| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/N03914/01 |
| Title: |
MEASUREMENTS & PREDICTION OF THE VICOSITY OF RESERVOIR FLUIDS |
| Principal Investigator: |
Wakeham, Professor Sir W |
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| Department: |
Chemical Engineering |
| Organisation: |
Imperial College London |
| Scheme: |
Standard Research (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
30 October 2000 |
Ends: |
29 March 2004 |
Value (£): |
199,209
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Chemicals |
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Information Technologies |
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Knowledge of viscosity, along with density, interfacial tension and phase behaviour, is essential for reliable reservoir characterisation and simulation and hence for effective and efficient exploitation of oil and gas fields. The purpose of the proposed research is to facilitate reliable prediction of the viscosity of petroleum reservoir fluids over wide ranges of temperature, pressure and composition. This will be achieved by performing measurements of the viscosity (and density) of compositionally-characterised mixtures of hydrocarbons and other compounds and by developing a predictive methodology based on the kinetic theory of dense fluids. The proposed method is to encompass gas condensates, volatile oil and black oil.The novelty of the proposed research is two-fold. Scientifically, it will provide an unifying description of the viscosity of dense fluid, both liquid and supercritical, in terms of the rigid-sphere theory modified to take into account the behaviour of real fluids in a self-consistent manner. Technologically, it will provide a benchmark set of accurate experimental data and a reliable and accurate prediction method to be implemented in compositional reservoir simulators.
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