Production allocation for tie-in oil and gas fields by mass balance of hydrocarbon components
Abstract
Separate production development of small and marginal oil and gas fields will not produce economic efficiency due to huge investment expenditures whereas their recoverable reserve is small. As a result, the most feasible option for development of these fields is to tie in with adjacent fields and share equipment systems and available facilities. Current production allocation methods are mainly based on mass and energy balance, peak height ratios for oil allocation or stable isotope ratios for gas allocation, among which the mass balance of hydrocarbon components is a highly accurate and popular method in the world. This paper presents the principle of oil and gas production allocation using the method of mass balance of hydrocarbon components in case of tie-in oil and gas fields.
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