Effects of physical parameter range on dimensionless variable sensitivity in water flooding reservoirs

The similarity criterion for water flooding reservoir flows is concerned with in the present paper. When finding out all the dimensionless variables governing this kind of flow, their physical meanings are subsequently elucidated. Then, a numerical approach of sensitivity analysis is adopted to quantify their corresponding dominance degree among the similarity parameters. In this way, we may finally identify major scaling law in different parameter range and demonstrate the respective effects of viscosity, permeability and injection rate.

Time-dependent model for two-phase flow in ultra-high water-cut reservoirs:Time-varying permeability and relative permeability

For the ultra-high water-cut reservoirs,after long-term water injection exploitation,the physical properties of the reservoir change and the heterogeneity of the reservoir becomes increasingly severe,which further aggravates the spatial difference of the flow field.In this study,the displacement experiments were employed to investigate the variations in core permeability,porosity,and relative permeability after a large amount of water injection.A relative permeability endpoint model was proposed by utilizing the alternating conditional expectation(ACE)transformation to describe the variation in relative permeability based on the experimental data.Based on the time dependent models for permeability and relative permeability,the traditional oil-water two-phase model was improved and discretized using the mimetic finite difference method(MFD).The two cases were launched to confirm the validation of the proposed model.The impact of time-varying physical features on reservoir production performance was studied in a real water flooding reservoir.The experimental results indicate that the overall relative permeability curve shifts to the right as water injection increases.This shift corresponds to a transition towards a more hydrophilic wettability and a decrease in residual oil saturation.The endpoint model demonstrates excellent accuracy and can be applied to time-varying simulations of reservoir physics.The impact of variations in permeability and relative permeability on the reservoir production performance yields two distinct outcomes.The time-varying permeability of the reservoir results in intensified water channeling and poor development effects.On the other hand,the time-varying relative permeability enhances the oil phase seepage capacity,facilitating oil displacement.The comprehensive time-varying behavior is the result of the combined influence of these two parameters,which closely resemble the actual conditions observed in oil field exploitation.The time-varying simulation technique of reservoir physical properties proposed in this paper can continuously and stably characterize the dynamic changes of reservoir physical properties during water drive development.This approach ensures the reliability of the simulation results regarding residual oil distribution.

Layer regrouping for water-flooded commingled reservoirs at a high water-cut stage

Layer regrouping is to divide all the layers into several sets of production series according to the physical properties and recovery percent of layers at high water-cut stage, which is an important technique to improve oil recovery for high water-cut multilayered reservoirs. Dif- ferent regroup scenarios may lead to different production performances. Based on unstable oil-water flow theory, a multilayer commingled reservoir simulator is established by modifying the production split method. Taking into account the differences of layer properties, including per- meability, oil viscosity, and remaining oil saturation, the pseudo flow resistance contrast is proposed to serve as a characteristic index of layer regrouping for high water-cut multilayered reservoirs. The production indices of multi- layered reservoirs with different pseudo flow resistances are predicted with the established model in which the data are taken from the Shengtuo Oilfield. Simulation results show that the pseudo flow resistance contrast should be less than 4 when the layer regrouping is implemented. The K-means clustering method, which is based on the objec- tive function, is used to automatically carry out the layer regrouping process according to pseudo flow resistances. The research result is applied to the IV-VI sand groups of the second member of the Shahejie Formation in the Shengtuo Oilfield, a favorable development performance is obtained, and the oil recovery is enhanced by 6.08 %.

Quantitative evaluation methods for waterflooded layers of conglomerate reservoir based on well logging data

The rapid changing near source, multi-stream depositional environment of conglomerate reservoirs leads to severe heterogeneity, complex lithology and physical properties, and large changes of oil layer resistivity. Quantitative evaluation of water-flooded layers has become an important but difficult focus for secondary development of oilfields. In this paper, based on the analysis of current problems in quantitative evaluation of water-flooded layers, the Kexia Group conglomerate reservoir of the Sixth District in the Karamay Oilfield was studied. Eight types of conglomerate reservoir lithology were identified effectively by a data mining method combined with the data from sealed coring wells, and then a multi-parameter model for quantitative evaluation of the water-flooded layers of the main oil-bearing lithology was developed. Water production rate, oil saturation and oil productivity index were selected as the characteristic parameters for quantitative evaluation of water-flooded layers of conglomerate reservoirs. Finally, quantitative evaluation criteria and identification rules for water-flooded layers of main oil-bearing lithology formed by integration of the three characteristic parameters of water-flooded layer and undisturbed formation resistivity. This method has been used in evaluation of the water-flooded layers of a conglomerate reservoir in the Karamay Oilfield and achieved good results, improving the interpretation accuracy and compliance rate. It will provide technical support for avoiding perforation of high water-bearing layers and for adjustment of developmental programs.

