Techniques for improving the water-flooding of oil fields during the high water-cut stage

• Published in: Oil & gas science and technology Vol. 74; p. 69
• Main Authors: Ma, Kuiqian, Li, Ao, Guo, Shuhao, Pang, Jieqiong, Xue, Yongchao, Zhou, Zhonghao
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Paris EDP Sciences 2019; Institut Français du Pétrole (IFP)
• Subjects: Continuous improvement; Displacement; Exploitation; Flooding; Injection; Moisture content; Multilayers; Offshore; Oil and gas fields; Oil field equipment; Oil fields; Oil recovery; Physics; Reconfiguration; Reservoirs; Stabilizing; Water content; Water injection; Water wells
• ISSN: 1294-4475; 1953-8189; 2804-7699
• DOI: 10.2516/ogst/2019042

The multi-layer co-exploitation method is often used in offshore oilfields because of the large spacing between the injection and production wells. As oilfields gradually enter the high water-cut stage, the contradiction between the horizontal and vertical directions becomes more prominent, and the distribution of the remaining oil is more complex. Oilfields are facing unprecedented challenges in further enhancing oil recovery. Using oilfield A, which is in the high water-cut stage, as the research object, we compiled a detailed description of the remaining oil during the high water-cut stage using the information collected during the comprehensive adjustment and infilling of the oilfield. In addition various techniques for tapping the potential reservoir, stabilizing the oil, and controlling the water were investigated. A set of key techniques for the continuous improvement of the efficiency of water injection after comprehensive adjustment of high water-cut fields was generated. Based on the determined configuration of the offshore deltaic reservoir, a set of detailed descriptive methods and tapping technology for extracting the remaining oil in the offshore high water-cut oilfield after comprehensive adjustment was established. By considering the equilibrium displacement and using a new quantitative characterization method that includes displacement, a new technique for determining the quantity of water that needs to be injected into a stratified injection well during the high water-cut stage was established. Based on the principle of flow field intensity reconfiguration, a linear, variable-intensity, alternating injection and withdrawal technique was proposed. With the application of this series of techniques, the increase in the water content was controlled to within 1%, the natural reduction rate was controlled to within 9%, and the production increased by 1.060 × 10 7  m 3 .