How to get the meaning

of saturation pressure

Wang Wenqi
EMAIL: wangwenqi@cnlc.cn

Well Testing Company, CNLC

May, 2015

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 contents
Oil reservoirs
1.Salty water & saturation salty water
2.Fish and air in water
3.To open a beer or champagne bottle
4.Saturation & saturation press.
5.Down hole press., reservoir press. & saturation press.
6.Wellbore press. & saturation press.
7.Separating press. vs saturation press.
Gas reservoirs
1.Raining
2.Gas reservoirs

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 Oil reservoirs

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 1.Salty water & saturation salty
water

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 1.Salty water & saturation salty
water

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 2.Fish and air/O2 in water

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 Fish tanks

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 Fish tanks

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 Fish farm

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 3.To open a beer
or champagne bottle

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 To open
• at high temperature(summer) ?
• at low temperature(winter) ?

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 4. Saturation &
saturation pressure
• Saturation: means the given system is just full
of something at given P & T
• Saturation pressure: means the system is just
full of something at this pressure and GOR &
T

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 Saturation

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 Saturation pressure

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 5.Down hole press., reservoir
press. &
saturation press.
• Formation pressure(reservoir pressure )
• Down hole pressure
• Production pressure differential
(formation pressure － down hole pressure)
• Saturation pressure(bubble point pressure for oil reservoir)
• Difference between formation pressure and saturation pressure
(formation pressure － saturation pressure)

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 Oil reservoirs
• Very low saturation pressure reservoir extremely low GOR
极低饱和压力油藏 Pb ＜＜ Pf
• Under saturated oil reservoir low GOR
欠饱和油藏（不饱和油藏） Pb ＜ Pf
• Nearly saturated oil reservoir medium GOR
近饱和油藏 Pb ＜ Pf but the diff. very low
• Saturated oil reservoir medium GOR
饱和油藏 Pb ＝ Pf
• Over saturated oil reservoir high GOR
过饱和油藏（超饱和油藏） Pb ＞ Pf

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 6.Wellbore press. & saturation press.
WH press.Mpa
deapth,
m shut-in 8/64″ 28/64″ 48/64″ 1″
0 40.00 35.3 29.33 24.9 23.01
200 41.60 36.88 29.83 25.38 23.48
400 43.20 38.46 30.33 25.86 23.95
600 44.80 40.04 30.83 26.34 24.42
800 46.40 41.62 31.33 26.82 24.89
1000 48.00 43.2 32.85 27.3 25.36
1200 49.60 44.78 34.37 27.78 25.83
1400 51.20 46.36 35.89 28.26 26.3
1600 52.80 47.94 37.41 28.74 26.77
1800 54.40 49.52 38.93 29.22 27.24
2000 56.00 51.1 40.45 29.7 27.71
2200 57.60 52.68 41.97 30.18 28.18
2400 59.20 54.26 43.49 30.66 28.65
2600 60.80 55.84 45.01 31.14 29.12
2800 62.40 57.42 46.53 31.62 29.59
3000 64.00 59 48.05 32.1 30.06
3200 65.60 60.58 49.57 33.6 30.53
3400 67.20 62.16 51.09 35.1 31
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 Wellbore press. & saturation
press.

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 7.Separating press. vs saturation
press.
separated separated gas ratio
Psep/Pb
gas ratio
1.2 0.00%
1.1 0.00%
1 0.00%
0.9 11.91%
0.8 23.56%
0.7 34.91%
0.6 45.94%
0.5 56.59%
0.4 66.82%
0.3 76.53%
0.2 85.60%
0.1 93.75%
0 100.00% Psep/Pb

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 Gas reservoirs

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 1.Raining

• Low air pressure

• Low air temperature, so
• High relative humidity

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 Raining, air relative humidity &
absolute humidity
• absolute humidity: steam mass(grams) in one
cubic meter air
• relative humidity: ratio of steam partial press.
to saturation steam partial press. in given air
press. and temp.
• Raining: relative humidity in cloud≥ 100%

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 orographic rain

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 frontal rain

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 2.Gas reservoirs
• Condensate gas reservoir very high GOR
凝析气藏
• Wet gas reservoir extremely high GOR
湿气藏
• Dry gas reservoir GOR = ∞
干气藏

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 Thank you

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