Research and Application of Water Flooding Timing and Method for Blocky Bottom Water Fractured Buried Hill Reservoir

Oilfield A is a fractured buried hill reservoir in Bohai bay of China. In order to solve the difficult problem of water flooding timing and method in oilfield. Considering the characteristics of the buried hill fractures with stress sensitivity and strong heterogeneity, the ECLIPSE software was used in the research, and a three-dimensional injection-production numerical model for horizontal wells in buried hill reservoirs is established. According to the main research factors in water flooding, a series of water flooding schemes are designed, and the optimization of water flooding timing, oil recovery rate and water flooding mode in buried hill reservoirs were carried out. The results show that the optimum pressure level of fractured reservoir is about 70% of the original reservoir pressure. The optimal water flooding method is the conventional water flooding in the initial stage, when the water cut reaches 80%, it is converted into periodic water flooding. The oil recovery is the highest when the water injection period is 4 months. Field tests show that conventional water flooding is carried out in the initial stage of the oilfield A when the pressure is reduced to 70% of the original. Periodic water flooding is carried out when water cut is 80%. Good development results had been achieved in the 10 years since oilfield A was put into production. The average productivity of single well reached 300 m3/d in the initial stage, at present, the water cut is 60%, and the recovery degree is 18.5%, which is better than that of similar oilfields. This technology improves the water flooding effect of blocky bottom water fractured dual media reservoirs in metamorphic buried hills, and provides a reference for the development of similar reservoirs.

3D Physical Simulation of Water Flooding Characteristics of Buried Hill Reservoir with Different Fracture Systems

In order to understand the water-flooding characteristics of different fracture systems in metamorphic rock buried hill reservoirs and the mechanism of improving water-flooding development effect, a three-dimensional physical model of fractured reservoirs is established according to the similarity criterion based on the prototype of metamorphic buried hill reservoirs in JZ Oilfield in Bohai Bay Basin. Combined with the fractured reservoir characteristics of JZ Oilfield, the water displacement characteristics of the top-bottom staggered injection-production well pattern in different fracture network mode and different fracture development degree of buried hill reservoir are studied. The experimental results show that: 1) the more serious the fracture system irregularity is, the shorter the water-free oil production period is and the lower the water-free oil recovery is. After water breakthrough of production wells, the water cut rises faster, and the effect of water flooding development is worse;2) under the condition of non-uniform fracture development, the development effect of the bottom fracture undeveloped is better than that of the middle fracture undeveloped. Water injection wells are deployed in areas with relatively few fractures, while oil wells are deployed in fractured areas with higher oil recovery and better development effect.

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.

A production prediction method of single well in water flooding oilfield based on integrated temporal convolutional network model

Since the oil production of single well in water flooding reservoir varies greatly and is hard to predict, an oil production prediction method of single well based on temporal convolutional network(TCN) is proposed and verified. This method is started from data processing, the correspondence between water injectors and oil producers is determined according to the influence radius of the water injectors, the influence degree of a water injector on an oil producer in the month concerned is added as a model feature, and a Random Forest(RF) model is built to fill the dynamic data of water flooding. The single well history is divided into 4 stages according to its water cut, that is, low water cut, middle water cut, high water cut and extra-high water cut stages. In each stage, a TCN based prediction model is established, hyperparameters of the model are optimized by the Sparrow Search Algorithm(SSA). Finally, the models of the 4 stages are integrated into one whole-life model of the well for production prediction. The application of this method in Daqing Oilfield, NE China shows that:(1) Compared with conventional data processing methods, the data obtained by this processing method are more close to the actual production, and the data set obtained is more authentic and complete.(2) The TCN model has higher prediction accuracy than other 11 models such as Long Short Term Memory(LSTM).(3) Compared with the conventional full-life-cycle models, the model of integrated stages can significantly reduce the error of production prediction.

