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What Drilling Automation can Teach us about Drilling Wells 钻井自动化能教给我们的钻井知识
Pub Date : 2019-09-23 DOI: 10.2118/195818-ms
M. Isbell, Austin Groover, Blakley Farrow, D. Hasler
An operator and rig contractor have been implementing drilling operations automation (DOA) pursuing well design and drilling operational execution improvements in terms of safety, quality, delivery, and cost (SQDC). Today, drilling automation enables tighter process control of operations and well design stakeholders are beginning to fully understand and anticipate its value. DOA requires applying a process control approach and defining well construction processes at a very detailed level. This process control approach is proposed as a method to study and improve work steps and integrate them into overall operational activities. Optimizing, much less controlling, a drilling system is a difficult task with a multitude of variables to manage. The process of automating operations may be one of the best tools to reduce the number of unknown variables and better deliver consistent SQDC results. Automation case studies such as a downhole Weight on Bit (WOB) drilling system, a directional drilling advisory system, a sliding system for conventional steerable mud motors, and an integrated tubular running system are described to highlight the role of automation in assisting operators and contractors to efficiently manage and improve the well construction process. Process automation requires improvements in foundational systems, tools, and data quality to support operational performance. The most significant finding is how automated systems enable operations to be practically managed at a detailed level by drilling personnel, engineers, and other stakeholders. After practices and systems are proven and automated, they can be scaled and managed over an entire rig fleet. This will ultimately enable today's well construction and drilling system related risks to be mitigated and managed, leading to further SQDC rewards with more efficient well designs. The operator and rig contractor will share perspectives for realizing value and opportunity through applying DOA. Experience shows DOA-influenced standardized operations can result in eliminating steps that are no longer needed. Automation enables changes to well design that are just beginning to be understood and anticipated by drilling teams. The challenge will be linking these opportunities to pursue new capabilities supporting well design improvement. This will be the true benefit from automating drilling operations.
一家作业公司和钻机承包商一直在实施钻井作业自动化(DOA),力求在安全、质量、交付和成本(SQDC)方面改进井设计和钻井作业执行。如今,钻井自动化使作业过程控制更加严格,井设计利益相关者开始充分理解和预测其价值。DOA需要应用过程控制方法,并在非常详细的层面上定义井的施工过程。这种过程控制方法是一种研究和改进工作步骤并将其整合到整体操作活动中的方法。优化钻井系统是一项艰巨的任务,需要管理的变量众多,更不用说控制了。自动化操作过程可能是减少未知变量数量和更好地交付一致SQDC结果的最佳工具之一。自动化案例研究,如井下钻压(WOB)钻井系统、定向钻井咨询系统、常规导向泥浆马达滑动系统和集成管状下入系统,强调了自动化在帮助作业者和承包商有效管理和改进油井施工过程中的作用。过程自动化需要对基础系统、工具和数据质量进行改进,以支持操作性能。最重要的发现是自动化系统如何使钻井人员、工程师和其他利益相关者能够在实际中详细地管理作业。在实践和系统得到验证并实现自动化之后,它们就可以在整个钻井平台上进行扩展和管理。这将最终降低和管理当前的建井和钻井系统相关风险,从而通过更高效的井设计获得进一步的SQDC回报。运营商和钻机承包商将通过应用DOA来实现价值和机会。经验表明,受doa影响的标准化操作可以消除不再需要的步骤。自动化使钻井团队能够理解和预测刚刚开始的井设计变化。挑战在于将这些机会联系起来,以寻求支持油井设计改进的新功能。这将是自动化钻井作业的真正好处。
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引用次数: 3
Petrophysical Modelling of Structure-Cum-Stratigraphic Play for Improved Reservoir Potential, an Integrated Field Study of L. Goru Sands, Pakistan 巴基斯坦L. Goru砂岩储层物理模拟研究
Pub Date : 2019-09-23 DOI: 10.2118/196066-ms
M. F. A. H. Khan, M. Abid, A. Fareed, Z. Javed, M. N. Khan, Shariq Hashmi
Technical evaluation and subsequently devising an appraisal and development strategy of a structural cum stratigraphic reservoir based on a discovery well only is always challenging. The reservoir under discussion was discovered as a structurally bounded trap and the appraisal wells were drilled on NW-SE direction along with the main bounding fault based on this understanding. However, presence of hydrocarbon below the spill point, anomalous sand thickness, lateral facies and reservoir quality variations observed in few of the wells indicated stratigraphic component in the field. Further complexity was added when the deepest tested gas was assigned on the structural map which showed extension of the hydrocarbon play outside the block boundary where the area was under different operating company that later drilled multiple wells near the block boundary. Therefore, it was critical to estimate correct initial gas in-place and percentage distribution of hydrocarbon across the lease boundaries. Figure 1 Well location map for the studied field The objective of this paper is to present workflow that integrates multiple dataset to understand the field's hydrocarbon filling mechanism. Detailed geophysical and Petrophysical work has been carried out, which includes building of sequence stratigraphic framework, preparation of seismic attribute maps, understanding of the depositional setting for all the individual sand units encountered in all the wells, rock quality assessment (core and log