PETE 218

RESERVOIR FLUID PROPERTIES

Gas Properties Questions
Dr. Sınayuç, Dr. Durgut
Spring 2023-2024

1) Calculate the molar volume of an ideal gas at 100 psi and 90°F.

2) Compute the composition in weight fraction and the volume fraction of a gas with the
following composition.

Component Composition
(mole fraction)
Methane 0.870
Ethane 0.049
Propane 0.036
i-Butane 0.025
n-Butane 0.020

3) An ideal gas exerts 100 psig in a cylinder at 100 °F. What will the pressure be if the
temperature is reduced to 32 °F?

4) A 20 ft3 tank at 100 °F is pressured to 200 psia with a pure paraffin gas. Ten pounds of ethane
are added, and the specific gravity of the gas mixture is measured to be 1.68. Assume that
the gases act as ideal gases. What was the gas originally in the tank?

5) Compute the apparent molecular weight and specific gravity of the gas with the following
composition.

Component Composition
(mole fraction)
Methane 0.85
Ethane 0.10
Propane 0.05

6) A gas composed of methane and ethane has a specific gravity of 0.75. What is the weight
percent and volume percent of the methane in the mixture?

7) Calculate the molar volume of an ideal gas with a specific gravity of 0.862 at 3025 psia and
175 °F.

8) Determine the composition in mole fraction of the following gas.

Component Composition
(mole fraction)
Methane 0.880
Ethane 0.043
Propane 0.042
n-Butane 0.035
9) Determine the partial pressure of each component of the gas with the following composition
if the total pressure on the gas is 350 psia and temperature is 90 °F.

Component Composition
(mole fraction)
Methane 0.85
Ethane 0.10
Propane 0.05

10) What is the specific gravity of the following gas?

Component Partial Pressure

(psia)
Methane 17.8
Ethane 1.0
Propane 0.4
i-Butane 0.2
n-Butane 0.6

11) A 2.4 ft3 cylinder of ethane shows a pressure of 1600 psig at 90 °F. What is the mass in
pounds of the ethane contained in the cylinder? Do not assume ethane is an ideal gas.

12) Determine the value of z-factor, formation volume factor, the coefficient of isothermal
compressibility and viscosity for the gas given below at 5420 psig and 257 °F.

Component Composition
(mole fraction)
Hydrogen sulfide 0.100
Carbon dioxide 0.050
Nitrogen 0.021
Methane 0.703
Ethane 0.062
Propane 0.037
n-Butane 0.027

13) A gas from a dry gas reservoir has a specific gravity of 0.697. Reservoir temperature is 90 °F
and reservoir pressure is 455 psia. Calculate the molar volume, the formation volume factor,
coefficient of isothermal compressibility and viscosity of this gas.

14) The reservoir gas in a wet gas reservoir has a specific gravity of 1.295, a hydrogen sulfide
concentration of 20.9 mole percent, and a carbon dioxide concentration of 44.7 mole
percent. Determine a value of z-factor for use at reservoir conditions of 5720 psig and 268 °F.
15) A wet gas has a composition as given below. Determine a value of z-factor for this gas at
reservoir conditions of 5720 psig and 268 °F.

Component Composition
(mole percent)
Hydrogen sulfide 20.90
Carbon dioxide 44.69
Nitrogen 1.22
Methane 21.80
Ethane 3.68
Propane 2.05
i-Butane 0.58
n-Butane 1.09
i-Pentane 0.46
n-Pentane 0.56
Hexanes 0.72
Heptanes plus 2.25

Properties of heptanes plus:

Specific gravity: 0.844
Molecular weight: 115 lb/lb-mole

16) A vessel contains 100 lb moles of a hydrocarbon gas. Calculate the standard cubic feet of gas
in the vessel.

17) Four pounds of methane are placed in a tank at 60 °F. If the pressure on the tank is 100 psia
what is the volume of the tank? Assume that the gas acts as ideal gas.

18) Calculate the apparent molecular weight of a gas mixture consisting of three moles of
methane, one mole of ethane and one mole of propane.

19) Calculate the volume of 10 lb of ethane at 145 °F and 1068 psia.

20) A gas consists of 16 lb of methane and 7.5 lb of ethane. Calculate the z-factor at 0 °F and
1000 psia.

21) A gas has the following composition:

Component Composition
(mole fraction)
Methane 0.890
Ethane 0.050
Propane 0.020
i-Butane 0.010
n-Butane 0.030

What are the weight fractions, the apparent molecular weight, and the specific gravity? If the
total pressure is 20 psia, what is the partial pressure of each gas?
22) A non-ideal gas consists of 0.25 moles of methane and 0.75 moles of propane. Calculate the
pressure exerted by this gas if it exists in a 2 ft3 tank at a temperature of 215 °F.

23) The following table gives volumetric data at 150 °F for a natural gas. Determine the
coefficient of isothermal compressibility for this gas at 1100 psia and 150 °F.

Pressure Molar Volume

(psia) (ft3/lb mole)
700 8.5
800 7.4
900 6.5
1000 5.7
1100 5.0
1200 4.6
1300 4.2

24) Compute the value of isothermal compressibility of ethane at 1000 psia and 284 °F.