Xinjiang Petroleum Geology ›› 2022, Vol. 43 ›› Issue (3): 354-359.doi: 10.7657/XJPG20220314

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Evaluation on Adaptability of Horizontal Well Development to Multi-Layer Tight Sandstone Gas Reservoirs

LIU Jiaojiaoa,b(), WANG Delonga,b, LIU Qiana,b, TANG Jingb,c   

  1. a. PetroChina Changqing Oilfield Company, Research Institute of Exploration and Development, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710018, China
    b. PetroChina Changqing Oilfield Company, National Engineering Laboratory of Exploration and Development for Low Permeability Oil and Gas Fields, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710018, China
    c. PetroChina Changqing Oilfield Company, Gas Field Development Division, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710018, China
  • Received:2021-11-26 Revised:2022-01-27 Online:2022-06-01 Published:2022-05-26

Abstract:

For multi-layer gas reservoirs in the Shenmu gas field, improper selection of geological targets for horizontal well development may lead to the problems such as poor economic benefits and unrecovered reserves. The development scale and stacking patterns of sand bodies in these multi-layer gas reservoirs were investigated, and the single-layer, double-layer and multi-layer gas reservoir models were established by adopting the concept of reserves concentration. Taking the horizontal well stimulation ratio as the basis for economic benefit evaluation, the reservoir limit of horizontal well development in multi-layer reservoirs was evaluated. The research shows that large-scale composite effective reservoirs are locally developed in the Lower Permian Taiyuan formation and the second member of the Lower Permian Shanxi formation in the Shenmu gas field, with an effective thickness of 6.0-9.0 m and a length of 1 600-3 200 m. These intervals satisfy the optimal reservoir conditions for horizontal well development, namely the reserves concentration greater than 75% and the permeability ratio of the dominant layer to the secondary producing layer ranging from 0.8 to 3.9.

Key words: Shenmu gas field, multi-layer tight gas reservoir, reserves concentration, sand body stacking pattern, horizontal well development, physical property limit, stimulation ratio, economic benefit

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