On the viscosity of natural gases from qatari north field reservoir

Journal of Chemical and Engineering Data

Volumn 55, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 5117-5123

  Atilhan, Mert ^a   Aparicio, Santiago ^b   Iglesias Silva, Gustavo A ^c   El Halwagi, Mahmoud ^d   Hall, Kenneth R ^d  

^a QATAR UNIVERSITY   (Qatar)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BURGOS   (Spain)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE INGENIERÍA QUÍMICA   (Mexico)

^d Texas AandM University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LARGE DEVIATIONS; PREDICTIVE ABILITIES; REFERENCE DATA; VISCOSITY DATA;

NATURAL GAS; NATURAL GAS FIELDS; PROPANE; VISCOMETERS; VISCOSITY MEASUREMENT;

VISCOSITY;

EID: 78449273940     PISSN: 00219568     EISSN: 15205134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/je100673w     Document Type: Article

References (44)

1. International Energy Outlook Report 2010; Energy Information Administration, U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, DC, 2010. Available at http://www.eia.doe.gov/oiaf/ieo/.
2. International Energy Outlook Report 2009; Energy Information Administration, U.S. Department of Energy, WA, 2010. Available at http://www.eia.doe.gov/oiaf/ieo/.
3. Worldwide look at reserves and production. Oil Gas J. 2009, 107.
4. Country Analysis Briefs; Energy Information Administration, U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, DC, 2010. Available at http://www.eia.doe.gov/ cabs/Qatar/NaturalGas.html.
5. Oil & Gas Directory Middle East 2009. Al Fajr Directive Media Division, 2009. Available at http://oilandgasdirectory.com/2009/research/Qatar. pdf.
6. Davani, E., Ling, K., Teodoriu, C., McCain, W. D., and Falcone, G. More accurate gas viscosity correlation for use at hpht conditions ensures better reserves estimation. Paper SPE 124734, SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, New Orleans, LA, 2009.
7. Denney, D. Accurate gas-viscosity correlation for use at HP/HT conditions ensures better reserves estimation J. Pet. Technol. 2010, 62, 76-78
8. Mokhatab, S.; Poe, W. A.; Speight, J. G. Handbook of Natural Gas Transmission and Processing; Gulf Professional Publishing, Burlington, MA, 2006.
9. Dyman, T. S.; Wyman, R. E.; Kuuskraa, V. A.; Lewan, M. D.; Cook, T. A. Deep natural gas resources Nat. Resour. Res. 2003, 12, 41-56
10. Viswanathan, A. Viscosities of natural gases at high pressures and temperatures. M.Sc. Thesis, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 2007.
11. Atilhan, M.; Aparicio, S.; Alcalde, R.; Iglesias-Silva, G.; El-Halwagi, M.; Hall, K. R. Viscosity masurements and data correlation for two synthetic natural gas mixtures. J. Chem. Eng. Data 2010, (in press). DOI: 10.1021/je900872m.
12. Erddogmus, M.; Adewumi, M. A.; Ibraheem, S. O. Viscosity predicition of natural gases. Paper SPE 39219, SPE Eastern Regional Meeting, Lexington, KY, 1997.
13. Shan, Z.; Jacobsen, R. T.; Penoncello, S. G. Viscosity prediction for natural gas mixtures Int. J. Thermophys. 2001, 22, 73-87
14. Heidaryan, E.; Moghadasi, J.; Rahimi, M. New correlation to predict gas viscosity and compressibility factor. J. Pet. Sci. Eng. 2010, (in press).
15. Langelandsvik, L. I.; Solvang, S.; Rousselet, M.; Metaxa, I. N.; Assael, M. J. Dynamic viscosity measurements of three natural gas mixtures - Comparison against prediction models Int. J. Thermophys. 2007, 28, 1120-1130
16. Vogel, E.; Kuechenmeister, C.; Bich, E.; Laesecke, A. Reference correlation of the viscosity of propane J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data 1998, 27, 947-970
17. Lemmon, E. W.; Jacobsen, R. T. Viscosity and thermal conductivity equations for nitrogen, oxygen, argon, and air Int. J. Thermophys. 2004, 25, 21-69
18. Linstrom, P. J.; Mallard, W. G., Eds. NIST Chemistry WebBook, NIST Standard Reference Database Number 69, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, 2009. Available at http://webbook.nist.gov.
19. Ahmed, T. Reservoir Engineering Handbook, 3rd ed.; Gulf Professional Publishing, Burlington, MA, 2006.
20. Diller, D. E. Measurements of the viscosity of compressed gaseous and liquid nitrogen + methane mixtures Int. J. Thermophys. 1982, 3, 237-249
