Oil & Gas Geology ›› 2012, Vol. 33 ›› Issue (1): 129-134.doi: 10.11743/ogg20120116

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Study on effectiveness of integrating well pattern rearrangement with binary combination flooding in oil reservoirs with high water-cut: an example from the IV5-11 layers in Shuanghe oilfield,the Nanxiang Basin

Ai Jingxu1, Zhou Shengyou2, Ma Yan1, Xiao jian3, Dai Yahong4, Li Hongsheng4, Hui Guanzhou4   

  1. 1. SINOPEC International Petroleum Exploration and Production Corporation, Beijing 100029, China;
    2. SINOPEC Petroleum Exploration and Production Research Institute, Beijing 100083, China;
    3. Fengcheng Oilfield area, PetroChina Xinjiang Oilfield Company, Karamay, Xinjiang 834000, China;
    4. Research Institute of Exploration and Development, SINOPEC Henan Oilfield Company, Nanyang, Henan 473132, China
  • Received:2011-08-02 Revised:2011-12-15 Online:2012-02-28 Published:2012-03-22

Abstract:

It is difficult to significantly enhance oil recovery of reservoirs with high water-cut at late production period.This paper presents a successful example to demonstrate the effectiveness of integrating well pattern rearrangement with binary combination flooding in Shuanghe oilfield.Based on the overlap of pay zones and differences of their petrophysical properties,as well as the large vertical production performance variation from one pay zone to the another,we rearranged the well pattern through layer series subdivision and recombination in similarity principle,adjusted injection & production system and designed horizontal infill wells.According to the characteristics of the reservoirs and balancing economic benefits,binary combination flooding was carried out in the major pay zones while water flooding adjustment was performed in the other non-major pay zones.The injection parameters of binary combination flooding were optimized by using the orthogonal design method.Study results indicate that this technique can improve the recovery factor greatly,with amplitude of 2.19[WTXT]%[WTBZ] higher than the sum of well pattern rearrangement and binary combination flooding.

Key words: well pattern rearrangement, binary combination flooding, recovery factor, high water-cut oil reservoir, Shuanghe oilfield

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