Volumetrics Module
Purpose
The Volumetrics module enables users to calculate critical reservoir summary properties such as original oil in place, original gas in place, hydrocarbon pore volume and porosity thickness.
Primary Outputs
| Curve Name | Description |
|---|---|
| OOIP | Original oil in place |
| OGIP | Original gas in place |
| HCPV | Hydrocarbon pore volume |
| PHIH | Porosity thickness |
Screenshot showing default well log tracks from volumetrics module. The OOIP and OGIP are displayed as cumulative summations with depth.Discussion
This module is intended to allow the user to calculate OOIP (Original Oil in Place) and OGIP (Original Gas in Place) on a per unit area basis. The user should first set if the zone is oil or gas, if they want to do the analysis using the Net Reservoir or Net Pay as thickness, and if they want to use the total or effective porosity.
Danomics will ensure consistency by using a SwT if a total porosity is selected and a SwE if effective porosity is selected - this way the user doesn't have to worry about the saturation method selected.
The calculations are in general performed as given below
OOIP = 7758*area*thickness@porosity*(1-sw)/Bo
where 7,758 is the conversion from acre-ft to barrels, thickness is either the net reservoir or net pay flag, and porosity is either the effective or total porosity. When Oil is the selected phase, associated gas is determined via the gas-oil ratio.
OGIP = 43560*area*thickness*porosity*(1-sw)/Bg
where 43,560 is the conversion from acre-feet to scf, thickness is either the net reservoir or net pay flag, and porosity is either the effective or total porosity. When Gas is the selected phase, associated liquids are determined via the liquids yield.
For the formation volume factors (Bo / Bg) users can either choose to enter a fixed value by zone or use the Hall-Yarborough and Vasquez and Beggs correlations.
When the Vasquez-Beggs option is selected the Bo (Oil FVF) and GOR is determined via the methods outlined by Vasquez and Beggs (“Correlations for Fluid Physical Property Prediction”, M.E. Vasquez and H.D. Beggs, JPT 968 – 70, June 1980.) using the pressure and temperature conditions at every depth step. To determine the Bg (Gas FVF) correlations from Hall and Yarborough (1974) are used in conjunction with the coefficients outlined by Whitson and Brule (SPE Monograph vol. 20, Phase Behavior, 2000).
For QC'ing the interpretaiton the following maps are useful:
| Map Name | Description |
|---|---|
| OOIP_SUMMARY | Original oil in place for selected zone |
| OGIP_SUMMARY | Origina gas in place for selected zone |
| HCPV_SUMMARY | Hydrocarbon pore volume for selected zone |
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