Investigation of the influence of the heterogeneous permeability distribution on the oil phase displacement processes

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https://doi.org/10.15587/2706-5448.2021.241972

Keywords:

oil-bearing reservoirs, anisotropic filtration processes, piezoconductivity equation, finite element-difference method, reservoir pressure distribution

Abstract

The object of research is the filtration processes of displacement of the oil phase under the influence of an injection well in a heterogeneous porous medium. It is possible to evaluate and take into account the effect of reservoir heterogeneity on the distribution of reservoir pressure (and, consequently, on the intensity of the filtration process) using numerical modeling of filtration processes based on the piezoelectric equation. To solve the non-stationary anisotropic problem of piezoconductivity, it is proposed to apply the combined finite-element-difference method of M. Lubkov, which makes it possible to take into account the inhomogeneous distribution of permeability inside the anisotropic oil-bearing formation and at its boundaries, and to adequately calculate the distribution of reservoir pressure. The use of the combined finite-element-difference method allows to combine the advantages of the finite-element method and the finite difference method: to model geometrically complex areas, to find the value at any point of the object under study. At the same time, the use of an implicit difference scheme when finding the nodal values of the grid provides high reliability and convergence of the results.

The simulation results show that the distribution of the pressure field between the production and injection wells significantly depends on their location, both in the isotropic landslide and in the anisotropic oil-bearing reservoir. It is shown that the distance between the wells of more than 1 km levels out the effectiveness of the impact of the injection well on the oil filtration process. The influence of the permeability of the oil phase in the shear direction dominates the influence of the permeability in the axial directions (affects the pressure decrease by 4–9.5 %). In the case of a landslide-isotropic reservoir, the wells should be located in the shear (diagonal) direction, which will provide the lowest level of drop in the average reservoir pressure (by 4 %).

Based on the information obtained, for the effective use of anisotropic low-permeability formations, it is necessary to place production and injection wells in areas with relatively low anisotropy of the formation permeability, especially to avoid places with the presence of landslide permeability of the formation. The location of the wells is important so that, on the one hand, there is no blockage of oil from the side of reduced permeability, and on the other hand, rapid depletion of the formation from the side of increased permeability does not occur. And also the mutual exchange between the production and injection wells did not stop. When placing a system of production and injection wells in anisotropic formations of an oil field, it is necessary to carry out a systematic analysis of the surrounding anisotropy of the formations in order to place them in such a way that would ensure effective dynamics of filtration processes around these wells. Using the method used, it is possible to predict the impact of an injection well on the distribution of reservoir pressure in the reservoir.

Author Biographies

Miсhail Lubkov, Poltava Gravimetric Observatory of Institute of Geophysics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine

Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Director

Oksana Zakharchuk, National University «Yuri Kondratyuk Poltava Polytechnic»

Postgraduate Student

Department of Oil and Gas Engineering and Technology

Viktoriia Dmytrenko, National University «Yuri Kondratyuk Poltava Polytechnic»

PhD, Associate Professor

Department of Oil and Gas Engineering and Technology

Oleksandr Petrash, National University «Yuri Kondratyuk Poltava Polytechnic»

PhD, Associate Professor

Department of Oil and Gas Engineering and Technology

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2021-10-12

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Lubkov, M., Zakharchuk, O., Dmytrenko, V., & Petrash, O. (2021). Investigation of the influence of the heterogeneous permeability distribution on the oil phase displacement processes. Technology Audit and Production Reserves, 5(1(61), 33–40. https://doi.org/10.15587/2706-5448.2021.241972

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Vol. 5 No. 1(61) (2021): Industrial and technology systems

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Technology and System of Power Supply: Original Research

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