Method of moderate water injection and its application in ultra-low permeability oil reservoirs of Yanchang Oilfield, NW China

To explore the method of improving development effect and solving the problem of water breakthrough and water out for ultralow permeability fractured reservoirs, an indoor evaluation method of dynamic imbibition for fracture-matrix system was established taking the Chang 8 reservoir in southern Yanchang Oilfield as a research target. Key factors for the imbibition effect were obtained, an imbibition's rate expression was obtained, a model considering the double effects of imbibition-displacement was built and optimal injection and production parameters for the research area were obtained as well. The results show that an optimum displacement rate that maximizes the oil displacement efficiency exists in the water displacing oil process, and the optimal displacing rate becomes smaller as the permeability decreases. The imbibition displacement efficiency increases as the reservoir quality index and water wettability index of rock become bigger. But the larger the initial water saturation or oil-water viscosity ratio is, the smaller the imbibition displacement efficiency is. The optimal injection-production ratio for the Chang 8 reservoir of southern Yanchang Oilfield is 0.95, and the predicted recovery is 17.2% when the water cut is 95%, it is 2.9% higher than the recovery of conventional injection-production ratio 1.2. By using the moderate water injection technique based on the double effects of imbibition-displacement mechanism, the water injection development effect for the ultra-low permeability fractured reservoirs can be improved significantly.

Environmental Impact of Flooding in the Main (Smallwood) Reservoir of the Churchill Falls Power Plant, Labrador, Canada . III. Environmental Impact Zones and Direct and Indirect Changes.

The Churchill Falls Hydro Project (called the ‘Upper Churchill Development’) in Labrador [CF(L)Co], was initiated in the late 1960s. At that time, in general, not much attention was paid to the impact of such development on the flooding of vegetation, especially forest stands. Both forested and un-forested terrestrial vegetation types were flooded (244,915 ha creating some 74,075 ha of Islands) in the construction of the Main (Smallwood) Reservoir. The effect of flooding and of the constructions, both above and below the Main Reservoir major dyke system, were the subject of our investigation. This paper, the third in a series, reports on the effect of building the dykes during the early phases of construction with the descriptions of the post flooded conditions below the dykes as related to vegetation. The direct disturbances were excavations, fills, and partial and /or total removal of vegetation cover from fabrication platforms and from gravel and rock extraction sites. No new vegetation cover established in the abandoned quarries and gravel pits. However camp sites and manufacturing platforms were subsequently taken over by Alder growth. The indirect disturbances were the flooding of land areas and the de-watering of sections of the original river and lowering of the water level in some lakes. The results of flooding and the de-watering of some nearby areas are illustrated with aerial photographs and figures showing the environmental impact zones and new shore line development. The flooded trees in large and small pools of stagnant water died suddenly and remain in their original place. New vegetation cover developed on the exposed shore lines of de-watered rivers and lakes.

Effects of Formation Mineral Compositions on the Performance of High- & Low-Salinity Brine Injection in Carbonate Reservoirs

Low-salinity flooding has been extensively investigated. However, the effects of several variables, such as mineralogical composition, have been neglected. In this regard, the main objective here was to optimize low-salinity water flooding of reservoirs with a wide range of rock mineralogy. Five different brines were determined in reservoirs with different mineral compositions. The mineral composition consisted of limestone and dolomite and the mineralogy varied between 0 and 100% limestone content. The results indicated that the optimum mineralogical system consists of 50% limestone and 50% dolomite flooded with 100% diluted formation brine. Additionally, reservoir mineral composition plays a significant role in the performance of low-salinity water flooding. The findings here will improve our understanding of rock composition effects on the performance of low-salinity water flooding and provide the industry with data that can scientifically improve process optimization.

