Influence of Water Injection Fracturing on Crack Damage in Soft Coal and Application in Gas Extraction

In order to study the hypotonic and rheological particularity of “three soft” coal seam in west Henan, China, this paper explored the stress and damage characteristics of crack in coal under condition of water injection fracturing based on ABAQUS platform;The cohesive element in T-P damage evolution criterion was used to describe the approximately linear relationship between crack width and extending distance in soft coal. The simulation results show that stress evolution and crack damage in soft coal is a gradually developing process under condition of water injection fracturing. When the static pressure is 4 - 10 MPa, and the injection time is about 1 - 2 hours, the damage range of crack in soft coal can basically reach an ideal data of 80 - 100 m, and then greatly improve the hypotonic performance of “three soft” coal seam.

Field Scale Simulation Study of Miscible Water Alternating CO₂Injection Process in Fractured Reservoirs

Vast amounts of world oil reservoirs are in natural fractured reservoirs. There are different methods for increasing recovery from fractured reservoirs. Miscible injection of water alternating CO2?is a good choice among EOR methods. In this method, water and CO2?slugs are injected alternatively in reservoir as miscible agent into reservoir. This paper studies water injection scenario and miscible injection of water and CO2?in a two dimensional, inhomogeneous fractured reservoir. The results show that miscible water alternating CO2?gas injection leads to 3.95% increase in final oil recovery and total water production decrease of 3.89% comparing to water injection scenario.

Three-dimensional physical simulation and optimization of water injection of a multi-well fractured-vuggy unit

With complex fractured-vuggy heterogeneous structures, water has to be injected to facilitate oil pro- duction. However, the effect of different water injection modes on oil recovery varies. The limitation of existing numerical simulation methods in representing fractured- vuggy carbonate reservoirs makes numerical simulation difficult to characterize the fluid flow in these reservoirs. In this paper, based on a geological example unit in the Tahe Oilfield, a three-dimensional physical model was designed and constructed to simulate fluid flow in a fractured-vuggy reservoir according to similarity criteria. The model was validated by simulating a bottom water drive reservoir, and then subsequent water injection modes were optimized. These were continuous （constant rate）, intermittent, and pulsed injection of water. Experimental results reveal that due to the unbalanced formation pressure caused by pulsed water injection, the swept volume was expanded and consequently the highest oil recovery increment was achieved. Similar to continuous water injection, intermit- tent injection was influenced by factors including the connectivity of the fractured-vuggy reservoir, well depth, and the injection-production relationship, which led to a relative low oil recovery. This study may provide a constructive guide to field production and for the devel- opment of the commercial numerical models specialized for fractured-vuggy carbonate reservoirs.

Horizontal Well Interference Performance and Water Injection Huff and Puff Effect on Well Groups with Complex Fracture Networks:A Numerical Study

Well interference has become a common phenomenon with the increasing scale of horizontal well fracturing.Recent studies on well interference in horizontal wells do not properly reflect the physical model of the postfracturing well groups and the realistic fracturing process of infill wells.Establishing the correspondence between well interference causative factors and manifestations is of great significance for infill well deployment and secondary oil recovery.In this work,we develop a numerical model that considers low velocity non-Darcy seepage inshale reservoirs to study the inter-well interferencephenomenon that occurs in theSantanghufield,andconstruct an explicit hydraulic fracture and complex natural fracture network model with an embedded discrete fracture model,focusing on the effect of fracture network morphology on well interactions.The model also considers a multi-segment wellbore model to accommodate the effect of inter-well crossflow on wellbore tubular flow.The changes in formation pressure and water saturation during fracturing are performed by controlling the injection pressure and water injection rate.The result shows that the shape of the fracture network generated by the infill well with the old well determines the subsequent fluid and oil-increasing performance of the disturbed well.The synergistic production or competitive relationship formed by fractures with different connectivity between the two wells determines the positive and negative effects of the interference.The paper also investigates the adaptation study of water injection huff and puff schemes for well groups with different connectivity,and demonstrated a potential yield increase of up to 10.85%under adaptation injection.This method of identifying well interference based on the production dynamics of affected wells and the subsequent corresponding water injection method provides valuable references for the selection of secondary oil recovery measures.

