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    Bo and Rs in Black Oil Models

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    This document discusses the relationship between reservoir oil properties like density and compressibility with respect to black oil model parameters like solution gas-oil ratio (Rs) and gas-oil ratio (qg). It finds that for a given gas-oil ratio table, Rs cannot be chosen freely but must fall within a restricted range to be physically consistent with how the gas would condense and affect oil density from reservoir to surface. Specifically, it shows through calculations that lower Rs values lead to unrealistic reductions in oil density during depressurization that cannot be explained purely by gas condensation. Therefore, the black oil model parameters are not fully independent and Rs is inherently linked to the characteristics of the gas-oil ratio table.

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    This document discusses the relationship between reservoir oil properties like density and compressibility with respect to black oil model parameters like solution gas-oil ratio (Rs) and gas-oil ratio (qg). It finds that for a given gas-oil ratio table, Rs cannot be chosen freely but must fall within a restricted range to be physically consistent with how the gas would condense and affect oil density from reservoir to surface. Specifically, it shows through calculations that lower Rs values lead to unrealistic reductions in oil density during depressurization that cannot be explained purely by gas condensation. Therefore, the black oil model parameters are not fully independent and Rs is inherently linked to the characteristics of the gas-oil ratio table.

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    This document discusses the relationship between reservoir oil properties like density and compressibility with respect to black oil model parameters like solution gas-oil ratio (Rs) and gas-oil ratio (qg). It finds that for a given gas-oil ratio table, Rs cannot be chosen freely but must fall within a restricted range to be physically consistent with how the gas would condense and affect oil density from reservoir to surface. Specifically, it shows through calculations that lower Rs values lead to unrealistic reductions in oil density during depressurization that cannot be explained purely by gas condensation. Therefore, the black oil model parameters are not fully independent and Rs is inherently linked to the characteristics of the gas-oil ratio table.

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    Bo and Rs in Black Oil Models

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    This document discusses the relationship between reservoir oil properties like density and compressibility with respect to black oil model parameters like solution gas-oil ratio (Rs) and gas-oil ratio (qg). It finds that for a given gas-oil ratio table, Rs cannot be chosen freely but must fall within a restricted range to be physically consistent with how the gas would condense and affect oil density from reservoir to surface. Specifically, it shows through calculations that lower Rs values lead to unrealistic reductions in oil density during depressurization that cannot be explained purely by gas condensation. Therefore, the black oil model parameters are not fully independent and Rs is inherently linked to the characteristics of the gas-oil ratio table.

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    Bo and Rs in black oil models

    In the IMEX model, q


    o
    ST
    = 36 m
    3
    /D, and q
    o
    RC
    = 45 m
    3
    /D.
    Reflecting on this, with Rs = 80, a relatively small amount of surface gas is produced, signifying that the
    reservoir oil volume is actually larger than the surface volume, and the liquid oil must have been compressed
    during its flow from reservoir to surface now thats simply ridiculous! So first conclusion is that for a given
    Bo-table, Rs cannot be chosen freely, but is restricted in some way (the obvious is so obvious in hindsight)
    To examine this a little more thorough, I did some simple calculations of RC density. Solving the standard Bo-
    definition for RC density gives:
    p
    o
    RC
    =
    p
    c
    ST
    +R
    s
    p
    g
    ST
    B
    c

    Using the same B
    o
    (p) as above, the reservoir oil density was computed for Rs-values of 16, 80, 400, and 800.
    The results are shown in the figure below

    This is density for the current oil phase, i.e. including condensed gas. A unit volume of liquid oil at ST has
    some mass. Condensing gas means this oil mass + some gas mass occupies the same unit volume, hence the
    total mass in the volume increases. I.e. oil phase density must increase with pressure. All the curves in the
    figure have the same density increase with pressure (slope of curve) for pressures above bubble point (thats a
    consequence of using the same Bo-table for all the Rs-values). The big difference is when going from ST to
    bubble point RC. The case Rs = 400 is almost linear in the whole range (coincidence), and as such should be
    the expected curve for compression of pure liquid oil, i.e. without any gas condensation. In the two lower
    curves the oil/gas mixture has lower density than the liquid oil (so the liquid oil must have expanded during the
    pressure increase (???)), which is clearly unphysical.
    The case Rs = 400 can be regarded as a limit case any permitted curves must clearly be above this one, and
    even Rs = 400 is not consistent with no condensation, so the minimum permitted Rs for this Bo-table must lie
    somewhat above. How far can probably be calculated from gas properties.
    Conclusion: For a given Bo-table (especially Bo at bubble point), Rs cannot be chosen freely, but must lie in
    some restricted interval to be physical consistent with the Bo variation. From gas properties this value of Rs can
    probably be calculated (estimated) fairly accurately. (So in some sense, Rs should be a function of the Bo-
    variation, and not a parameter that can be freely defined by the user ECLIPSE and IMEX are a little too
    sloppy here!)
    Also calculated oil (phase) compressibility for this case. The compressibility from surface to RC bubble point
    was of course strongly dependent on Rs, with the following values:
    700
    800
    900
    1000
    1100
    1200
    0 100 200 300 400 500
    RHO_o_RC
    RS=16
    RS=80
    RS=400
    RS=800
    R
    s
    = 16: C
    o
    = -0.245
    R
    s
    = 80: C
    o
    = -0.19
    R
    s
    = 400: C
    o
    = 0.028
    R
    s
    = 800: C
    o
    = 0.209
    Above bubble point the C
    o
    (p)-curve was identical for the four cases (expected, since the same Bo was used), as
    shown in the figure below.
    Note that the compressibility is about 0.003,
    which is much larger than liquid oil
    compressibility, and is a clear indication that
    the oil contains large amounts of condensed
    gas (recall this is a function of the Bo alone,
    irrespective of Rs-value).
    Hence another factor which shows that the
    amount of condensed gas is determined by the
    Bo-curve, and only secondary by the Rs-value.
    Note also the strange values ST RC.

    0
    0.001
    0.002
    0.003
    0.004
    0.005
    200 250 300 350 400 450
    RC oil compressibility
    RS=16
    RS=80
    RS=400
    RS=800

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