The control effect of low-amplitude structure on oil-gas- water enrichment and development performance of ultra-low permeability reservoirs

• Main Authors: Jianmin WANG, San ZHANG, Wei DU, Le LI, Zhen QIAO, Jun ZHANG, Mengyue DUAN
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: KeAi Communications Co., Ltd. 2019-08-01
• Series: Petroleum Exploration and Development
• Online Access: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S187638041960234X

Based on drilling, logging, test production and dynamic monitoring data, the control effects of low-amplitude structure on hydrocarbon accumulation and development performance of ultra-low permeability reservoirs were discussed by using the methods of dense well pattern, multi-factor geological modeling, macro and micro analysis and static and dynamic analysis. The results show that the low-amplitude structure always had a significant control and influence on the distribution and accumulation of original hydrocarbon and water and the evolution trend of water flooding performance in ultra-low permeability reservoirs, and it was not only the direction of oil and gas migration, but also a favorable place for relative accumulation of oil and gas. The controlling effect of low-amplitude structure on ultra-low permeability reservoir mainly depended on its tectonic amplitude and scale; the larger the tectonic amplitude and scale, and the higher the tectonic position of the low amplitude structure, the better the reservoir characteristic parameters, oil and gas enrichment degree and development effect, and the larger the spatial scope it controlled and influenced; water cut and oil well output always fluctuated orderly with the height of the low-amplitude structure; the dynamic response of waterflooding was closely related to the relative structural position of the injection and production wells; the injected water always advanced to the low-lying area of the structure first and then moved up to the high-lying area of the structure gradually; with the continuous expansion of the flooded area, part of the oil and gas in the low-lying part of the structure was forced to be distributed to the high part of the structure, resulting in a new oil and gas enrichment, so that the dynamic reserves of oil wells in the high part increased, and the production capacity remained stable. Key words: ultra-low permeability reservoirs, low-amplitude structure, oil-gas-water enrichment, development dynamics, control effect