Oil & Gas Geology ›› 2020, Vol. 41 ›› Issue (6): 1282-1287.doi: 10.11743/ogg20200616

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New equations for characterizing water flooding in ultra-high water-cut oilfields

Yingsheng Wang(), Chengfang Shi, Jiqiang Wang   

  1. Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration&Development, PetroChina, Beijing 100083, China
  • Received:2019-01-03 Online:2020-12-28 Published:2020-12-09

Abstract:

Many oil reservoirs stimulated by water flooding in China have entered the ultra-high water-cut stage.Using the relative permeability ratio versus water saturation curve in the performance prediction of these reservoirs often yields up-warping curves and misleading results.Based on a fitting analysis of the up-warping curves of different oilfields, this study obtained a new expression for the relationship between relative permeability ratio and water saturation.New equations were then deduced to characterize the performance of high water-cut reservoirs.Applications of the equations to oilfields verified their effectiveness in the production prediction of ultra-high water-cut reservoirs.

Key words: water flooding characteristic curve, curve fitting, ultra-high water-cut stage, water flooding development, recoverable reserve

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