Study on the Nonlinear Flow Percolation Law in Low Permeability Carbonate Reservoir of HF Oilfield

2014 ◽  
Vol 644-650 ◽  
pp. 5065-5070
Author(s):  
Shuai Jiang ◽  
Zheng Ming Yang ◽  
Xue Wei Liu ◽  
Meng Ting Wang ◽  
Qian Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Oil Industry ◽  
Carbonate Reservoir ◽  
Oil Field ◽  
Carbonate Reservoirs ◽  
Nonlinear Flow ◽  
Low Permeability ◽  
High Permeability ◽  
Threshold Pressure Gradient ◽  
Flow Situation ◽  
Low Permeability Reservoirs

With the development of the global oil industry,the production of the normal or high permeability reservoirs decline rapidly. Therefore, more and more low permeability reservoirs are used to the production stimulation. The oilfields overseas make great contribution to CNPC. The HF oilfield is one oilfield that the CNPC have in overseas. The HF oilfield is mainly the low permeability carbonate reservoirs which make it not easy to economically exploit. Due to the reason that the low permeability carbonate reservoirs present small porosity and the fluid’s flow situation in the low permeability carbonate reservoirs, the flow doesn't obey the Darcy's law. Thus it is greatly necessary to study the non-Darcy percolation characteristics. In this paper, the HF ‘s low permeability is tested and the threshold pressure gradient test is finished ,according to the experiment results, the nonlinear percolation ‘s law ,which is suited to HF-oil field , is illustrated and the reservoir classification is achieved.

scholarly journals Nonlinear Flow Characteristics and Horizontal Well Pressure Transient Analysis for Low-Permeability Offshore Reservoirs

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jianchun Xu ◽  
Ruizhong Jiang ◽  
Wenchao Teng
Keyword(s):  
Horizontal Well ◽  
Flow Characteristics ◽  
Stress Sensitivity ◽  
Nonlinear Flow ◽  
Absolute Permeability ◽  
Low Permeability ◽  
Threshold Pressure Gradient ◽  
Pressure Transient ◽  
Permeability Modulus ◽  
Low Permeability Reservoirs

Threshold pressure gradient (TPG) and stress sensitivity which cause the nonlinear flow in low permeability reservoirs were carried out by experiments. Firstly, the investigation of existing conditions of TPG for oil flow in irreducible water saturation low-permeability reservoirs was conducted and discussed, using the cores from a real offshore oilfield in China. The existence of TPG was proven. The relationship between TPG and absolute permeability was obtained by laboratory tests. TPG increases with decreasing absolute permeability. Then, stress sensitivity experiment was carried out through depressurizing experiment and step-up pressure experiment. Permeability modulus which characterizes stress sensitivity increases with decreasing absolute permeability. Consequently, a horizontal well pressure transient analysis mathematical model considering threshold pressure gradient and stress sensitivity was established on the basis of mass and momentum conservation equations. The finite element method (FEM) was presented to solve the model. Influencing factors, such as TPG, permeability modulus, skin factor, wellbore storage, horizontal length, horizontal position, and boundary effect on pressure and pressure derivative curves, were also discussed. Results analysis demonstrates that the pressure transient curves are different from Darcy’s model when considering the nonlinear flow characteristics. Both TPG and permeability modulus lead to more energy consumption and the reservoir pressure decreases more than Darcy’s model.

Predicting Waterflooding Performance in Low-Permeability Reservoirs With Linear Dynamical Systems

SPE Journal ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 22 (05) ◽  
pp. 1596-1608 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dashun Wang ◽  
Di Niu ◽  
Huazhou Andy Li
Keyword(s):  
Dynamical Systems ◽  
State Space Model ◽  
Oil Field ◽  
Production Data ◽  
Low Permeability ◽  
High Permeability ◽  
Linear Dynamical Systems ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Hidden States ◽  
Low Permeability Reservoirs

Summary Several interwell connectivity models such as multiple linear regression (MLR) and the capacitance model (CM) have been proposed to model waterflooding performance in high-permeability reservoirs on the basis of observed production data. However, the existing methods are not effective at characterizing the behavior of transient flows that are prevalent in low-permeability reservoirs. This paper presents a novel dynamic waterflooding model that is based on linear dynamical systems (LDSs) to characterize the injection/production relationships in an oil field during both stationary and nonstationary production phases. We leverage a state-space model (SSM), in which the changing rates of control volumes between injector/producer pairs in the reservoir of interest serve as time-varying hidden states, depending on the reservoir condition. Thus, the model can better characterize the transient dynamics in low-permeability reservoirs. We propose a self-learning procedure for the model to train its parameters as well as the evolution of the hidden states only on the basis of past observations of injection and production rates. We tested the LDS method in comparison with the state-of-the-art CM method in a wide range of synthetic reservoir models including both high-permeability and low-permeability reservoirs, as well as various dynamic scenarios involving varying bottomhole pressure (BHP) of producers, injector shut-ins, and reservoirs of larger scales. We also tested LDS on the real production data collected from Changqing oil field containing low-permeability formations. Testing results demonstrate that an LDS significantly outperforms CM in terms of modeling and predicting waterflooding performance in low-permeability reservoirs and various dynamic scenarios.