Water-sensitive damage mechanism and the injection water source optimization of low permeability sandy conglomerate reservoirs

The global mobility theory was used to evaluate the experimental results of oil displacement with water of different salinities.The results of scanning electron microscopy,X diffraction of clay minerals,nonlinear seepage and nuclear magnetic resonance experiments and particle migration inhibition experiments before and after water flooding were compared to determine the mechanisms of water sensitive damage and enhanced water flooding mechanism of low permeability sandy conglomerate reservoirs in Wushi region of Beibuwan Basin,China.A production equation of the oil-water two phase flow well considering low-speed non-Darcy seepage and reservoir stress sensitivity was established to evaluate the effect of changes in reservoir properties and oil-water two-phase seepage capacity on reservoir productivity quantitatively,and injection water source suitable for the low permeability sandy conglomerate reservoirs in Wushi region was selected according to dynamic compatibility experimental results of different types of injected water.The seepage capacity of reservoir is the strongest when the injected water is formation water of 2 times salinity.The water-sensitive damage mechanisms of the reservoirs in Wushi region include hydration of clay minerals and particle migration.By increasing the content of cations(especially K+and Mg2+)in the injected water,the water-sensitive damage of the reservoir can be effectively inhibited.The formation water of Weizhou Formation can be used as the injection water source of low permeability sandy conglomerate reservoirs in the Wushi region.

低渗透砂岩油藏不同流体驱油效率实验

准噶尔盆地东缘低渗透砂岩油藏注水开发中—后期,开发效果变差,含水率变高,需要新的有效开发手段,选取不同流体开展驱油效率实验。利用天然岩心组合成长岩心并模拟地层条件,进行全程水驱及水驱至油藏目前采出程度后转注N_(2)、CH_(4)和CO_(2)的驱油实验,并对不同流体注入前后,进行岩心核磁共振扫描及原油赋存孔隙直径反演。研究结果表明,CO_(2)驱可提高原油采出程度21.58%,驱油效率及原油动用程度从大到小依次为CO_(2)、CH_(4)、H_(2)O和N_(2)。N_(2)主要动用较大孔隙中的原油,动用孔隙直径下限为170.9 nm;CH_(4)主要动用中—大孔隙中的原油,动用孔隙直径下限为48.7 nm;CO_(2)可以动用各个尺寸孔隙中的原油,动用孔隙直径下限最低,为27.8 nm。油田现场建立CO_(2)驱先导试验区,注CO_(2)后产液量上升,含水率下降,产油量增加,研究成果在现场应用效果良好。

乌江中下游干流梯级水库汛期联合调度运行水位动态控制策略研究

在国家“双碳”战略背景下,合理的水库汛期运行水位动态控制可在兼顾流域防洪安全前提下提高洪水资源利用率,充分发挥水利枢纽的综合效益。构皮滩、思林、沙沱水电站是乌江中下游干流梯级电站,由于现有防洪库容是基于单库调洪计算,并未考虑水库联合调度运行,汛期运行水位静态控制,电站机组出力受限,汛期综合效益尚未得到充分发挥。研究基于预报预泄和库容补偿作用,统筹乌江中下游多区域防洪风险,构建梯级水库汛期运行水位动态控制调度模型,对基于构皮滩水库的拦蓄作用下抬升思林、沙沱水库运行水位的动态策略及其风险进行研究。研究结果表明:实施梯级水库联合防洪预报调度可以抬升思林、沙沱水库前汛期(6-7月)运行水位2.10~3.86 m、6.09~6.42 m,后汛期(8月)可分别抬升4.17~4.86 m和6.21~6.42 m,并可以减轻梯级枢纽、乌江中下游保护对象(思南县和沿河县)和长江中下游的防洪风险。研究结果可为构皮滩、思林、沙沱梯级水库汛期防洪及洪水资源利用的安全运行提供技术参考。

基于灰色关联度分析-极限学习机的低阻油层及水淹层测井识别——以渤海P区块馆陶组为例

历经近20的开发,渤海P区块进入高含水期,馆陶组发育的大量低阻油层与水淹层在测井曲线形态上差异不明显。为了精确进行水淹层识别以及水淹层等级划分,采用了机器学习算法。首先采用灰色关联度分析,筛选低阻油层和水淹层识别的敏感参数曲线;其次构建了极限学习机水淹层识别模型,对模型进行训练,获取最优参数。将其应用于实际资料处理,结果表明,基于灰色关联度分析极限学习机的低阻油层及水淹层测井识别方法对低阻油层与水淹层的预测精度较高,符合率达89.3%,远远优于未经过灰色关联度分析筛选的预测结果,具有实际应用价值。

