Author: Markus Hays Nielsen In order to describe the behavior of petroleum fluids, an accurate and consistent fluid model is needed. Different fluid systems can behave significantly differently during depletion of the reservoir and throughout the downstream system. The aim of the following articles is to describe what makes different fluids behave differently and how […]
Author: Markus Hays Nielsen The most critical part of making a fluid model for petroleum mixtures is the C7+ characterization. We will be publishing a set of articles on this topic where we go through all the nitty-gritty, but for now we just wanted to get in the mood by becoming more familiar with the […]
An inherent assumption in most industry RTA is equally spaced fractures. However, as shown in several field studies (Raterman 2017, Gale 2018), the distance between individual fractures tends to be unevenly spaced along the wellbore (e.g., “fracture swarms”). Fractional RTA extends industry standard RTA workflows to account for uneven fracture spacing. Flow Regimes 1.01 To […]
Author: Sissel Martinsen In our monthly article “How to Quality Check a Developed EOS” we addressed methods to check that an EOS model calculates physically consistent properties and thermodynamic valid solutions. A thermodynamic consistent EOS model is a model that gives consistent phase behavior of mixtures, and individual components. Part of our standard EOS QC […]
Author: Ilina Yusra Analyzing infinite-acting linear flow using the square root of time plot has been important in tight unconventional reservoirs since it was first introduced in 1988 by Wattenbarger et al. The goal of the analysis is to determine the fundamental reservoir parameters by solving the analytically derived equations for the two flow regimes […]
EOS Component Lumping Optimization To reduce CPU time in compositional petroleum simulation models (e.g. compositional reservoir simulations), a minimum number of components should be used in the equation of state (EOS) to describe the fluid phase and volumetric behavior. A ″detailed” EOS model often contains from 20 to 40 components, with the first 10 components […]
Author: Markus Blytt With the creation of Fortran during the 1950s and 1960s, computer science took a giant leap in the direction of popularizing the art of coding. Today, Fortran is considered an ancient language, mainly because of two things: (1) a wide range of much more high-level programming languages exist, making it easier for […]
By Mathias Lia Carlsen, July 2021 *This is a short-version of URTeC 5016 by Mydland, Carlsen and Whitson found attached to this article. Gas EOR in Tight Unconventionals The gas-based Huff-n-Puff (HnP) process is currently the dominating EOR process in tight unconventionals. This has happened as a result of operators looking to find new ways […]
By Bilal Younus, July 2021 This article discusses two common molar distribution models – discrete exponential and continuous gamma – used to describe heavier components such as heptanes-plus (C7+) in petroleum reservoir fluids. A molar distribution model relates component molar amount (mole fraction) to molecular weight (MW). The discrete exponential distribution is used exclusively to […]
By Markus Hays Nielsen, June 2021 The question we want to try and answer in this article is if there are any reasons for using binary interaction parameters (BIPs) as a part of our EOS model development. There are a few things that need to be addressed right away, namely what is meant by “using […]