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CONCEPTOS PVT Y
COMPORTAMIENTO DE FASE
• ING. PETROLERA
• RECUPERACIÓN SECUNDARIA Y MEJORADA
• ING. UZIEL CRUZ VARGAS
• CARLOS ISSAC TAPPIA GUERRERO
• IP7A

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Conventional PVT Measurements

Generally, when a new deposit is discovered, one of the first analyzes is the composition of the fluids found in it, with
the aim of:
➔ know what the thermodynamic behavior is like (Pressure and Temperature) at reservoir conditions, and
➔ how it varies on its way to the surface, until it reaches separation.

A PVT analysis consists of a set of laboratory tests that determine the properties of the fluids in an oil tanker reservoir
and their variations with pressure.

This study relates three basic parameters:

• Pressure
• Volume
• Temperature
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Conventional PVT Measurements

These parameters are the ones that largely govern the behavior of The techniques used in the laboratory must
the production of an oil reservoir and it consists of simulating in simulate the types of gas-liquid separation during
the laboratory the pressure depletion of a reservoir. the production of gas condensate from the
reservoir to the separators.

During the tests the volume and temperature are kept constant and PVT studies are designed to represent the
behavior of reservoir fluids in the normal stages of
only the pressure is varied. reservoir development.
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Conventional PVT Measurements

Objectives of conducting PVT analyses:
➔ Determine reservoir fluid properties
➔ Determine pressure drops
➔ Determine reservoir behavior
➔ Estimate bookings
➔ Determine the profitability of a new well or the
development of a new field
Importance of PVT analysis:
PVT analyzes are a fundamental part of the
characterization and proper exploitation and
maintenance of an oil field.
The information obtained is vital for the evaluation of
reserves, in the optimal development of a recovery plan,
and the determination of the quantity and quality of the
fluids produced.
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Importance of PVT analysis
PVT analyzes are a fundamental part of the
characterization and proper exploitation and
maintenance of an oil field.
The information obtained is vital for the
evaluation of reserves, in the optimal
development of a recovery plan, and the
determination of the quantity and quality of the
fluids produced.
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The main properties that can be obtained in a
PVT study are:
• Volumetric factor of oil formation. Bo
• Gas in Solution Ratio. Rs
• Isothermal compressibility coefficient. Co
• Gas and oil density. pg and po
• Volumetric factor of gas formation. bg
• Gas compressibility factor. Z
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Importance of PVT analysis

To be certain that the sampling is
Based on the results of these studies,
representative, an exhaustive validation is
determine the various parameters and
carried out taking into account all the reservoir
methodologies that will be developed to put the
parameters measured during the sampling,
deposit into production.
such as:
Fluid sampling is performed early in the
- Reservoir static pressure
productive life of the reservoir. There are two
- Pressure flowing
ways to collect fluid samples:
- Pressure and temperature at the well head
- Background sampling.
- Separator pressure and temperature
- Surface recombination sampling
- Expenses of liquid and gas in the separator,
as well as the liquid in the tank
- Oil shrinkage factor
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PHASE BEHAVIOR

 Oil industry Phase:

, the study of the behavior of fluid phases is
important when describing and determining their
properties. But before diving fully into topics like the
types of tests performed to study such behaviors, it
is necessary to know some basic fundamentals.
any homogeneous and physically different part of
the system under study, for example in the case of
having an ice cube, liquid water in any proportion
and water vapor, we would be talking about a three-
phase or triphasic system. Below is a Phase
Diagram for hydrocarbons in order to better reflect
the information to be mentioned.