Theories and practices of carbonate reservoirs development in China

Carbonate reservoirs in China have the characteristics of diversified accumulation pattern, complex structure and varying reservoir conditions. Concerning these characteristics, this article tracks the technical breakthroughs and related practices since the 1950 s, summarizes the developed theory and technologies of carbonate reservoir development, analyzes their adaptability and problems, and proposes their development trend. The following theory and technologies have come into being:(1) carbonate reservoir formation mechanisms and compound flow mechanisms in complex medium;(2) reservoir identification and description technologies based on geophysics and discrete fracture-vuggy modeling method;(3) well testing analysis technology and numerical simulation method of coupling free flow and porous media flow;(4) enhanced oil recovery techniques for nitrogen single well huff and puff, and water flooding development techniques with well pattern design in spatial structure, changed intensity water injection, water plugging and channel blocking as the core;(5) drilling and completion techniques, acid fracturing techniques and its production increasing techniques. To realize the efficient development of carbonate oil and gas reservoirs, researches in four aspects need to be done:(1) complex reservoir description technology with higher accuracy;(2) various enhanced oil recovery techniques;(3) improving the drilling method and acid fracturing method for ultra-deep carbonate reservoir and significantly cutting engineering cost;(4) strengthening the technological integration of information, big data, cloud computation, and artificial intelligence in oilfield development to realize the smart development of oilfield.

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。

面向新时期新需求的三峡水库运行方案研究

本文回顾三峡水库设计洪水、特征水位、运行方案变化调整过程,综述三峡水库运行调度关键技术研究进展和分析来水来沙变化情况。分别采用最可能洪水地区组成法和非一致性洪水频率分析两种途径,推求考虑上游水库群调蓄影响的三峡水库运行期设计洪水及特征水位。结果表明:近10年三峡入库泥沙量比初设成果减少了84.4%,宜昌站水文情势IHA-RVA综合指标为74%、发生了重度改变,三峡水库运行期1000年一遇7~15 d洪量减少了约81.5亿~142.8亿m^(3),初设确定汛限水位的主要制约因素(防洪、泥沙)发生了很大的变化。原单站设计洪水及确定的三峡水库175-155-145 m运行方案,已无法满足新时期水资源高效利用和生态环境保护的新需求。建议把三峡水库运行方案调整为175-160-155 m,主汛期水位在155~160 m区间动态控制运行,长江中下游梅雨结束后应考虑提前蓄水,8月底蓄至163 m左右,9月底蓄至165 m,10月底蓄满。该方案在保证大坝和下游防洪安全的前提下,汛期减少弃水并增加枯水期补水量,预计可增发10%左右的发电量;抬高运行水位也有利于库区航运和减少消落带;9月份尽量不蓄水或少蓄水,可减少蓄水期对下游河道及两湖生态环境的不利影响,具有巨大的经济、社会和生态环境等综合利用效益。当预测预报长江流域可能发生流域性大洪水时,尽快将库水位消落至汛限水位145 m,确保大坝和下游防洪安全。

大庆油田油藏工程技术的创新发展与攻关方向

简要回顾了大庆油田开发65 a来油藏工程技术的进步历程,梳理了大庆油田立足油田开发实践创新形成的开发地质、数值模拟、水驱开发、化学驱油、油田开发规划编制方法5项综合研究体系;总结了在油藏工程领域创新发展的小层对比、精细储量计算、注水倍数对驱油效率的影响规律、全国第一条相渗透率曲线研制、小井距注水全过程开发试验、高含水期剩余油分布类型、高含水期稳油控水系统工程、聚合物黏弹性驱油理论和低酸值原油大幅度提高采收率的三元复合驱油理论10项行业领先的关键理论技术;提出了大庆油田持续开发面临的5大难题和需要进一步攻关的高含水区精细挖潜、天然气高效开发、CO_(2)驱油、微生物驱油、非常规油藏开发、地热能源开发、智能油田和高效优质驱油剂研制8项技术。研究成果为大庆油田可持续发展奠定了理论基础。

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。