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Upscaling Low Salinity Benefit from Lab-Scale to Field-Scale - An Ensemble of Models with a Relative Permeability Uncertainty Range 从实验室规模到现场规模的低盐度效益提升——具有相对渗透率不确定范围的模型集合
Pub Date : 2022-04-18 DOI: 10.2118/209412-ms
Aboulghasem Kazemi Nia Korrani, G. Jerauld
Low salinity relative permeability curves are required to estimate the benefit of low salinity waterflooding at the field-level. Low salinity benefit is measured from corefloods (i.e., at the plug scale) and the same benefit is often assumed in full field models to generate low salinity curves from high salinity curves (often pseudo curves). The validity of this assumption is investigated. We present how uncertainty distribution of low salinity benefit can be propagated through an ensemble of full field models in which each simulation case could have a set of distinctive high salinity pseudos. A 0.5-ft vertical resolution sector and its 10-ft upscaled counterpart are used. Low salinity benefit from corefloods is used to generate low salinity relative permeabilities for the high-resolution sector. Rock curves (relative permeability curves from corefloods) are used in the high-resolution sector to create "truth" profiles. Pseudo high and low salinity curves are generated for the upscaled sector by history matching high salinity and incremental low salinity truth case profiles. Low salinity benefit from the upscaled model is compared against that of high-resolution sector ("truth" model). It is crucial to include capillary pressure in high resolution models. In the case studied, analogue and published data are used to produce low salinity capillary pressure curves. Our results show that generating low salinity curves for high salinity pseudos using low salinity benefit from corefloods slightly underestimates the true low salinity benefit at field-scale (i.e., low salinity benefit estimated from high-resolution models). This conclusion is consistent for two extreme relative-permeability scenarios tested (i.e., a high total mobility-unfavorable fractional flow and low total mobility-favorable fractional flow). We demonstrate how a set of high salinity relative-permeability data obtained from corefloods, which encompasses a range for fractional flow and total mobility, can be included in ensemble modeling appropriately, and how low salinity benefit could be estimated for such an ensemble. It is adequate to generate low salinity curves for bounding high salinity sets of curves. The bounding low salinity curves can then be used to estimate low salinity curve for any interpolated high salinity curve. This significantly simplifies the process of generating a probability distribution function (pdf) of low salinity benefit for an ensemble of models, where each model has a different high salinity relative permeability. We explain the pseudoization process and how to generate a counterpart low salinity curve for a high salinity relative permeability that honors an estimated low salinity benefit from corefloods. We present how a pdf of low salinity benefit can be built for an ensemble of models with distinctive high salinity curves that each honors the low salinity benefit. The workflow simplifies the process of describing the uncertainty in the benefit of l
低矿化度相对渗透率曲线是评估油田低矿化度水驱效益的必要条件。低矿化度效益是通过岩心驱液(即在桥塞尺度上)来测量的,在全油田模型中,通常假设从高矿化度曲线(通常是伪曲线)生成低矿化度曲线也具有同样的效益。研究了这一假设的有效性。我们介绍了低盐度效益的不确定性分布如何通过全场模型的集合传播,其中每个模拟案例都可以有一组独特的高盐度伪值。使用了0.5英尺的垂直分辨率扇区和10英尺的升级版扇区。岩心驱油的低矿化度效益被用于高分辨率区块的低矿化度相对渗透率。岩石曲线(岩心注水的相对渗透率曲线)用于高分辨率领域,以创建“真实”剖面。通过历史匹配高矿化度和增量低矿化度真值剖面,可以生成放大段的伪高、低矿化度曲线。将升级模型的低盐度效益与高分辨率扇区(“真值”模型)的低盐度效益进行了比较。在高分辨率模型中加入毛细压力是至关重要的。在研究的案例中,模拟数据和已发表的数据被用于绘制低盐度毛细管压力曲线。我们的研究结果表明,利用岩心驱油的低盐度效益为高盐度伪曲线生成的低盐度曲线略微低估了现场尺度上的真实低盐度效益(即高分辨率模型估计的低盐度效益)。这一结论在测试的两种极端相对渗透率情况下是一致的(即高总流动性-不利的分流和低总流动性-有利的分流)。我们展示了如何将一组从岩心流体中获得的高盐度相对渗透率数据(包括分数流动和总流动性的范围)适当地包括在集合模型中,以及如何估计这种集合的低盐度效益。对于边界高盐度曲线集,生成低盐度曲线是足够的。然后,边界低盐度曲线可用于估计任何插值高盐度曲线的低盐度曲线。这大大简化了为模型集合生成低盐度效益概率分布函数(pdf)的过程,其中每个模型具有不同的高盐度相对渗透率。我们解释了伪化过程,以及如何为高矿化度相对渗透率生成对应的低矿化度曲线,以实现岩心注水的低矿化度效益。我们介绍了如何为具有独特的高盐度曲线的模型集合构建低盐度效益的pdf,每个模型都具有低盐度效益。该工作流程简化了描述低矿化度水驱效益不确定性的过程。
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引用次数: 2
Review of Offshore Chemical Flooding Field Applications and Lessons Learned 海上化学驱油田应用综述及经验教训
Pub Date : 2022-04-18 DOI: 10.2118/209473-ms
M. Han, S. Ayirala, A. Al-yousef
