Selection of EOR Technology in Ultra-Low-Permeability Reservoirs of the Achimov Deposits of the Priobsky Field

Abstract

To create a technology for selection the optimal RPM method the simulation on a sector hydrodynamic model of the field has performed. Different injection modes (continuous injection, alternating, cyclic), injection agents and completions of injection wells were tried during the modeling. The key factors, which influence the choice of the RPM method, were determined. Pilot industrial works include short-term nitrogen injection, long-term APG injection, and production from pilot wells in various modes. Well research include pressure testing, well testing after gas injection, recording of inflow profiles, laboratory studies of the Priobskoye field's own core. Evaluation of the potential of gas enhanced oil recovery methods shows their significantly higher efficiency compared to stationary waterflooding. The suggested approach can minimize the risks in the transition to previously untested development methods and methods of enhanced oil recovery in ultra-low-permeability reservoirs of the Achimov deposits. The analysis and the results of partially conducted pilot projects (at the moment) have showed a high potential for gas injection in certain areas of the field.