Abstract
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.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 2778-2785 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization and Environmental Effects |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue number | 22 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 17 Nov 2019 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2019, © 2019 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
Keywords
- Recovery factor
- drive mechanisms
- hydrocarbon reservoirs
- production rates
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
- Nuclear Energy and Engineering
- Fuel Technology
- Energy Engineering and Power Technology
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