scholarly journals Evaluation And Optimization Production Of Low Permeability Carbonate Reservoir By Hydraulic Fracturing In “Jaso Field”

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 11
Author(s):  
Jakfar Sodi ◽  
Dyah Rini Ratnaningsih ◽  
Dedy Kristanto
Keyword(s):  
Hydraulic Fracturing ◽  
Carbonate Reservoir ◽  
Oil Field ◽  
Carbonate Reservoirs ◽  
Low Permeability ◽  
Solubility Test ◽  
Reservoir Permeability ◽  
Special Cases ◽  
Made In

“Jaso field” is located the South Sumatra basin, Indonesia. The lithology of this field is dominated by limestone / carbonate reservoirs with varying permeability (low / tight to high / porous). Acid Fracturing stimulation has been applied to develop this field, because in ideal conditions (with the solubility test between acid and formation > 80%) wormholes will be made in the formation to increase reservoir conductivity and productivity. However, in the Jaso oil field, in some special cases, acid injection did not provide satisfactory results for increasing well conductivity and productivity.In this thesis, we conduct research and evaluation of wells in Jaso field. For example: JS-28, JS-11 and JS-40 are oil wells in the Jaso field with low / narrow reservoir permeability and production rates. Stimulation has been carried out in the JS-28 well, but the results are still below the acid expectation even though the intermediate solubility test (solubility test) is more than 88%.Hydraulic Fracturing with the sandfracturing method (injecting sand proppant with high pressure and exceeding the gradient fracture) has been successfully applied to three wells in the Jaso Field by increasing the oil production rate by more than 100 bopd per well. With this case study, we find that the application of hydraulic fracturing (sandfracturing) with thrusters is not limited to sandstone / sandstone reservoirs, but that this method can be successfully applied to increase the conductivity and productivity of carbonate reservoirs (in special cases) taking into account several parameters of integrity. reservoir wells and characteristics.

scholarly journals Injection-production optimization of carbonate reservoir based on an inter-well connectivity model

2021 ◽  
pp. 014459872199465
Author(s):  
Yuhui Zhou ◽  
Sheng Lei ◽  
Xuebiao Du ◽  
Shichang Ju ◽  
Wei Li
Keyword(s):  
History Matching ◽  
Water Injection ◽  
Field Application ◽  
Carbonate Reservoir ◽  
Production Optimization ◽  
Oil Field ◽  
Carbonate Reservoirs ◽  
Utilization Rate ◽  
Production Volume ◽  
Connectivity Model

Carbonate reservoirs are highly heterogeneous. During waterflooding stage, the channeling phenomenon of displacing fluid in high-permeability layers easily leads to early water breakthrough and high water-cut with low recovery rate. To quantitatively characterize the inter-well connectivity parameters (including conductivity and connected volume), we developed an inter-well connectivity model based on the principle of inter-well connectivity and the geological data and development performance of carbonate reservoirs. Thus, the planar water injection allocation factors and water injection utilization rate of different layers can be obtained. In addition, when the proposed model is integrated with automatic history matching method and production optimization algorithm, the real-time oil and water production can be optimized and predicted. Field application demonstrates that adjusting injection parameters based on the model outputs results in a 1.5% increase in annual oil production, which offers significant guidance for the efficient development of similar oil reservoirs. In this study, the connectivity method was applied to multi-layer real reservoirs for the first time, and the injection and production volume of injection-production wells were repeatedly updated based on multiple iterations of water injection efficiency. The correctness of the method was verified by conceptual calculations and then applied to real reservoirs. So that the oil field can increase production in a short time, and has good application value.

