Steam Flooding after Steam Soak in Heavy Oil Reservoirs through Extended-reach Horizontal Wells

This paper presents a new development scheme of simultaneous injection and production in a single horizontal well drilled for developing small block reservoirs or offshore reservoirs. It is possible to set special packers within the long completion horizontal interval to establish an injection zone and a production zone. This method can also be used in steam flooding after steam soak through a horizontal well. Simulation results showed that it was desirable to start steam flooding after six steam soaking cycles and at this time the oil/steam ratio was 0.25 and oil recovery efficiency was 23.48%. Steam flooding performance was affected by separation interval and steam injection rate. Reservoir numerical simulation indicated that maximum oil recovery would be achieved at a separation section of 40-50 m at steam injection rate of 100-180 t/d; and the larger the steam injection rate, the greater the water cut and pressure difference between injection zone and production zone. A steam injection rate of 120 t/d was suitable for steam flooding under practical injection-production conditions. All the results could be useful for the guidance of steam flooding projects.

Mechanism investigation of steam flooding heavy oil by comprehensive molecular characterization

Steam flooding is a widely used technique to enhance oil recovery of heavy oil.Thermal viscosity reduction and distillation effect are considered as two main displacement mechanisms in steam flooding process.However,the molecular composition understanding and contribution for oil production are still unclear.In this study,the composition analysis of the heavy oil was investigated in the core scale steam flooding process with the temperature from 120 to 280℃.The crude oil,produced oils and residual oils were characterized comprehensively by gas chromatography and high-resolution mass spectrometry.It is found that steam flooding preferentially extracts aromatics and remains more resins in the residual oil.Viscosity reduction is the dominant mechanism when steam is injected at a low temperature.Large molecular heteroatoms with high carbon number and high double bond equivalent(DBE)are eluted into the produced oil,while compounds with low carbon number and low DBE are remained in the residual oil.As the steam temperature rises,the increased distillation effect results in the extraction of light hydrocarbons from the residual oil to the produced oil.More small heteroatoms with low carbon number and low DBE enter into the produced oil,especially in the none water cut stage.The compositional difference of produced oils is characterized in DBE versus carbon number distribution of the N and O containing compound classes.This work uses a variety of composition analysis methods to clarify the steam flooding mechanism and provides a novel understanding of steam flooding mechanisms with various temperatures and production stages from the molecular perspective.

Experiments on the influences of well pattern on water flooding characteristics of dissolution vug-cave reservoir

Based on the similarity criterion, volcanic rock samples were taken from outcrops to make experimental models. Water flooding experiments of five-spot well pattern, nine-spot well pattern, five-spot to nine-spot well pattern, the relationship between relative well and fracture positions, and injection rate in dissolution vug-cave reservoirs with/without fractures were carried out to analyze variation regularities of development indexes, find out development characteristics of water flooding with different well patterns and sort out the optimal water flooding development mode. For dissolution vug-cave reservoirs without fractures, five-spot well pattern waterflooding has very small sweeping area, serious water channeling and low oil recovery. When the well pattern was adjusted from five-spot to nine-spot well pattern, oil recovery could be largely improved, but the corner well far from the injector is little affected. In dissolution vug-cave reservoirs with fractures, when the injector and producer are not connected by fractures, the fractures could effectively connect the poorly linked vugs to improve the development effect of water flooding. Whether there are fractures or not in dissolution vug-cave reservoirs, the development effect of nine-spot well-pattern is much better than that of five-spot well pattern and five-spot to nine-spot well pattern, this is more evident when there are fractures, and the edge well has better development indexes than corner well. At the high-water cut stage of water flooding with nine-spot well pattern, the oil recovery can be further improved with staggered line-drive pattern by converting the corner well into injection well. It is helpful to increase the oil production of corner well of nine-spot well pattern by increasing the injection rate, and improve ultimate oil recovery, but the water-free production period would be greatly shortened and water-free recovery would decrease.

