scholarly journals Numerical Simulation of Geostress and Pore Pressure Evolution around Oil or Water Well under Different Injection-Production Ratio

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liu Jian-jun ◽  
Yu Xian-bin ◽  
Zhao Jin-zhou
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Simulation ◽  
Pore Pressure ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Dynamic Change ◽  
Gas Production ◽  
Oil Field ◽  
Wellbore Stability ◽  
Field Development ◽  
Production Ratio ◽  
Stress Changes

Geostress evolution in the process of oil field development can directly influence wellbore stability. Therefore, it is significant to strengthen the research of the evolution rule for well drilling and casing protection. Considering the interaction between reservoir seepage and stress fields, a mathematical model to characterize the stress evolution around wellbore was built. Using the FEM Software ABAQUS, through numerical simulation, the authors studied the evolution features of pore pressure and stress changes with time under different injection-production ratio, which disclosed the dynamic change regulation of pore pressure and stress of surrounding rock nearby the injection and production wells. These results may have implications in the treatment of wellbore stability and optimizing the injection and production processes during oil and gas production.

Optimizing Production Facilities Using a Transient Multiphase Flow Simulator

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdulaziz S. Al-Qasim ◽  
Fahad Almudairis ◽  
Abdulrahman Bin Omar ◽  
Abdullatif Omair
Keyword(s):  
Multiphase Flow ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Gas Production ◽  
Oil Field ◽  
Flow Assurance ◽  
Field Development ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Flow Simulator ◽  
Transient Multiphase Flow ◽  
Production Facilities

Abstract This paper discusses a method for optimizing production facilities design for onshore/offshore wells during new field development. Optimizing the development of new oil and gas fields necessitates the use of accurate predication techniques to minimize uncertainties associated with day-to-day operational challenges related to wells, pipelines and surface facilities. It involves the use of a transient multiphase flow simulator (TMFS) for designing new oil and gas production systems to determine the feasibility of its economic development. A synthetic offshore oil field that covers a wide range of subsurface and surface facility data is considered in this paper. 32 wells and two reservoirs are considered to evaluate the effect of varying sizes of tubing, wellhead choke, flowline, riser, and transport line. A detailed investigation of the scenario of emergency shutdowns to study its effect on the system is performed using TMFS. Other scenarios are also evaluated such as startup, depressurization, pigging, wax deposition, and hydrate formation. This paper provides a method to minimize the cost by selecting the optimum pipelines sizes and diameters, and investigating the requirements of insulation, risk of pipeline corrosions and other related flow assurance parameters. Different facility design scenarios are considered using TMFS tool to achieve operational flexibility and eliminate associated risks. Pressure and temperature conditions are evaluated under several parametric scenarios to determine the best dimensions of the production system. This paper will also provide insight into factors affecting the flow assurance of oil and gas reservoirs.

scholarly journals Dynamics of hydrocarbon production in long-developed fields of the South Caspian basin with emphasis on reserves renewability

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 1081-1091
Author(s):  
A. A. Feyzullayev ◽  
I. Lerche ◽  
I. M. Mamedova ◽  
A. G. Gojayev
Keyword(s):  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Gas Production ◽  
Oil Field ◽  
Gas Condensate ◽  
Caspian Basin ◽  
The South ◽  
South Caspian Basin ◽  
Hydrocarbon Production ◽  
Field Development

AbstractThe scientific basis of the paper is the concept of renewability of oil and gas resources. In accordance with this concept, the purpose of this paper is to estimate the volumetric rate of natural replenishment of the reservoir with oil and gas using the example of long-developed Bibieybat oil and Garadag gas condensate fields in the South Caspian Basin (SCB). The methodological approach of this assessment is based on the authors' assumption that at the late stage of field development, the recoverable amount of hydrocarbon fluids is compensated by the amount of their natural inflow, as a result of which oil or gas production stabilizes. The analysis of the dynamics of hydrocarbon production for the Bibieybat oil field covered the period from 1935 to 2018, and for the Garadag gas condensate field from 1955 to 1979. The rate of natural oil replenishment calculated for 29 operating facilities of the Bibieybat field varies per well within 0.32–1.4 ton/day (averaging 0.76 ton/day) or about 277 ton/year. The rate of natural gas inflow at the Garadag gas condensate field is about 5.2 thousand m3/day per well.

scholarly journals Analysis of the results of geodynamic monitoring at the Kogalym oil field of LUKOIL-AIK LLC

2020 ◽  
pp. 31-41
Author(s):  
Yu. V. Vasilev ◽  
D. A. Misyurev ◽  
D. P. Inozemtsev ◽  
P. I. Bezhan
Keyword(s):  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Gas Production ◽  
Oil Field ◽  
Industrial Safety ◽  
Anthropogenic Factor ◽  
Oil And Gas Production ◽  
Field Development ◽  
Repeated Observations ◽  
Geodynamic Monitoring ◽  
Deformation Processes