A Novel Coreflood Test to Evaluate EOR Potential of Wettability-Altering Surfactants in Oil-Wet Heterogeneous Carbonate Reservoirs

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yue Shi ◽  
Kishore Mohanty ◽  
Manmath Panda
Keyword(s):  
Oil Recovery ◽  
Carbonate Reservoirs ◽  
Wettability Alteration ◽  
Low Permeability ◽  
High Permeability ◽  
Matrix Permeability ◽  
Rock Heterogeneity ◽  
The Matrix ◽  
Flow Through ◽  
Main Factors

Abstract Oil-wetness and heterogeneity (i.e., existence of low and high permeability regions) are two main factors that result in low oil recovery by waterflood in carbonate reservoirs. The injected water is likely to flow through high permeability regions and bypass the oil in low permeability matrix. In this study, systematic coreflood tests were carried out in both "homogeneous" cores and "heterogeneous" cores. The heterogeneous coreflood test was proposed to model the heterogeneity of carbonate reservoirs, bypassing in low-permeability matrix during waterfloods, and dynamic imbibition of surfactant into the low-permeability matrix. The results of homogeneous coreflood tests showed that both secondary-waterflood and secondary-surfactant flood can achieve high oil recovery (>50%) from relatively homogenous cores. A shut-in phase after the surfactant injection resulted in an additional oil recovery, which suggests enough time should be allowed while using surfactants for wettability alteration. The core with a higher extent of heterogeneity produced lower oil recovery to waterflood in the coreflood tests. Final oil recovery from the matrix depends on matrix permeability as well as the rock heterogeneity. The results of heterogeneous coreflood tests showed that a slow surfactant injection (dynamic imbibition) can significantly improve the oil recovery if the oil-wet reservoir is not well-swept.

The New Flow Control Devices Autonomously Controlling the Performance of Matrix Acid Stimulation Operations in Carbonate Reservoirs

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mojtaba Moradi ◽  
Michael R Konopczynski
Keyword(s):  
Flow Control ◽  
Dynamic Change ◽  
Injection Rate ◽  
Control Flow ◽  
Carbonate Reservoir ◽  
Operating Conditions ◽  
Carbonate Reservoirs ◽  
High Permeability ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Stimulation Of

Abstract Matrix acidizing is a common but complex stimulation treatment that could significantly improve production/injection rate, particularly in carbonate reservoirs. However, the desired improvement in all zones of the well by such operation may not be achieved due to existing and/or developing reservoir heterogeneity. This paper describes how a new flow control device (FCD) previously used to control water injection in long horizontal wells can also be used to improve the conformance of acid stimulation in carbonate reservoirs. Acid stimulation of a carbonate reservoir is a positive feedback process. Acid preferentially takes the least resistant path, an area with higher permeability or low skin. Once acid reacts with the formation, the injectivity in that zone increases, resulting in further preferential injection in the stimulated zone. Over-treating a high permeability zone results in poor distribution of acid to low permeability zones. Mechanical, chemical or foam diversions have been used to improve stimulation conformance along the wellbore, however, they may fail in carbonate reservoirs with natural fractures where fracture injectivity dominates the stimulation process. A new FCD has been developed to autonomously control flow and provide mechanical diversion during matrix stimulation. Once a predefined upper limit flowrate is reached at a zone, the valve autonomously closes. This eliminates the impact of thief zone on acid injection conformance and maintains a prescribed acid distribution. Like other FCDs, this device is installed in several compartments in the wells. The device has two operating conditions, one, as a passive outflow control valve, and two, as a barrier when the flow rate through the valve exceeds a designed limit, analogous to an electrical circuit breaker. Once a zone has been sufficiently stimulated by the acid and the injection rate in that zone exceeds the device trip point, the device in that zone closes and restricts further stimulation. Acid can then flow to and stimulate other zones This process can be repeated later in well life to re-stimulate zones. This performance enables the operators to minimise the impacts of high permeability zones on the acid conformance and to autonomously react to a dynamic change in reservoirs properties, specifically the growth of wormholes. The device can be installed as part of lower completions in both injection and production wells. It can be retrofitted in existing completions or be used in a retrievable completion. This technology allows repeat stimulation of carbonate reservoirs, providing mechanical diversion without the need for coiled tubing or other complex intervention. This paper will briefly present an overview of the device performance, flow loop testing and some results from numerical modelling. The paper also discusses the completion design workflow in carbonates reservoirs.