methods with integration of capillary pressure curves), free water level (FWL) assessment, permeability modelling using machine learning approach (NN), pore throat radius estimation to relate hydrocarbon filling mechanism and saturation-height function modelling to build consistent 1D water saturation model. Comprehensive dataset has been acquired to evaluate the potential of the field that covers 3D seismic for the entire field, biostratigraphic analysis for seven (7) well, conventional logs in twelve (12) wells and advance measurements like Elemental Capture Spectroscopy and high-resolution resistivity images in five (5) wells. Core analysis data also acquired in five (5) different wells including routine core analysis, capillary pressure measurements using high pressure mercury injections, pore throat radius, relative permeability measurements (Centrifuge), formation resistivity factor measurements and sedimentological analysis (XRD & thin section) to overcome the challenges and defining the uncertainty associated with initial gas in-place. Sequence based boundaries were defined to correlate individual sand bodies using the core data, image logs, elastic logs, seismic transacts and attribute maps for understanding the depositional setting. Lat-er these correlations were used to build a consistent petrophysical model including VCL estimation from Gamma/Neutron-Density/Sonic Density methods which was validated with ECS/XRD data. Porosity model was
仅根据一口发现井对构造地层油藏进行技术评价,并制定评价和开发策略,一直是一项具有挑战性的工作。根据这一认识,发现储层为构造封闭型圈闭,并沿主封闭性断层向北西-东向钻探评价井。然而,在少数油井中观察到的泄漏点以下的油气存在、异常的砂层厚度、侧向相和储层质量变化表明了该油田的地层组成。当在构造图上指定了最深的测试天然气时,复杂性进一步增加了,该构造图显示了油气区延伸到区块边界之外,该区域由不同的运营公司负责,后来在区块边界附近钻了多口井。因此,正确估计初始含气量和油气在租界内的分布百分比至关重要。本文的目的是提出集成多个数据集的工作流程,以了解该油田的油气填充机制。详细的地球物理和岩石物理工作已经开展,包括建立层序地层格架、编制地震属性图、了解所有井中所有砂单元的沉积背景、岩石质量评估(结合毛细管压力曲线的岩心和测井方法)、自由水位(FWL)评估、利用机器学习方法(NN)建立渗透率模型、孔喉半径估算,将油气充注机理与饱和高度函数建模联系起来,建立一致的一维含水饱和度模型。为了评估该油田的潜力,研究人员获得了全面的数据集,包括整个油田的3D地震数据、7口井的生物地层分析数据、12口井的常规测井数据以及5口井的元素捕获光谱和高分辨率电阻率图像等先进测量数据。此外,还获得了5口不同井的岩心分析数据,包括常规岩心分析、高压压汞毛细管压力测量、孔喉半径、相对渗透率测量(离心机)、地层电阻率系数测量和沉积学分析(XRD和薄片),以克服挑战,确定与初始气体相关的不确定性。利用岩心数据、图像测井、弹性测井、地震数据和属性图,定义了基于层序的边界,将单个砂体联系起来,以了解沉积背景。随后,这些相关性被用于建立一致的岩石物理模型,包括伽马/中子密度/声波密度方法的VCL估计,并用ECS/XRD数据进行验证。根据岩心孔隙度建立孔隙度模型并进行验证,然后利用SCAL数据根据孔隙度/m关系估算变量“m”。随后,对所有研究井建立了一致含水饱和度(Sw)模型。利用神经网络(NN)建立渗透率模型,其中基于岩心的渗透率进行校准,并利用流动性和试井渗透率对模型进行定性测试。为了从测井资料中验证Sw,利用FZI/RQI、Winland和BVW(测井)方法建立了基于毛细管压力的流动单元,以定义通过岩心数据定义的流动单元。结果表明,基于Winland R35方法的孔喉半径与测井曲线具有较好的相关性。MDT的FWL用于估计气柱高度,Skelt Harrison方程用于捕获毛管压力曲线的形状,离心分析的Swi用于校准MICP端点,这有助于建立一致的饱和度-高度函数。结果表明,模拟的Sw(Pc)与Sw(log)匹配良好。
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引用次数: 0
Frac Plug Pump Down Efficiencies and Techniques 压裂桥塞泵送效率与技术
Pub Date : 2019-09-23 DOI: 10.2118/196210-ms
Z. Walton, M. Nichols, M. Fripp
Plugs for hydraulic fracturing generally are pumped into horizontal wellbores. Initially, the goal was to get the plugs to depth without careful consideration of the amount of water used in the pumping. As the industry has grown, a better understanding of pump-down methods and techniques has resulted in a realization that these pumping inefficiencies should be improved. When completing a horizontal well using the plug-and-perf technique, water is required to push the bottom hole assembly (BHA), containing a frac plug, to the target depth. With over one million frac plugs having been pumped in North America, large data sets are available to quantify the pump-down efficiency of these operations. This past information, along with a working model of how pump down works, can be used to promote improvements in pump-down efficiency, reducing water usage and rig time. The efficiency of the pump-down operation can be calculated based on pump time, displacement volume, and the actual volume of fluid pumped. This type of information can be recorded during operations. The pump-down efficiencies can be calculated as a percentage of actual versus calculated volumes pumped and is often expressed as a relational number, such as how much fluid is needed per 100 feet of casing. These numbers can be used as a metric for the amount of water and time required to move the plug to its desired location. Over 10,000 frac plug pump downs from diverse North American regions were analyzed to attain a baseline for efficiency during frac plug pump down operations. The force, pressure, and fluid velocity effects acting on the BHA during pump down were analyzed to understand how to better quantify methods and designs that increase or decrease efficiency. Finally, procedures were mapped out on the operational units used in pump down to understand the potential impacts on efficiency. The result is a guide on gauging pump-down efficiency of past operations while understanding methods to increase these efficiencies in the future. This framework can be used to view how a frac plug is pumped downhole while understanding the relationships that control its efficiency. This model can be used to evaluate past operations as well as design for future operations to increase overall efficiencies and decrease water usage and time on location.