This paper presents an overview of both research advancements and field applications of offshore chemical flooding technologies. Along with offshore oilfield development strategies that require maximization of oil production in a short development cycle, chemical flooding can become a potential avenue to accelerate oil production in secondary oil recovery mode. This makes it different from onshore chemical flooding processes that mostly focus on enhanced oil recovery in matured or maturing reservoirs. The advancements of offshore chemical flooding field applications are reviewed and analyzed. By summarizing offshore application cases, it also assesses the chemical formulations applied or studied and injection/production facilities required in the offshore environments. Main technical challenges are presented for scaling up the applications on offshore platforms or floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) systems. The technologies reviewed include polymer flooding, surfactant-polymer flooding, and alkaline-surfactant-polymer flooding. By assessing the technology readiness level of these technologies, this study presents their perspectives and practical relevance for offshore chemical flooding applications. It has been long realized that chemical flooding, especially polymer flooding, can improve oil recovery in offshore oil fields. The applications in Bohai Bay (China), Dalia (Angola), and Captain (North Sea) provide the know-how workflows for offshore polymer flooding from laboratory to full field applications. It is feasible to implement offshore polymer injection either on platform or FPSO system. It is recommended to implement polymer flooding at early stage of reservoir development in order to maximize the investment of offshore facilities. By tuning the chemistry of polymer products, they can present very good compatibility with seawaters. Therefore, choosing a proper polymer is no longer a big issue in offshore polymer flooding. There are also some interesting research findings reported on the development of novel surfactant chemistries for offshore applications. The outcome from a number of small-scale trials including the single well tracer tests on surfactant, alkaline-surfactant, surfactant-polymer in offshore Malaysia, Abu Dhabi, Qatar, and South China Sea provided valuable insights for the feasibility of chemical flooding in offshore environments. However, the technology readiness levels of surfactant-based chemical flooding processes are still low partially due to their complex interactions with subsurface fluids and lack of much interest in producing residual oil from matured offshore reservoirs. Based on the lessons learned from offshore applications, it can be concluded that several major challenges still need to be overcome in terms of large well spacing, reservoir voidage, produced fluid treatment, and high operational expense to successfully scale up surfactant based chemical flooding processes for offshore applica
本文综述了海上化学驱技术的研究进展和现场应用。随着海上油田开发战略要求在短开发周期内实现石油产量最大化,化学驱可以成为二次采油模式下加速石油生产的潜在途径。这与陆上化学驱不同,陆上化学驱主要侧重于提高成熟或即将成熟油藏的采收率。综述和分析了海上化学驱油田的应用进展。通过总结海上应用案例,它还评估了所应用或研究的化学配方以及海上环境中所需的注入/生产设施。在海上平台或浮式生产储存和卸载(FPSO)系统上扩大应用的主要技术挑战。综述的技术包括聚合物驱、表面活性剂-聚合物驱和碱-表面活性剂-聚合物驱。通过评估这些技术的技术就绪水平,本研究展示了它们在海上化学驱应用中的前景和实际意义。化学驱特别是聚合物驱在提高海上油田采收率方面的作用早已被人们所认识。在渤海湾(中国)、Dalia(安哥拉)和Captain(北海)的应用为海上聚合物驱提供了从实验室到现场应用的技术流程。无论是在平台上还是在FPSO系统上实施海上聚合物注入都是可行的。为了使海上设施投资最大化,建议在油藏开发初期实施聚合物驱。通过调整聚合物产品的化学性质,它们可以与海水表现出很好的相容性。因此,在海上聚合物驱中,选择合适的聚合物不再是一个大问题。在海上应用的新型表面活性剂的发展方面也有一些有趣的研究成果。在马来西亚、阿布扎比、卡塔尔和中国南海海域进行的一系列小规模试验,包括表面活性剂、碱性表面活性剂、表面活性剂-聚合物单井示踪剂测试,为海上环境中化学驱的可行性提供了有价值的见解。然而,基于表面活性剂的化学驱工艺的技术成熟度仍然很低,部分原因是它们与地下流体的复杂相互作用,以及对开采成熟海上油藏剩余油的兴趣不足。基于海上应用的经验教训,可以得出结论,要成功扩大海上应用的表面活性剂化学驱工艺,仍需要克服几个主要挑战,如大井距、储层空隙、产出液处理和高操作费用。
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引用次数: 3
Agile Scalable Distributed Polymer Injection Achieves 23% of Manantiales Behr Oil Production 2 Years; Worldwide Examples of this Game Changer Strategy 敏捷可扩展分布式聚合物注入实现Manantiales Behr油田23%的增产世界范围内改变游戏规则的例子
Pub Date : 2022-04-18 DOI: 10.2118/209364-ms
J. Juri, G. Dupuis, G. Pedersen, A. Ruiz, V. Serrano, P. Guillen, F. Schein, I. Ylitch, N. Ojeda, S. Gandi, L. Martino, A. Lucero, D. Perez, G. Vocaturo, C. Rivas, J. Massaferro
Implementing a polymer flooding plan from laboratory studies to expansion and optimization takes around 8 to 12 years. What is the best approach to increase the project return on investment (ROI) and reduce the risk? EOR is facing, more than ever before, the importance and impact of timing. The oil demand is under rapid replacement because the energy transition is being accelerated by the pandemic. We built our strategy around a distributed polymer injection rather than a centralized infrastructure to massively inject polymer at full-field scale. The distributed polymer injection with modular mobile polymer injection units (PIUs) targets the richest zones/sweet- spots of by-passed oil. In this case, the logistics, the construction of small modular mobile polymer injection units along with a cluster of ten injectors and nineteen to twenty-five producers ensure that the development cost will be below $5/bbl. The distributed polymer injection not only is efficient in kg of polymer per incremental barrel but also rationalizes OPEX. Progressing this scenario is simple and depends mainly on the engineering and construction to move and mount