Term Project (K9PE)

RESERVOIR SIMULATION
TERM PROJECT
Assigned: Thursday Nov 1, 2023
Deadline: Last day of the semester
INDIVIDUAL PROJECT. COPY, CHEATING AND STEALING WILL NOT BE TOLERATED
Problem Statement
In this term project, you are going to use the knowledge obtained from Reservoir Simulation
course to evaluate the effect of formation properties on primary oil recovery from a 2 - D horizontal
reservoir (as show Figure 1). The reservoir contains only oil phase and is subdivided evenly into
9 nodes. It has a producer located at node (2, 2) producing at a constant bottom hole pressure.
The reservoir is homogeneous and has no flow outer boundaries. The properties and dimensions
of the reservoir are summarized in Table 1.
Note: You should write your computer code to assist your calculation.
Figure 1: Reservoir grid configuration.

Table 1: Reservoir specification
Parameter Value Unit Parameter Value Unit
initial

Initial reservoir pressure po 5000 psi Viscosity (µo ) 1.5 cP
Well pressure (pwell ) 2000 psi ∆x 1000 ft
Porosity (φ) 20 % ∆y 1000 ft
Oil compressibility (co ) 3*10-6 psi-1 ∆z 200 ft
-6 -1
Pore compressibility(cφ ) 6*10 psi Time step (∆t) 0.01 day
Oil absolute permeability(ko ) 100 mD Production time (t) 3650 days
Bore hole radius (rw ) 0.25 ft Skin (S) 0 -
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Your Assignment
1. Start from the flow equation for oil phase in a 1-D horizontal reservoir:

∂ ko ∂po ∂ ko ∂po ∂
ρo + ρo + ρo q̂o = (ρo φ) (1)
∂x µo ∂x ∂y µo ∂y ∂t
derive the algebraic equation for numerical simulation using Finite Difference Method learnt
in the class to show how you simulate the production from reservoir.
2. Calculate and plot the pressure of the reservoir after 100 days, 1000 days, and 3650 days of
production. You should tabulate your results in a table as shown in Table 2 (using 2-decimal
precision).
3. Plot the oil production rate and cumulative oil production over 3650 days of production.
4. Plot the oil recovery factor over 3650 days of production.
Table 2: Reservoir pressure

Pressure [psi]
Node
100 days 1000 days 2000 days
1 ? ? ?
2 ? ? ?
... ... ... ...
... ... ... ...
20 ? ? ?
5. If the total cost for drilling and completion as well as production operations of the well is 12
million dollars, and the average crude price is $80/bbl, do you think this project is feasible
after 3650 days of production? If k = 1 mD, do you think the project is feasible?
6. Using data in Table 1, only change the pore compressibility from cφ = 6 ∗ 10−6 psi-1 to
cφ = 3 ∗ 10−6 psi-1 . Plot the oil recovery factor and cumulative oil production over 3650 days
and compared the results with the results of the based case. What is your observation on
the effect of pore compressibility on oil recovery?
7. Using data in Table 1, only change the oil compressibility from co = 3 ∗ 10−6 psi-1 to
co = 6 ∗ 10−6 psi-1 . Plot the oil recovery factor and cumulative oil production over 3650 days
the effect of fluid compressibility on oil recovery?
8. Using data in Table 1, only change the permeability from k = 5 mD to k = 0.5 mD and
k = 0.05 mD . Plot the oil recovery factor and cumulative oil production over over 3650 days
the effect of permeability on oil recovery?
9. Using data in Table 1, only change the oil viscosity from µo = 2.5 cP to µo = 2.0 cP and
µo = 1.5 cP. Plot the oil recovery factor and cumulative oil production over over 3650 days
the effect of fluid viscosity on oil recovery?
10. If nodes (2, 2) is being contaminated with permeability reduction of 20%, how this would
affect the production from the reservoir.
You should conduct more study than what I suggested here to get good grade.
Report
Prepare and submit a comprehensive report showing all derivation, equations, results and discus-
sion, and attach your computer code in an appendix. Report must be typed using WORD or
LATEX or other document producer softwares and must contain page number. You can write
your report as long as you want but must answer all questions above. An example of your report
is shown in Page 3-4.
Presentation
Prepare 10 minute presentation showing your results and observation.
Submission
A printed copy of your report and send your report and presentation slide files to Tu Nguyen and
Luan Vo by the deadline
Page 1:
TITLE OF YOU REPORT, FOR EXAMPLE: EFFECT OF FORMATION

PROPERTIES ON OIL PRODUCTION: A SIMULATION STUDY
Your name, for example Tan C. Nguyen
K8, Petroleum Engineering

PetroVietnam University (PVU)
Submitted to: Dr. Binh T. Bui, PVU
Academic Integrity Statement

I affirm that this report represents my own work, without the use of any unpermitted aids or
resources. I understand that there is no tolerance towards academic dishonesty, and that cheating
can and will lead to automatic failure from the class as well as a report to the Academic Integrity
Committee.
Ba Ria City, December 2022
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Abstract
A summary of your work, what did you do, what are your results and observation.
Mathematical Formulation and Numerical Solution

Show all derivation, equations, name all parameters as well as units. Please provide some words
for each equation. You must number your equation.
Result and Discussion

Provide a summary of reservoir description I provided above and show your answer to question
2-10 here with graphs and tables. Figures and Table should have name and must has a cross
reference.
Concluding Remarks
What did you observe? For example the effect of permeability and viscosity on oil production.
Acknowledgement
If you need to thank anyone helping you to complete this project, you can do it here. If you don’t
acknowledge any help, remove this section. For example, I would like to thank Ms. Linh Luong
for helping me with every step of my simulation.
Reference
List all reference you used, remove this section if you did not use any reference.
Appendix
You must show your computer code here

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RESERVOIR SIMULATION

INDIVIDUAL PROJECT. COPY, CHEATING AND STEALING WILL NOT BE TOLERATED

Figure 1: Reservoir grid configuration.

Table 2: Reservoir pressure

TITLE OF YOU REPORT, FOR EXAMPLE: EFFECT OF FORMATION

Your name, for example Tan C. Nguyen

K8, Petroleum Engineering

Submitted to: Dr. Binh T. Bui, PVU

Academic Integrity Statement

Ba Ria City, December 2022

From page 2 toward:

Mathematical Formulation and Numerical Solution

Result and Discussion

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