The article gives valuable information on geodynamic monitoring. We created a geodynamical polygon to ensure the industrial safety of oil and gas production facilities. It was created on the Kogalym oil field for multiple repeated observations of recent deformation processes. Analysis and interpretation of the results of geodynamical monitoring: satellite observations, exploitation parameters of field development provided an opportunity to identify that an anthropogenic factor is one of the conditions for the formation of recent deformations of the Earth's surface.

scholarly journals Prior oil and gas production can limit the occurrence of injection-induced seismicity: A case study in the Delaware Basin of western Texas and southeastern New Mexico, USA

Geology ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Noam Z. Dvory ◽  
Mark D. Zoback
Keyword(s):  
New Mexico ◽  
Pore Pressure ◽  
Induced Seismicity ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Water Injection ◽  
Gas Production ◽  
Oil And Gas Production ◽  
Delaware Basin ◽  
Stress Changes

We demonstrate that pore pressure and stress changes resulting from several decades of oil and gas production significantly affect the likelihood of injection-related induced seismicity. We illustrate this process in the Delaware Basin (western Texas and southeastern New Mexico, USA), in which hydraulic fracturing and waste-water injection have been inducing numerous earthquakes in the southernmost part of the basin where there has been no prior oil and gas production from the formations in which the earthquakes are now occurring. In the seismically quiescent part of the basin, we show that pore-pressure and poroelastic-stress changes associated with prior oil and gas production make induced seismicity less likely. The findings of this study have important implications for the feasibility of large-scale carbon storage in depleted oil and gas reservoirs.

scholarly journals INVESTIGATION OF THERMAL PROPERTIES OF RESERVOIR ROCKS AT DIFFERENT SATURATION

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sudad H Al-Obaidi ◽  
Kamensky IP ◽  
Smirnov VI
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Properties ◽  
Oil Recovery ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Thermal Characteristics ◽  
Gas Production ◽  
Oil Field ◽  
Oil And Gas Production ◽  
Field Development ◽  
Water Saturated ◽  
And Control

Oil and gas production using formation thermal stimulation or treatment represents one of the main enhanced oil recovery methods. In this study the thermal properties of rocks and their relationship to the nature of rock saturation were investigated.The method, experimental setup, and results of studying the thermal characteristics of fine - and medium-grained highly porous sandstones at their different saturation are presented. The highest values of thermal diffusivity, thermal conductivity and heat capacity correspond to water-saturated samples, smaller values correspond to oil-saturated ones and the lowest values corresponds to dry (extracted) samples. The obtained data can be used in the selection of the technology of thermal formation stimulation on the reservoir and control over the process of oil field development.

Ghana's petroleum industry: expectations, frustrations and anger in coastal communities

2020 ◽  
Vol 58 (3) ◽  
pp. 397-424
Author(s):  
Jesse Salah Ovadia ◽  
Jasper Abembia Ayelazuno ◽  
James Van Alstine
Keyword(s):  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Local Development ◽  
Petroleum Industry ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Gas Production ◽  
Oil Field ◽  
Oil And Gas Production ◽  
High Expectations ◽  
Petroleum Resources ◽  
Negative Impacts

ABSTRACTWith much fanfare, Ghana's Jubilee Oil Field was discovered in 2007 and began producing oil in 2010. In the six coastal districts nearest the offshore fields, expectations of oil-backed development have been raised. However, there is growing concern over what locals perceive to be negative impacts of oil and gas production. Based on field research conducted in 2010 and 2015 in the same communities in each district, this paper presents a longitudinal study of the impacts (real and perceived) of oil and gas production in Ghana. With few identifiable benefits beyond corporate social responsibility projects often disconnected from local development priorities, communities are growing angrier at their loss of livelihoods, increased social ills and dispossession from land and ocean. Assuming that others must be benefiting from the petroleum resources being extracted near their communities, there is growing frustration. High expectations, real and perceived grievances, and increasing social fragmentation threaten to lead to conflict and underdevelopment.

Impact of High Resolution 3D Geomechanics on Well Optimization in the Southern Gulf of Suez, Egypt

