scholarly journals Optimizing the branch number and branch length of radial drilling in high water cut low permeability reservoirs

2015 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 177-183 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiu-Kun Wang ◽  
Chuan-Zhi Cui
Keyword(s):  
Branch Length ◽  
High Water ◽  
Low Permeability ◽  
Branch Number ◽  
High Water Cut ◽  
Water Cut ◽  
Radial Drilling ◽  
Low Permeability Reservoirs

scholarly journals New prediction method for transient productivity of fractured five-spot patterns in low permeability reservoirs at high water cut stages

Open Physics ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 499-508
Author(s):  
Chuanzhi Cui ◽  
Zhongwei Wu ◽  
Zhen Wang ◽  
Jingwei Yang ◽  
Yingfei Sui
Keyword(s):  
Prediction Method ◽  
Mass Conservation ◽  
High Water ◽  
Low Permeability ◽  
Element Analysis ◽  
Fracture Length ◽  
High Water Cut Stage ◽  
High Water Cut ◽  
Water Cut ◽  
Low Permeability Reservoirs

AbstractPredicting the productivity of fractured five-spot patterns in low permeability reservoirs at high water cut stages has an important significance for the development and optimization of reservoirs. Taking the reservoir heterogeneity and uneven distribution of the remaining oil into consideration, a novel method for predicting the transient productivity of fractured five-spot patterns in low permeability reservoirs at high water cut stages is proposed by using element analysis, the flow tube integration method, and the mass conservation principle. This new method is validated by comparing with actual production data from the field and the results of a numerical simulation. Also, the effects of related parameters on transient productivity are analyzed. The results show that increasing fracture length, pressure difference and reservoir permeability correspond to an increasing productivity. The research provides theoretical support for the development and optimization of fractured five-spot patterns at the high water cut stage.

scholarly journals Analytical Solution and Simulation of Oil Deliverability Analysis for Reorientation Hydraulic Fracture in Low-Permeability Reservoirs

Geofluids ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Xinyu Qiu ◽  
Botao Kang ◽  
Pengcheng Liu ◽  
Shengye Hao ◽  
Yanglei Zhou ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Analytical Solution ◽  
Principal Stress ◽  
High Water ◽  
Maximum Principal Stress ◽  
Low Permeability ◽  
Minimum Principal Stress ◽  
High Water Cut Stage ◽  
High Water Cut ◽  
Water Cut ◽  
Low Permeability Reservoirs

The hydraulic refracturing operations are often used to improve oil deliverability in the low-permeability reservoir. When the development of oilfields has entered a high water cut stage, oil deliverability can be promoted by refracturing reservoirs. The orientation of the new fracture formed by refracturing will be changed. The new formed fracture is called reorientation fracture. To calculate the oil deliverability of the refracture wells, a three-section fracture which includes reorientation fracture was established. The multiwell pressure drop superposition theory is used to derive the analytical solution of the refracture wells which includes the reorientation fracture. The numerical simulation was conducted to validate the results of the analytical solution. Comparing the refracture well deliverability of reorientation and nonreorientation, permeability, deflection angle, and the length of reorientation fracture will jointly control the productivity of refracture well. When the permeability in the direction of maximum principal stress is greater than the permeability in the direction of minimum principal stress, the capacity of reorientation fractures is relatively large. The deflection angles and the length of the reorientation fracture will directly affect the drainage area of the fracture, thus affecting productivity. The reorientation fractures generated by repeated fracturing have great potential for improving oil deliverability in the anisotropic low-permeability reservoirs.

scholarly journals Mechanism of Enhanced Oil Recovery for In-Depth Profile Control and Cyclic Waterflooding in Fractured Low-Permeability Reservoirs

Geofluids ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Daiyin Yin ◽  
Wei Zhou
Keyword(s):  
Enhanced Oil Recovery ◽  
Depth Profile ◽  
Oil Recovery ◽  
Water Injection ◽  
High Water ◽  
Low Permeability ◽  
Profile Control ◽  
High Water Cut ◽  
Water Cut ◽  
Low Permeability Reservoirs

