Xinjiang Petroleum Geology ›› 2020, Vol. 41 ›› Issue (2): 248-252.doi: 10.7657/XJPG20200219

• APPLICATION OF TECHNOLOGY • Previous Articles    

A Method to Calculate Gas Injection Volume in Fault-Karst Carbonate Reservoirs of Tahe Oilfield

ZHU Guiliang   

  1. Petroleum Exploration & Production Research Institute, Sinopec, Beijing 100083, China
  • Received:2019-01-16 Revised:2019-09-26 Online:2020-04-01 Published:2020-04-07

Abstract:

Good development effects of nitrogen injection EOR technology have been achieved in the fault-karst reservoirs of Tahe oilfield, but there is no method to determine the reasonable gas injection volume especially for the reservoirs in the oilfield. Based on the production data analysis method and the matching of flow reforming pressure and material balance time curve, the total producing reserves of gas drive well groups in fault-karst reservoirs of Tahe oilfield is obtained. Considering the well pattern characteristics in the fault-karst reservoirs of Tahe oilfield, a method to calculate the plane sweep efficiency of gas drive in the linear well pattern is obtained. Based on the 3D fracture-cave body distribution in the fault-karst reservoirs, a method for calculating the vertical producing degree of gas drive in the fault-karst reservoirs is developed. Based on numerical simulation of the typical fault-karst reservoir, the reasonable gas injection volume is determined to be 0.75 PV of the remaining reserves. Based on the obtained total producing reserves, cumulative oil production before gas injection, plane sweep efficiency, vertical producing degree and reasonable gas injection volume of the gas drive well groups in the fault-karst reservoirs, a method to calculate the reasonable gas injection volume is established for the fault-karst reservoirs of Tahe oilfield. The reasonable gas injection volume obtained from the calculation method has been applied in the gas drive of the fault-karst carbonate reservoirs in Tahe oilfield and the oil production of the response producers can reach 2.5 times the production before gas injection.

Key words: Tahe oilfield, fault-karst reservoir, gas drive well group, reasonable gas injection volume, producing reserves, linear well pattern

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