Analyzing the effect of steam quality and injection temperature on the performance of steam flooding

The heavy oil reservoirs are currently mainly targeted by thermal enhanced oil recovery technologies,particularly,steam flooding.Steam flooding is carried out by introducing heat into the reservoir to unlock the recovery of heavy oil by reducing oil viscosity.Several investigations were carried out to improve oil recovery by steam flooding.Most recently,high steam flooding is reported as an effective approach to improve recovery in high pressure heavy oil reservoirs.The oil recovery from steam flooding is sub-stantially affected by the steam quality and injection temperature.In this study,an attempt was made to look into the integration of parameters,i.e.steam quality and injection temperature upon steam flooding on oil recovery by using a simulation approach via ECLIPSE.The results obtained indicated that high temperature along with the moderate value of steam quality gives the best result regarding oil recovery for steam flooding in an economical way.

CO2 assisted steam flooding in late steam flooding in heavy oil reservoirs

To improve the oil recovery and economic efficiency in heavy oil reservoirs in late steam flooding,taking J6 Block of Xinjiang Oilfield as the research object,3D physical modeling experiments of steam flooding,CO2-foam assisted steam flooding,and CO2 assisted steam flooding under different perforation conditions are conducted,and CO2-assisted steam flooding is proposed for reservoirs in the late stage of steam flooding.The experimental results show that after adjusting the perforation in late steam flooding,the CO2 assisted steam flooding formed a lateral expansion of the steam chamber in the middle and lower parts of the injection well and a development mode for the production of overriding gravity oil drainage in the top chamber of the production well;high temperature water,oil,and CO2 formed stable low-viscosity quasi-single-phase emulsified fluid;and CO2 acted as a thermal insulation in the steam chamber at the top,reduced the steam partial pressure inside the steam chamber,and effectively improved the heat efficiency of injected steam.Based on the three-dimensional physical experiments and the developed situation of the J6 block in Xinjiang Oilfield,the CO2 assisted steam flooding for the J6 block was designed.The application showed that the CO2 assisted steam flooding made the oil vapor ratio increase from 0.12 to 0.16 by 34.0%,the oil recovery increase from 16.1%to 21.5%,and the final oil recovery goes up to 66.5%compared to steam flooding after perforation adjustment.

Quantitative description of steam channels after steam flooding

Steam channeling is one of the main barriers for EOR after steam flooding.In order to enhance the oil recovery in steam flooded reservoirs,steam channel volumes should be precisely known.In this paper,a set of methods has been established in order to study steam channeling quantitatively by using dynamic data.Firstly,steam channeling wells are identified through curves of watercut and temperature.Then,considering the hysteresis phenomenon,channeling relations are identified with the correlation coefficients between injection wells and production wells under different conditions.Lastly,an analytic model,in which steam condensation,pressure and temperature are considered,is established to calculate the steam channel volumes.A production well named L31615 in some block in Henan Oilfield in China is systematically analyzed by using the method established.The whole block is further analyzed,and the distribution map of steam channels and the steam channel volumes are obtained.The results show that steam channeling does not only occur inside a well group,but also sometimes occurs between wells in different well groups.The calculation of the steam channel volumes provides a theoretical basis for bringing a remedial action like plugging into operation.

Study of steam heat transfer enhanced by CO_(2) and chemical agents: In heavy oil production

Steam flooding with the assistance of carbon dioxide (CO_(2)) and chemicals is an effective approach for enhancing super heavy oil recovery. However, the promotion and application of CO_(2) and chemical agent-assisted steam flooding technology have been restricted by the current lack of research on the synergistic effect of CO_(2) and chemical agents on enhanced steam flooding heat transfer. The novel experiments on CO_(2)–chemicals cooperate affected steam condensation and seepage were conducted by adding CO_(2) and two chemicals (sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) and the betaine temperature-salt resistant foaming agent ZK-05200).According to the experimental findings, a “film” formed on the heat-transfer medium surface following the co-injection of CO_(2) and the chemical to impede the steam heat transfer, reducing the heat transfer efficiency of steam, heat flux and condensation heat transfer coefficient. The steam seepage experiment revealed that the temperature at the back end of the sandpack model was dramatically raised by 3.5–12.8 °C by adding CO_(2) and chemical agents, achieving the goal of driving deep-formation heavy oil. The combined effect of CO_(2) and SDS was the most effective for improving steam heat transfer, the steam heat loss was reduced by 6.2%, the steam condensation cycle was prolonged by 1.3 times, the condensation heat transfer coefficient was decreased by 15.5%, and the heavy oil recovery was enhanced by 9.82%. Theoretical recommendations are offered in this study for improving the CO_(2)–chemical-assisted steam flooding technique.