rapidly the PIU from one sweet-spots to the next one. Our development strategy focused on speed over scale: less use of water, less footprint, less infrastructure, optimize OPEX (polymer is being consumed along four to seven years, there is scope to optimize along the project lifetime) on the contrary infrastructure an upfront cost (there is less scope to optimize in the project lifetime). We prioritize small/mobile facilities knowing the specific location of the best reservoir targets in the subsurface to inject polymer. This offered the opportunity to standardize engineering and materials for mounting the modules, and it provides a way to focusing on one type of infrastructure to optimize. Grimbeek Field, case study shows how we have increased the return of investment by identifying the sweet-spots of by-passed oil using reservoir simulation. In each of the main sweet-spots, we installed a modular mobile polymer injection unit. Reservoir simulation shows that only 38% of the reservoir affected by polymer injection produces more than 60% of the incremental oil. Grimbeek Field produced 4100 BOPD in 2019. Development of sweet-spots by modular polymer injection has driven the production of over 9700 BOPD incrementing production in more than 100% (more than 5000 BOPD) which now represents 23% of Manantiales Behr total production in less than two years including 2020. In the next 10 months, the project will have delivered 60% of the total cumulative production rationalizing the operative expenditure. This strategy is a game-changer in polymer flooding, not only because other companies worldwide are adopting the distributed polymer injection concept but also because companies that initially adopted centralized infrastructure to massively inject polymer are now abandoning this concept and shifting towards distribut
从实验室研究到扩展和优化,实施聚合物驱计划需要8到12年的时间。提高项目投资回报率(ROI)和降低风险的最佳方法是什么?提高采收率比以往任何时候都更加面临时机的重要性和影响。由于新冠肺炎疫情加速了能源转型,石油需求正在迅速替代。我们的策略是围绕分布式聚合物注入,而不是集中的基础设施,在整个油田大规模注入聚合物。采用模块化移动聚合物注入单元(piu)的分布式聚合物注入技术瞄准了旁通油最富集的区域/甜点。在这种情况下,物流、小型模块化移动聚合物注入单元的建设以及10个注入器和19到25个生产商的集群确保了开发成本低于5美元/桶。分散式聚合物注入不仅提高了每桶增量聚合物千克的效率,而且使运营成本合理化。实现这一方案很简单,主要取决于工程和施工将PIU从一个最佳位置快速移动和安装到下一个最佳位置。我们的发展战略侧重于速度而不是规模:更少的水使用,更少的足迹,更少的基础设施,优化OPEX(聚合物的消耗时间为4到7年,在项目生命周期内有优化的余地),相反,基础设施和前期成本(在项目生命周期内优化的余地较小)。我们优先考虑小型/移动设施,了解地下最佳储层目标的具体位置,以注入聚合物。这为标准化安装模块的工程和材料提供了机会,并提供了一种专注于优化一种基础设施的方法。Grimbeek油田的案例研究表明,通过油藏模拟来识别旁道油的甜点,我们提高了投资回报。在每个主要的甜蜜点,我们安装了一个模块化的移动聚合物注射单元。油藏模拟表明,只有38%受聚合物注入影响的油藏产出了超过60%的增量油。Grimbeek油田2019年的产量为4100桶/天。通过模块化聚合物注入的甜点开发,推动了超过9700桶/天的产量增长超过100%(超过5000桶/天),在包括2020年在内的不到两年的时间里,这占Manantiales Behr总产量的23%。在接下来的10个月里,该项目将实现累计产量的60%,使运营支出合理化。这种策略改变了聚合物驱的游戏规则,不仅因为全球其他公司正在采用分布式聚合物注入概念,而且因为最初采用集中式基础设施大规模注入聚合物的公司现在正在放弃这一概念,转向分布式聚合物注入。该策略可以在许多成熟油田中有效实施,因为它可以提高整个价值链的效率和速度:1)在现场建造小型聚合物注入装置,2)在现场安装模块化装置,3)在相对较短的注入周期内注入聚合物(3至4年合理增加OPEX), 4)集中集群生产并将PIU移动到下一个区域。
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Small Scale EOR Pilot in the Eastern Eagle Ford Boosts Production Eagle Ford东部的小规模EOR试验提高了产量
Pub Date : 2022-04-18 DOI: 10.2118/209429-ms
Tim Bozeman, W. Nelle, Q. Nguyen
Low primary and secondary recoveries of original oil in place from modern unconventional reservoirs begs for utilization of tertiary recovery techniques. Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) via cyclic gas injection ("huff ‘n puff") has indeed enhanced oil recovery in many fields and many of those projects have also been documented in industry technical papers/case studies. But the need remains to document new techniques in new reservoirs. This paper documents a small scale EOR pilot project in the eastern Eagle Ford and shows promising well results. In preparation for the pilot, full characterization of the oil and injection gas was done along with laboratory testing to identify the miscibility properties of the two fluids. Once the injection well facility design was completed a series of progressively larger gas volumes were injected followed by correspondingly longer production times. Fluids in the returning liquid and gas streams were monitored for compositional changes and the learnings from each cycle led to adjustments and facility changes to improve the next cycle. After completing five injection/withdrawal cycles in the pilot a few key observations can be made. The implementation of cyclic gas injection can be both a technical and a commercial success early in its life if reasonable cost controls are implemented and the scope is kept manageable. The process has proved to be both repeatable and predictable allowing for economic modeling to be utilized to help determine timing of subsequent injection cycles. A key component of the success of this pilot has been the availability of small compressors capable of the high pressures required for these projects and learning how to implement cost saving facility designs that still meet high safety standards.