High-pressure capacity expansion and water injection mechanism and indicator curve model for fractured-vuggy carbonate reservoirs

Water injection for oil displacement is one of the most effective ways to develop fractured-vuggy carbonate reservoirs.With the increase in the number of rounds of water injection,the development effect gradually fails.The emergence of high-pressure capacity expansion and water injection technology allows increased production from old wells.Although high-pressure capacity expansion and water injection technology has been implemented in practice for nearly 10 years in fractured-vuggy reservoirs,its mechanism remains unclear,and the water injection curve is not apparent.In the past,evaluating its effect could only be done by measuring the injection-production volume.In this study,we analyze the mechanism of high-pressure capacity expansion and water injection.We propose a fluid exchange index for high-pressure capacity expansion and water injection and establish a discrete model suitable for high-pressure capacity expansion and water injection curves in fractured-vuggy reservoirs.We propose the following mechanisms:replenishing energy,increasing energy,replacing energy,and releasing energy.The above mechanisms can be identified by the high-pressure capacity expansion and water injection curve of the well HA6X in the Halahatang Oilfield in the Tarim Basin.By solving the basic model,the relative errors of Reservoirs I and II are found to be 1.9%and 1.5%,respectively,and the application of field examples demonstrates that our proposed high-pressure capacity expansion and water injection indicator curve is reasonable and reliable.This research can provide theoretical support for high-pressure capacity expansion and water injection technology in fracture-vuggy carbonate reservoirs.

A laboratory study of hot WAG injection into fractured and conventional sand packs

Gas injection is the second largest enhanced oil recovery process, next only to the thermal method used in heavy oil fields. To increase the extent of the reservoir contacted by the injected gas, the gas is generally injected intermittently with water. This mode of injection is called water-alternating-gas (WAG). This study deals with a new immiscible water alternating gas (IWAG) EOR technique, “hot IWAG” which includes combination of thermal, solvent and sweep techniques. In the proposed method CO2 will be superheated above the reservoir temperature and instead of normal temperature water, hot water will be used. Hot CO2 and hot water will be alternatively injected into the sand packs. A laboratory test was conducted on the fractured and conventional sand packs. Slugs of water and CO2 with a low and constant rate were injected into the sand packs alternatively; slug size was 0.05 PV. Recovery from each sand pack was monitored and after that hot water and hot CO2 were injected alternatively under the same conditions and increased oil recovery from each sand pack and breakthrough were measured. Experimental results showed that the injection of hot WAG could significantly recover residual oil after WAG injection in conventional and fractured sand packs.

裂缝性致密油藏水平井缝间增产方法

致密油藏水平井经过多轮次的注水吞吐开采后,地层压力和产量下降快。针对致密油藏注水困难和水平井缝间干扰的问题,利用注水诱发天然裂缝扩展机理、面积注水开发方法及同井注采原理,从井网、管柱设计、注采工作制度方面,以致密油藏M区块为例对水平井缝间增产方法进行研究;提出多井缝间面积注水开发方式,设计匹配实际区块的管柱工艺,设置同时注采和间注间采2种注采制度,模拟实际井组生产10 a,参考多项指标探讨缝间面积注水方法开发方式的可行性。实例分析结果表明:缝间面积注水方法能够促使注入水均匀径向推进,消除缝间干扰、扩大注水波及范围,增强驱替作用,大幅提高累计产油量。研究成果可为致密油藏水平井多井缝间面积注水开发方式提供依据。

低渗透油藏压驱技术现状及发展趋势

压驱技术是近年来针对低渗透油藏高效开发而提出的一种增加储层动用程度、提高原油采收率的储层改造技术。压驱技术先通过高压小排量向地层注入大量携带化学剂的液体,然后进行焖井,通过压力的扩散和化学剂与裂缝孔隙中的原油充分置换而达到增产的目的。文中结合国内外压驱技术的最新研究动态,从压驱技术现状、设计原则、设计方法、应用分析及发展趋势等方面展开论述,重点分析了压驱技术与水力压裂技术的区别、增产机理和设计方法以及现场应用效果等,同时也指出了当前压驱技术理论研究方面的欠缺,展望了该技术的发展趋势和应用前景。

