PVT Designer
Disclaimer! While taking this training tutorial, it is worth remembering that the techniques and
approaches presented here should not be considered the only right way. All the techniques shown
further in this course should be considered recommendations. The main goal is to describe all the main
functionalities available in tNavigator. The approaches applied in real projects can differ from the ones
shown in this course. None of the entry data used in this tutorial is real.
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PVT Designer
A comprehensive tool for PVT modeling integrated with other tNavigator modules
Geology Well
Designer Designer
Network Model
Designer Designer
PVT
Designer
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PVT Designer
EOS (Equation of State) modeling
Black Oil correlations
Supports all types of fluid
• Dead Oil
• Black Oil
• Volatile Oil
• Gas Condensate
• Wet Gas / Dry Gas
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Table of Contents
• Data input and review
• Composition initialization
• Three-phase flash (vapor–liquid–water)
• Three-phase flash (vapor–liquid–solid)
• Nonequilibrium flash
• Lumping/Matching/Regression
Compositional Variants
PVT Designer
Modeling tools PVT experiments Special features
• Matching/Regression • CCE/DLE/CVD • Nonequilibrium flash
• Splitting • Separator Test • 3-phase flash
• Lumping • Grading Test • Gas hydrates
• Decontamination • Swelling Test
• Blend • MMP
• Compositional Blend • Emulsions
• Fluid Recombination
CCE DLE Separator
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Data input and review
Select an EOS:
• Peng-Robinson
• Peng-Robinson modified
• Soave-Redlich-Kwong
• Soave-Redlich-Kwong with CPA
• Peng-Robinson with CPA
• Redlich-Kwong
• GERG2008
Fluid Composition:
You may use both library and user components
The library contains >90 compounds, including
n-alkanes, isomers, and inorganic compounds (N2, CO2, H2S, He, etc.)
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Data input and review
Fluid Composition: Plus Fraction
• Molecular Weight
• Specific Gravity
Correlations for calculation of properties of plus fractions:
• Riazi and Daubert
• Kesler and Lee
• Cavett
• Twu
• Pedersen
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Data input and review. Phase envelope
QC your fluid: Phase Envelope
• The vapor fraction is visualized in color and (or) by means of contour lines
• The gradient fill to show transition between phases
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Data input and review. Saturation pressure
Critical point
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Data input and review. K-values calculation
KVTEMP and KVTABTn keywords can be exported for subsequent inclusion into a model
Export K-values
to File
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Data input and review. Gas hydrates
The zone of hydrate formation is shown on the phase diagram
Effect of inhibitors
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Data input and review. Quality control
Fingerprint plot
Properties Plot
Hoffmann plot
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Results comparison
This tab is for comparison of calculated results of different experiments. For instance, to compare the calculated liquid dropout of
CCE and CVD with the sample data; to compare CCE results with NCCE, etc.
Open the Experiment Comparison tab
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Data input and review
Input Experimental Data: Flexible Units:
• CCE, DLE, CVD • Field
• Grading test • Lab
• Separator • Metric
• Nonequilibrium CCE, CVD, etc.
Weight is a measure
of significance
of the given data point
in the matching
Select Input different
Experiment experimental
measurements
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Composition initialization
Grading (composition initialization) is an estimation of the oil components ratio as a function of depth.
The initial approximation of the composition is
taken from other experiments (see above).
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Composition initialization
The resulting distribution of components by
depth is saved to a text file and
can be subsequently used to calculate a
compositional model.
The keyword is COMPVD.
