碳酸盐岩油藏水平井井网周期性交替注水技术

Using cyclic alternating water injection to enhance oil recovery for carbonate reservoirs developed by linear horizontal well pattern

针对中东碳酸盐岩油藏储集层水平井线性正对注采井网注采流线方向单一导致的采油井含水率高、原油采出程度较低等问题,通过调整注采策略将水平井线性正对井网改为周期性交替注水井网以提高采收率,包括视反七点法井网交替注水、视五点法井网交替注水和周期性差异化交替注水。3种交替注水方式均改变了线性正对井网注采流动及驱替方向,且同一区域在同一个注采周期受到两个不同方向的注水流线驱替,显著提高了注水波及体积并有效动用剩余油,进而提高油藏采收率。3种井网交替注水试验在中东碳酸盐岩油藏取得了较好的开发效果,基于该油田最优交替井网型式优化注采参数,使试验井组平均单井日产油最高增加23.84m3,含水率最高降低18%;可以通过进一步优化交替井网的注采对应关系,使交替后注采井跟端距离较远,从而提高降水增油效果。图12表2参15。

In view of high water cut and low oil recovery caused by the unidirectional flow in linear pattern of horizontal wells for the carbonate reservoirs in the Middle East, this paper provides a novel approach to improve oil recovery by converting linear water injection to cyclic alternating water injection patterns including cyclic alternating apparent inverted seven-spot pattern, cyclic alternating apparent five-spot pattern and cyclic alternating production-injection pattern. The main advantage of using this strategy is that the swept efficiency is improved by changing injection-production streamlines and displacement directions, which means two different direction displacement for the same region during a complete cycle. This technology is effective in increasing the swept efficiency and tapping the remaining oil, thus resulting in higher oil recovery. Field application with three new patterns in a carbonate reservoir in the Middle East is successful. By optimizing injection and production parameters based on the cyclic alternating well pattern, the test well group had a maximum increase of daily oil production per well of 23.84 m3 and maximum water cut drop of 18%. By further optimizing the distance(keep a long distance) between the heels of injectors and producers, the waterflooding performance could be better with water cut decreasing and oil production increasing.