Planning of Pilot Injection of Surfactant-Polymer Composition to Improve Oil Recovery from Carbonate Reservoir of Kharyaga Oilfield and Evaluation of the Results

Abstract

The paper considers the use of a surfactant-polymer composition for the mobilization of light paraffinic oil from the D3-III carbonate reservoir at a reservoir temperature of 62°C, as well as the results of its tests in field conditions. Earlier, the composition showed its effectiveness on model carbonate cores with salinity from current (50-80 g/l) to reservoir (up to 170 g/l), in the presence of surfactants, type III microemulsions according to Winsor with oil were obtained. Based on the results of the filtration experiments performed on our own core from the productive formation D3-III, an increase in the displacement efficiency of surfactant-polymer compositions compared to water was obtained 11–14% (with a total surfactant concentration of 1%), irreversible surfactant losses in water-saturated rock–up to 0, 38 mg/g. Displacement efficiency after water and surfactant-polymer composition flooding was also estimated in the field conditions using SWCTT; its results were interpreted by various methods (analytical, in a hydrodynamic simulator), and also compared with laboratory results. Within a single-well tracer test, an assessment of the residual saturation after water filtration and injection of a surfactant-polymer composition was carried out under the following conditions: the target research radius is 3.5 m; porosity 10%, effective reservoir thickness 38 m. Based on the results of SWCTT, an increase in the displacement efficiency of 16.7% was obtained in comparison with water displacement (total surfactant concentration 1%) using an analytical method of interpretation. The adaptation of the SWCTT results on the hydrodynamic model was carried out, the most influencing parameters on the quality of adaptation were determined. The selection and justification of a pilot area for a multi-well pilot project was carried out, a sector hydrodynamic model of the site was built, and calculations were made to assess additional oil production.