Analysis of Interwell Connectivity of Tracer Monitoring in Carbonate Fracture-Vuggy Reservoir: Taking T-Well Group of Tahe Oilfield as an Example

Carbonate fracture-vuggy reservoirs are one of the hot spots in oil and gas exploration and development. However, it is extremely difficult to describe the internal spatial structure of the fracture-vuggy unit and understand the interwell connection relationship. As a method to measure reservoir cha...

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Main Authors: Shuyao Sheng, Yonggang Duan, Mingqiang Wei, Tao Yue, Zijian Wu, Linjiang Tan
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 2021-01-01
Series:Geofluids
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/5572902
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Yonggang Duan
Mingqiang Wei
Tao Yue
Zijian Wu
Linjiang Tan
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description Carbonate fracture-vuggy reservoirs are one of the hot spots in oil and gas exploration and development. However, it is extremely difficult to describe the internal spatial structure of the fracture-vuggy unit and understand the interwell connection relationship. As a method to measure reservoir characteristics and feedback reservoir production information directly according to the detected concentration curve, interwell tracer technology provides a direct measure for people to understand the law of oil-water movement and reservoir heterogeneity and is widely used in various domestic oil fields. Based on the flow law of tracer and the CFD flow simulation basic model, this paper establishes the physical conceptual model and studies the influence of three physical parameters (the flow velocity of the fluid passing through the connected channel, diameter of the connected channel, and length of the connected channel) on the concentration curve at the outlet. In addition, the influence of different interwell connection modes on tracer concentration was studied and classified scientifically. According to the simulation, the tracer concentration curve can be classified into three types: unimodal curve, bimodal curve, and multimodal curve. Finally, the injection-production well group in the T-well area of the Tahe Oilfield is taken as an example, the connection mode between injection and production wells in this well area is further discussed and has been verified, which can be used as a reference for the connectivity analysis of similar carbonate reservoirs.
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spelling doaj-art-5106e376e97e41ac97117557bb1d20772025-08-20T03:36:18ZengWileyGeofluids1468-81151468-81232021-01-01202110.1155/2021/55729025572902Analysis of Interwell Connectivity of Tracer Monitoring in Carbonate Fracture-Vuggy Reservoir: Taking T-Well Group of Tahe Oilfield as an ExampleShuyao Sheng0Yonggang Duan1Mingqiang Wei2Tao Yue3Zijian Wu4Linjiang Tan5School of Petroleum Engineering, Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu 610500, ChinaSchool of Petroleum Engineering, Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu 610500, ChinaSchool of Petroleum Engineering, Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu 610500, ChinaSchool of Petroleum Engineering, Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu 610500, ChinaSchool of Petroleum Engineering, Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu 610500, ChinaSchool of Petroleum Engineering, Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu 610500, ChinaCarbonate fracture-vuggy reservoirs are one of the hot spots in oil and gas exploration and development. However, it is extremely difficult to describe the internal spatial structure of the fracture-vuggy unit and understand the interwell connection relationship. As a method to measure reservoir characteristics and feedback reservoir production information directly according to the detected concentration curve, interwell tracer technology provides a direct measure for people to understand the law of oil-water movement and reservoir heterogeneity and is widely used in various domestic oil fields. Based on the flow law of tracer and the CFD flow simulation basic model, this paper establishes the physical conceptual model and studies the influence of three physical parameters (the flow velocity of the fluid passing through the connected channel, diameter of the connected channel, and length of the connected channel) on the concentration curve at the outlet. In addition, the influence of different interwell connection modes on tracer concentration was studied and classified scientifically. According to the simulation, the tracer concentration curve can be classified into three types: unimodal curve, bimodal curve, and multimodal curve. Finally, the injection-production well group in the T-well area of the Tahe Oilfield is taken as an example, the connection mode between injection and production wells in this well area is further discussed and has been verified, which can be used as a reference for the connectivity analysis of similar carbonate reservoirs.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/5572902
spellingShingle Shuyao Sheng
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Zijian Wu
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Analysis of Interwell Connectivity of Tracer Monitoring in Carbonate Fracture-Vuggy Reservoir: Taking T-Well Group of Tahe Oilfield as an Example
Geofluids
title Analysis of Interwell Connectivity of Tracer Monitoring in Carbonate Fracture-Vuggy Reservoir: Taking T-Well Group of Tahe Oilfield as an Example
title_full Analysis of Interwell Connectivity of Tracer Monitoring in Carbonate Fracture-Vuggy Reservoir: Taking T-Well Group of Tahe Oilfield as an Example
title_fullStr Analysis of Interwell Connectivity of Tracer Monitoring in Carbonate Fracture-Vuggy Reservoir: Taking T-Well Group of Tahe Oilfield as an Example
title_full_unstemmed Analysis of Interwell Connectivity of Tracer Monitoring in Carbonate Fracture-Vuggy Reservoir: Taking T-Well Group of Tahe Oilfield as an Example
title_short Analysis of Interwell Connectivity of Tracer Monitoring in Carbonate Fracture-Vuggy Reservoir: Taking T-Well Group of Tahe Oilfield as an Example
title_sort analysis of interwell connectivity of tracer monitoring in carbonate fracture vuggy reservoir taking t well group of tahe oilfield as an example
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