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

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 volumet...

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Main Authors: Raza, A., Gholami, Raoof, Wheaton, R., Rabiei, M., Rasouli, V., Rezaee, M. Reza
Format: Journal Article
Published: Taylor & Francis 2019
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/74185
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author Raza, A.
Gholami, Raoof
Wheaton, R.
Rabiei, M.
Rasouli, V.
Rezaee, M. Reza
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Gholami, Raoof
Wheaton, R.
Rabiei, M.
Rasouli, V.
Rezaee, M. Reza
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description 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.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-741852019-10-14T04:18:28Z Primary recovery factor as a function of production rate: implications for conventional reservoirs with different drive mechanisms Raza, A. Gholami, Raoof Wheaton, R. Rabiei, M. Rasouli, V. Rezaee, M. Reza 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. 2019 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/74185 10.1080/15567036.2019.1576073 Taylor & Francis fulltext
spellingShingle Raza, A.
Gholami, Raoof
Wheaton, R.
Rabiei, M.
Rasouli, V.
Rezaee, M. Reza
Primary recovery factor as a function of production rate: implications for conventional reservoirs with different drive mechanisms
title Primary recovery factor as a function of production rate: implications for conventional reservoirs with different drive mechanisms
title_full Primary recovery factor as a function of production rate: implications for conventional reservoirs with different drive mechanisms
title_fullStr Primary recovery factor as a function of production rate: implications for conventional reservoirs with different drive mechanisms
title_full_unstemmed Primary recovery factor as a function of production rate: implications for conventional reservoirs with different drive mechanisms
title_short Primary recovery factor as a function of production rate: implications for conventional reservoirs with different drive mechanisms
title_sort primary recovery factor as a function of production rate: implications for conventional reservoirs with different drive mechanisms
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/74185