Analysis of Interwell Connectivity of Tracer Monitoring in Carbonate Fracture-Vuggy Reservoir: Taking T-Well Group of Tahe Oilfield as an Example. (31st July 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Sheng, Shuyao; Duan, Yonggang; Wei, Mingqiang; Yue, Tao; Wu, Zijian; Tan, Linjiang
• Other Names: Zhang Chao Academic Editor.
• Is Part Of: Geofluids. Volume 2021(2021)
• Publication Date: 2021-07-31
• Subjects: Hydrogeology -- Periodicals; Sedimentary basins -- Periodicals; Fluids -- Migration -- Periodicals; Groundwater flow -- Periodicals; Geothermal resources -- Periodicals; Fluid dynamics -- Periodicals; Earth -- Crust -- Periodicals; 551.49
• DOI: 10.1155/2021/5572902
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1468-8115

Abstract

Abstract : Carbonate fracture-vuggy reservoirs are one of the hot spots in oil and gas exploration and development. However, it is extremely difficult to describe the internal spatial structure of the fracture-vuggy unit and understand the interwell connection relationship. As a method to measure reservoir characteristics and feedback reservoir production information directly according to the detected concentration curve, interwell tracer technology provides a direct measure for people to understand the law of oil-water movement and reservoir heterogeneity and is widely used in various domestic oil fields. Based on the flow law of tracer and the CFD flow simulation basic model, this paper establishes the physical conceptual model and studies the influence of three physical parameters (the flow velocity of the fluid passing through the connected channel, diameter of the connected channel, and length of the connected channel) on the concentration curve at the outlet. In addition, the influence of different interwell connection modes on tracer concentration was studied and classified scientifically. According to the simulation, the tracer concentration curve can be classified into three types: unimodal curve, bimodal curve, and multimodal curve. Finally, the injection-production well group in the T-well area of the Tahe Oilfield is taken as an example, the connection mode between injection and production wells in this well area is further discussed and has been verified, which can be used as a reference for the connectivity analysis of similar carbonate reservoirs.