GOR

Gas to Oil Ratio (GOR) is a commonly used term in

the crude oil exploration and production industry.
GOR is the ratio of volumetric flow of produced gas
to the volumetric flow of crude oil for crude oil and
gas mixture sample.
For any hydrocarbon mixture produced from an oil
production well, the proportion of liquid and vapor
phases in the mixture changes with changing
temperature and pressure conditions.
• In order to compare the GOR from different oil
and gas samples, the oil and gas flowrates
must be considered at same temperature and
pressure conditions. Hence the GOR is always
specified at standard temperature and
pressure conditions. The liquid and vapor
volumetric flow rates are calculated at
standard temperature and pressure conditions
 Coning
• Coning is a term used to describe the mechanism underlying the
• upward movement of water and/or the down movement of gas into the
• perforations of a producing well. Coning can seriously impact the well
• productivity and influence the degree of depletion and the overall
recovery
• efficiency of the oil reservoirs. The specific problems of water and
• gas coning are listed below.
• Costly added water and gas handling
• Gas production from the original or secondary gas cap reduces pressure
• without obtaining the displacement effects associated with gas drive
• Reduced efficiency of the depletion mechanism
• The water is often corrosive and its disposal costly
• The afflicted well may be abandoned early
• Loss of the total field overall recovery