Xinjiang Petroleum Geology ›› 2024, Vol. 45 ›› Issue (6): 687-695.doi: 10.7657/XJPG20240607

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Determination of Limit Water Cut of Technically Recoverable Reserves Calibrated by Water Drive Curve

LIAN Jianwena(), WANG Yaozonga, YANG Jiguangb   

  1. PetroChina Tuha Oilfield Company, a. Research Institute of Exploration and Development, b. Shanshan Oil Production Management District, Hami, Xinjiang 839009, China
  • Received:2024-04-08 Revised:2024-05-08 Online:2024-12-01 Published:2024-11-26

Abstract:

Water drive curve method is one of the important methods in dynamically calibrating recoverable reserves. This is a forward estimation method for water flooding reservoir without major adjustment measures and changing development modes, and with basically steady water flooding status. Setting the limit water cut at 0.98 lacks a solid scientific basis. Since the water drive characteristics vary significantly among different reservoirs, it is essential to select a water drive curve that best aligns with the reservoir’s actual behavior from the four water drive characteristic curves, rather than choosing the one with the lowest technically recoverable reserves, which will lead to weak reliability of calibration. Therefore, the four water drive characteristic curves and the production decline method were inverted and optimized for joint elimination, and a new relationship between water/liquid-oil ratio and production decline was established. This can determine the limit water cut and also ensure the uniqueness of the recoverable reserves calibrated by dynamic methods.

Key words: water drive characteristic curve, recoverable reserves calibration, limit water cut, production decline equation, water-oil ratio

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