水力压裂桥塞通常被泵入水平井。最初的目标是在没有仔细考虑泵送用水量的情况下将桥塞送入深度。随着行业的发展,人们对泵送方法和技术有了更好的了解,认识到泵送效率低下的问题应该得到改善。当使用桥塞射孔技术完成水平井时,需要水将包含压裂桥塞的底部钻具组合(BHA)推至目标深度。在北美,已经泵送了超过100万个压裂桥塞,可以使用大量数据集来量化这些作业的泵送效率。这些过去的信息,以及泵送工作的工作模型,可以用来提高泵送效率,减少用水量和钻机时间。下泵作业的效率可以根据泵送时间、排量和实际泵送的流体体积来计算。这类信息可以在操作过程中记录。泵送效率可以用实际泵送量与计算量的百分比来计算,通常用关系数表示,例如每100英尺套管需要多少流体。这些数值可以用来衡量将桥塞移动到所需位置所需的水量和时间。对来自北美不同地区的10,000多个压裂塞泵进行了分析,以获得压裂塞泵下入作业的效率基线。为了更好地量化提高或降低效率的方法和设计,研究人员分析了泵下过程中作用于BHA的力、压力和流体速度的影响。最后,制定了泵降作业单元的操作程序,以了解对效率的潜在影响。其结果是衡量过去作业的泵降效率,同时了解未来提高效率的方法的指南。该框架可用于查看压裂桥塞是如何泵入井下的,同时了解控制其效率的关系。该模型可用于评估过去的作业,也可用于设计未来的作业,以提高整体效率,减少水的使用和作业时间。
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Methods for Probabilistic Uncertainty Quantification with Reliable Subsurface Assessment and Robust Decision-Making 具有可靠地下评估和稳健决策的概率不确定性量化方法
Pub Date : 2019-09-23 DOI: 10.2118/195837-ms
Shusei Tanaka, K. Dehghani, Wang Zhenzhen
Reliability of subsurface assessment for different field development scenarios depends on how effective the uncertainty in production forecast is quantified. Currently there is a body of work in the literature on different methods to quantify the uncertainty in production forecast. The objective of this paper is to revisit and compare these probabilistic uncertainty quantification techniques through their applications to assisted history matching of a deep-water offshore waterflood field. The paper will address the benefits, limitations, and the best criteria for applicability of each technique. Three probabilistic history matching techniques commonly practiced in the industry are discussed. These are Design-of-Experiment (DoE) with rejection sampling from proxy, Ensemble Smoother (ES) and Genetic Algorithm (GA). The model used for this study is an offshore waterflood field in Gulf-of-Mexico. Posterior distributions of global subsurface uncertainties (e.g. regional pore volume and oil-water contact) were estimated using each technique conditioned to the injection and production data. The three probabilistic history matching techniques were applied to a deep-water field with 13 years of production history. The first 8 years of production data was used for the history matching and estimate of the posterior distribution of uncertainty in geologic parameters. While the convergence behavior and shape of the posterior distributions were different, consistent posterior means were obtained from Bayesian workflows such as DoE or ES. In contrast, the application of GA showed differences in posterior distribution of geological uncertainty parameters, especially those that had small sensitivity to the production data. We then conducted production forecast by including infill wells and evaluated the production performance using sample means of posterior geologic uncertainty parameters. The robustness of the solution was examined by performing history matching multiple times using different initial sample points (e.g. random seed). This confirmed that heuristic optimization techniques such as GA were unstable since parameter setup for the optimizer had a large impact on uncertainty characterization and production performance. This study shows the guideline to obtain the stable solution from the history matching techniques used for different conditions such as number of simulation model realizations and uncertainty parameters, and number of datapoints (e.g. maturity of the reservoir development). These guidelines will greatly help the decision-making process in selection of best development options.
