Reservoir Engineering Exam 1
1. Estimation of hydrocarbons in-place
What are the three fundamental func-
2. Calculation of recovery factor
tions of a Reservoir Engineer?
3. Forecast of production
UNCONVENTIONAL
1. Unconventional reservoir's accumula-
tions are widespread throughout a large
area
2. Unconventional reservoir's are not af-
fected by hydrodynamic influences
a. buoyant forces
b. influence of water column
3. Unconventional reservoir's don't pro-
List three differences between uncon-
duce economic volumes without assis-
ventional reservoirs and conventional
tance from massive stimulation treat-
reservoirs.
ments or special recovery processes and
technologies
CONVENTIONAL
1. Subsurface porous and permeable
sedimentary rock having commercial
quantities of oil and gas
2. A single hydraulically connected sys-
tem
1. Rapid reservoir pressure decline
Describe the reservoir behavior in terms 2. Oil production rate constantly declin-
of reservoir pressure, oil production and ing
produced gas-oil ratio (GOR) for an un- 3. Low initial production GOR, equal to
dersaturated oil reservoir under solution the solution gas-oil ratio, and increasing
gas drive as primary drive mechanism once the reservoir pressure is below the
bubble point pressure
The expansion of light hydrocarbons dis-
Why does the oil formation volume fac-
solved in the liquid oil phase, during a de-
tor increase with decreasing pressure for
crease of reservoir pressure, is respon-
pressures greater than the bubble point
sible for the increase in oil volume at
pressure?
reservoir conditions
, Reservoir Engineering Exam 1
The application of scientific principles to
the drainage problems arising during de-
Define reservoir engineering
velopment and production of oil and gas
reservoirs
1. A subsurface porous and permeable
rock having commercial quantities of oil
and gas
Define a petroleum reservoir (conven- 2. A sedimentary rock
tional) 3. A single hydraulically connected sys-
tem
4. A critical component of the petroleum
system
1. Source
2. Reservoir
3. Seal or cap
4. Trap
Components of a Petroleum System
-Aeolian sands
-Shoreline
Mention four depositional environments
-Deltas
from where reservoir rocks form
-River and floodplain
-Submarine fan
True or False: Higher temperatures dur-
ing hydrocarbon maturation results in
1. Estimation of hydrocarbons in-place
What are the three fundamental func-
2. Calculation of recovery factor
tions of a Reservoir Engineer?
3. Forecast of production
UNCONVENTIONAL
1. Unconventional reservoir's accumula-
tions are widespread throughout a large
area
2. Unconventional reservoir's are not af-
fected by hydrodynamic influences
a. buoyant forces
b. influence of water column
3. Unconventional reservoir's don't pro-
List three differences between uncon-
duce economic volumes without assis-
ventional reservoirs and conventional
tance from massive stimulation treat-
reservoirs.
ments or special recovery processes and
technologies
CONVENTIONAL
1. Subsurface porous and permeable
sedimentary rock having commercial
quantities of oil and gas
2. A single hydraulically connected sys-
tem
1. Rapid reservoir pressure decline
Describe the reservoir behavior in terms 2. Oil production rate constantly declin-
of reservoir pressure, oil production and ing
produced gas-oil ratio (GOR) for an un- 3. Low initial production GOR, equal to
dersaturated oil reservoir under solution the solution gas-oil ratio, and increasing
gas drive as primary drive mechanism once the reservoir pressure is below the
bubble point pressure
The expansion of light hydrocarbons dis-
Why does the oil formation volume fac-
solved in the liquid oil phase, during a de-
tor increase with decreasing pressure for
crease of reservoir pressure, is respon-
pressures greater than the bubble point
sible for the increase in oil volume at
pressure?
reservoir conditions
, Reservoir Engineering Exam 1
The application of scientific principles to
the drainage problems arising during de-
Define reservoir engineering
velopment and production of oil and gas
reservoirs
1. A subsurface porous and permeable
rock having commercial quantities of oil
and gas
Define a petroleum reservoir (conven- 2. A sedimentary rock
tional) 3. A single hydraulically connected sys-
tem
4. A critical component of the petroleum
system
1. Source
2. Reservoir
3. Seal or cap
4. Trap
Components of a Petroleum System
-Aeolian sands
-Shoreline
Mention four depositional environments
-Deltas
from where reservoir rocks form
-River and floodplain
-Submarine fan
True or False: Higher temperatures dur-
ing hydrocarbon maturation results in