现代非常规油藏原油一次采收率和二次采收率较低,需要采用三次采收率技术。通过循环注气(“huff”n puff”)提高采收率(EOR)确实在许多油田提高了采收率,其中许多项目也被记录在行业技术论文/案例研究中。但在新油藏中记录新技术的需求仍然存在。本文记录了Eagle Ford东部的一个小规模EOR试点项目,并显示出良好的效果。为了进行试验准备,对油气进行了全面表征,并进行了实验室测试,以确定两种流体的混相特性。一旦完成了注水井设施的设计,注入的气体量就会越来越大,相应的生产时间也会越来越长。对返回的液体和气体流中的流体进行了成分变化监测,并从每个循环中吸取教训,从而进行调整和设备更改,以改进下一个循环。在试验中完成五个注入/提取周期后,可以进行一些关键观察。如果实施合理的成本控制,并且范围保持在可控范围内,循环注气可以在其生命周期的早期取得技术和商业上的成功。事实证明,该过程具有可重复性和可预测性,可以利用经济建模来帮助确定后续注入周期的时间。该试点项目成功的一个关键因素是能够承受这些项目所需的高压的小型压缩机的可用性,以及学习如何在满足高安全标准的情况下实施节省成本的设施设计。
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Oil and Gas Relative Permeability as a Function of Fluid Composition 流体成分对油气相对渗透率的影响
Pub Date : 2022-04-18 DOI: 10.2118/209388-ms
Lauren Churchwell, D. DiCarlo
During miscible gas injection for enhanced oil recovery, the composition of the fluids can change throughout the reservoir as the oil and gas phases develop miscibility. Measuring and modeling relative permeability as compositional regions are traversed creates many challenges. In simulators, the association of each phase with a relative permeability curve sometimes creates discontinuities when phases disappear across miscibility boundaries. Some newer relative permeability models attempt to resolve these issues by changing the standard "oil" and "gas" method of phase labeling and instead labeling phases according to a physical property that is continuous and tied to composition, most notably the fluid density or Gibbs free energy (GFE). Ideally, a relative permeability model will be based on experimental measurements. A handful of all relative permeability experiments focus on studying changes in relative permeability brought about by changes in fluid composition with increasing capillary number. However, there is also evidence to suggest that composition can impact relative permeability even at capillary numbers well below the capillary desaturation threshold. In this research, two-phase gas/oil core flood experiments were performed with ethane as the gas phase and equilibrated octane as the oil phase. Pressure was varied so that the composition (density and GFE) of the gas and oil were changing. The capillary numbers were kept low and constant to prevent capillary desaturation of the oil phase. The experiments were then repeated with an added residual brine phase to test the effect of composition with a third phase present. The results show that changing the density and GFE of the oil and gas phases in either two-phase or three-phase flow had no impact on the relative permeability curves. However, significant changes were observed when comparing two-phase to three-phase oil and gas relative permeabilities. When only gas and oil were flowing in the core, the oil phase formed a continuous layer on the pore surfaces. The addition of residual brine caused the oil to form droplets, reducing the relative permeability of both the oil and gas phases in the absence of a continuous layer of oil. These findings verify previous history-matched relative permeabilities in literature and show that the oil phase connectivity is more important than compositional parameters.