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohamed Elkhawaga ◽  
Wael A. Elghaney ◽  
Rajarajan Naidu ◽  
Assef Hussen ◽  
Ramy Rafaat ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Resolution ◽  
Pore Pressure ◽  
Cost Optimization ◽  
Oil Field ◽  
Wellbore Stability ◽  
Gulf Of Suez ◽  
Geomechanical Model ◽  
3D Geomechanical Model ◽  
The Cost ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Optimizing the number of casing strings has a direct impact on cost of drilling a well. The objective of the case study presented in this paper is the demonstration of reducing cost through integration of data. This paper shows the impact of high-resolution 3D geomechanical modeling on well cost optimization for the GS327 Oil field. The field is located in the Sothern Gulf of Suez basin and has been developed by 20 wells The conventional casing design in the field included three sections. In this mature field, especially with the challenge of reducing production cost, it is imperative to look for opportunites to optimize cost in drilling new wells to sustain ptoduction. 3D geomechanics is crucial for such cases in order to optimize the cost per barrel at the same time help to drill new wells safely. An old wellbore stability study did not support the decision-maker to merge any hole sections. However, there was not geomechanics-related problems recorded during the drilling the drilling of different mud weights. In this study, a 3D geomechanical model was developed and the new mud weight calculations positively affected the casing design for two new wells. The cost optimization will be useful for any future wells to be drilled in this area. This study documents how a 3D geomechanical model helped in the successful delivery of objectives (guided by an understanding of pore pressure and rock properties) through revision of mud weight window calculations that helped in optimizing the casing design and eliminate the need for an intermediate casing. This study reveals that the new calculated pore pressure in the GS327 field is predominantly hydrostatic with a minor decline in the reservoir pressure. In addition, rock strength of the shale is moderately high and nearly homogeneous, which helped in achieving a new casing design for the last two drilled wells in the field.

Diagnostic Results of Current Distribution Injected Water Flow in the Productive Formation for Neft Dashlary Oilfield

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Khidir Mansum Ibragimov ◽  
Nahide Ismat Huseinova ◽  
Aliabas Alipasha Gadzhiev
Keyword(s):  
Current Distribution ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Experimental Studies ◽  
Oil Field ◽  
Fluid Distribution ◽  
Field Development ◽  
Hydrodynamic Parameters ◽  
Oil And Gas Fields ◽  
Oil Field Development ◽  
Gas Fields

Abstract For controlling the oil field development proposed an economically efficient express calculation and visualization method of the hydrodynamic parameters current values distribution in the productive formation. The presented report shows the results of applying this technique for determining the injected water propagation direction into the productive formation (X horizon) at the «Neft Dashlary» field. Based on the calculated results, the current distribution of the injected water was visualized in the selected section of the formation. High accuracy of the calculation was confirmed by comparing obtained results with the results of a simultaneous tracer study conducted in the field conditions. During tracer studies it was tested a new tracer material, more effective than its analogs. According to laboratory and experimental studies, the addition of 0.003% of this indicator substance to the volume of injected water is the optimal amount for its recognition in the well's product. At the allocated area of the "Neft Dashlari" field, the benefits from the use of the calculation method amounted to 62.9 thousand manats. Based on the obtained satisfying results of the new method for calculating hydrodynamic parameters and the use of a tracer indicator application at the «Neft Dashlary» oilfield, it is recommended to apply these developments in other oil and gas fields for mass diagnostic of the reservoir fluid distribution in a selected area of productive formations.

scholarly journals ANTHROPOGENIC INFLUENCE OF THE KOMSOMOLSK OIL AND GAS CONDENSATE FIELD ON MODERN DEFORMATION PROCESSES

2018 ◽  
pp. 11-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yu. V. Vasilev ◽  
D. A. Misyurev ◽  
A. V. Filatov
Keyword(s):  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Gas Production ◽  
Gas Condensate ◽  
Industrial Safety ◽  
Subsidence Trough ◽  
Oil And Gas Production ◽  
Field Development ◽  
Repeated Observations ◽  
Deformation Processes ◽  
The Relationship

The authors created a geodynamical polygon on the Komsomolsk oil and gas condensate field to ensure the industrial safety of oil and gas production facilities. The aim of its creation is mul-tiple repeated observations of recent deformation processes. Analysis and interpretation of the results of geodynamical monitoring which includes class II leveling, satellite observations, radar interferometry, exploitation parameters of field development provided an opportunity to identify that the conditions for the formation of recent deformations of the earth’s surface is an anthropogenic factor. The authors identified the relationship between the formation of subsidence trough of the earth’s surface in the eastern part of the field with the dynamics of accumulated gas sampling and the fall of reservoir pressures along the main reservoir PK1 (Cenomanian stage).

Quantifying Economic Uncertainties and Risks in the Oil and Gas Industry

2021 ◽  
pp. 154-184
Author(s):  
Sorin Alexandru Gheorghiu ◽  
Cătălin Popescu
Keyword(s):  
Business Performance ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Water Injection ◽  
Oil And Gas Industry ◽  
Oil Field ◽  
Gas Industry ◽  
Field Development ◽  
Drilling Rig ◽  
Oil Field Development ◽  
Oil Gas

The present economic model is intended to provide an example of how to take into consideration risks and uncertainties in the case of a field that is developed with water injection. The risks and uncertainties are related, on one hand to field operations (drilling time, delays due to drilling problems, rig failures and materials supply, electric submersible pump [ESP] installations failures with the consequences of losing the well), and on the other hand, the second set of uncertainties are related to costs (operational expenditures-OPEX and capital expenditures-CAPEX, daily drilling rig costs), prices (oil, gas, separation, and water injection preparation), production profiles, and discount factor. All the calculations are probabilistic. The authors are intending to provide a comprehensive solution for assessing the business performance of an oil field development.

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