When fractured low-permeability reservoirs enter a high water cut period, injected water always flows along fractures, water cut speeds increase rapidly, and oil production decreases quickly in oil wells. It is difficult to further improve the oil recovery of such fractured low-permeability reservoirs. In this paper, based on the advantages of in-depth profile control and cyclic water injection, the feasibility of combining deep profile control with cyclic water injection to improve oil recovery in fractured low-permeability reservoirs during the high water cut stage was studied, and the mechanisms of in-depth profile control and cyclic waterflooding were investigated. According to the characteristics of reservoirs in Zone X, as well as the fracture features and evolution mechanisms of the well network, an outcrop plate fractured core model that considers fracture direction was developed, and core displacement experiments were carried out by using the HPAM/Cr3+ gel in-depth profile control system. The enhanced oil recovery of waterflooding, cyclic water injection, and in-depth profile control, as well as a combination of in-depth profile control and cyclic water injection, was investigated. Moreover, variations in the water cut degree, reserve recovery percentage, injection pressure, fracture and matrix pressure, and water saturation were monitored. On this basis, the mechanism of enhanced oil recovery based on the combined utilization of in-depth profile control and cyclic waterflooding methods was analyzed. The results show that in-depth profile control and cyclic water injection can be synchronized to further increase oil recovery. The recovery ratio under the combination of in-depth profile control and cyclic water injection was 1.9% higher than that under the in-depth profile control and 5.6% higher than that under cyclic water injection. The combination of in-depth profile control and cyclic water injection can increase the reservoir pressure; therefore, the fluctuation of pressure between the matrix and its fractures increases, more crude oil flows into the fracture, and the oil production increases.

scholarly journals Characteristics and causes of Mesozoic reservoirs with extra-low permeability and high water cut in northern Shaanxi

2011 ◽  
Vol 38 (5) ◽  
pp. 583-588 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jianmin Wang ◽  
Shengfu Liu ◽  
Jun Li ◽  
Yongfu Zhang ◽  
Ling Gao
Keyword(s):  
High Water ◽  
Low Permeability ◽  
Northern Shaanxi ◽  
High Water Cut ◽  
Water Cut

Experimental Study on a New Type of Water Shutoff Agent Used in Fractured Low Permeability Reservoir

2016 ◽  
Vol 139 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lei Zhang ◽  
Chunsheng Pu ◽  
Shuxia Cui ◽  
Khan Nasir ◽  
Yang Liu
Keyword(s):  
Mathematical Model ◽  
High Water ◽  
Low Permeability ◽  
Low Permeability Reservoir ◽  
Water Shutoff ◽  
Viscous Modulus ◽  
Starch Gel ◽  
New Type ◽  
High Water Cut ◽  
Water Cut

In order to effectively plug the fracture channeling-path in the high water cut fractured low permeability reservoir, a new type of water shutoff agent is developed by bottle tests and its injectivity and plugging performance in fractures are systematically studied by rheology and fractured core displacement experiment. The gelant consists of modified starch, dimethyl diallyl ammonium chloride, N,N′-methylene diacrylamide, and potassium persulfate, which behaves as a Newtonian with a good flowing capacity that allows its accurate positioning in the fractures. After gelatinization, the gel has high elastic modulus and viscous modulus. During the gelant injection into the fractured core, the filtration from fracture into matrix of the gelant leads to a difference between the injection volume of the gelant and the plugged fracture volume. Thus, a mathematical model for calculating filtration volume is established and applied in plugging experiment very well. After plugging, the two block cores can be tightly cemented together by the starch gel. The experiments show that the water shutoff agent and the mathematical model of filtration can be used to effectively plug the fracture channeling-path in the high water cut fractured low permeability reservoir.

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