Study on the influence of fracture lengths and fracture angles on residual oil distribution based on the slab model

After fracturing in the pilot area,channeling occurs at a low fracture angle(15).Based on the resistance-water saturation relationship,three-dimensional physical simulation methods are used in the laboratory to study the effect of different fracture angles and lengths on the residual oil distribution during the displacement process.Meanwhile,recovery percent,displacement efficiency and expanding sweep co-efficient to the improvement of recovery percent are also discussed.The results show that the fracture angle and length are closely related to the oil saturation distribution in these models.As the fracture angle increases,the sweep coefficient decreases(0.2412→0.1463),and the recovery percent also in-creases(46.16→56.88%),but the extent of increase has been reduced(7.96→2.96%).The extension of the fracture length is more prone to have a cross-flow phenomenon;the sweep coefficient is reduced(0.2412→0.1463).Compared to the model with 1/2 oil-water well spacing,the recovery percent is decreased by 14.29%.In different fracture models,the increasable sweep coefficient has a greater impact on oil recovery than the increasable displacement efficiency(71.30→28.70%).

Micro-pore structure and oil displacement mechanism analysis for deep zone and low permeability reservoir in Mobei oilfield

The Mobei reservoir is a low-permeability-sandstone reservoir,due to differences in pore geometry,it can be divided into two independent reservoirs:A1 reservoir and A2 reservoir.For better understanding the water flooding development effects of Mobei reservoir,the mercury intrusion porosimetry,water flooding CT scanning and micro-CT scanning experiments are used in this study.The result shows that the reservoir has the strong heterogeneity which is weaken gradually from A1 reservoir to A2 reservoir.Reservoir pore radius is mainly distributed in the 100e200 microns,the throat radius is mainly distributed in the 1e3 micron.The water flooding core experiment in each reservoir shows a short water-free oil production period and rapid water cut after breakthrough.The A2 reservoir core flooding process is similar to piston displacement,the A1 reservoir core flooding process refers to the phenomenon(The fingering phenomenon in the process of core flooding in the A1 reservoir is obvious).The calculated water drive efficiency of the A2 reservoir is 61.2%,which is higher than 49.1%of the A1 reservoir.According to the CT scanning process,the Mobei oilfield has low micro displacement efficiency and the A1 reservoir has a smaller spread(sweep area)and higher residual oil saturation.

A novel pore-fracture dual network modeling method considering dynamic cracking and its applications

Unconventional reservoirs are normally characterized by dual porous media, which has both multi-scalepore and fracture structures, such as low permeability or tight oil reservoirs. The seepage characteristicsof such reservoirs is mainly determined by micro-fractures, but conventional laboratory experimentalmethods are difficult to measure it, which is attribute to the dynamic cracking of these micro-fractures.The emerging digital core technology in recent years can solve this problem by developing an accuratepore network model and a rational simulation approach. In this study, a novel pore-fracture dualnetwork model was established based on percolation theory. Fluid flow in the pore of two scales, microfracture and matrix pore, were considered, also with the impact of micro-fracture opening and closingduring flow. Some seepage characteristic parameters, such as fluid saturations, capillary pressure, relative permeabilities, displacement efficiency in different flow stage, can be predicted by proposedcalculating method. Through these work, seepage characteristics of dual porous media can be achieved.