气水两相下降流中泡状流与段塞流转换边界研究

针对塔河油田气水混注驱替“阁楼油”过程中泡状流与段塞流转换边界不清的问题,利用数值模拟方法对气水两相下降流中泡状流与段塞流进行了模拟分析。结果表明:在气相表观流速为0.01~1.00 m/s、液相表观流速为0.03~2.00 m/s、管径为76 mm的模拟条件下,管道中主要为泡状流和段塞流;与模拟结果相比,Barnea、Kokal、薛玉卿模型预测的转换边界偏小,Bhagwat和Yijun模型预测的转换边界偏大;随着气相表观流速增加,泡状流向段塞流转换时所需液量逐渐增大;在低液量条件下,越靠近管道中心,气泡数量越多,空隙率越大;随液量增加,单个小气泡体积减小,气泡在整个管道横截面上分布越均匀。基于漂移模型,考虑气泡群滑脱速度,建立了新的泡状流与段塞流转换边界模型,216组文献数据验证结果显示,新模型准确率为95.37%,准确度较高。建立的泡状流—段塞流转换边界模型,不仅可提高井筒压力、温度模型的计算精度,同时对塔河油田现场注入井井口参数优化、注入设备优选和提高“阁楼油”驱替效率有很好的理论指导意义。

A Simulation Approach for Screening of EOR Scenarios in Naturally Fractured Reservoirs

Undoubtedly, plenty of hydrocarbon sources are located in carbonate rocks, particularly those which are naturally fractured that is still needed to study their characterization, because of their complex and unconventional behavior. Therefore, applying any processes that cause Enhancing Oil Recovery (EOR) from Naturally Fractured Reservoirs (NFR) seems necessary and useful. However, selecting the best developed scenario is always challenging. Screening criteria would determine the possibility of implementing an EOR process. While, utilizing trade marketing simulators can solve this problem. Moreover, simulation can evaluate other parameters such as water cut and gas-oil ratio. In this research, an aquifer-supported Iranian NFR with two parts that are separated to each other with a shale layer is considered in order to select the best EOR scenario. The fluid model is created using PVTi software. Various production scenarios included natural depletion, water flooding, miscible carbon dioxide injection, water-alternating-gas (WAG) injection, simultaneous water- alternating-gas (SWAG) injection, hybrid injection, and gas recycling are simulated in ECLIPSE Compositional (E300) and their recovery factor recorded as the target parameter. The developed scenarios are designed in a way that gives the optimized results, i.e. higher recovery factor, less water cut as well as the less gas-oil ratio. As a result, SWAG shows better conditions and is recommended for the further studies of the reservoir management plan in the future. Also, the role of the aquifer in the SWAG scenario is positive by creating a natural WAG in addition to the SWAG. Additionally, the average reservoir pressure through fractures reduces less in the SWAG than the other Scenarios, the oil and gas production rate reduce less in the SWAG and SWAG/ miscible gas respectively than the other scenarios. The maximum and the minimum water cut are related to the water flooding and SWAG, respectively.Finally, the simulation approach of EOR screening in NFR is better than other approaches, from the perspective of economic issues as well as the simplicity of the methods.

超深层断控碳酸盐岩油藏地质力学建模及其在开发中的应用

为提高超深断控碳酸盐岩油藏的开发效益,通过开展大尺寸岩样力学实验,揭示高角度—近直立断裂面变形与连通机理;基于高压注水提采的力学与流动耦合原理,通过地质力学建模,明确了断控碳酸盐岩油藏现今地应力场和断裂活动性分布规律;发现不同方位的断裂活动性以及不同部位的缝洞体连通性有明显差异,进而分析了不同井眼轨迹的开发效果,提出了地质工程一体化工作方法,科学指导井眼轨迹设计和注水方案优化。结果表明:①走滑断裂变形中的大尺度破碎体和高角度裂缝系统是影响储层品质的关键因素,高压注水一方面能够激活先存裂缝,一方面还能在先存裂缝基础上发生延伸扩展,甚至可以产生新的裂缝,促进了断控缝洞体在纵横向上的互相连通;②高压注水过程中断裂体内部发生力学与流动之间的耦合变化,渗流环境得到改善,通过循环举升,从而提高油气采收率;③根据断裂体形态、产状以及断裂面动态剪切变形连通性,可优选定向井最佳井点和井眼轨迹,并优化注水方案;④塔里木盆地断控油藏试验区通过高压注水,采收率提高5个百分点,该方法为超深断控型油藏高效开发提供了较好的理论依据和技术支撑。

