Nomenclature
Definition
areal extent of reservoir or well
‘ross sectional area perpendicular to fuid flow
water influx constant
‘gas formation volume factor
‘gas formation volume factor at it
pressure
‘38 formation volume factor at abandonment
pressure
formation volume factor of injected gas
‘il formation volume factor
‘il formation volume factor at bubble point from
separator test
cil formation volume factor at initial reservoir
pressure
‘il formation volume factor at bubble point
ion volume factor at bubble point from
sifferential test
Unies
acres of £2
se
bbvpsia
ACISCF or BBUSCF
SSCF or DOVSCF
#0/8CF or DBUSCF
1WISCF or DOVSCF
DboUSTE or ft")
STB
DOUSTB or f')
STB
BOUSTB or ft")
STB
DOUSTE or f°
STB
OUST or f'7
STBxi
Normal
Symbol
Be
Definition
‘wo phase oil formation volume factor
water formation volume factor
isothermal compressibility
reservoir shape factor
formation isothermal compressibility
as isothermal compressibility
oil isothermal compressbilt
reduced isothermal compressibility
total compressibility
total compressibility at initial reservoir pressure
water isothermal compressibility
‘overall recovery efficiency
‘microscopic displacement efficiency
vertical displacement efficiency
expansion of oil (Haviena and Odeh method)
‘expansion of formation and water (Havlena and
Odeh method)
‘expansion of gas (Havlena and Odeh method)
areal displacement efficiency
‘macroscopic or volumetric displacement efficiency
‘gas cut of reservoir fluid flow
watercut of reservoir Huid flow
‘net production from reservoir (Havlena and Odeh
‘methed)
ratio of vertical to horizontal permeat
initial reservoir gas volume
remaining gas volume at abandonment pressure
volume of free gas in reservoir
volume of injected gas
‘as from primary separator
{35 from secondary separator
‘28 from stock tank
225 equivalent of one STB of condensate liquid
‘gas equivalent of one STB of produced water
gas-oil ratio
formation thickness
injectivity index
productivity index
specific productivity index
productivity index for a standard well
permeability
‘water influx constant
average permeability
permeability to gas phase
‘Nomenclature
Units
bUSTB or fe'/
STB
DOUSTB or 1°)
STB
psi™t
nities
mo
fraction, unitless
fraction, unitless
traction, unitiess
boUSTB
bbUSTE
DOUSTB
fraction, unites
fraction, unitless
fraction, unitless
fraction, unitless
bot
unitless
SCF
SCF
SCF
SCF
SCF
SCF
SCF
SCF
SCF
SCEISTB
w
STB/day-pst
Nomenclature
Normal Definition
Symbol
ke permeability to water phase
ky telative permeability 10 gas phase
ke relative permeability to oil phase
nw relative permeability to water phase
L length of linear flow region
m Tatio of initial reservoir free gas volume to intial
reservoir oil volume
m(p) real gas pseudo pressure
‘m(pi) teal gas pseudo pressure st intial reservoir
pressure
‘m(pwf) real gas pseudo pressure, flowing well
M mobility ratio.
M, molecular weight
My molecular weight of oil
a moles
N initial volume of oil in reservoir
N, cumulative produced oil
Me capillary number
> pressure
Po pressure at bubble point
B Pressure at critical point
P. capillary pressure
Po dimensionless pressure
PB pressure at outer boundary
2 pressure at initial reservoir pressure
Pie Pressure at one hour from transient time period on.
semilog plot
Pre ——_-pseudoctitcal pressure
Pr —_teduced pressure
Pn pressure at reference point
Px pressure at standard conditions
Pe pressure at wellbore radius
Po —__ pressure at wellbore for flowing well
Peraraoy pressure of flowing well just prior to shut in curing.