对于不同的油田开发方案,地下评估的可靠性取决于产量预测的不确定性量化的有效性。目前,文献中有大量关于量化生产预测不确定性的不同方法的研究。本文的目的是通过这些概率不确定性量化技术在深海海上注水油田辅助历史拟合中的应用,对它们进行回顾和比较。本文将讨论每种技术的优点、局限性和适用性的最佳标准。讨论了工业上常用的三种概率历史匹配技术。这些是实验设计(DoE)与拒绝抽样代理,集成平滑(ES)和遗传算法(GA)。本研究使用的模型是墨西哥湾的一个海上注水油田。全球地下不确定性的后验分布(例如,区域孔隙体积和油水接触)根据注入和生产数据进行了估计。将三种概率历史匹配技术应用于具有13年生产历史的深水油田。利用前8年的生产数据进行历史拟合,估计地质参数不确定性的后验分布。虽然后验分布的收敛行为和形状不同,但从DoE或ES等贝叶斯工作流中获得一致的后验均值。相比之下,遗传算法在地质不确定性参数的后验分布上存在差异,特别是对生产数据敏感性较小的地质不确定性参数。利用后验地质不确定性参数的样本均值对油田生产动态进行了评价。通过使用不同的初始样本点(例如随机种子)多次执行历史匹配来检查解决方案的鲁棒性。这证实了启发式优化技术(如遗传算法)是不稳定的,因为优化器的参数设置对不确定性表征和生产性能有很大影响。研究表明,在不同条件下,如模拟模型实现数量、不确定性参数、数据点数量(如油藏开发成熟度)等,采用历史拟合技术获得稳定解的指导方针。这些准则将大大有助于选择最佳发展备选办法的决策过程。
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引用次数: 2
Dual-Polymer Fracturing Fluids Provide Major Advantages Over Traditional Fluids 双聚合物压裂液比传统压裂液更具优势
Pub Date : 2019-09-23 DOI: 10.2118/199765-stu
Tariq Almubarak
As exploration for oil and gas continues, it becomes necessary to produce from deeper formations, have low permeability, and higher temperature. Unconventional shale formations utilize slickwater fracturing fluids due to the shale’s unique geomechanical properties. On the other hand, conventional formations require crosslinked fracturing fluids to properly enhance productivity. Guar and its derivatives have a history of success in crosslinked hydraulic fracturing fluids. However, they require higher polymer loading to withstand higher temperature environments. This leads to an increase in mixing time and additive requirements. Most importantly, due to the high polymer loading, they do not break completely and generate residual polymer fragments that can plug the formation and reduce fracture conductivity significantly. In this work, a new hybrid dual polymer hydraulic fracturing fluid is developed. The fluid consists of a guar derivative and a polyacrylamide-based synthetic polymer. Compared to conventional fracturing fluids, this new system is easily hydrated, requires fewer additives, can be mixed on the fly, and is capable of maintaining excellent rheological performance at low polymer loadings. The polymer mixture solutions were prepared at a total polymer concentration of 20 to 40 lb/1,000 gal and at a volume ratio of 2:1, 1:1, and 1:2. The fluids were crosslinked with a metallic crosslinker and broken with an oxidizer at 300°F. Testing focused on crosslinker to polymer ratio analysis to effectively lower loading while maintaining sufficient performance to carry proppant at this temperature. HP/HT rheometer was used to measure viscosity, storage modulus, and fluid breaking performance. HP/HT aging cell and HP/HT see-through cell were utilized for proppant settling. FTIR, Cryo-SEM and HP/HT rheometer were also utilized to understand the interaction. Results indicate that the dual polymer fracturing fluid is able to generate stable viscosity at 300°F and 100 s-1. Results show that the dual polymer fracturing fluid can generate higher viscosity compared to the individual polymer fracturing fluid. Also, properly understanding and tuning the crosslinker to polymer ratio generates excellent performance at 20 lb/1,000 gal. The two polymers form an improved crosslinking network that enhances proppant carrying properties. It also demonstrates a clean and controlled break performance with an oxidizer. Extensive experiments were pursued to evaluate the new dual polymer system for the first time. This system exhibits a positive interaction between polysaccharide and polyacrylamide families and generates excellent rheological properties. The major benefit of using a mixed polymer system is to reduce polymer loading. Lower loading is highly desirable because it reduces material cost, eases field operation and potentially lowers damage to the fracture face, proppant pack, and formation.
