Xinjiang Petroleum Geology ›› 2023, Vol. 44 ›› Issue (4): 450-455.doi: 10.7657/XJPG20230409

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Development Characteristics and Potential Tapping Strategies of Massive Sandstone Reservoirs With Bottom Water in Tahe Oilfield

LIU Lina(), CAO Fei, LIU Xueli, TAN Tao, ZHENG Xiaojie, LIU Rui   

  1. Research Institute of Exploration and Development, Northwest Oilfield Company, Sinopec, Urumqi, Xinjiang 830011, China
  • Received:2022-05-21 Revised:2022-07-04 Online:2023-08-01 Published:2023-08-01

Abstract:

The massive sandstone reservoirs with bottom water in the Tahe oilfield are characterized by relatively thin oil layers. After oil wells are put into production, water breakthrough, water-cut rise, and production decline occur rapidly, posing challenges for stable production. Through the analysis of reservoir development characteristics, the water-cut rise patterns of wells were classified, and the remaining oil distribution and its influencing factors were determined. The results indicate that the main factors affecting the distribution of remaining oil in bottom-water reservoirs are structure, interlayer, reservoir heterogeneity and development methods. Based on the distribution of remaining oil in bottom-water reservoirs in the high water-cut period, effective potential tapping strategies were proposed to improve development efficiency, including flow adjustment by controlling fluid, natural gas flooding, and CO2 flooding. Numerical simulations and field practices have demonstrated satisfactory results of these strategies, which provide valuable references for the development of similar reservoirs.

Key words: Tahe oilfield, massive sandstone reservoir, bottom-water reservoir, development characteristic, water-cut rise pattern, remaining oil distribution, potential tapping strategy

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