在注混相气以提高采收率的过程中,随着油气相的混相发展,整个储层的流体成分会发生变化。测量和模拟穿越成分区域时的相对渗透率带来了许多挑战。在模拟器中,当相消失在混相边界时,每个相与相对渗透率曲线的关联有时会产生不连续。一些较新的相对渗透率模型试图通过改变标准的“油”和“气”相标记方法来解决这些问题,取而代之的是根据连续的、与成分相关的物理性质来标记相,最明显的是流体密度或吉布斯自由能(GFE)。理想情况下,相对渗透率模型将基于实验测量。在所有相对渗透率实验中,有少数实验的重点是研究流体成分随毛细管数增加而变化所带来的相对渗透率变化。然而,也有证据表明,即使在毛细血管数量远低于毛细血管去饱和阈值的情况下,成分也会影响相对渗透率。本研究以乙烷为气相,平衡辛烷为油相,进行了两相气/油岩心驱替实验。随着压力的变化,油气的组成(密度和GFE)也发生了变化。为了防止油相的毛细脱饱和,将毛细数保持在较低且恒定的水平。然后用添加的剩余盐水相重复实验,以测试第三相存在时组成的影响。结果表明,无论是两相流动还是三相流动,改变油气相密度和GFE对相对渗透率曲线都没有影响。然而,当比较两相和三相油气相对渗透率时,可以观察到显著的变化。当岩心中只有油气流动时,油相在孔隙表面形成连续层。残余盐水的加入导致油形成液滴,在没有连续油层的情况下,降低了油气相的相对渗透率。这些发现验证了以往文献中与历史相匹配的相对渗透率,并表明油相连通性比成分参数更重要。
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Polymer Injectivity Enhancement Using Chemical Stimulation: A Multi-Dimensional Study 化学刺激增强聚合物注入性的多维研究
Pub Date : 2022-04-18 DOI: 10.2118/209425-ms
S. Chandrasekhar, D. Alexis, J. Jin, Taimur Malik, V. Dwarakanath
Chevron injected emulsion polymer in the Captain field, offshore UK in the last decade at various scales (Poulsen et al., 2018). Pilot horizontal wells had exhibited faster than designed injectivity decline and Jackson et al. (2019) documented the causes to include oleic phase damage from a) injection of produced water containing crude oil after imperfect separation, and b) entrainment of injected emulsion polymer’s carrier oil. The wells were remediated with a surfactant stimulation package (Alexis et al., 2021; Dwarakanath et al., 2016). The remediation boosted the water relative permeability near wellbore which enhanced injectivity and allowed higher processing rates for subsequent continuous polymer injection. In this work, we conducted a set of core floods in slabs of surrogate rock of varying dimension and patterns to demonstrate the beneficial effect of near wellbore stimulation in the general case. 0.04 PV of the remediation package was injected and we show consistent injectivity enhancement across the experiments. We demonstrate the dominant effect of well skin treatment on the pressure drop profile compared to flow resistance from a) residual oil saturation and b) viscous fingering. The result is an important reminder for injectivity maintenance for high polymer flood processing rates for the life of the project. Clean injection fluids were demonstrated to maintain injectivity. We show applicability of stimulation for injectors into viscous oil reservoirs with adverse viscosity ratio. The robust nature of the remediation package developed by Alexis et al. (2021) is also shown, working to efficacy on viscous oil, as well as in situ phase separated polymer. We estimated skin and stimulation depth for a line drive case with low chemical dosage finding that 0.04 pore volumes of surfactant injection at 0.33 oil saturation units gave injectivity improvement of 31%. Surfactant stimulation is thus broadly applicable to wells with oleic phase skin.
在过去十年中,雪佛龙在英国近海的Captain油田以不同规模注入了乳液聚合物(Poulsen等人,2018)。试验水平井的注入能力下降速度比设计的要快,Jackson等人(2019)记录了造成油相损害的原因,包括a)在分离不完全后注入含有原油的采出水,b)注入的乳液聚合物的载体油被夹带。这些井采用表面活性剂增产措施进行修复(Alexis等,2021;Dwarakanath et al., 2016)。补救措施提高了近井水的相对渗透率,增强了注入能力,并为后续连续注入聚合物提供了更高的处理率。在这项工作中,我们在不同尺寸和模式的替代岩板中进行了一组岩心注水,以证明在一般情况下近井增产的有益效果。注入0.04 PV的修复包,我们在整个实验中显示出一致的注入增强。我们证明了与a)残余油饱和度和b)粘性指指的流动阻力相比,井表皮处理对压降剖面的主要影响。该研究结果对在项目生命周期内保持高聚合物驱处理速率的注入能力具有重要的指导意义。干净的注入液被证明可以保持注入能力。证明了注水井增产措施对具有不利粘度比的稠油油藏的适用性。亚历克西斯等人(2021)开发的修复包的坚固性也得到了证明,对粘性油和原位相分离聚合物都有效。我们估计了低化学剂量的线性驱动情况下的表皮和刺激深度,发现在0.33含油饱和度单位下注入0.04孔隙体积的表面活性剂,注入能力提高了31%。因此,表面活性剂增产措施广泛适用于油相表皮井。
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In-Depth Water Conformance Control: Design, Implementation and Surveillance of the First Thermally Active Polymers Treatment TAP in a Colombian Field 深度水一致性控制:哥伦比亚油田首个热活性聚合物处理TAP的设计、实施和监测
Pub Date : 2022-04-18 DOI: 10.2118/209472-ms
M. Gutierrez, Joan Sebastian García, Ruben Castro, Tatiana Yiceth Zafra, Jonattan Rojas, Rocio Macarena Ortiz, H. Quintero, H. García, Luis Niño, Jhon Amado, D. Quintero, M. Kiani