随着石油和天然气勘探的继续进行,有必要从较深、低渗透率和较高温度的地层中开采。由于页岩独特的地质力学特性,非常规页岩地层采用滑溜水压裂液。另一方面,常规地层需要交联压裂液来适当提高产能。瓜尔及其衍生物在交联水力压裂液方面取得了成功。然而,它们需要更高的聚合物负载来承受更高的温度环境。这导致混合时间和添加剂要求的增加。最重要的是,由于聚合物载荷高,它们不会完全破裂,会产生残留的聚合物碎片,从而堵塞地层,显著降低裂缝导流能力。研制了一种新型混合型双聚合物水力压裂液。该流体由瓜尔胶衍生物和基于聚丙烯酰胺的合成聚合物组成。与传统压裂液相比,这种新型压裂液易于水化,需要的添加剂更少,可以动态混合,并且能够在低聚合物负载下保持优异的流变性能。聚合物混合物溶液的总聚合物浓度为20至40 lb/1,000 gal,体积比为2:1,1:1和1:2。这些液体用金属交联剂交联,并用氧化剂在300°F下破碎。测试的重点是交联剂与聚合物的比例分析,以有效降低载荷,同时在该温度下保持足够的支撑剂性能。高压/高温流变仪用于测量粘度、储存模量和流体破碎性能。支撑剂沉淀采用高温高压老化池和高温高压透明池。FTIR, Cryo-SEM和HP/HT流变仪也被用来了解相互作用。结果表明,双聚合物压裂液在300°F和100 s-1条件下能够产生稳定的粘度。结果表明,双聚合物压裂液比单聚合物压裂液具有更高的黏度。此外,正确理解和调整交联剂与聚合物的比例可以在20lb / 1000gal条件下获得优异的性能。这两种聚合物形成了改进的交联网络,增强了支撑剂的携带性能。它还展示了清洁和可控的断裂性能与氧化剂。首次进行了大量的实验来评价新的双聚合物体系。该体系表现出多糖和聚丙烯酰胺族之间的正向相互作用,并产生了优异的流变性能。使用混合聚合物体系的主要好处是减少聚合物负载。低载荷是非常理想的,因为它可以降低材料成本,简化现场操作,并可能降低对裂缝面、支撑剂充填层和地层的损害。
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A New Method of Digital Core Construction and Analysis for Unconsolidated Sandstone 松散砂岩数字岩心构建与分析新方法
Pub Date : 2019-09-23 DOI: 10.2118/196200-ms
Dai Zong, L. Hailong, Fangli Tang, D. Luo, Wang Yahui, Y. Zhenghe
A new method of digital core construction and analysis for unconsolidated sandstone is presented in this paper to solve the problem for friable cores. Results are compared with conventional experimental techniques and routine digital core construction methods. The new method procedures: Firstly, rocks are full-closure cored from unconsolidated formation and frozen; multi-scale (meter/millimeter/micron) CT scanning for core samples with original formation fluids, and the core heterogeneity has been analyzed. Then, skeleton and pore space of samples are segmented with the watershed algorithm. Finally, pore network model is extracted with maximum sphere method. After building the digital core, petrophysical parameters and fluid flowing characteristic are simulated. Compared with conventional experimental method, samples preparation is convenient under lower requirements of the size and shape. Without cleaning, the distortion of experimental parameters are avoided due to damages to the original pore structure of friable core samples, especially for unconsolidated samples. Compared with conventional digital core construction, the focused scanning mode is used for micron scanning, without catching the smaller samples. The new method not only simplifies the preparation of conventional core analysis that reduces the difficulty of sample preparation of unconsolidated sandstone natural core, but also guarantees the quality of core analysis data. The new method is successfully applied and results are compared in field of South China Sea. The results from different methods with consolidated samples analysis, such as porosity, permeability and parameters of relative permeability, show the relative errors are less than 10%. The results from unconsolidated samples analysis with conventional experimental method show obvious errors: permeability of some samples are more than 15 Darcy, the relative permeability curve is obviously not consistent with the actual field performance. While results from unconsolidated samples analysis with the new method show good agreement with actual field performance. This method can accurately test the petrophysical parameters of unconsolidated sandstone, reduce the experimental errors caused by conventional methods and shorten the experimental schedule. It could be applied to core analysis of similar formation.