浅层水平缝油藏底部注水研究

延长东部油田主力油层平均中深670 m、平均渗透率0.3~0.5 mD,为特超低渗浅层油藏,油井压裂时易形成水平裂缝,致使注水开发过程中油井出现快速水淹,造成油井产量大幅下降,采收率低。针对这一问题,在对水平缝注水渗流特征、压裂水平缝油井水淹规律和底部注水机理研究的基础上,提出了底部注水开发方式,并应用渗透率变异系数、突进系数、级差3个参数综合表征水窜层位与非水窜层位特征,为底部注水选层提供依据;通过室内核磁共振在线测试及岩心流动驱替实验,结合油藏数值模拟和现场示踪剂测试等综合手段,对注水参数进行了优化。开展底部注水先导性试验的3个井组单井产油量由0.054 t/ d提高到0.179 t/ d,含水率由15%下降到10%,地层压力提高了0.18 MPa,预测最终采收率提高了2.1个百分点,取得了较好效果。研究表明,当渗透率变异系数<0.5、突进系数<1.5、渗透率级差<5,注入速度为0.06 mL/ min,注水压力7 MPa时,注水开发效果最好。底部注水能够有效解决浅层水平缝油藏注水开发效果不佳的问题,为同类油藏的高效注水开发提供了参考。

注水站高压注水泵盘根盒压帽断裂分析

中原油田高压注水泵盘根盒压帽出现多起断裂事故,给安全生产带来较大风险隐患。通过现场基本情况、压帽化学成分、硬度和金相组织的分析,再加上断口的宏观形貌、微观形貌分析等方法,查找压帽发生断裂原因。结果表明,压帽断裂原因一是由于铸造材质疏松,且存在缺陷;二是由于注水泵高压波动对断裂起到了关键性破坏作用,属于“材质因素和力学因素”共同作用导致的断裂。

水驱油田开发后期区域流场调整研究

水驱油田在开发后期普遍进入特高含水率期,以较低的采油速度低效生产,经济效益和社会效益逐渐变差。在此开发阶段面临很多困难和挑战,一方面水窜通道发育,注入水无效循环,常规措施对水窜通道难以封堵和治理。另一方面剩余油分布高度分散,难以有效确定油藏中具有潜力的位置并进行挖掘。为了有效解决水驱油田开发后期主要问题,本次研究以Y油田为例,提出了区域流场调整技术。这项技术主要针对油田中注采问题突出的井区,通过对油田沉积环境、生产层位之间差异、储层能量、采油井指标变化趋势以及产出和吸水测试资料等综合分析而形成。对于构造变化较缓的井区,进行以调整平面注采关系为主的调剖策略。对于构造变化较大,注水井和采油井之间落差较大的井区,采取油井更改生产制度,同时进行以调整纵向注采矛盾为主的调剖策略。对于剩余油相对富集,但采油井和注水井的生产能力受到限制的井区,采取压裂措施以释放产能的策略。通过应用以上关键技术,被治理的井区产油量明显增加,含水率上升过快的趋势被抑制,使Y油田开发后期的生产形势明显变好。

葫芦素煤矿导水裂隙带发育高度预测与水源分析

为消除上覆含水层发生突水或淹井事故,预测导水裂隙带发育高度对顶板探放水设计十分重要。通过数值模拟、钻探注水、窥视等手段,发现21404工作面导水裂隙发育形态由初期的“拱形”逐步演化“马鞍形”,导水裂带高度呈上升趋势,并在推进距离为90 m时取得最大值,为116.8 m;注水实测结果显示,导水裂隙带最大高度为120.5 m,与多数方法间相对误差均小于5%;水化学与微生物特征表明水质类型为典型的直罗组水。表明采空区直接水源为直罗组含水层,具有滞留还原水化学特征,采空区与白垩系含水层的水力联系较弱。

