Theoretical Treatment of Asphaltene Gradients in the Presence of GOR Gradients
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Abstract
The modeling of hydrocarbon fluids in oil-field reservoirs is essential for optimizing production. In particular, the often large compositional variations of reservoir crude oils must be understood and modeled. The two most important chemical constituents that govern many chemical and physical properties of subsurface reservoir crude oils are the dissolved gas content, described by the gas−oil ratio (GOR), and the asphaltene content. The modeling of GOR variations of crude oils in reservoirs has been practiced routinely for many decades. However, proper modeling of the asphaltenes and/or heavy ends of reservoir crude oils has been precluded because of the lack of understanding of the chemical and physical properties of asphaltenes in crude oils. Recently, the modified Yen model has codified advances in asphaltene science by providing a framework for understanding the molecular and colloidal structure of asphaltenes in crude oils. Here, a thermodynamic model of asphaltenes in reservoir crude oils is developed that can incorporate the modified Yen model and thus can be used to treat reservoir crude oils. Our objective is to analyze the distribution of reservoir fluids, in particular the asphaltenes. This deviates from most previous studies of asphaltene thermodynamics, which were focused on the phase behavior of asphaltenes. Here, compositional gradients of asphaltenes, as well as the GOR of reservoir crude oils, are analyzed. Asphaltene gradients are shown to be strongly affected by both gravity and solubility. The latter effect is heavily dependent on the dissolved gas content of the reservoir crude oil. Case studies are provided that exhibit the power of this modeling.
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| Metaresearch | 0.000 | 0.001 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.001 | 0.002 |
| Open science | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Research integrity | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.002 | 0.000 |
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