针对易碎岩心的问题,提出了一种针对松散砂岩的数字岩心构建与分析的新方法。结果比较了传统实验技术和常规数字核构建方法。新方法的步骤是:首先,对松散地层和冻结岩层进行全闭取心;对原始地层流体岩心样品进行多尺度(米/毫米/微米)CT扫描,分析岩心非均质性。然后,利用分水岭算法对样本的骨架和孔隙空间进行分割;最后,利用最大球法提取孔隙网络模型。建立数字岩心后,对岩石物性参数和流体流动特性进行了模拟。与传统的实验方法相比,样品制备方便,对尺寸和形状的要求较低。在不清洗的情况下,避免了易碎岩心试样,特别是未固结岩心试样的原始孔隙结构受到破坏而导致实验参数的畸变。与传统的数字核心结构相比,聚焦扫描模式用于微米级扫描,而不会捕获较小的样本。新方法不仅简化了常规岩心分析的制备,降低了松散砂岩天然岩心样品制备的难度,而且保证了岩心分析数据的质量。该方法已成功应用于南海油田,并对结果进行了比较。不同方法对固结样品的孔隙度、渗透率及相对渗透率参数的分析结果表明,相对误差均小于10%。利用常规实验方法对松散试样进行分析,结果存在明显误差,部分试样渗透率大于15达西,相对渗透率曲线与现场实际情况明显不一致。用新方法对松散试样的分析结果与现场实际情况吻合较好。该方法能够准确地测试松散砂岩的岩石物性参数,减少了常规方法带来的实验误差,缩短了实验时间。该方法可应用于类似地层的岩心分析。
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Polymer Viscosity: Understanding of Changes Through Time in the Reservoir and a Way to Predict Them 聚合物粘度:油藏中聚合物粘度随时间变化的认识及其预测方法
Pub Date : 2019-09-23 DOI: 10.2118/199779-stu
Katz Marquez, E. Roman
Polymer rheological behavior in an Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) project is one of the critical factors to determine whether the polymer injection would be effective to increase the oil production in a field. Due to complications on the measurement of this parameter and its variation within the reservoir, the challenge of understanding viscosity behavior relies on lab and field tests that become key factors to solve this issue. This study was conducted during an injectivity test for an EOR project in Los Perales field (Santa Cruz, Argentina) in three wells with different operational and subsurface conditions, and tests were performed twice a day for 30 days each in order to obtain sufficient time span of data. From lab rheology tests performed at reservoir conditions, where the main objective was to analyze viscosity changes through time, two different tendencies were observed: one that affects in early times and another that becomes preeminent at late times. With these results, a describing equation was developed to predict viscosity evolution over time. The equation consists of three terms including thermal variation, chemical degradation and the final viscosity towards which the polymer tends. Although the equation properly describes both lab and field polymer solution, there is a considerable difference, especially when the effects mentioned become preponderant. This difference is attributed to both the water used for the mixture and the possible impurities that may be incorporated during the maturation or transfer of the polymer. Since most of the data used was obtained from field tests, this emphasizes the appliance of the equation on the field. Impurities turn out to be crucial, specially oxygen (O2) and hydrogen sulfide (H2S) combined. Their presence highly impacts the asymptotic viscosity, so a correlation between H2S content and final viscosity was also developed. Finally, an analysis of the temperature influence on the viscosity was conducted. A correlation between the final viscosity and temperature was found and used to incorporate temperature variations in the predictions and therefore to relate measurements performed at different conditions. The primary advantage of this study is that the equation and correlations enable the prediction of the polymer solution viscosity at any time. This allows the estimation of actual polymer viscosity in the reservoir from a routine measurement at any temperature and impurities content. The versatility of this equation is what makes it novel and useful in an industry going towards EOR projects.
在提高采收率(EOR)项目中,聚合物的流变特性是决定聚合物注入是否能有效提高油田产量的关键因素之一。由于该参数的测量及其在储层中的变化非常复杂,因此了解粘度行为的挑战依赖于实验室和现场测试,这成为解决这一问题的关键因素。这项研究是在Los Perales油田(Santa Cruz,阿根廷)的一个EOR项目的注入能力测试中进行的,测试的三口井具有不同的操作和地下条件,每天进行两次测试,每次测试30天,以获得足够的时间范围的数据。在储层条件下进行的实验室流变学测试中,主要目的是分析粘度随时间的变化,观察到两种不同的趋势:一种影响早期,另一种在后期变得突出。根据这些结果,开发了一个描述方程来预测粘度随时间的变化。该方程由三个项组成,包括热变化、化学降解和聚合物趋向的最终粘度。尽管该方程恰当地描述了实验室和现场的聚合物溶液,但存在相当大的差异,特别是当上述效应成为优势时。这种差异是由于用于混合物的水和在聚合物成熟或转移过程中可能加入的杂质造成的。由于使用的大多数数据都是从现场试验中获得的,因此强调了该方程在现场的应用。杂质被证明是至关重要的,特别是氧(O2)和硫化氢(H2S)的结合。它们的存在对渐近粘度有很大的影响,因此也建立了H2S含量与最终粘度之间的相关性。最后,分析了温度对粘度的影响。最终粘度和温度之间的相关性被发现,并用于将温度变化纳入预测,从而将在不同条件下进行的测量联系起来。本研究的主要优点是,该方程和相关关系可以在任何时候预测聚合物溶液的粘度。这样就可以在任何温度和杂质含量下通过常规测量来估计储层中的实际聚合物粘度。该方程的多功能性使其在面向EOR项目的行业中变得新颖和有用。
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Proactive Approach Minimizes Production Losses Due to Slug Flow 主动方法最大限度地减少了段塞流造成的生产损失
Pub Date : 2019-09-23 DOI: 10.2118/199782-stu
S. Carrie
When wells producing up casing in the Marcellus Shale dip into the slug flow regime, their production begins to drop off significantly. In some instances, wells that begin slugging dramatically can defer the majority of the production that they were delivering just months before slugging, resulting in significant loss in present value. To remedy this complication, engineers can install tubing in these wells to help lift fluids through the vertical section. Because slugging causes large fluctuations in production, most slugging is identified and addressed only after a production engineer notices these fluctuations. This can be months after the decrease in production rate. To challenge this reactive approach to identifying wells ready for tubing installation, I created a workflow—implemented with software—to create a tubing installation schedule which requires little time or effort by the production engineer. While it is unlikely this program can be replicated exactly, the logic I used to create the program can certainly be adopted and applied elsewhere. I used Coleman's model for critical rate to determine quantitatively when a given well is likely to begin to slug. Critical rate is defined as the minimum gas rate needed to maintain steady flow up a well to the surface. When the gas rate in a well dips below this critical rate, the well will dip into the slug flow regime. Bottomhole pressure (BHP) is a necessary input for the critical rate calculation. Because BHP data is not readily available for wells producing up casing, I had to create an alternative approach to determining BHP. After investigation, I determined that using data from different combinations of water-gas ratio (WGR), wellhead pressure (WHP), and gas rate allowed me to create a correlation to approximate the BHP of any given well on any given producing day. The resulting correlation could be incorporated in my workflow and—after combined with other input data—my software could determine, with sufficient accuracy, the critical rate of any given well on any given producing day. An engineer can use my software to create a graph displaying both critical rate and gas rate with time for every well in a data set. Engineers can summarize the pertinent information from those plots in a data table which can assist them with creating a tubing installation schedule. This workflow will help engineers to determine more readily whether any of their wells are on the verge of slugging, allowing them to be more proactive in installing tubing on their wells and preventing costly deferred production.
