Primary recovery factor as a function of production rate: implications for conventional reservoirs with different drive mechanisms

Arshad Raza; Raoof Gholami; Richard Wheaton; Minou Rabiei; Vamegh Rasouli; Reza Rezaee

doi:10.1080/15567036.2019.1576073

Primary recovery factor as a function of production rate: implications for conventional reservoirs with different drive mechanisms

Arshad Raza^*, Raoof Gholami, Richard Wheaton, Minou Rabiei, Vamegh Rasouli, Reza Rezaee

^*Corresponding author for this work

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

8 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

This study evaluates the dependency of production rate on the recovery of hydrocarbon from conventional reservoirs using MBAL simulator. The results indicated that the recoveries are sensitive to the production rate in almost all hydrocarbon reservoirs. It was also found that the recovery of volumetric gas drive reservoirs is not impacted by the production rate. In fact, any increase in the production rate improves gas recovery in weak and strong water drive reservoirs. Moreover, increasing the production rate in oil reservoirs decreases the recovery with a significant effect observed in the weak water drive reservoirs. The results of this study demonstrate the need for implementing an effective reservoir management in order to obtain a maximum recovery.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2778-2785
Number of pages	8
Journal	Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization and Environmental Effects
Volume	41
Issue number	22
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/15567036.2019.1576073
Publication status	Published - 17 Nov 2019
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Recovery factor
drive mechanisms
hydrocarbon reservoirs
production rates

Access to Document

10.1080/15567036.2019.1576073

Cite this

@article{572a0ae5b7ff4e26b982ecd28070f0a3,

title = "Primary recovery factor as a function of production rate: implications for conventional reservoirs with different drive mechanisms",

abstract = "This study evaluates the dependency of production rate on the recovery of hydrocarbon from conventional reservoirs using MBAL simulator. The results indicated that the recoveries are sensitive to the production rate in almost all hydrocarbon reservoirs. It was also found that the recovery of volumetric gas drive reservoirs is not impacted by the production rate. In fact, any increase in the production rate improves gas recovery in weak and strong water drive reservoirs. Moreover, increasing the production rate in oil reservoirs decreases the recovery with a significant effect observed in the weak water drive reservoirs. The results of this study demonstrate the need for implementing an effective reservoir management in order to obtain a maximum recovery.",

keywords = "Recovery factor, drive mechanisms, hydrocarbon reservoirs, production rates",

author = "Arshad Raza and Raoof Gholami and Richard Wheaton and Minou Rabiei and Vamegh Rasouli and Reza Rezaee",

note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2019, {\textcopyright} 2019 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.",

year = "2019",

month = nov,

day = "17",

doi = "10.1080/15567036.2019.1576073",

language = "English",

volume = "41",

pages = "2778--2785",

journal = "Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization and Environmental Effects",

issn = "1556-7036",

publisher = "Taylor & Francis Group LLC",

number = "22",

}

Primary recovery factor as a function of production rate: implications for conventional reservoirs with different drive mechanisms. / Raza, Arshad; Gholami, Raoof; Wheaton, Richard et al.
In: Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization and Environmental Effects, Vol. 41, No. 22, 17.11.2019, p. 2778-2785.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

TY - JOUR

T1 - Primary recovery factor as a function of production rate

T2 - implications for conventional reservoirs with different drive mechanisms

AU - Raza, Arshad

AU - Gholami, Raoof

AU - Wheaton, Richard

AU - Rabiei, Minou

AU - Rasouli, Vamegh

AU - Rezaee, Reza

PY - 2019/11/17

Y1 - 2019/11/17

N2 - This study evaluates the dependency of production rate on the recovery of hydrocarbon from conventional reservoirs using MBAL simulator. The results indicated that the recoveries are sensitive to the production rate in almost all hydrocarbon reservoirs. It was also found that the recovery of volumetric gas drive reservoirs is not impacted by the production rate. In fact, any increase in the production rate improves gas recovery in weak and strong water drive reservoirs. Moreover, increasing the production rate in oil reservoirs decreases the recovery with a significant effect observed in the weak water drive reservoirs. The results of this study demonstrate the need for implementing an effective reservoir management in order to obtain a maximum recovery.

AB - This study evaluates the dependency of production rate on the recovery of hydrocarbon from conventional reservoirs using MBAL simulator. The results indicated that the recoveries are sensitive to the production rate in almost all hydrocarbon reservoirs. It was also found that the recovery of volumetric gas drive reservoirs is not impacted by the production rate. In fact, any increase in the production rate improves gas recovery in weak and strong water drive reservoirs. Moreover, increasing the production rate in oil reservoirs decreases the recovery with a significant effect observed in the weak water drive reservoirs. The results of this study demonstrate the need for implementing an effective reservoir management in order to obtain a maximum recovery.

KW - Recovery factor

KW - drive mechanisms

KW - hydrocarbon reservoirs

KW - production rates

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85061042654&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1080/15567036.2019.1576073

DO - 10.1080/15567036.2019.1576073

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:85061042654

SN - 1556-7036

VL - 41

SP - 2778

EP - 2785

JO - Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization and Environmental Effects

JF - Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization and Environmental Effects

IS - 22

ER -

Primary recovery factor as a function of production rate: implications for conventional reservoirs with different drive mechanisms

Abstract

Keywords

Access to Document

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Cite this