Simulation and Production Optimization on Enhanced Oil Recovery during the Middle and Late Period for SAGD Development in Ultraheavy Oil Reservoirs with Interlayers
Previous studies on the technique for using the remaining oil are incomplete and inaccurate according to the position of the interlayer of the Steam-Assisted Gravity Drainage (SAGD) technique, and comparative studies of infilled horizontal wells are lacking. In this study, the SAGD well pair in the...
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| description | Previous studies on the technique for using the remaining oil are incomplete and inaccurate according to the position of the interlayer of the Steam-Assisted Gravity Drainage (SAGD) technique, and comparative studies of infilled horizontal wells are lacking. In this study, the SAGD well pair in the superheavy oil reservoir in the Z block in the Xinjiang Oilfield, China, was taken as an example. According to the reservoir’s geological parameters and production parameters, a typical well group geological model was created for the first time. The model divided the well groups in block Z into three categories according to the position of the interlayer, the production degree of the horizontal section, the oil recovery ratio, and the available degree of reserve control. According to the geological classification results, different typical well groups without an interlayer, with an interlayer located above the steam injection well, and with an interlayer located between the well pairs were classified and analyzed using numerical simulations. This was the first time the infilled horizontal well technique was compared with the infilled vertical well-assisted SAGD technique. In addition, the steam chamber connection law of the infilled vertical well-assisted SAGD was clarified. The results show that for reservoirs without an interlayer, the use of infilled horizontal well-assisted SAGD could speed up the lateral connection of the steam chambers and reduce the residual oil saturation. For reservoirs with a low production degree in the horizontal section and that are affected by an interlayer, an infilled vertical injector could be used with the assisted SAGD technique to increase the oil recovery by 5%–13%. The results of this study provided strong guidance for the next step in using enhanced oil recovery techniques to achieve traditional SAGD production from superheavy oil reservoirs with an interlayer. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-447b377fb59f4b5ca60b26ad8ce430b32025-02-03T01:00:13ZengWileyGeofluids1468-81232022-01-01202210.1155/2022/3474741Simulation and Production Optimization on Enhanced Oil Recovery during the Middle and Late Period for SAGD Development in Ultraheavy Oil Reservoirs with InterlayersXiaokun Zhang0You Zhou1Xuan Du2Pengcheng Liu3School of Energy ResourcesResearch Institute of Petroleum Exploration and DevelopmentResearch Institute of Petroleum Exploration and DevelopmentSchool of Energy ResourcesPrevious studies on the technique for using the remaining oil are incomplete and inaccurate according to the position of the interlayer of the Steam-Assisted Gravity Drainage (SAGD) technique, and comparative studies of infilled horizontal wells are lacking. In this study, the SAGD well pair in the superheavy oil reservoir in the Z block in the Xinjiang Oilfield, China, was taken as an example. According to the reservoir’s geological parameters and production parameters, a typical well group geological model was created for the first time. The model divided the well groups in block Z into three categories according to the position of the interlayer, the production degree of the horizontal section, the oil recovery ratio, and the available degree of reserve control. According to the geological classification results, different typical well groups without an interlayer, with an interlayer located above the steam injection well, and with an interlayer located between the well pairs were classified and analyzed using numerical simulations. This was the first time the infilled horizontal well technique was compared with the infilled vertical well-assisted SAGD technique. In addition, the steam chamber connection law of the infilled vertical well-assisted SAGD was clarified. The results show that for reservoirs without an interlayer, the use of infilled horizontal well-assisted SAGD could speed up the lateral connection of the steam chambers and reduce the residual oil saturation. For reservoirs with a low production degree in the horizontal section and that are affected by an interlayer, an infilled vertical injector could be used with the assisted SAGD technique to increase the oil recovery by 5%–13%. The results of this study provided strong guidance for the next step in using enhanced oil recovery techniques to achieve traditional SAGD production from superheavy oil reservoirs with an interlayer.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/3474741 |
| spellingShingle | Xiaokun Zhang You Zhou Xuan Du Pengcheng Liu Simulation and Production Optimization on Enhanced Oil Recovery during the Middle and Late Period for SAGD Development in Ultraheavy Oil Reservoirs with Interlayers Geofluids |
| title | Simulation and Production Optimization on Enhanced Oil Recovery during the Middle and Late Period for SAGD Development in Ultraheavy Oil Reservoirs with Interlayers |
| title_full | Simulation and Production Optimization on Enhanced Oil Recovery during the Middle and Late Period for SAGD Development in Ultraheavy Oil Reservoirs with Interlayers |
| title_fullStr | Simulation and Production Optimization on Enhanced Oil Recovery during the Middle and Late Period for SAGD Development in Ultraheavy Oil Reservoirs with Interlayers |
| title_full_unstemmed | Simulation and Production Optimization on Enhanced Oil Recovery during the Middle and Late Period for SAGD Development in Ultraheavy Oil Reservoirs with Interlayers |
| title_short | Simulation and Production Optimization on Enhanced Oil Recovery during the Middle and Late Period for SAGD Development in Ultraheavy Oil Reservoirs with Interlayers |
| title_sort | simulation and production optimization on enhanced oil recovery during the middle and late period for sagd development in ultraheavy oil reservoirs with interlayers |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/3474741 |
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