当Marcellus页岩中生产套管的井进入段塞流状态时,其产量开始显著下降。在某些情况下,开始段塞流的油井可能会推迟其在段塞流前几个月交付的大部分产量,从而导致现值的重大损失。为了解决这一问题,工程师可以在这些井中安装油管,以帮助流体通过垂直段。由于段塞流会导致生产产生较大波动,因此大多数段塞流只有在生产工程师注意到这些波动后才能被识别和解决。这可能是在产量下降后的几个月。为了挑战这种被动的方法来识别准备安装油管的井,我创建了一个用软件实现的工作流程来创建油管安装计划,这只需要生产工程师很少的时间和精力。虽然不太可能完全复制这个程序,但我用来创建程序的逻辑肯定可以被采用并应用到其他地方。我使用Coleman的临界速率模型来定量地确定某口井可能开始段塞流的时间。临界速率的定义是维持井底稳定流至地面所需的最小产气量。当一口井的产气量降到这个临界速率以下时,井将进入段塞流状态。井底压力(BHP)是计算临界速率的必要输入。由于BHP数据不容易用于生产套管的井,因此我必须创建一种替代方法来确定BHP。经过调查,我确定使用来自不同组合的水气比(WGR)、井口压力(WHP)和产气量的数据可以创建一个相关性,以近似于任何给定生产日任何给定井的BHP。由此产生的相关性可以纳入我的工作流程,并且在与其他输入数据相结合之后,我的软件可以以足够的准确性确定任何给定井在任何给定生产日的临界速率。工程师可以使用我的软件创建一个图表,显示数据集中每口井的临界速率和产气速率随时间的变化。工程师可以将这些图中的相关信息汇总到数据表中,以帮助他们制定油管安装计划。该工作流程将帮助工程师更容易地确定他们的井是否处于段塞的边缘,使他们能够更主动地在井中安装油管,并防止昂贵的延期生产。
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Saturation Height Function Coupled with Rocktype in Complex Clastic Reservoir in the North of Albert Basin, Uganda 乌干达阿尔伯特盆地北部复杂碎屑岩储层饱和高度函数与岩石类型耦合
Pub Date : 2019-09-23 DOI: 10.2118/195853-ms
Yingchun Zhang, W. Xu, Jingyun Zou, Z. Jing, L. Fang, Jun Liu
In complex clastic reservoirs, deviation often exists in oil saturation derived from logging interpretation due to the borehole conditions and log quality. Especially in thin-sand reservoirs, oil saturation is generally lower than actual results because of boundary effect. An innovative approach of saturation height function coupled with rocktype is provided to improve the accuracy of saturation prediction in well logs and spatial distribution. The model results are compared with log derived results. The new approach is based on the routine and special core analysis of over 100 core samples from the complex clastic reservoir in the north of Albert Basin in Uganda. Discrete rocktypes (DRT) are determined by flow zone index and pore throat radius which indicate the fluid flows. After converting the capillary pressure (Pc) data to reservoir conditions, Lambda curve fitting (Sw = A * PcB + C) is used to fit each capillary pressure curve. Then, a robust relationship between the fitting coefficients (A, B, C) and rock properties (i.e. porosity and permeability) is expressed as a nonlinear function for each DRT. Combined with the height above free water level, a water saturation (Sw) model is constructed by SHF within DRT model. Using the porosity and permeability obtainedfrom routine core analysis, FZI and pore throat radius are calculated (e.g., by Winland function). Five different rocktypes (DRT1-5) are defined in the delta sand reservoir in the north of Albert Basin with distinct pore textures. The distinguishment is in accordance with the shape of capillary pressure curve, that is, the flow capability increases from DRT1 to DRT5. A strong correlation between Pc and Sw processed by Lambda curve is acquired for each core sample. Meanwhile, 3 coefficients A, B and C can be obtained in Lambda formula. By nonlinear regression, coherent relation between each factor and reservoir properties (porosity and permeability) for each DRT are obtained. Height above the free water level is estimated by geometrical modeling on the oil water contact. The Sw model is constructed by the new SHF function coupled with DRT model. It showed that the water saturation derived from SHF is highly consistent with log derived results and NMR results. Moreover, it provides more precise results in thinner sands and in spatial distribution. Based on the identified different rocktype, a new SHF derived from capillary pressure data is utilized to establish the relationship between saturation, the height above the free water level and rock properties. The approach can significantly improve the accuracy of saturation prediction of thin reservoir and reasonably depict the spatial distribution characteristics of saturation. Furthermore, the approach will provide a more precise result in hydrocarbon volume calculation and numerical simulation.
