Phase Behavior of Petroleum Reservoir Fluids » (New Edition)

Understanding the phase behavior of the various fluids present in a petroleum reservoir is essential for achieving optimal design and cost-effective operations in a petroleum processing plant. Taking advantage of the authors’ experience in petroleum processing under challenging conditions, Phase Behavior of Petroleum Reservoir Fluids introduces industry-standard methods for modeling the phase behavior of petroleum reservoir fluids at various stages in the process.

Keeping mathematics to a minimum, the book discusses sampling, characterization, compositional analyses, and equations of state used to simulate various pressure—volume—temperature (PVT) properties of reservoir fluids. The coverage of phase behavior at reservoir conditions includes simulating minimum miscibility pressures and compositional variations depending on depth and temperature gradients. Developed in conjunction with several oil companies using experimental data for real reservoir fluids, the authors present new models for the characterization of heavy undefined hydrocarbons, transport properties, and solids precipitation.

An up-to-date overview of recently developed methods for modern petroleum processing, Phase Behavior of Petroleum Reservoir Fluids presents a streamlined approach for more accurate analyses and better predictions of fluid behavior under variable reservoir conditions.

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR FLUIDS Reservoir Fluid Constituents Properties of Reservoir Fluid Constituents Phase Envelopes Classification of Petroleum Reservoir Fluids COMPOSITIONAL ANALYSES Analyzing a Bottom Hole Sample by Gas Chromatography (GC)
Reservoir Fluid Composition from Separator Samples Mud-Contaminated Samples Quality Control of Reservoir Fluid Samples PVT EXPERIMENTS Constant-Mass Expansion Experiment Constant-Volume Depletion Experiment Differential Liberation Experiment Separator Test Swelling Test Viscosity Experiment Slim Tube Experiment Multiple-Contact Experiment CUBIC EQUATIONS OF STATE The van der Waals Equation Redlich—Kwong Equation The Soave—Redlich—Kwong (SRK) Equation Peng—Robinson (PR) Equation Peneloux Volume Correction Other Cubic Equations of State Equilibrium Calculations Nonclassical Mixing Rules Other Equations of State C₇₊₊ CHARACTERIZATION Classes of Components Binary Interaction Coefficients Lumping Delumping Mixing of Multiple Fluids Characterizing of Multiple Compositions to the Same Pseudocomponents Heavy Oil Compositions FLASH AND PHASE ENVELOPE CALCULATIONS Pure Component Vapor Pressures from Cubic Equations of State Mixture Saturation Points from Cubic Equations of State Flash Calculations Phase Envelope Calculations Phase Identification PVT SIMULATION Constant Mass Expansion (CME)
Constant Volume Depletion (CVD)
Differential Liberation Separator Test Swelling Test What to Expect from a PVT Simulation PHYSICAL PROPERTIES Density Enthalpy Internal Energy Entropy Heat Capacity Joule—Thomson Coefficient Velocity of Sound Example Calculations REGRESSION TO EXPERIMENTAL PVT DATA Shortcomings of Parameter Regression Analyzing for Errors in Compositional Data T_c, P_c, and w of C₇₊ Fractions Regressing on Coefficients in Property Correlations Object Functions and Weight Factors Example of Regression for Gas Condensate Tuning on Single Pseudocomponent Properties Near-Critical Fluids Fluids Characterized to the Same Pseudocomponents TRANSPORT PROPERTIES Viscosity Thermal Conductivity Gas/Oil Surface Tension Diffusion Coefficients WAX FORMATION Experimental Studies of Wax Precipitation Thermodynamic Description of Melting of a Pure Component Modeling of Wax Precipitation Wax PT Flash Calculations Viscosity of Oil—Wax Suspensions Wax Inhibitors ASPHALTENES Experimental Techniques for Studying Asphaltene Precipitation Asphaltene Models GAS HYDRATES Types of Hydrates Modeling of Hydrate Formation Hydrate Inhibitors Hydrate Simulation Results Hydrate P/T Flash Calculations COMPOSITIONAL VARIATIONS WITH DEPTH Theory of Isothermal Reservoir Theory of Nonisothermal Reservoir MINIMUM MISCIBILITY PRESSURE Three-Component Mixtures MMP of Multicomponent Mixtures FORMATION WATER AND HYDRATE INHIBITORS Hydrocarbon—Water Phase Equilibrium Models Experimental Hydrocarbon—Water Phase Equilibrium Data Water Properties Phase Envelopes of Hydrocarbon—Aqueous Mixtures SCALE PRECIPITATION Criteria for Salt Precipitation Equilibrium Constants Activity Coefficients Solution Procedure Example Calculations Appendix A Index
*Each chapter contains a References section for further information