The Response of Anomalous Vertically Integrated Moisture Flux Patterns Related to Drought and Flood in Southern China to Sea Surface Temperature Anomaly

With the extreme drought(flood)event in southern China from July to August in 2022(1999)as the research object,based on the comprehensive diagnosis and composite analysis on the anomalous drought and flood years from July to August in 1961-2022,it is found that there are significant differences in the characteristics of the vertically integrated moisture flux(VIMF)anomaly circulation pattern and the VIMF convergence(VIMFC)anomaly in southern China in drought and flood years,and the VIMFC,a physical quantity,can be regarded as an indicative physical factor for the"strong signal"of drought and flood in southern China.Specifically,in drought years,the VIMF anomaly in southern China is an anticyclonic circulation pattern and the divergence characteristics of the VIMFC are prominent,while those are opposite in flood years.Based on the SST anomaly in the typical draught year of 2022 in southern China and the SST deviation distribution characteristics of abnormal draught and flood years from 1961 to 2022,five SST high impact areas(i.e.,the North Pacific Ocean,Northwest Pacific Ocean,Southwest Pacific Ocean,Indian Ocean,and East Pacific Ocean)are selected via the correlation analysis of VIMFC and the global SST in the preceding months(May and June)and in the study period(July and August)in 1961-2022,and their contributions to drought and flood in southern China are quantified.Our study reveals not only the persistent anomalous variation of SST in the Pacific and the Indian Ocean but also its impact on the pattern of moisture transport.Furthermore,it can be discovered from the positive and negative phase fitting of SST that the SST composite flow field in high impact areas can exhibit two types of anomalous moisture transport structures that are opposite to each other,namely an anticyclonic(cyclonic)circulation pattern anomaly in southern China and the coastal areas of east China.These two types of opposite anomalous moisture transport structures can not only drive the formation of drought(flood)in southern China but also exert its influence on the persistent development of the extreme weather.

城市地区场次降雨时空展布方法研究

受气候变化和城市规模不断扩张等因素影响,城市地区降雨过程的时空动态性愈发明显,通常采用的点、面雨量等表达方式难以体现这种时空动态性。随着降雨观测技术的进步,大多城市积累了长序列降雨观测数据,其中蕴含了丰富的降雨时空过程信息,为预报降雨或设计降雨的时空展布提供了可能。设计了一套降雨时空展布方法,包括数据收集、标准化处理、降雨场次划分、时空模式提取、标准网格插值、时空展布等环节,并提出每个环节的处理步骤和关键问题。以北京市为例,对该技术方法进行了验证,选择了12 h、24 h、72 h 3个历时的场次降雨,提取的时空模式和展布结果表达出了场次降雨的时空动态性,并与历史的降雨过程表现出很好的匹配性。表明该方法可用于城市地区降雨典型模式提取,以及降雨过程的时空展布。该方法利用历史降雨数据提取降雨展布模板,输入场次降雨(或预报降雨)的总雨量,得到该场次降雨的时空分布过程,展布结果可为洪水预报提供更为准确的降雨输入条件。

典型大洪水下珠江磨刀门河口拦门沙演变模式研究

磨刀门是珠江八大口门中输水、输沙量最大的口门,也是珠江最重要的泄洪通道,在珠江三角洲水系中占有极其重要的地位,研究其拦门沙冲淤演变模式对磨刀门河口地貌演变趋势分析及未来治理开发工程规划具有指导意义。以2005年6月典型大洪水过程为例,建立二维波流耦合的泥沙数学模型,分析磨刀门河口拦门沙冲淤演变特征。结果显示,典型大洪水条件下,上游来水来沙丰富,波浪对泥沙的转运作用相对被弱化,能够在较短时间内促进浅滩等沙体发育,形成新的地貌单元,并促进两侧沙体以沙嘴的形态快速向前淤进,伴随发育河口次级分汊地貌单元。研究表明,影响河口冲淤演变特征的因素包括河道地形、流场、余流余沙场及水流挟沙力等,上游来水来沙量、潮汐、波浪等因素则主导河口拦门沙演变模式。