The Yariguí-Cantagallo is a mature oil field located in the western flank of the middle Magdalena valley basin in Colombia. Oil production started in 1941 and has been supported by water injection since 2008 with the aim of maintaining the pressure in the reservoir and increasing oil production. However, due to the channeling of the injected water, the water cut in some wells has been increasing, reaching values greater than 90%. Therefore, ECOPETROL S.A. implemented the first deep conformance treatment in Colombia through the design, execution, monitoring and evaluation of the technology in the YR-521 and YR-517 patterns for improving sweep efficiency of the waterflooding process. Brightwater® technology (also known as Thermally Active Polymer, TAP) has been used as an in-depth conformance improvement agent in reservoirs under waterflood suffering from the presence of thief zones or preferential flow channels. BrightWater® consists of expandable submicron particles injected downhole with a dispersive surfactant as a batch using injection water as a carrier. The selection of the injection patterns and treatment volume estimation was carried out through analysis of diagnostic plots and analytical pattern simulations. Treatment design and chemistry selection were based on reservoir characteristics, especially the temperature profile between the injector and offset producing wells in each pattern. Thus, laboratory tests with the representative fluids at various temperatures were carried out. Injection in the first pattern began on December 14, 2020, with a cumulative 6344 bbls of water containing TAP, at an injection rate of 700 bpd, gradually increasing the concentration from 3,500 ppm to 12,000 ppm. Once the injection was completed in this pattern and using the same surface facility, the second injection pattern was executed, on December 23, 2020. In the second pattern a cumulative of 9152 bbls of water containing TAP was injected at an injection rate of 700 bpd at concentration from 3500 ppm up to 8000 ppm. This paper summarizes the first TAP pilot implementation in Colombia and will describe the methodology and results of project QAQC monitoring and injection-production. Based on results to date, after one year monitoring (decrease in water cut up to 6%, in some wells, with consequent increase in oil recovery up to 18,642 STB), five additional treatments are planned in other injection patterns in this field between 2022 and 2023. It was validated that the deep conformance improvement technology allows blocking the preferential flow channels, reaching new areas with high oil saturation. Incremental oil production, potential increase in reserves, and reduction of OPEX due to lower water production were some of the observed benefits from this trial. Likewise, calculations show positive impacts in reducing the carbon footprint and water management.
Yariguí-Cantagallo是位于哥伦比亚中部Magdalena山谷盆地西侧的成熟油田。该油田于1941年开始采油,自2008年以来一直通过注水支持,目的是保持油藏压力并提高产量。然而,由于注入水的窜流,一些井的含水率一直在增加,达到90%以上。因此,ECOPETROL S.A.通过设计、实施、监测和评估YR-521和YR-517区块的技术,在哥伦比亚实施了第一个深度一致性处理,以提高水驱过程的波及效率。Brightwater®技术(也被称为热活性聚合物,TAP)已被用作水驱油藏中存在盗窃层或优先流动通道的深度稠度改善剂。BrightWater®是将可膨胀的亚微米颗粒与分散性表面活性剂一起注入井下,以注入水作为载体。通过分析诊断图和分析模式模拟进行注射模式的选择和处理量的估计。处理方案的设计和化学药剂的选择是基于储层特征,特别是每个模式下注入井和邻井生产井之间的温度分布。因此,对具有代表性的流体在不同温度下进行了实验室测试。第一种模式于2020年12月14日开始注入,累计注入6344桶含有TAP的水,注入速度为700桶/天,浓度从3500 ppm逐渐增加到12000 ppm。在此模式下,使用相同的地面设施完成注入后,将于2020年12月23日执行第二种注入模式。在第二种模式中,以700桶/天的注入速率累计注入9152桶含TAP的水,注入浓度从3500ppm到8000ppm。本文总结了在哥伦比亚的第一次TAP试点实施,并将描述项目QAQC监测和注入生产的方法和结果。根据迄今为止的结果,经过一年的监测(一些井的含水率下降了6%,采收率提高了18642 STB),计划在2022年至2023年期间对该油田的其他注入模式进行5次额外的处理。实验结果表明,深层一致性改善技术可以阻断优先流动通道,到达新的高含油饱和度区域。增产、潜在的储量增加以及由于产水量减少而降低的运营成本是该试验的一些观察到的好处。同样,计算也显示了在减少碳足迹和水管理方面的积极影响。
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Optimizing Waterflooding EOR Through Cyclic Injection: A Case Study on the Hoople Field, Midland Basin, West Texas 通过循环注入优化水驱提高采收率:以德克萨斯州西部Midland盆地Hoople油田为例
Pub Date : 2022-04-18 DOI: 10.2118/209434-ms
M. Farias, Xijin Liu
This paper presents a case study of implementation and results of cyclic injection EOR technique in Hoople field. It is located in Crosby and Lubbock Counties, west Texas and sits on the Eastern Shelf of the Midland Basin. The Hoople oil field, discovered in 1970's, is in its depletion stage with water cut greater than 95%. The reservoir rock consists of tidal flat dolomite and limestone interbedded with shale in Lower Permian Clear Fork Formation. Severe reservoir heterogeneity with low porosity and permeability are observed through core examination. This type of reservoir is suitable for cyclic injection. Cyclic injection consists of two stages