Initial state of petroleum reservoirs: A comprehensive approach

Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering

Volumn 58, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 391-402

  Montel, François ^a   Bickert, Jacques ^a   Lagisquet, Aurélie ^b   Galliéro, Guillaume ^b,c  

^a TOTAL   (France)

^b Ecole Nationale Superieure de Chimie et de Physique de Bordeaux   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE PAU ET DES PAYS DE L'ADOUR   (France)

Author keywords

Diffusion; Gravity segregation; Porous medium; Thermal diffusion; Thermodynamics modeling

Indexed keywords

FLUID DISTRIBUTION; GRAVITY SEGREGATION; THERMODYNAMICS MODELING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; GRAVITATION; THERMAL DIFFUSION; THERMODYNAMICS;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; GRAVITATION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; THERMAL DIFFUSION; THERMODYNAMICS;

BIODEGRADATION; CHEMICAL REACTION; HYDROCARBON MIGRATION; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; PETROLEUM ENGINEERING; POROUS MEDIUM; PRESSURE GRADIENT; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 34548335251     PISSN: 09204105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.petrol.2006.03.032     Document Type: Article

References (23)

1. Bedrikovetsky P. Mathematical Theory of Oil and Gas Recovery (1993), Kluwer Academic Publishers, London
2. Blancher S., Creff R., Gagneux G., Lacabanne B., Montel F., and Trujillo D. Multicomponent flow in a porous medium, adsorption and Soret effect phenomena: local study and upscaling process. Math. Model. Numer. Anal., M2AN 35 3 (2001) 481-512
3. Chaback J.J. Discussion of treatment of variations of composition with depth in gas-condensate reservoir. SPE Reserv. Eng. 7 (1992) 157
4. Faissat B., Knudsen K., Stenby E.H., and Montel F. Fundamental statements about thermal diffusion for a multicomponent mixture in a porous medium. Fluid Phase Equilib. 100 (1994) 209-222
5. Firoozabadi A. Thermodynamics of Hydrocarbon Reservoirs (1999), Mc Graw Hill
6. Galliéro G., Duguay B., Caltagirone J.-P., and et Montel F. Thermal diffusion sensitivity to the molecular parameters of a binary equimolar mixture, a NonEquilibrium Molecular Dynamics approach. Fluid Phase Equilib. 208 (2003) 171-188
7. Georis P., Montel F., Van Vaerenbergh S., Decroly Y., and Legros J.C. Measurement of the Soret coefficient in crude oil. Europec Proceedings, la Hague, Hollande (1998), Society of Petroleum Engineers of AIME 1998 57-61 SPE 5073
8. Hoier L., and Whitson C.H. Compositional grading, theory and practice. Paper SPE 63085 Presented at the 2000 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Oct. 1-4 (2000)
9. Holt T., Lindeberg E., and Ratkje S.K. The effect of gravity and temperature gradients on methane distribution in oil reservoirs. Unsolicited paper vol. 11761 (1983)
10. Huc A.Y. Petroleum geochemistry at the dawn of the 21st century. Oil Gas Sci. Technol. - Rev. IFP 58 2 (2003) 233-241
11. Jacquim D. The interaction of natural convection and gravity segregation in oil/gas reservoirs. Paper SPE 16703 Presented at the 1987 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Sept. 27-30 (1987)
12. Kross B.M., Leythaeuser D., and Schaefer R.G. Experimental determination of diffusion parameters for light hydrocarbons in water saturated rocks: some selected results. Adv. Organomet. Geochem. 10 (1986) 291-297
13. Lee S.T. Capillary-gravity equilibria for hydrocarbon fluids in porous media. Paper SPE 19650 Presented at the 1989 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, San Antonio, Oct. 8-11 (1989)
14. Levache D., Montel F., and Walgenwitz F. Deep offshore fluid evaluation/connectivity study. SPE 62904 Presented at the 2000 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Oct. 1-4 (2000)
15. Montel F., and Gouel P.L. Prediction of compositional grading in a reservoir fluid column. Paper SPE 14410 Presented at the 1985 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Las Vegas, Sept. 22-25 (1985)
16. Montel F., Calatagirone J.P., and Pebayle L. A convective segregation model for predicting reservoir fluid compositional distribution. In: King P.R. (Ed). The Mathematics of Oil Recovery (1992), Clarendon Press, Oxford
17. Montel F., Caillet G., Pucheu A., and Caltagirone J.P. Diffusion model for predicting reservoir gas losses. Mar. Pet. Geol. 10 (1993) 51-58
18. Padua K.G.O. Nonisothermal gravitational equilibrium model. SPE Reserv. Evalu. Eng. 2 (1999) 211-217
19. Sage B.H., and Lacey W.N. Gravitational concentration gradients in static columns of hydrocarbon fluids. Petr. Trans. AIME vol. 132 (1939) 120-131
20. Schulte A.M. Compositional variations within a hydrocarbon column due to gravity. Paper SPE 9235 Presented at the 1980 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Sept. 21-24 (1980)
21. Shapiro A.A., and Stenby E.H. Two-phase segregation in thick reservoir. Paper Presented at the 1996 5th European Conference on Mathematics of Oil Recovery, Leoben, Austria, 3-6 September (1996)
22. Wheaton R.J. Treatment of variation of composition with depth in gas-condensate reservoir. SPE Reserv. Eng. 6 (1991) 239-244
23. Whitson C.H., and Belery P. Compositional gradients in petroleum reservoirs. Paper SPE 28000 Presented at the 1994 U. Tulsa/SPE Centennial Petroleum Engineering Symposium, Aug. 28-31, Tulsa (1994)