在复杂碎屑岩储层中,由于井眼条件和测井质量的影响,测井解释含油饱和度往往存在偏差。特别是在薄砂油藏中,由于边界效应的影响,含油饱和度普遍低于实际结果。提出了一种结合岩石类型的饱和高度函数的创新方法,提高了测井曲线和空间分布的饱和度预测精度。将模型结果与对数推导结果进行了比较。新方法是基于对乌干达阿尔伯特盆地北部复杂碎屑储层100多个岩心样本的常规和特殊岩心分析。离散岩石类型(DRT)由指示流体流动的流区指数和孔喉半径决定。将毛管压力(Pc)数据转换为储层条件后,采用Lambda曲线拟合(Sw = A * PcB + C)拟合各毛管压力曲线。然后,拟合系数(a, B, C)与岩石性质(即孔隙度和渗透率)之间的鲁棒关系被表示为每个DRT的非线性函数。结合自由水位以上高度,利用DRT模型中的SHF构造了含水饱和度(Sw)模型。利用常规岩心分析得到的孔隙度和渗透率,计算FZI和孔喉半径(如采用Winland函数)。阿尔伯特盆地北部三角洲砂岩储层划分出5种不同的岩石类型(DRT1-5),孔隙结构各异。这种区别与毛管压力曲线的形状一致,即从DRT1到DRT5,流动能力增加。对每个岩心样品进行Lambda曲线处理,得到了Pc与Sw之间较强的相关性。同时在Lambda公式中可以得到3个系数A、B、C。通过非线性回归,得到各因素与各DRT储层物性(孔隙度和渗透率)之间的相干关系。通过油水接触面的几何建模来估计自由水位以上的高度。该模型由新的SHF函数与DRT模型耦合而成。结果表明,深水场计算的含水饱和度与测井结果和核磁共振结果高度一致。此外,在较薄的砂层和空间分布上,它提供了更精确的结果。在确定不同岩石类型的基础上,利用毛管压力数据推导出新的SHF,建立了饱和度、自由水位以上高度与岩石性质之间的关系。该方法可显著提高薄层储层饱和度预测的精度,合理刻画储层饱和度的空间分布特征。此外,该方法将为油气体积计算和数值模拟提供更精确的结果。
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Rapid Coupled Flow and Geomechanics Simulation using the Fast Marching Method 基于快速推进法的快速耦合流动与地质力学模拟
Pub Date : 2019-09-23 DOI: 10.2118/199785-stu
K. Terada
Substantial computational time is typically a bottleneck for coupled flow-geomechanics simulation in realistic problems despite increasing importance in reservoir geomechanics. This paper presents a new, rapid, coupled flow-geomechanics simulator using the Fast Marching Method (FMM-Geo). The simulator incorporates Diffusive Time-of-Flight (DTOF), which represents the arrival time of the propagating pressure front, as a 1-D spatial coordinate to transform original multi-dimensional model into equivalent 1-D model. DTOF can be obtained by efficiently solving the Eikonal equation using the Fast Marching Method (FMM). FMM-Geo is verified for 2-D models against a benchmark simulator and has achieved order-of-magnitude faster computation while it preserved reasonable accuracy. Finally, the simulator is applied to an assisted history matching example using surface subsidence data to illustrate its computational efficiency and applicability.
尽管油藏地质力学在实际问题中越来越重要,但大量的计算时间通常是流体-地质力学耦合模拟的瓶颈。本文提出了一种基于快速推进法(FMM-Geo)的新型、快速、耦合流动-地质力学模拟器。仿真器将表示传播压力锋到达时间的扩散飞行时间(diffusion time -of- flight, DTOF)作为一维空间坐标,将原来的多维模型转化为等效的一维模型。利用快速推进法(FMM)求解Eikonal方程,可以得到dof。FMM-Geo在二维模型上进行了基准模拟器验证,在保持合理精度的同时,计算速度提高了数量级。最后,以地面沉降数据辅助历史匹配为例,说明了该仿真器的计算效率和适用性。
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引用次数: 2
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