for water injection: pressurization (or injection) and depressurization (injection shut-in). Cyclic injection was initiated in part of the Hoople field in 2020. We selected two sections in the field for pilot testing and completed a full cycle in each section. After encouraging results, the cyclic injection technique was deployed over the whole field. The large-scale operation consists dividing the field in four sectors to maximize water handling and optimize cyclic injection operations. Cyclic water injection has generated positive results. During depressurizing (or shut-in) half cycle, water production decreased dramatically with increasing oil-cut. Water production decreased 10% in each area while oil-cut improvement ranges from 13% to 33%. During the pressurizing (or injection) half cycle, oil production increases with total fluid production. The observed increase in total production ranges between 10% to 19%. The most significant finding is the consistent reservoir oil production and oil-cut response. Overall oil production has been kept at a stable level, countering the expected natural decline, suggesting that the cyclic injection led to enhanced oil recovery. Overall water production dropped significantly, reducing the cost associated with lifting from and injecting back to the reservoir. Cyclic injection has a very positive impact on the financial performance of the field development. The cyclic injection methodology, an alternative EOR technique, can be applied to other mature fields with similar reservoir properties.
本文介绍了循环注入提高采收率技术在胡普尔油田的应用实例及效果。它位于德克萨斯州西部的克罗斯比和拉伯克县,坐落在米德兰盆地的东部大陆架上。胡普尔油田发现于上世纪70年代,目前已进入含水95%以上的枯竭阶段。储层由下二叠统清叉组潮滩白云岩、灰岩与页岩互层组成。通过岩心检查,发现储层非均质性严重,低孔低渗。这种类型的储层适合循环注入。循环注水包括两个阶段:加压(或注入)和减压(注入关井)。2020年,在Hoople油田的部分地区开始了循环注入。我们在现场选择了两个部分进行先导测试,并在每个部分完成了一个完整的周期。在取得令人鼓舞的效果后,循环注入技术被应用于整个油田。大规模作业包括将油田划分为四个部分,以最大化水处理并优化循环注入作业。循环注水取得了积极效果。在降压(或关井)半周期中,产水量随着含油量的增加而急剧下降。每个区域的产油量下降了10%,而含油量的提高幅度在13%到33%之间。在加压(或注入)半周期中,产油量随着总产油量的增加而增加。观察到的总产量增长幅度在10%到19%之间。最重要的发现是一致的油藏产油量和含油量响应。总体产油量保持在稳定水平,抵消了预期的自然下降,这表明循环注入提高了原油采收率。总体产水量显著下降,降低了从油藏开采和回注的相关成本。循环注入对油田开发的财务业绩有非常积极的影响。循环注入方法是一种可替代的EOR技术,可以应用于具有类似储层性质的其他成熟油田。
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Evaluation of Historical and Ongoing Double Displacement Process in Yates Field Unit 耶茨野外部队历史和正在进行的双重置换过程的评价
Pub Date : 2022-04-18 DOI: 10.2118/209374-ms
Saeedeh Mohebbinia, S. Pennell, R. Valdez, K. Eskandaridalvand
Implementation of a second Double Displacement Process (DDP2) has been evaluated for Yates Field Unit (YFU). A DDP2 Demonstration Area Project has been designed to test DDP2 in a mature, high recovery area of the field. A detailed, geologically based reservoir description was used to build a simulation model for the DDP2 pilot area to study the DDP process and evaluate DDP2 performance. Initial saturations and relative permeability curves were generated based on a capillary pressure based Saturation Height Function (SHF) study. The fracture system was simulated using a hybrid dual porosity/permeability system. A 9-component equation of state (EOS) was used to model the YFU fluid properties. Capillary pressure of imbibition is used to capture the effect of hysteresis and oil trapping in the zones invaded by the aquifer during primary depletion. The simulation model has been tuned against historical performance since 1927, focusing on the first DDP process (DDP1) implemented over 1992-2000. Matching historical production/injection, field pressure and fluid contacts data were the history matching objectives. The DDP2 pilot project will include lowering 31 Horizontal Drain Hole (HDH) lateral completions by 25 feet to lower the contacts. The tuned model has been used to generate flow streams for different forecasting scenarios utilizing the DDP2 process. Forecast results show incremental oil recovery by lowering the contacts by 25 feet during the DDP2 phase. This paper presents a comprehensive study of YFU DDP1 process and evaluation of the second DDP process by a 3D numerical simulation model. The simulation model is used to improve understanding of the complex Gas-Oil Gravity Drainage (GOGD) and Gas Assisted Gravity Drainage (GAGD), and provide forecasts for the DDP2 process. Success of the pilot will result in extending the field life another 10-20 years.
