Prediction of the Performance of a Solution Gas Drive Reservoir by Muskat's Equation

Abstract

This report describes a digital computer program using a method developed by M.M. Muskat in 1945 to predict the performance of a solution gas drive reservoir. The program is written in ALGOL for the Burroughs B5500 computer.

Many questions regarding recoverable reserves, proper field development, optimum production rates, and possible pressure maintenance can be predicted in the early stages of reservoir development. Information on pressure-volume-temperature (PVT) data, as well as some reservoir rock properties, are necessary to obtain data on oil saturation, producing gas-oil ratio, and cumulative oil and gas production as a function of reservoir pressure. These data then may be used to plot the reservoir performance curves.