Hot water assisted gravity drainage method for mining high pour-point oil deposit

A technology of high pour point oil and assisted gravity, which is applied in the direction of production fluid, earthwork drilling and production, wellbore/well components, etc. It can solve the problems of inability to significantly improve the seepage capacity of the oil layer, low recovery degree, hidden danger of explosion, etc., and achieve improved Reserve swept volume and displacement efficiency, enhanced production and recovery, enhanced flow capacity effects

Active Publication Date: 2012-09-19
PETROCHINA CO LTD
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[0005] (1) Since more than 80% of high pour point oil reservoirs are currently developed by conventional cold water injection, with the continuous development of oilfields, the amount of injected water continues to increase, the formation temperature gradually decreases, a large amount of wax is precipitated in crude oil, cold damage and blockage of the reservoir The phenomenon is getting more and more serious, the water absorption index of reservoir water injection wells drops rapidly, and conventional plugging removal measures can only alleviate the plugging near the wellbore, but cannot significantly improve the seepage capacity in the far part of the oil layer, resulting in worsening plugging removal effect; using fracturing Plugging removal makes it easy for the injected water to channel along the direction of the main fractures, resulting in early water breakthrough in the production well...

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[0042] This embodiment provides a method for exploiting high pour point oil reservoirs by hot water assisted gravity drainage, the principle of which is as follows figure 1 shown. The method includes the following steps:

[0043] (1) Judging whether the reservoir is a high pour point oil reservoir suitable for hot water assisted gravity drainage

[0044] The reservoir is buried at a depth of 1600-1700 meters and has an oil layer with an average effective thickness of 27 meters, an average porosity of 26%, an average permeability of 679mD, an original reservoir temperature of 54.5°C, and a wax precipitation point of crude oil of 52°C, it is a thick block high pour point oil reservoir, which is suitable for the method of exploiting high pour point oil reservoir by hot water assisted gravity drainage provided by the present invention.

[0045] (2) Deploy injection-production well pattern

[0046] Select an area of ​​800m×200m inside the reservoir (an area selected in a horizon...

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The invention relates to a hot water assisted gravity drainage method for mining a high pour-point oil deposit. The hot water assisted gravity drainage method for mining the high pour-point oil deposit comprises the following steps of: drilling a horizontal production well at the bottom of an oil reservoir of the high pour-point oil deposit; drilling two horizontal injection wells on the top of the oil reservoir of the high pour-point oil deposit; performing artificial fracturing and fissure forming on the horizontal injection wells and the horizontal production well; performing hot water huff and puff circulation preheating by using the horizontal injection wells and the horizontal production well simultaneously; and after circulation preheating is finished, starting to inject and produce continuously, namely continuously injecting hot water at the temperature of 100 DEG C by using the horizontal injection wells, and continuously producing by using the horizontal production well. The hot water assisted gravity drainage method for mining the high pour-point oil deposit can be applied to the high pour-point oil deposit of which the effective thickness is greater than 10 meters on large scale, and the well productivity and the recovery efficiency are improved.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to a hot water assisted gravity drainage method, in particular to a hot water assisted gravity drainage method for exploiting a high pour point oil reservoir, and belongs to the technical field of oilfield exploitation. Background technique [0002] High pour point oil reservoirs are oil reservoirs characterized by "two highs and one low" (high wax content in formation crude oil, high wax precipitation point, and low production). All are distributed, and the geological reserves are more than 200 million tons, which has broad development prospects. [0003] When the crude oil in the high pour point oil reservoir is above the wax precipitation temperature point, all the wax dissolves in the crude oil and flows together with the crude oil. The crude oil has low viscosity, high flow capacity, and good development effect. When the temperature of the crude oil is lower than the wax precipitation point, a large amount of wax crystals in...

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IPC IPC(8): E21B43/24E21B43/30
Inventor 吴永彬王红庄蒋有伟李秀峦李晓玲韩静
Owner PETROCHINA CO LTD
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