MATERIAL BALANCE Eng/ Mohamed Hamed Yassin

EQUATIONS Email: Mohamed.H.Yassin@Hotmail.com

AGENDA
Types of Reservoirs and Driving Mechanisms

Calculations of Material Balance Equations

MBAL Software Applications

 Types of Reservoir
Fluids

Oil Reservoirs Gas Reservoirs Water Reservoirs

Without With
Bottom-Water Drive Bottom-Water Drive
 Oil Reservoirs

Saturated Undersaturated
P <= Pb P > Pb

Solution Gas Gas-Cap Without With

Drive Drive Bottom-Water Drive Bottom-Water Drive

Bottom-Water Combination
Drive Drive
 CALCULATION OF ORIGINAL
HYDROCARBON IN PLACE (HIIP)
Volumetric Method

Material Balance Equations (MBEs)

Decline Curve Analysis

CALCULATION OF HIIP
(VOLUMETRIC METHOD)
N  BV . (1  S wi )
 ( Ah) (1  S wi )
43560 Ah (1  S wi )
  g Bbl SCF
5.615  oi
 o bbl STB
7758 Ah (1  S wi ) STB A: acres
N
 oi h : ft
7758 Ah (1  S wi ) SCF  , S wi : fractions
G
 gi
CALCULATION OF OOIP BY MBE
(SATURATED RES)
GBgi free gas
GBgi
m NBoi (N-Np)Bo
NBoi
We (We-WpBw)

Pi PPi
NBoi  GB gi  N  N p Bo  We  w p Bw   free gas

free gas  G  Nrsi  N  N p rs  N p R p

 NBoi  mNBoi  N  N p Bo  We  wp Bw   G  Nrsi  N  N p rs  N p R p Bg

N p Bo  R p  rs Bg   We  wp Bw 

N 
Bo  Boi  rsi  rs Bg 
mBoi
Bg  Bgi 
Bgi
CALCULATION OF OOIP BY MBE
(SATURATED RES)
This equation includes 3 unknown (We, m & N)
Re-arrange this equation as a straight line equation
 mB 
 N B  R  r B   w B  N B  B  r  r B   N 
p o p s g p w o oi si s g
B  B   W
oi
g gi e

 Bgi 
 mBoi 
F  N  Eo  Eg   We
Bgi F
  mB oi
Eo  Eg
Bgi
F We
 N 45o
mBoi mB oi
Eo  Eg Eo  Eg
Bgi Bgi
N
We
If We is assumed to be known and m is calculated
mB oi
by geological data , N can be obtained Eo  Eg
Bgi
CALCULATION OF OOIP BY MBE
(UNDERSATURATED RES)
By Considering the Cw and Cf
F  N p Bo
NB
N p o

B C poi e

N
Use MBE as a straight line as follows:

N p Bo  NBoi Ce P
F  NEo
Eo  Boi Ce P