基于时移微重力监测技术的SAGD蒸汽腔扩展规律研究

为揭示稠油油藏蒸汽辅助重力泄油(SAGD)蒸汽腔扩展规律,利用时移微重力监测技术,对新疆重油油田H井区侏罗系齐古组稠油油藏的蒸汽腔扩展规律进行研究。通过时移微重力监测获取了反映油藏剩余密度的剩余重力异常数据,利用该数据进行三维最小二乘反演,确定了蒸汽腔的纵向分布,并提出了解释蒸汽腔扩展规律与剩余重力异常关系的方法。该方法能够有效解释H井区5个井组蒸汽腔的扩展规律,把蒸汽腔的演变过程划分为上升阶段、横向扩展阶段及向下扩展阶段,并利用井温监测验证了该方法的准确性与可靠性。该方法揭示了SAGD蒸汽腔在油藏中的扩展规律,为稠油油藏的高效开发提供了技术支持,有助于优化稠油油藏的生产调控措施,也为同类型油藏开发提供了理论和实践基础。

胜利油田稠油油藏开发技术进展

针对胜利油田不同类型稠油油藏的地质特点及开发矛盾,形成了一套较为完善的稠油油藏开发技术系列,并取得了显著的开发效果。从各项技术的理论基础和矿场应用2个方面,总结了不同类型稠油油藏开发技术进展。对于高轮次吞吐后的稠油油藏,基于非达西渗流理论,形成了井网加密技术;对于敏感性稠油油藏,形成了近热远防理论,降低了水敏对开发的不利影响;对于特超稠油油藏,通过HDCS技术的协同降黏、膨胀增能作用,解决了“注不进、采不出”的开发难题;对于低效水驱稠油油藏,通过转蒸汽驱,达到加密角井流线、水井流线逆向的目的,从而提高该类油藏的采收率;对于深层稠油油藏,以气热协同保热强热、热剂协同接替助驱、气剂协同均衡热前缘的协同增效作用机理认识为基础,形成了多元热复合驱油理论,实现了深层稠油的有效动用;对于薄层稠油油藏,通过热+水平井复合开发模式,提高了油藏的吸汽能力和动用范围;对于浅薄层超稠油油藏,通过HDNS技术增能降黏扩波及,实现了该类油藏的高效开发。胜利油田稠油油藏开发技术系列的应用,为胜利油田稠油效益开发、绿色开发提供了技术支撑。

页岩油藏提高采收率技术现状、瓶颈及对策

介绍了页岩油的储量分布、成因及赋存机理,详细概述了页岩油早期勘探、储层改造及后期提采等不同阶段的开发现状。在此基础上,着重综述了当前国内外页岩油藏提高采收率主体技术的应用现状及进展,深入分析了不同页岩油提采技术的优势与不足,同时给出了针对理论认识、技术及经济壁垒的相应策略,最后从不同角度入手,展望了今后页岩EOR的发展前景。

基于降雨时空变化的山洪预警临界雨量

为提高山洪灾害预警精度,以彭坊小流域为例,基于概率分布等控制条件生成随机雨型,探究不同前期影响雨量下随机雨型对山洪预警临界雨量的影响,进一步分析降雨空间分布对山洪预警临界雨量的影响。结果表明:在雨峰位置偏后、雨峰峰值较大的雨型集下,临界雨量波动较大,有较高的不确定性;雨型对临界雨量的影响小于前期影响雨量对临界雨量的影响,在前期土壤较干燥时,雨峰位置系数较小,临界雨量值相对较大,雨型峰值倍比较大时,临界雨量值相对较小,更容易致灾;在降雨空间分布上,当降雨集中在下游时,临界雨量值最小,越容易达到警戒流量,但降雨空间分布对临界雨量的影响小于前期影响雨量的影响,且这种影响会随前期影响雨量的增加而不断减小。