21. Jackson, W. M. Viscosities of the binary gas mixtures, methane-carbon dioxide and ethylene-argon J. Phys. Chem. 1956, 60, 789-791
22. DeWitt, K. J.; Thodos, G. Viscosities of binary mixtures in the dense gaseous state: the methane-carbon dioxide system Can. J. Chem. Eng. 1966, 44, 148-151
23. Wakeham, W. A.; Slater, D. H. Diffusion coefficients for n-alkanes in binary gaseous mixtures with nitrogen J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Phys. 1973, 6, 886-896
24. Shadman, M.; Yeganegi, S.; Ziaie, F. Ab initio interaction potential of methane and nitrogen Chem. Phys. Lett. 2009, 467, 237-242
25. Do, H.; Wheatley, R. J.; Hirst, Mj. D. Gibbs ensemble Monte Carlo simulations of binary mixtures of methane, difluoromethane, and carbon dioxide J. Phys. Chem. B 2010, 114, 3879-3886
26. Stryjek, R.; Chappelear, P. S.; Kobayashi, R. Low-temperature vapor-liquid equilibria of nitrogen-methane system J. Chem. Eng. Data 1974, 19, 334-339
27. Galindo, A.; Blas, F. J. Theoretical examination of the global fluid phase behaviour and critical phenomena in carbon dioxide + n-alkane binary mixtures J. Phys. Chem. B 2002, 106, 4503-4515
28. Aparicio, S.; Hall, K. R. Use of PC-SAFT for global phase diagrams in binary mixtures relevant to natural gases. 3. Alkane + non-hydrocarbons Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2007, 46, 291-296
29. Baylaucq, A.; Boned, C.; Canet, X.; Zéberg-Mikkelsen, C. K. High-pressure (up to 140 MPa) dynamic viscosity of the methane and toluene system: Measurements and comparative study of some representative models Int. J. Thermophys. 2003, 24, 621-638
30. Aparicio, S.; Hall, K. R. Use of PC-SAFT for global phase diagrams in binary mixtures relevant to natural gases. 2. n-Alkane + other hydrocarbons Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2007, 46, 285-290
31. Lyons, W. C. Standard Handbook of Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering, Vol. 2; Gulf Publishing Company: Houston, TX, 1996.
32. Assael, M. J.; Dalaouti, N. K.; Vesovic, V. Viscosity of natural-gas mixture: measurement and prediction Int. J. Thermophys. 2001, 22, 61-71
33. Vesovic, V. Predicting the viscosity of natural gas Int. J. Thermophys. 2001, 22, 415-426
34. Zeberg-Mikkelsen, C. K.; Quiñones-Cisneros, S. E.; Stenby, E. H. Viscosity Prediction of natural gas using the friction theory Int. J. Thermophys. 2002, 23, 437-454
35. Quiñones-Cisneros, S. E.; Zeberg-Mikkelsen, C. K.; Baylaucq, A.; Boned, C. Viscosity modeling and prediction of reservoir fluids: From natural gas to heavy oils Int. J. Thermophys. 2002, 25, 1353-1366
36. Shokir, E. M. Novel density and viscosity correlations for gases and gas mixtures containing hydrocarbon and non-hydrocarbon components J. Can. Pet. Technol. 2008, 47, 45-54
37. Alquraishi, A. A.; Shokir, E. M. Viscosity and density correlations for hydrocarbon gases and pure and impure gas mixtures Pet. Sci. Technol. 2009, 27, 1674-1689
38. Ely, J. F.; Hanley, J. M. Prediction of transport properties. 1. Viscosity of fluids and mixtures Ind. Eng. Chem. Fundam. 1981, 20, 323-332
39. Chung, T. H.; Ajlan, M.; Lee, L. L.; Starling, K. E. Applications of kinetic gas theories and multiparameter correlation for prediction of dilute gas viscosity and thermal conductivity Ind. Eng. Chem. Fundam. 1984, 23, 8-13
40. Chung, T. H.; Lee, L. L.; Starling, K. E. Generalized multiparameter correlation for nonpolar and polar fluid transport properties Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 1988, 27, 671-679
41. Lohrenz, J.; Bray, B. G.; Clark, C. R. Calculating viscosity of reservoir fluids from their composition J. Pet. Technol. 1964, 16, 1171-1176
42. Pedersen, K. S.; Fredenslund, A.; Christensen, P. L.; Thomassen, P. Viscosity of crude oils Chem. Eng. Sci. 1984, 39, 1011-1016
43. Pedersen, K. S.; Fredenslund, A. Improved corresponding states model for the prediciton of oil and gas viscosities and thermal conductivities Chem. Eng. Sci. 1987, 42, 182-186
44. Huber, M. L. NIST Standard Reference Database 4 (SUPERTRAPP), Standard Reference Data Program, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, 2007.