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Equations of State for Gas Condensates

This paper discusses the equations of state for gas condensates and their application in modeling key PVT (pressure-volume-temperature) data. Topics covered include gas Z-factor, condensate gravity, dewpoint pressure, equilibrium gas, liquids, and oil composition, condensate recovery, and phase equilibria. The paper also explores the control of K-values and the impact on phase equilibria.

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Equations of State for Gas Condensates

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  1. Equations of State for Gas Condensates Curtis H. Whitson NTNU & PERA SPE ATW Gas Condensate, Nov. 25-27, 2002 London

  2. EOS Modeling Key PVT Data • C1volume shift • Gas Z-factor Gas Z-factor is the only PVT property which always needs accurate determination in a gas condensate reservoir. Initial gas and condensate in place. Gas and condensate recovery as a function of pressure during depletion drive. Don’t change without checking against measured Z-factor data. … for any pure component.

  3. EOS Modeling Key PVT Data • C1 volume shift • Cn+ volume shifts • Gas Z-factor • Condensate Gravity

  4. EOS Modeling Key PVT Data • C1volume shift • Cn+ volume shifts • Cn+ & C1K-values • Gas Z-factor • Condensate Gravity • Dewpoint Pressure where wellstream starts becoming significantly leaner. Pressure where incipient oil first appears.

  5. EOS Modeling Key PVT Data • C1volume shift • Cn+ volume shifts • Cn+ & C1K-values • Cn+K-values • Gas Z-factor • Condensate Gravity • Dewpoint • Cn+ in Equilibrium Gas Condensate rate profile. Condensate recovery. Define Gas Cycling Potential.

  6. EOS Modeling Key PVT Data • C1volume shift • Cn+ volume shifts • Cn+ & C1K-values • Cn+K-values • Cn+ & C1K-values • Gas Z-factor • Condensate Gravity • Dewpoint • Cn+ in Equilibrium Gas • Equilibrium Liquids • “Oil” Composition • Condensate Vro & o

  7. EOS Modeling Key PVT Data • C1volume shift • Cn+ volume shifts • Cn+ & C1K-values • Cn+K-values • Cn+ & C1K-values • Cn+ & C1K-values • Gas Z-factor • Condensate Gravity • Dewpoint • Cn+ in Equilibrium Gas • Equilibrium Liquids • “Oil” Composition • Condensate Vro & o • Condensate Vaporization • Cn+ in Equilibrium Gas • Moles Equilibrium Oil

  8. EOS Modeling Key PVT Data Cn+ & C1 K-values K-values K-values K-values K-values K-values K-values K-values K-values Phase Equilibria • Dewpoint • Cn+ in Equilibrium Gas • Equilibrium Liquids • “Oil” Composition • Condensate Vro & o • Condensate Vaporization • Cn+ in Equilibrium Gas • Moles Equilibrium Oil

  9. K-value Control • Cn+ Component Properties • Critical Pressure • Critical Temperature • Acentric Factor EOS Constants A & B

  10. K-value Control • Cn+ Component Properties • Critical Pressure • Critical Temperature • Acentric Factor EOS Constants A & B • Binary Interaction Parameters (BIPs) • C1– Cn+ • Cn+ – Cn+ • Intermediates C1 – CI& CI – Cn+ • Non-hydrocarbons CnHC – CHC

  11. K-value Control • Understanding Cause-and-Effect

  12. K-value Control • Understanding Cause-and-Effect • Low-p K-values to pv(T) to acentric factor () to Tb.

  13. K-value Control • Understand Cause-and-Effect • Low-p K-values to pv(T) to acentric factor () to Tb. • Effect of  on vapor pressure curve at relevant T. • Effect of (Tc,pc) on vapor pressure curve at relevant T.

  14. K-value Control • Understand Cause-and-Effect • Low-p K-values to pv(T) to acentric factor () to Tb. • Effect of  on vapor pressure curve at relevant T. • Effect of (Tc,pc) on vapor pressure curve at relevant T. • Relation of low-p K-values to high-p K-values.

