Optimization of the Reservoir Pressure Maintenance System in a Low-Permeability Carbonate Field

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruslan Faritovich Ismagilov ◽  
Irina Aleksandrovna Chernykh ◽  
Andrey Sergeevich Chukhlov ◽  
Sergey Evgenievich Nikulin ◽  
Danila Nikolaevich Gulyaev ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pressure Support ◽  
Carbonate Reservoir ◽  
Low Permeability ◽  
Reservoir Pressure ◽  
Well Bore ◽  
Maintenance System ◽  
Bottom Hole ◽  
Production History ◽  
Retrospective Testing ◽  
Production Coefficient

The investigated field is located in the Solikamsk drawdown in the northeast of the Perm Territory. The oil content level of this field is composed of Tournaisian-Famennian, Radaevsky, Radaevian, and Tula formations. This article will analysis carbonate deposits from the Tula formation using the multiwell retrospective testing (MRT) technology. Currently, the development system has been already formed, and there is ongoing compaction drilling and targeted drawdown increase that is carried out at certain wells. A pressure support system has been formed. Before the surveys have been conducted, there was a trend in production decline, for reasons that are currently unknown. To identify the causes of production decline at the carbonate reservoir in the field, special technology was used to analysis production history data and bottom hole pressure - this technology is called multiwell retrospective testing (MRT). Four sections were selected for further analysis, MRT was able to reconstruct the reservoir pressure variations and production coefficient at the tested well, the influence of the offset wells on the tested wells has been evaluated, along with transmissibility at the cross-well interval and well-bore skin of the tested wells.

Flood Control Method in Fields with Hard-To-Recover Reserves

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander Viktorovich Syundyukov ◽  
Galiaskar Ismagilovich Khabibullin ◽  
Alexander Stanislavovich Trofimchuk ◽  
Denis Radikovich Shaikhatdarov ◽  
Damir Kambirovich Sagitov
Keyword(s):  
Flood Control ◽  
Control Method ◽  
Reservoir Pressure ◽  
Injection Wells ◽  
Hole Pressure ◽  
Oil Displacement ◽  
Maintenance System ◽  
Bottom Hole Pressure ◽  
Bottom Hole ◽  
Half Length

Abstract This paper presents a method for predicting the development of Auto-HF (crack) in injection wells of the reservoir pressure maintenance system during the development of low-permeable reservoirs, in order to ensure the optimal front of oil displacement by water by regulating the bottom-hole pressure of injection wells based on the derived dependence of the half-length of the Auto-HF (crack).

Injectivity and Propagation of Sulfonated Acrylamide-Based Copolymers in Low Permeability Carbonate Reservoir Cores in Harsh Salinity and Temperature Conditions : Challenges and Learnings from a Middle East Onshore Case Study

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicolas Gaillard ◽  
Matthieu Olivaud ◽  
Alain Zaitoun ◽  
Mahmoud Ould-Metidji ◽  
Guillaume Dupuis ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
Polymer Solutions ◽  
Carbonate Reservoir ◽  
Core Material ◽  
Low Permeability ◽  
The Core ◽  
Reservoir Conditions ◽  
Carbonate Cores ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Mobility Reduction

