Reservoir Fluid Properties PEEG 216

PEEG 216
RESERVOIR FLUID
PROPERTIES
Dr. John Williams
Class 6

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Outline
Quiz on Petroleum Fluid Components (15
minutes)
Notices
Summary of last class
Equilibrium tie-lines
Exercise about 2-component mixtures
Three-Component Phase Behaviour
Homework

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Mid-term Exam
The exam is usually held in the evening
from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Would an earlier time
be better?
I may request an e-mail with your
preference for date and time.
The majority will decide.

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Summary of Last Class

Phase diagrams with two components there is a
range of pressure over which liquid and vapour are
present
Bubble point and dew point definitions (there is not
simply one boiling point or condensing point as
for a pure substance)
Modified definition of the critical point
Tie-lines and the lever rule for phase quantities
Note: This material is covered in Chapter 2 of the
course text, but without the same detailed derivation.

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Cricondenbar & Cricondentherm

Cricondenbar This is the maximum
pressure at which a mixture can exist in two
phases (the highest point on the phase loop
on a P v T diagram)
Cricondentherm - This is the maximum
temperature at which a mixture can exist in
two phases (the point on the phase loop
furthest to the right on a P v T diagram)

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Cricondenbar & Cricondentherm

Cricondenbar
P

?
?

The critical point could

be anywhere on the
phase loop (depending
on the composition)
?

Cricondentherm

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Note
There is no correlation (link) between the
cricondenbar or the cricondentherm and the critical
point.
These terms are not very important for study of
reservoir fluids, but are often used in relation to
phase diagrams so you should know their
definition.
The critical point is defined by the critical pressure
Pc and the critical temperature Tc.

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Worked example
Example 2-3 on page 64 of the course text
Where is the composition scale on this graph?
Where are the vapour pressure curves for the pure
components?
Where is the 50% mixture phase loop
Determine the critical temperature and critical pressure
for mixture 6 in Figure 2-15
Determine the bubble-point pressure and dew point
pressure of this mixture at -20F
What appears strange in the composition of mixture 6?
Some more questions.

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3-Component Mixtures
Also called ternary mixtures
Difficult to represent on simple graphs a
triangular composition representation can be
combined with a vertical pressure or temperature
axis, but not both.
Real reservoir fluids usually have tens or hundreds
of components.
Ternary diagrams can still be useful if the fluid can
be considered as made up of three pseudocomponents (e.g. CH4 + N2, C2 C6, C7+)

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Three component mixtures

100% A
(or 0% B)

Mixture of
40% A &
60% B

100% B

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Homework - Class 6 Due 21st Feb. (01)

or 24th (50) (same as last homework)
Look at the slide labelled Liquid-Vapour
Equilibrium Example in class 5 (slide 15).
Apply the lever rule at point p. Calculate the
ratio of liquid and vapour. Use a ruler so
your result is as accurate as possible.
Question 2-7 on page 85 (Densities of
methane gas and liquid). You may want to
read the section in the text.