2 pressure build up test
Pur shut in pressure at wellbore
° volumetric average reservoir pressure
4F change in volumetric average reservoir pressure
@ flow rate in standard condition units
a total flow rate in the reservoir in reservoir volume
units
, stance from center of well (radial dimension)
vo dimensionless radius
distance from center of well to outer boundary
distance from center of well to oil reservoir
boundary
stance from center of well to wellbore
xl
Units
md
fraction, unitiess
fraction, unitless
fraction, unitiess
ft
ratio, unitless
vsiatep
psia*lep
psialep
ratio, unitless
Tovtb-mole
Tbvtb-mole
Ihmole
STB
STB
ratio, unites
pi
sia
psa
sia
Fatio, unitless
sia
sia
sia
sia
to, unitess
psia
sia
sia
sia
Pia
sia
sia
sia
STBiday (liquid)
bbvday
ft
ratio, unitless
ft
ft
ftxiv
Normat
Symbol
Definition
instantaneous produced gas-oil ratio
‘universal gas constant
‘cumulative produced gas-cil ratio
solution gas-ol ratio
solution gas-oi ratio at bubble point pressure
solution gas-ol rato, from differential liberation
test
solution gas-oil ratio at bubble point pressure,
from differentil liberation test
solution gas-oll ratio, sum of separator gas and
stock tank gas from separator test
solution gas-oil ratio at intial reservoir pressure
solution gas-water ratio for brine
solution gas-water ratio for deionized water
solution gas-c ratio for liquid stream out of
separator
solution gas-oil ratio for liquid stream out of stock
tank
recovery factor
relative volume from a flash liberation test
‘lid saturation
‘5 saturation
residual gas saturation
total liquid saturation
oil saturation
water saturation
water saturation at initial reservoir conditions
time
time of transient test
limensionless time
time of constant rate production pricr to well shut
time to reach pseudosteady state flow region
temperature
temperature at critical point
peeudocritical temperature
reduced temperature
peudo reduced temperature
temperature at standard conditions
volume
bulk volume of reservoir
pore volume of reservoir
felative oil volume
volume at some reference point
‘width of fracture
water influx
Nomenctature
Units
SCFISTB
SCFISTB
SCFISTB
SCFISTB
SCFISTB
SCFISTB
SCFISTB
SCFISTB
SCFISTB
SCFISTB
SCFISTB
SCFISTB
fraction, unitless
ratio, unites
fraction, unitless
fraction, wnitless
fraction, unites
fraction, unitless
fraction, unitless
fraction, unidess
fraction, unitless
hour
hour
ratio, unitless
hour
hour
"For'R
Fork
Fork
fraction, unitless
fraction, unitless
For'R
we
10 or acre-ft
te
ry
e
ft
bol
Nomertanre
Nomat Definition
Symbol
ihe dieosenes water nx
We Srcroadble water in place tik
condons
Sele of injected water
Me camuleve produced water
2 asda actor or a sompresilty fcr
2. fat denon actor aha reco prone
Oreck tion
Symbol Hee
2 sraip ane
& pores
3 Beate erry
Se ope py
S| Sawa boa
Xe td spate paviy
y fluid specifi gravity (always relative to water)
" specific gravity of gas coming from separator
» specific gravity of gas coming from stock tank
1 formation diffusivity
mobility (ratio of permeability to viscosity)
Ne bility of gas phase
x mobility of oil phase
x mobility of water phase
» viscosity
Be ga viscosity
we Viscosity at initial reservoir pressure
teil viseosty
ee ol viscosity at bubble point
te dead oi! viscosity
He Water viscosity
Mer water viscosity at 14.7 psia and reservoir
tempereture
» viscosity at 14.7 psia and reservoir temperature
» apparent fluid velocity in reservoie
% apparent gas velocity in reservoir
» apparent total velocity in reservoir
° contact angle
® density
Pe 1 density
Pe reduced density
Paar oil density
Gn __ollebrine interfacial tension
Units
ratio, unites
bol
sve
STB
rato, unitess
ratio, unitless
ratio, unitless
ratio, unitless
ratio, unidess
zatio, unitess
ratio, unitess
ratio, unitless
ratio, unitess
mde
mdep
maiep
maep
°
”
°
°
°
@
2
e
@
bblday- A
boUday-?
boUday-tt*
degrees
wit?
love?
ratio, unitess
°API
dynesiem