基于三维裂隙网络模拟和单孔压水试验的裂隙张开度确定方法

岩体裂隙的等效水力张开度(水力学等效隙宽)是岩体的关键力学几何参数之一。目前常采用交叉孔试验等大型试验方法获取野外深部岩体裂隙的张开度,但该方法很少在一个工程中多次使用,且难以分析裂隙张开度在空间上的变化。以三峡大坝右岸地下电站硐室围岩为例,提出了一种联合利用常规单孔压水试验数据和三维裂隙网络模拟,反演确定裂隙等效水力张开度的新方法。利用实测裂隙编录资料取得的统计数据开展裂隙产状随机模拟,构建与压水试验钻孔连通的三维离散裂隙网络渗流模型,拟合单孔压水稳态流量和压力的关系,反演不同深度岩体的裂隙等效水力张开度。结果表明,研究区岩体裂隙的等效水力张开度一般为0.07~0.30 mm,符合对数正态分布的统计特征,多数钻孔反演的裂隙等效水力张开度随埋深呈指数形式衰减,少数钻孔呈现出裂隙等效水力张开度随机性强、随埋深变化不明显的特征。相较传统方法,本方法反演结果显著不同,有待进一步验证。

缝洞型油藏高压扩容注入动态模型及敏感性分析

高压扩容注水是缝洞型油藏提高采收率的有效方式之一。针对高压扩容注水注采过程认识不清的问题,提出了3类高压扩容注水模式,基于高压扩容注入动态模型,模拟不同敏感性参数对高压扩容注水和生产过程的影响,并结合哈拉哈塘缝洞型油藏矿场实例,分析了3类高压扩容注水模式。结果表明:高压扩容注水有远端低能型、渗流屏障型和近端小储集体型3类模式,3类高压扩容注水模式均可有效动用远端储集体,提高采出程度,渗流屏障型增油效果最优;近端储集体大小影响注水指示曲线拐点出现时间,远端储集体大小影响注水指示曲线出现拐点后的注水难易程度;注水过程的交换指数大于生产过程的交换指数,表明高压扩容注水有效;裂缝闭合压力越小,应力敏感系数越小,注水指示曲线出现拐点越早,累计产液量越高。

陆丰油田古近系低渗高温深层储层自源闭式强化注水技术研究与应用

受海上平台空间、作业成本、注水水源、施工工艺等条件限制,如何高效注水开发陆丰油田古近系低渗高温深层储层面临挑战。以陆丰油田古近系储层试验井为例,开展了注水可行性分析,优选了合适的水源层位和注入层;采用了同井自源类水层补充地层能量的自源闭式注水工艺,研发的配套配水器可满足调节扭矩≤5 N·m、耐压差35 MPa,测调仪器可满足耐温175℃、耐压60 MPa的性能要求,实现了海上平台深层一井多用、无须地面设备的注水新方式;采用了电缆传输的爆燃压裂工艺,实现快速、高效作业,措施的时间控制在14 h以内,时效提高10倍以上,火药密度超过6 kg/m;通过强溶缓速酸酸化复合增效。自源闭式强化注水技术已在陆丰油田试验井M10井取得成功应用,注水高效,受效井增产降水效果明显。本文研究成果有效拓展了注水技术在低渗、深层、高温储层中的应用,可为类似储层规模开发提供借鉴。

高家堡井田二盘区导水裂隙带高度实测研究

为了查明煤层顶板导水裂隙发育规律,采用地面钻孔分段注水测试和钻孔窥视方法实测了高家堡井田204工作面和205工作面煤层顶板导水裂隙带发育高度。研究结果表明:(1)205工作面DT1钻孔位置煤层顶板导水裂隙带发育高度为327.75 m,裂采比25.81。(2)204工作面DT2钻孔位置煤层顶板导水裂隙带发育高度为197.85 m,裂采比35.33。(3)高家堡井田二盘区导水裂隙带实测结果丰富了黄陇煤田综放采煤覆岩破坏规律。