  15. K-value Control • Understand Cause-and-Effect • Low-p K-values to pv(T) to acentric factor () to Tb. • Effect of  on vapor pressure curve at relevant T. • Effect of (Tc,pc) on vapor pressure curve at relevant T. • Relation of low-p K-values to high-p K-values. • K-value behavior towards the convergence pressure.

  16. K-value Control • Understand Cause-and-Effect • Low-p K-values to pv(T) to acentric factor () to Tb. • Effect of  on vapor pressure curve at relevant T. • Effect of (Tc,pc) on vapor pressure curve at relevant T. • Relation of low-p K-values to high-p K-values. • K-value behavior towards the convergence pressure. • Effect of BIP kij on K-values Ki & Kj.

  17. K-value Control • Understand Cause-and-Effect • Low-p K-values to pv(T) to acentric factor () to Tb. • Effect of  on vapor pressure curve at relevant T. • Effect of (Tc,pc) on vapor pressure curve at relevant T. • Relation of low-p K-values to high-p K-values. • K-value behavior towards the convergence pressure. • Effect of BIP kij on K-values Ki & Kj. • Rank component’s K-value impact on phase equilibria.

  18. K-value Control • Understand Cause-and-Effect • Low-p K-values to pv(T) to acentric factor () to Tb. • Effect of  on vapor pressure curve at relevant T. • Effect of (Tc,pc) on vapor pressure curve at relevant T. • Relation of low-p K-values to high-p K-values. • K-value behavior towards the convergence pressure. • Effect of BIP kij on K-values Ki & Kj. • Rank component’s K-value impact on phase equilibria. • What causes three-phase behavior.

  19. K-value Control • Constraints • Monotonic volatility according to boiling point. • Avoid crossing K-values as function of (p,T,x).

  20. K-value Control • Constraints • Monotonic volatility according to boiling point. • Avoid crossing K-values as function of (p,T,z). • Avoid three-phase behavior.

  21. K-value Control • Constraints • Monotonic volatility according to boiling point. • Avoid crossing K-values as function of (p,T,z). • Avoid three-phase behavior. • Honor measured K-value data.

  22. K-value Control • Measured Data • K-values practically never available. • Maybe from material balance. • Critical transition.

  23. K-value Control • Measured Data • K-values practically never available. • Often, onlyindirect phase behavior data available. • Dewpoint • Critical (bubblepoint-to-dewpoint) transition • Liquid dropout

  24. K-value Control • Measured Data • K-values practically never available. • Usually indirect phase behavior data available. • Reliability of & QCing measured compositions? • Sampling techniques. • GC methods. • Material balance. • Graphical consistency.

  25. K-value Control • Measured Data • K-values practically never available. • Usually indirect phase behavior data available. • Reliability of & QCing measured compositions? • Industry – what to do? • Know what and why to measure. • Demand quality.

  26. K-value Control • Measured Data • K-values practically never available. • Usually indirect phase behavior data available. • Reliability of & QCing measured compositions? • Industry – what to do? • Labs – what to do? • Measure compositions reliably. • Develop better flash-GC methods. • Measure flashed-liquid molecular weights.

  27. Conclusions • Volumetric properties are almost predicted always accurately enough –if volume shift factors are determined properly. • Don’t change pure-component volume shift factors… • without having measured data for that component. • Always determine volume shifts of Cn+ fractions to honor the individual-fraction specific gravities.

  28. Conclusions • Phase equilibria data are often not predicted accurately. • Phase equilibria is – for gas condensates.

  29. Conclusions • Phase equilibria data are often not predicted accurately. • Phase equilibria is – for gas condensates. • K-values control phase behavior. • Controlling K-values from an EOS is a non-trivial task requiring measured K-value data, compositions, indirect phase behavior data (e.g. dewpoints), and a phase behavior program that allows all such data to be matched.

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