Horizontal Well Technology

Appendix E: Recovery Factors

TABLE E-1: PRIMARY RECOVERY IN STOCK TANK BARRELS PER ACRE-FOOT [*] Per Percent Porosity for Depletion Type Reservoirs) [ ]

Oil Solution GOR

Oil Gravity

Sand or Sandstone

Limestone, Dolomite or Chert

m3/m3 (ft 3/bl)

API

Maximum

Average

Minimum

Maximum

Average

Minimum

10.7

15

7.22

4.87

1.44

17.87

2.56

.36

(60)

30

11.95

8.52

4.88

20.87

6.29

1.85

50

19.20

13.89

9.46

24.78

11.84

5.07

35.6

15

6.97

4.62

1.75

16.33

2.65

.51

(200)

30

11.57

7.90

4.38

19.05

5.75

1.52

50

19.42

13.73

9.15

23.44

11.40

4.36

106.9

15

7.56

4.76

2.50

12.69

3.29

.90

(600)

30

10.48

6.52

3.61

14.64

4.70

(1.24)

50

15.05

9.74

5.85

17.30

7.25

(2.06)

178.1

15

(1,000)

30

12.34

7.61

4.52

13.26

5.38

(1.63)

50

11.96

7.15

4.10

12.79

4.83

(1.24)

356.2

15

(2,000)

30

50

10.58

6.45

4.04

9.64

(4.26)

(1.47)

[*]bbl = 0.159 m 3 and 1 Acre-foot = 1233.53 m 3

[ ]Arps, J. J. and Roberts, T. G.: Petroleum Trans of AIME, vol. 204,pp. 120 127, 1955.

TABLE E-2: PRIMARY RECOVERY FACTORS [ ]

Production Mechanism

Lithology

State

Average Primary Recovery Factor, % At Average Value of OOIP

Solution

Gas Drive

Sandstones

California

22

Louisiana

27

Oklahoma

19

Texas 7C, 8, 10 [*]

15

Texas 1-7B, 9 [*]

31

West Virginia

21

UNLIMITED FREE
ACCESS
TO THE WORLD'S BEST IDEAS

SUBMIT
Already a GlobalSpec user? Log in.

This is embarrasing...

An error occurred while processing the form. Please try again in a few minutes.

Customize Your GlobalSpec Experience

Category: Heat and Energy Recovery Systems
Finish!
Privacy Policy

This is embarrasing...

An error occurred while processing the form. Please try again in a few minutes.