Abstract:

Carbonate palaeo-subterranean river reservoirs are fractured-vuggy reservoirs composed of deep main rivers, shallow branch and high-angle fractures, with large-scale karst caves as the storage space, belonging to the three main reservoir types in Tahe oilfield. Taking the knowledge of remaining oil and tapping potential in TK440 well area as an example, through the fine characterization of the fracture-cave structure, comprehensive analysis of production dynamics, and systematic analysis of water flooding characteristics, four patterns of remaining oil distribution and feasible potential tapping methods are summarized..The results show that: using large pump for the well drainage and changing the distribution of pressure field, can excavated the remaining oil in shallow underground river. Water flooding in reverse direction, with the advantage of the height difference, can effectively excavate the remaining oil in deep underground river. Based on the difference of oil and gas density, the vertical displacement of artificial gas cap formed of the principle of gravity differentiation can effectively recovery the attic oil around single well and the remaining oil in the blind side of underground rivers. Feasible means of potential tapping under different distribution patterns of remaining oil has been found, and good results have been achieved in the field implementation, which further validates the reliability of remaining oil distribution patterns and the effectiveness of tapping the potential of the reservoir, and provides technical support for the effectively potential tapping of remaining oil in the similar reservoir.

Key words: liquid extraction and drainage, attic oil, underground river system, vuggy reservoir, Tahe Oilfield