What is the gas/oil ratio?
The gas/oil ratio concerns relative amounts of oil and natural gas that are simultaneously removed from the ground. Natural gas can be placed in a nearby deposit or exists in a solution with oil. When the oil is attracted to the surface, a large part of the natural gas escapes from the solution. The resulting volumes of both substances can then be used to determine the gas/oil ratio. If the deposits present in the oil field have extremely high gas ratios to oil, the resulting drilling spots are usually referred to as gas wells. Most oil deposits have a certain amount of natural gas present, although the gas/oil ratio may vary much between fields. In some cases, the oil field will have very little natural gas and in other situations there may be gaseous fields that do not have associated oil deposits. When natural gas is found oil and surroundings is referred to as associated gas. Separate deposits are known as non -social gas and are often considered more economically desirable.
When the oil is pulled out of the ground, any associated natural gas will tend to escape from the solution. Much of the gas is usually freely free, although the process can continue every stage of transport and processing. When natural gas leaves the solution and the ratio of gas/oil decreases, the oil volume naturally decreases. This may lead to less oil available for export or processing than removed from the ground if the volume numbers are immediately examined after extraction. For this reason, it may be important to determine exactly where the volume measurement was made along the supply chain.
In many cases, wells that have a high gas/oil ratio are considered economically undesirables. The associated gas was historically expanded or burned on the spot because it was not economically possible to capture and process it. In this area, a development was created that allowed high wells of gas/oil ratio to monetize natural gas or have been back in the wellto make further pressure. In some cases, the gas is used as a fuel in place to operate the generators rather than simply burned it to get rid of it.