对Yates油田单元(YFU)实施第二个双驱过程(DDP2)进行了评估。设计了一个DDP2示范区项目,在油田成熟的高采收率区域测试DDP2。通过详细的、基于地质的储层描述,建立了DDP2试验区的模拟模型,以研究DDP过程并评估DDP2的性能。基于毛细管压力的饱和高度函数(SHF)研究,生成了初始饱和度和相对渗透率曲线。裂缝系统采用混合双重孔隙度/渗透率系统进行模拟。采用9组分状态方程(EOS)对YFU流体特性进行了建模。利用毛细吸胀压力来捕捉初次衰竭时含水层侵入带的滞回效应和油圈闭效应。仿真模型已经根据1927年以来的历史性能进行了调整,重点关注1992-2000年间实现的第一个DDP过程(DDP1)。匹配历史生产/注入、现场压力和流体接触数据是历史匹配的目标。DDP2试点项目将包括将31个水平泄水孔(HDH)横向完井降低25英尺,以降低接触面。调整后的模型已用于利用DDP2过程生成不同预测情景的流。预测结果显示,在DDP2阶段,通过将接触面降低25英尺来增加采收率。本文采用三维数值模拟模型对YFU DDP过程进行了全面研究,并对二次DDP过程进行了评价。该模拟模型用于提高对复杂油气重力泄放(GOGD)和气体辅助重力泄放(GAGD)的认识,并为DDP2过程提供预测。试验的成功将使油田寿命再延长10-20年。
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First Nanoparticle-Based EOR Nano-EOR Project in Japan: Laboratory Experiments for a Field Pilot Test 日本首个基于纳米颗粒的EOR纳米EOR项目:现场试点试验的实验室实验
Pub Date : 2022-04-18 DOI: 10.2118/209467-ms
Yutaro Kaito, Ayae Goto, D. Ito, S. Murakami, Hirotake Kitagawa, Takahiro Ohori
"Nanoparticle-based enhanced oil recovery (Nano-EOR)" is an improved waterflooding assisted by nanoparticles dispersed in the injection water. Many laboratory studies have revealed the effectiveness of Nano-EOR. An evaluation of the EOR effect is one of the most critical items to be investigated. However, risk assessments and mitigation plans are as essential as investigation of its effectiveness for field applications. This study examined the items to be concerned for applying Nano-EOR to the Sarukawa oil field, a mature field in Japan, and established an organized laboratory and field tests workflow. This paper discusses a laboratory part of the study in detail. This study investigated the effect and potential risks of the Nano-EOR through laboratory experiments based on the workflow. The laboratory tests used surface-modified nanosilica dispersion, synthetic brine, injection water, and crude oil. The oil and injection water were sampled from a wellhead and injection facility, respectively, to examine the applicability of the EOR at the Sarukawa oil field. The items of the risk assessment involved the influence on an injection well's injectivity, poor oil/water separation at a surface facility, and contamination of sales oil. A series of experiments intended for the Sarukawa oil field showed that 0.5 wt. % nanofluid was expected to contribute to significant oil recovery and cause no damage on an injection well for the reservoir with tens of mD. This is considered a favorable result for applying Nano-EOR to Sarukawa oil field because it contains layers of tens mD. Furthermore, the experiments also showed that 0.5 wt.% nanofluid did not lead to poor oil/water separation and contamination of sales oil. Thus, field tests are designed with this concentration. This paper introduces the entire study workflow and discusses the detailed procedure and results of experiments investigating the Nano-EOR effect and potential risks.
“基于纳米颗粒的提高采收率(纳米eor)”是一种由分散在注入水中的纳米颗粒辅助的改进水驱技术。许多实验室研究已经揭示了纳米eor的有效性。提高采收率效果的评价是最关键的研究项目之一。然而,风险评估和缓解计划与实地应用的有效性调查同样重要。本研究探讨了在日本成熟油田Sarukawa油田应用纳米eor技术需要注意的问题,并建立了有组织的实验室和现场测试工作流程。本文对实验部分的研究进行了详细的论述。本研究基于工作流程,通过实验室实验研究了纳米提高采收率的效果和潜在风险。实验室测试使用了表面改性纳米二氧化硅分散体、合成盐水、注入水和原油。为了检验提高采收率在Sarukawa油田的适用性,研究人员分别从井口和注入设施中抽取了油和注入水。风险评估的项目包括对注水井注入能力的影响、地面设施的油水分离不良以及销售油的污染。针对Sarukawa油田的一系列实验表明,0.5 wt.%的纳米流体有望显著提高采收率,并且不会对含有数十mD的油藏的注水井造成损害。这被认为是将纳米提高采收率应用于Sarukawa油田的有利结果,因为它含有数十mD的层。此外,实验还表明,0.5 wt.%的纳米流体不会导致油水分离不良,也不会污染销售油。因此,现场试验是按照这种浓度设计的。本文介绍了整个研究流程,并讨论了研究纳米提高采收率效果和潜在风险的详细步骤和实验结果。
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