089 0.138139
7.1 76.88 0.914 8.681831865 0.307013

And then plot the P/Z V.S. total volume of gas produced:

40
35
30
25
P/z

20
15
10
5
0
0 0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2 0.25 0.3 0.35
Total volume of produced gas (m3)

Use the 32.1 MPa as an example:

Background calculation:

The constant reservoir volume is calculated and

Mass of fluid at 32.1MPa,

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Gas volume in cell,

( ) ( )

Liquid volume in cell,

Gas density in cell,

Mass of Gas in cell,

Mass of liquid in cell,

Condensate density,

P np,mol Sl,% Z Mg,kg/mol m Vg Vl ,kg/m3 ,Kg ,Kg ,Kg/m3

32.1 9.91 3.58 0.956 25.5 193.29 2297.295 7.965256 0.295744 276.014 2198.522 98.77254 333.9801
27.1 19.49 6.52 0.912 24.1 230.878 2066.417 7.722383 0.538617 230.8529 1782.734 283.6825 526.6868
22.1 31.58 8.61 0.875 22.8 275.652 1790.765 7.549728 0.711272 185.6363 1401.504 389.2614 547.275
17.1 45.63 9.31 0.873 22 309.1 1481.665 7.491901 0.769099 138.9148 1040.736 440.9294 573.3064
12.1 61.23 9.09 0.88 21.4 333.84 1147.825 7.510075 0.750925 94.85502 712.3683 435.4567 579.8938
7.1 76.88 8.4 0.914 21.2 331.78 816.045 7.567076 0.693924 53.08745 401.7168 414.3282 597.0801

Therefore, the density of condensate at 71bar is 597.08Kg/m3.

Calculate the Composition of condensate phase at :

We can calculate the mole in gas and in liquid by:

Using material balance, the value in the box of each component of condensate

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To check, finally the total value equals mole condensate in cell.

The results are shown in the table:

Table.2 The components of condensate phase calculation
Pressure (MPa) 37.3 32.1 27.1 22.1 17.1 12.1
mole gas in cell 100.0000 86.2145 73.9706 61.4680 47.3050 33.2874
mole condensate in cell 0.0000 3.8755 6.5394 6.9520 7.0650 5.4826
Component kgmol
Nitrogen 0.386 0.01111 0.02150 0.01381 0.01426 0.00793
Carbon Dioxide 2.524 0.17856 0.20618 0.20711 0.20062 0.16106
Methane 78.585 2.08914 3.28380 2.72299 2.06231 0.34347
Ethane 7.029 0.25222 0.46807 0.47842 0.41203 0.19539
Propane 3.360 0.13983 0.27580 0.30803 0.37679 0.30709
i-Butane 0.440 0.02666 0.04747 0.05850 0.06826 0.06193
n-Butane 1.114 0.04702 0.11397 0.14630 0.18465 0.20663
i-Pentanes 0.396 0.04034 0.07823 0.08894 0.10790 0.10300
n-Pentane 0.502 0.03099 0.06274 0.08328 0.14885 0.13338
Hexanes 0.661 0.06503 0.10958 0.15854 0.23350 0.26403
Heptanes 1.277 0.12351 0.23959 0.38374 0.53352 0.65318
Octanes 0.902 0.10417 0.21039 0.32510 0.45591 0.54283
Nonanes 0.588 0.10738 0.21416 0.30886 0.40213 0.47458
Decanes 0.337 0.05824 0.15008 0.20673 0.24406 0.28029
Undecanes-plus 1.899 0.60132 1.05785 1.46167 1.62019 1.74777
Total 100.00 3.8755 6.5394 6.9520 7.0650 5.4826

2.5

No Standard solutions. Those that make sense and explain why would be acceptable.
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For three stage separation:

Plug in:

We can get,

The specific gravity can be calculated by using Eq. 2.60

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