Abstract Polymer flooding is one of the most mature EOR technology applied successfully in a broad range of reservoir conditions. The last developments made in polymer chemistries allowed pushing the boundaries of applicability towards higher temperature and salinity carbonate reservoirs. Specifically designed sulfonated acrylamide-based copolymers (SPAM) have been proven to be stable for more than one year at 120°C and are the best candidates to comply with Middle East carbonate reservoir conditions. Numerous studies have shown good injectivity and propagation properties of SPAM in carbonate cores with permeabilities ranging from 70 to 150 mD in presence of oil. This study aims at providing new insights on the propagation of SPAM in carbonate reservoir cores having permeabilities ranging between 10 and 40 mD. Polymer screening was performed in the conditions of ADNOC onshore carbonate reservoir using a 260 g/L TDS synthetic formation brine together with oil and core material from the reservoir. All the experiments were performed at residual oil saturation (Sor). The experimental approach aimed at reproducing the transport of the polymer entering the reservoir from the sand face up to a certain depth. Three reservoir coreflood experiments were performed in series at increasing temperatures and decreasing rates to mimic the progression of the polymer in the reservoir with a radial velocity profile. A polymer solution at 2000 ppm was injected in the first core at 100 mL/h and 40°C. Effluents were collected and injected in the second core at 20 mL/h and 70°C. Effluents were collected again and injected in the third core at 4 mL/h and 120°C. A further innovative approach using reservoir minicores (6 mm length disks) was also implemented to screen the impact of different parameters such as Sor, molecular weight and prefiltration step on the injectivity of the polymer solutions. According to minicores data, shearing of the polymer should help to ensure good propagation and avoid pressure build-up at the core inlet. This result was confirmed through an injection in a larger core at Sor and at 120°C. When comparing the injection of sheared and unsheared polymer at the same concentration, core inlet impairment was suppressed with the sheared polymer and the same range of mobility reduction (Rm) was achieved in the internal section of the core although viscosity was lower for the sheared polymer. Such result indicates that shearing is an efficient way to improve injectivity while maximizing the mobility reduction by suppressing the loss of product by filtration/retention at the core inlet. This paper gives new insights concerning SPAM rheology in low permeability carbonate cores. Additionally, it provides an innovative and easier approach for screening polymer solutions to anticipate their propagation in more advanced coreflooding experiments.

Real-Time EM Look-Ahead Resistivity for Mapping of Oil/Water Contact While Drilling at Low Deviated Well, New Perspective for Mature Oil Fields Development: A Case Study Of Umm Gudair Field, Kuwait

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nasser Faisal Al-Khalifa ◽  
Mohammed Farouk Hassan ◽  
Deepak Joshi ◽  
Asheshwar Tiwary ◽  
Ihsan Taufik Pasaribu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Water Saturation ◽  
High Water ◽  
Carbonate Reservoir ◽  
Water Contact ◽  
Saturation Zone ◽  
Look Ahead ◽  
Production History ◽  
Oil Water ◽  
High Water Cut ◽  
Water Cut

Abstract The Umm Gudair (UG) Field is a carbonate reservoir of West Kuwait with more than 57 years of production history. The average water cut of the field reached closed to 60 percent due to a long history of production and regulating drawdown in a different part of the field, consequentially undulating the current oil/water contact (COWC). As a result, there is high uncertainty of the current oil/water contact (COWC) that impacts the drilling strategy in the field. The typical approach used to develop the field in the lower part of carbonate is to drill deviated wells to original oil/water contact (OOWC) to know the saturation profile and later cement back up to above the high-water saturation zone and then perforate with standoff. This method has not shown encouraging results, and a high water cut presence remains. An innovative solution is required with a technology that can give a proactive approach while drilling to indicate approaching current oil/water contact and geo-stop drilling to give optimal standoff between the bit and the detected water contact (COWC). Recent development of electromagnetic (EM) look-ahead resistivity technology was considered and first implemented in the Umm Gudair (UG) Field. It is an electromagnetic-based signal that can detect the resistivity features ahead of the bit while drilling and enables proactive decisions to reduce drilling and geological or reservoir risks related to the well placement challenges.

scholarly journals Studying of changes in the interaction of well during the water injection process

2019 ◽  
pp. 81-85
Author(s):  
Damir K. Sagitov
Keyword(s):  
Correlation Coefficient ◽  
Pair Correlation ◽  
Water Injection ◽  
Reservoir Pressure ◽  
Maintenance System ◽  
Displacement Front ◽  
Injection Process ◽  
Production Wells

The study of the causes of changes in the effectiveness of the reservoir pressure maintenance system in terms of the interaction of injection and production wells is an important and insufficiently studied problem, especially in terms of the causes of the attenuation of stable connections between the interacting wells. Based on the results of the calculation of the Spearman pair correlation coefficient, the reasons for the change in the interaction of wells during the flooding process at various stages were estimated. Of particular interest are identified four characteristic interactions, which are determined by the periods of formation of the displacement front.

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