錾高水电站首部枢纽水工模型试验

为了验证錾高水电站泄洪冲沙闸全开和局开、无闸溢流坝溢流等不同工况的过流能力、流态、下游冲刷及防冰凌等设计的合理性,通过对錾高水电站首部枢纽进行几何比尺为1∶50的水工模型试验,并对试验结果进行分析。结果表明:泄流能力满足设计要求;泄洪冲沙闸左侧边孔进口附近易出现强吸气旋涡,消力池出口冲刷较严重;将库水位抬升至1611.42 m可有效防冰凌。该模型试验可为下阶段的工程优化设计提供依据。

五里湾X1油藏如何提高采收率

靖安油田五里湾油藏以开发三叠系X1油藏为主,储层为湖成三角洲沉积,属于低渗透油藏,油藏平面、剖面非均质性较强。开发以注水为主,X1油藏目前综合含水率72.5%、采出程度25.4%,处于双高开发阶段,随着注入、采出程度的增大,油藏的平面单向突进、剖面上层内、层间矛盾日益突出,水驱油效率逐渐下降,从而影响着油田的稳产和开发效果,如何提高最终采收率是油藏开发永恒的主体。本文重点总结了X1油藏实施空泡驱、微球驱、注采井网调整、不稳定注水、精准堵水等措施后提高最终采收率,为后期整个X1油藏提高采收率提供方向。

稠油含油污泥凝固剂研制与性能评价

针对稠油开采过程中产生的含油污泥污染环境的问题,以烧黏土、硬石灰为主要原材料研制了含油污泥凝固剂,并以含油污泥凝固剂和含油污泥为主要成分,配制了可在油层凝结固化的含油污泥调剖堵水剂,以达到含油污泥无害化和资源化利用的目的。采用XRD检测和抗压强度测试等手段,对含油污泥调剖堵水剂封堵性能影响因素进行了分析和优化,并评价了其调剖堵水性能。研究表明:该调剖堵水剂具有较长的凝胶时间、良好的施工安全性、可泵注性和适当的结构强度等优点;当含油污泥凝固剂质量分数在17%以上时,岩心封堵率达到98%以上,突破压力在20 MPa以上,具有较高的封堵强度;同时该调剖堵水剂也是一种固体废弃物资源化利用新技术,符合循环经济、绿色发展要求。含油污泥凝固剂技术有效解决了含油污泥外排造成的环境污染问题,为油田综合治理、降低生产成本提供了一种新手段。

产流模式空间分布对城市雨洪过程模拟的影响

通过耦合网格产流计算模型(GRGM)和暴雨洪水管理模型(SWMM)汇流计算模块构建了GRGM-SWMM模型。以贾鲁河中牟水文站控制流域(包括郑州市中心城区)为研究区,基于18场实测暴雨洪水资料探究了产流模式空间分布对洪水过程模拟精度的影响。结果表明:研究区超渗产流模式空间分布面积占比高达72%,城市下垫面仍以超渗产流模式为主;相较于仅考虑超渗产流计算的SWMM,考虑超渗、蓄满和混合等不同产流模式空间分布的GRGM-SWMM模型场次洪水产流量、流量过程模拟精度明显提高,产流量模拟相对误差平均降低33.26%、决定系数平均提高0.089,流量过程模拟均方根误差平均降低5.13 m^(3)/s、纳什效率系数和决定系数分别平均提高0.227、0.207。

稠油L油藏多轮次吞吐后汽窜通道表征及治理

稠油L油藏经历多轮次蒸汽吞吐后,出现井间汽窜频繁、剩余油分散、周期油气比低等问题,油田稳产难度大。通过总结L油藏的汽窜规律及影响因素,基于数值模拟分析L油藏各小层不同含油饱和度范围内的油藏温度和对应的孔隙体积倍数,定量表征了地下窜流程度。基于定量化的井组汽窜程度研究3种汽窜治理技术的开采效果,包括小区域多井组合吞吐、汽窜通道控制下的变形井网蒸汽驱、氮气泡沫辅助蒸汽驱。结果表明,氮气泡沫辅助变形井网蒸汽驱可有效治理汽窜,当油汽比降至0.1以下时,全区累计产油量为24.87×10^(4)t,采收率为50.76%,研究结果对改善油藏多轮次吞吐后开发效果具有重要作用。

下垫面变化及雨型对珠海机场片区内涝影响研究

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