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A method for adjusting steam injection mode in the process of steam huff and puff

An adjustment method and steam injection technology, which is applied in earthwork drilling, wellbore/well components, production fluid, etc., can solve problems such as uneven steam absorption, less oil production in low-permeability areas, and poor recovery effect of heavy oil, achieving Improve the degree of production, increase the oil-steam ratio, and improve the effect of uneven steam absorption

Active Publication Date: 2022-07-29
CHINA PETROLEUM & CHEM CORP
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[0006] The present invention solves the problems existing in the prior art. When the formation is heterogeneous (generally when the formation permeability variation coefficient Vk>0.2), along with the prolongation of the production cycle, the phenomenon of uneven steam absorption in the horizontal well section is obvious, resulting in the formation of oil in the low permeability area. Less production, more production in high-permeability areas; unbalanced steam absorption in formations around horizontal wells in balanced steam injection mode, and poor recovery effect of heavy oil. Provide an adjustment method for steam injection mode in the process of steam huff and puff

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[0054] A method for adjusting the steam injection mode in the process of steam huff and puff,

[0055] 1) Heterogeneous reservoirs have serious uneven steam absorption and high oil saturation in horizontal well sections. (Oil saturation range R=So max -So min , where So max is the regional maximum oil saturation, So min is the regional minimum oil saturation. ) If the coefficient of variation of formation permeability is 0.27, the horizontal well injects steam for 290 m 3 / d, under the conditions of temperature 250℃, steam dryness 0.7, such as figure 1 After the end of the third cycle, the temperature in the low-permeability zone at the front end of the horizontal well was lower, and the temperature in the high-permeability zone at the rear end was higher, and the temperature had already shown obvious characteristics of low front and high temperature. The phenomenon of uneven steam absorption in the horizontal well section of the cycle is more obvious, and the steam abso...

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[0068] The degree of heterogeneity of the ground layer increases, V k =0.74, horizontal well steam injection 290m 3 / d, under the conditions of temperature 250℃ and steam dryness 0.7, the temperature variation coefficient is higher than that of the previous case, but the overall change has the same trend. After the steam huff and puff starts, the temperature variation coefficient increases rapidly. The oil in the reservoir is produced in large quantities, the water saturation gradually increases, and the effect of the back-end steam to heat the formation becomes smaller. As the front-end temperature increases, the temperature variation coefficient gradually decreases. like Figure 11 , the steam huff and puff starts to decrease in the second cycle, and after two consecutive cycles, the temperature variation coefficient reaches a minimum value in the fourth cycle. The fourth cycle temperature coefficient of variation is 11.96 and the fifth cycle is 12.

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[0073] Oilfield 1 has a buried depth of 950m, an oil layer thickness of 8m, an average porosity of 40%, an average permeability of 5000mD, an initial oil saturation of 0.6, a heterogeneous formation, and a crude oil viscosity of 2 × 10 under oil layer conditions. 4 mPa.s, the original pressure of the reservoir is 9.5MPa.

[0074] For 14 cycles of steam huff and puff in a horizontal well in the oil layer, the daily oil production reaches its peak and then continues to decline (the daily oil production peak is in the first cycle). From the analysis of the temperature profile test curve ( Figure 13 ) found that the second half of the well 1180-1260m had good steam absorption and high recovery, while the first half of the well had poor steam absorption, low recovery, and serious uneven steam absorption in horizontal wells. The temperature variation coefficient decreased continuously after reaching the maximum value at the end of the sixth cycle, dropped to 6.72 at the end of the ...

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The invention provides a method for adjusting the steam injection mode in the process of steam huff and puff. In the formation with obvious permeability difference in the horizontal direction, with the prolongation of the production period, the phenomenon of uneven steam absorption in the horizontal well section is obvious, resulting in less oil production in the low permeability area. , the high-permeability area is used more; after multiple cycles of huff and puff, the remaining oil in the high-permeability area decreases, and at this time, the uniform steam injection is adjusted to the cold oil area steam injection; the uniform steam injection is adjusted to the best steam injection in the cold oil area The adjustment timing is: when the temperature variation coefficient drops continuously for two cycles or more, the temperature variation coefficient reaches a minimum value after the end of the Nth cycle, then the steam injection method is in the N‑1, N, N+1 or N+2 cycle. Make adjustments before starting. The method can improve the uneven steam absorption in the horizontal section caused by formation heterogeneity or other unfavorable factors, greatly improve the production degree of oil in the low permeability area, and improve the oil-steam ratio.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to a method for adjusting the steam injection mode in the process of steam huff and puff, and belongs to the technical field of oil and gas field development engineering. Background technique [0002] Steam huff and puff means periodically injecting a large amount of steam into the oil layer to bring heat into the formation. The steam diffuses out to a certain radius along the wellbore, and heats the formation through a combination of heat convection and heat conduction. [0003] However, due to the influence of steam flow pressure drop and heat loss in the horizontal section, formation heterogeneity, steam injection process and pipe string structure, etc., the conventional general general steam injection sub-pipe steam injection main pipe pumping oil, the "heel toe effect" is obvious, which makes the water The unbalanced absorption of steam in the formation around the flat well seriously restricts the uniform heating of the forma...

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Patent Type & Authority Patents(China)
IPC IPC(8): E21B43/24
CPCE21B43/24
Inventor 鹿腾李兆敏赵心茹班晓春张丁涌石明明孙超
Owner CHINA PETROLEUM & CHEM CORP