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CJPL: Vol.1 No.1, March 2018 - Special Edition

A New Model for Predicting Elemental Sulphur Deposition in a Sour Gas Reservoir

  • Omodara O. J.
  • Fadairo A. S.
  • Ako C.T.
Submitted
April 27, 2018
Published
2018-03-31

Abstract

This research work is concerned with developing a more accurate correlation for the prediction of elemental sulphur deposition in a sour gas reservoir by exploring the relationship between compaction and elemental sulphur deposition over time and also incorporating porosity damage caused by reservoir compaction into the previous models in order to obtain a more robust representation of what actually occurs in the reservoir. The models considered indicates that the established new model gives the most accurate, reliable and practical result in predicting sulphur deposition which suggests that the rate of sulphur precipitation is seemed to have been underestimated by previous models. This may have not been unconnected with the fact that the new model based on non-Darcy flow, incorporated the porosity reduction caused by reservoir compaction which has been hitherto neglected by previous works. Therefore, reservoir compaction is a common phenomenon, which should be considered in sulphur deposition prediction since it leads to a faster rate of sulphur deposition.