Polymer Injection to Unlock Bypassed Oil in a Giant Carbonate Reservoir: Bridging the Gap Between Laboratory and Large Scale Polymer Project

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clement Fabbri ◽  
Haitham Ali Al Saadi ◽  
Ke Wang ◽  
Flavien Maire ◽  
Carolina Romero ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Salinity ◽  
Water Injection ◽  
Cross Flow ◽  
Carbonate Reservoir ◽  
Carbonate Reservoirs ◽  
Laboratory Work ◽  
High Permeability ◽  
Polymer Injection ◽  
Single Well ◽  
Pilot Design

Abstract Polymer flooding has long been proposed to improve sweep efficiency in heterogeneous reservoirs where polymer enhances cross flow between layers and forces water into the low permeability layers, leading to more homogeneous saturation profile. Although this approach could unlock large volumes of by-passed oil in layered carbonate reservoirs, compatibility of polymer solutions with high salinity - high temperature carbonate reservoirs has been hindering polymer injection projects in such harsh conditions. The aim of this paper is to present the laboratory work, polymer injection field test results and pilot design aimed to unlock target tertiary oil recovery in a highly heterogeneous mixed to oil-wet giant carbonate reservoir. This paper focuses on a highly layered limestone reservoir with various levels of cyclicity in properties. This reservoir may be divided in two main bodies, i.e., an Upper zone and a Lower zone with permeability contrast of up to two orders of magnitude. The main part of the reservoir is currently under peripheral and mid-flank water injection. Field observations show that injected water tends to channel quickly through the Upper zone along the high permeability layers and bypass the oil in the Lower zone. Past studies have indicated that this water override phenomenon is caused by a combination of high permeability contrast and capillary forces which counteract gravity forces. In this setting, adequate polymer injection strategy to enhance cross-flow between these zones is investigated, building on laboratory and polymer injection test field results. A key prerequisite for defining such EOR development scenario is to have representative static and dynamic models that captures the geological heterogeneity of this kind of reservoirs. This is achieved by an improved and integrated reservoir characterization, modelling and water injection history matching procedure. The history matched model was used to investigate different polymer injection schemes and resulted in an optimum pilot design. The injection scheme is defined based on dynamic simulations to maximize value, building on results from single-well polymer injection test, laboratory work and on previous published work, which have demonstrated the potential of polymer flooding for this reservoir. Our study evidences the positive impact of polymer propagation at field scale, improving the water-front stability, which is a function of pressure gradient near producer wells. Sensitivities to the position and number of polymer injectors have been performed to identify the best injection configuration, depending on the existing water injection scheme and the operating constraints. The pilot design proposed builds on laboratory work and field monitoring data gathered during single-well polymer injection field test. Together, these elements represent building blocks to enable tertiary polymer recovery in giant heterogeneous carbonate reservoirs with high temperature - high salinity conditions.

scholarly journals Enhanced Oil Recovery by a Suspension of Core-Shell Polymeric Nanoparticles in Heterogeneous Low-Permeability Oil Reservoirs

Nanomaterials ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 600 ◽  
Author(s):  
Long ◽  
Wang ◽  
Zhu ◽  
Huang ◽  
Leng ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Enhanced Oil Recovery ◽  
Newtonian Fluid ◽  
Oil Recovery ◽  
Polymeric Nanoparticles ◽  
Low Permeability ◽  
High Permeability ◽  
Permeability Ratio ◽  
Nanoparticle Suspension ◽  
Shear Rates ◽  
Low Permeability Reservoirs

Polymeric nanoparticle suspension is a newly developed oil-displacing agent for enhanced oil recovery (EOR) in low-permeability reservoirs. In this work, SiO2/P(MBAAm-co-AM) polymeric nanoparticles were successfully synthesized by a simple distillation–precipitation polymerization method. Due to the introduction of polymer, the SiO2/P(MBAAm-co-AM) nanoparticles show a favorable swelling performance in aqueous solution, and their particle sizes increase from 631 to 1258 nm as the swelling times increase from 24 to 120 h. The apparent viscosity of SiO2/P(MBAAm-co-AM) suspension increases with an increase of mass concentration and swelling time, whereas it decreases as the salinity and temperature increase. The SiO2/P(MBAAm-co-AM) suspension behaves like a non-Newtonian fluid at lower shear rates, yet like a Newtonian fluid at shear rates greater than 300 s−1. The EOR tests of the SiO2/P(MBAAm-co-AM) suspension in heterogeneous, low-permeability cores show that SiO2/P(MBAAm-co-AM) nanoparticles can effectively improve the sweep efficiency and recover more residual oils. A high permeability ratio can result in a high incremental oil recovery in parallel cores. With an increase of the permeability ratio of parallel cores from 1.40 to 15.49, the ratios of incremental oil recoveries (low permeability/high permeability) change from 7.69/4.61 to 23.61/8.46. This work demonstrates that this SiO2/P(MBAAm-co-AM) suspension is an excellent conformance control agent for EOR in heterogeneous, low-permeability reservoirs. The findings of this study can help to further the understanding of the mechanisms of EOR using SiO2/P(MBAAm-co-AM) suspension in heterogeneous, low-permeability reservoirs.

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