BSW and WLR Presentation
BSW and WLR Presentation
BSW and WLR Presentation
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– Black Oil
– Volatile Oil
– Condensate
n Conclusion
BSW and WLR are not the same and the effect?
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n WLR is the measurement of the ratio of water and liquid but at line
conditions
n Watercut Measurement (Xw) is the ratio of Water over the entire fluid
(gas and liquid) and is also the Water Fraction at line conditions
n Therefore fundamentally both measurements are different but related
via the fluid properties
n The Vx software does not give the possibility to enter the BSW but only
the WLR.
– This leads to some errors in the calculation of the Oil and Water flow rates
at standard and line conditions.
WLR versus BSW
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definition:
VW , LC VW , SC VW , LC
WLR = BSW = Xw =
VW , LC + VO , LC VW , SC + VO , SC VG , LC + VW , LC + VO , LC
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Black Oil Volatile Condensate
bo (m3/m3) 0.857 0.75 0.85
bw (m3/m3) 1 1 1
Rwst (m3/m3) 0 0 0
Black Oil: WLR versus GVF and BSW
WLR versus BSW & GVF
0.9
1
0.8
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0.95
0.9
0.85
0.7 0.8
0.75
0.7
0.6 0.65
0.6
0.55
GVF
0.5 0.5
0.45
0.4
0.35
0.4 0.3
0.25
0.2
0.3 0.15
0.1
0.05
0.2 0
-0.05
0.1
0
0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1
BSW
Black Oil: Absolute Error WLR – BSW versus
(GVF, BSW) Absolute Error WLR -BSW
0.9
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0.8 0.025
0.02
0.7 0.015
0.01
0.005
0.6
0
-0.005
GVF
0.5 -0.01
-0.015
-0.02
0.4
-0.025
-0.03
0.3 -0.035
-0.04
0.2 -0.045
-0.05
0.1
0
0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1
BSW
Summary Black Oil
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of the WLR and therefore the Water Flow rate or under
prediction of the oil flow rate
n The WLR maximum error is at WLR ~ 50% and in the range
of 3.5 - 4.0%
n In water or oil phase continuous (BSW > 70% or < 30%) the
error is in the range of 0 – 3%
Volatile Oil: WLR versus GVF and BSW
WLR versus BSW - Volatile -
0.9
1
0.95
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0.8
0.9
0.85
0.8
0.7 0.75
0.7
0.65
0.6 0.6
0.55
0.5
GVF
0.5 0.45
0.4
0.35
0.3
0.4
0.25
0.2
0.15
0.3 0.1
0.05
0
0.2 -0.05
0.1
0
0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1
BSW
Volatile Oil: Absolute Error WLR – BSW versus
(GVF, BSW) Absolute Error WLR-BSW -Volatile Oil-
0.9
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0.8 0.025
0.02
0.015
0.01
0.7 0.005
0
-0.005
-0.01
0.6
-0.015
-0.02
-0.025
GVF
0.5 -0.03
-0.035
-0.04
-0.045
0.4 -0.05
-0.055
-0.06
0.3 -0.07
-0.08
-0.09
-0.1
0.2 -0.12
-0.14
0.1
0
0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1
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Summary Volatile Oil
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of the WLR and therefore the Water Flow rate or under
prediction of the oil flow rate
n The WLR maximum error is at WLR ~ 50% and in the range
of 6.0 – 7.5%
n In water or oil phase continuous (BSW > 70% or < 30%) the
error is in the range of 0 – 5%
Condensate Oil: WLR versus GVF and BSW
Condensate BSW-WLR
0.9
0.8 1
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0.95
0.9
0.85
0.7
0.8
0.75
0.7
0.6 0.65
0.6
0.55
GVF
0.5 0.5
0.45
0.4
0.4 0.35
0.3
0.25
0.2
0.3 0.15
0.1
0.05
0.2 0
-0.05
0.1
0
0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1
BSW
Condensate Oil: Absolute Error WLR – BSW
versus (GVF, BSW) Error BSW-WLR -Condensate-
0.9
0.025
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0.8 0.02
0.015
0.01
0.7 0.005
0
-0.005
-0.01
0.6 -0.015
-0.02
-0.025
GVF
-0.03
0.5
-0.035
-0.04
-0.045
0.4 -0.05
-0.055
-0.06
-0.07
0.3 -0.08
-0.09
-0.1
0.2 -0.12
-0.14
0.1
0
0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1
BSW
Condensate Oil: Absolute Error WLR – BSW
versus (GVF, BSW)
Error BSW-WLR -Condensate-
0.025
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0.02
0.015
0.01
0.005
0.95 0
-0.005
-0.01
-0.015
-0.02
-0.025
GVF
-0.03
0.9
-0.035
-0.04
-0.045
-0.05
-0.055
-0.06
0.85 -0.07
-0.08
-0.09
-0.1
-0.12
-0.14
0.8
0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1
BSW
Condensate Oil: Absolute Error WLR – BSW
versus (GVF, BSW)
Error BSW-WLR -Condensate-
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0.025
0.02
0.99 0.015
0.01
0.005
0
-0.005
0.98 -0.01
-0.015
-0.02
-0.025
GVF
-0.03
0.97
-0.035
-0.04
-0.045
-0.05
0.96 -0.055
-0.06
-0.07
-0.08
-0.09
0.95 -0.1
-0.12
-0.14
0.94
0 0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2 0.25 0.3 0.35 0.4 0.45 0.5
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Summary Condensate
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of the WLR and therefore the Water Flow rate or under
prediction of the oil flow rate
n The WLR maximum error is at WLR ~ 50% and in the range
of 6.0 – 8.5%
n In water or oil phase continuous (BSW > 70% or < 30%) the
error is in the range of 0 – 5%
General Conclusion
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Water Flow rate or underestimation of the oil flow rate
n The WLR maximum error is at WLR ~ 50% and the error
associated to this wrong input is larger than the WLR
specification (between 3.5 to 8.5% following the fluid)
n WLR measurement is a difficult measurement to get in the
field and it is strongly recommended to get an option to
introduction either the WLR or the BSW.
Additional information
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fn( rgmp ; GVF ; Rst )
bO
BSW = WLR
bw
1 − WLR fn( rgmp ; Rwst ; Rst )
bO
n If rgmp = 0 then
BSW
WLR =
bw bw
+ BSW .(1 − )
bO bO