In: Civil Engineering
You have been asked to review the performance of a
combination
solution gas, gas-cap drive reservoir. Well test and log
information show
that the reservoir initially had a gas cap half the size of the
initial oil
volume. Initial reservoir pressure and solution gas-oil ratio were
2500 psia
and 721 SCF/STB, respectively. Using the volumetric approach,
initial oil in place was found to be 56 MM STB. As you proceed with
the
analysis, you discover that your boss has not given you all the
data you
need to make the analysis. The missing information is that at some
point
in the life of the project a pressure maintenance program was
initiated
using gas injection. The time of the gas injection and the total
amount of
gas injected are not known. There was no active water drive or
water
production. PVT and production data are in the following
table:
a) At what point (i.e., pressure) did the pressure
maintenance program
begin?
b) How much gas in SCF had been injected when the
reservoir pressure is
500 psia? Assume that the reservoir gas and the injected gas have
the
same compressibility factor.