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Three-phase flash (vapor–liquid–water)
Three-phase flash for gas/oil/water systems is introduced
CO2 may exist in all three phases (as in the CO2SOL keyword)
PVT-dependent water density, viscosity, CO2 content, etc. are calculated
Solubility according to Henry’s law
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Three-phase flash (vapor–liquid–solid)
Three-phase flash for gas/oil/solid systems is introduced
One designated component may exist in all three phases
The PVT-dependent fraction of solid is calculated
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CCE experiment: vapor-liquid equilibrium
Allows to set the settings of two phase water-vapor models
CO2STORE. This option models the CO2 + Water system with a possibility of CO2 dissolution in water and evaporation of water. It is
also possible to consider the effect of dissolution of NaCl and CaCl2 salts
GASWAT. This option considers the modeling of the Gas + Water system with calculation of vapor-liquid equilibrium according to the
modified EOS
CO2 + Water system
H2O concentration in gas phase
It corresponds to the CO2STORE keyword, ensuring
modeling of a CO2 + Water system with a possibility of CO2
dissolution in water and evaporation of water
AQCOEF
It corresponds to the GASWAT keyword and helps to model a
GAS + Water system with calculation of vapor-liquid equilibrium
according to the modified EOS
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Nonequilibrium flash
Nonequilibrium flash is introduced (a counterpart of DRSDT in BO)
New experiments are added: NCCE, RELAXATION, NCVD
The algorithm parameter α can be made a variable for matching
NCCE is similar to CCE,
except that equilibrium settles over some
finite time rather than instantly
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Plus fraction splitting
Cn+ splitting method: Whitson; Pedersen
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Lumping
Lumping (creation of pseudo components) is used to decrease the number of independent variables in a model
Group
Components
Lumping
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Lumping
Lumping. Quality Check window (check the composition property before and after)
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Matching/Regression
Possible variables for matching
• Components’ Tcrit, Pcrit, etc.
• EOS parameters
• Viscosity parameters
• BICs
• Nonequilibrium parameter α
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Matching/Regression
Selection of experiments to match
Selection of an algorithm for matching
Choice of the Experiments to match
method
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Matching/Regression
Matching before and after regression
Experiment
Simulation
(before regression)
Simulation
(after regression)
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Table of Contents
• Working with black oil variants
• Black oil properties matching
• PVT tables matching
• Black Oil Delumping
• PVTOPTS settings: interpolating FVF and
viscosity
Black Oil Variants
Working with black oil variants
Import:
Definition via
correlations:
Export to File
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Black oil properties matching
PVT Calculator simulates black oil experiments
A simulated experiment may be matched against a measured sample
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PVT tables matching
An imported PVT table may be approximated with correlations
Imported Black Oil Matched correlation
tables variant
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Black Oil Delumping
A black oil variant may be “unfolded” into a compositional one
Delumping PVT tables simulation
The transition matrix of components of molar concentrations in hydrocarbon phases is printed to the log
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PVTOPTS settings: interpolating FVF and viscosity
Selecting a method to interpolate formation volume factors (FVF) and viscosities. Its settings correspond to parameters of the
PVTOPTS keyword
Export
Black Oil Variants →
the Oil/Gas/Water tab
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Table of Contents
• Export data for simulation (black oil)
• Export data for simulation (compositional)
• Export data for simulation (thermal)
Export Data
Export data for simulation: black oil
PVT tables are saved to a text file of E1 Export to File
format and can be subsequently used to
calculate a black oil model.
Keywords: PVTO, PVTG, etc.
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Export data for simulation: compositional
Component properties are saved
to a text file and can be
subsequently used to calculate a
compositional model.
Keywords: CNAMES, TCRIT,
PCRIT, etc.
Export to File
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Export data for simulation: compositional
The method of phase identification can be exported (PHASEID) along with the Li critical coefficient (FACTLI) and other properties
(critical temperature, molecular weight, etc.)
The export of all properties may
be adjusted at once. FACTLI can
be exported by equilibrium
regions
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Export data for simulation: thermal
Thermal properties are saved into
a text file and can be subsequently
used to calculate a thermal model.
Keywords: SPECHA, SPECHB,
KVWI, etc.
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Key capabilities
PVT Designer: intuitive and easy to use
User- Tools that keep expanding
Functional
friendly
Integrated
Fully
parallel
Integrated to all other modules of the tNavitagor
toolkit: one project at all stages of modeling
The best choice for a Reservoir
Engineer
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