Petroleum Reservoir Evaluation and Development ›› 2025, Vol. 15 ›› Issue (3): 500-507.doi: 10.13809/j.cnki.cn32-1825/te.2025.03.017

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Optimization of CO2 water-alternating-gas injection parameters based on an improved hunger game search algorithm

WU Gongyi1(), SUN Yuxin2, SUN Xiaofei2, JI Hongming1, ZHANG Yanyu2   

  1. 1. Taizhou Oil Production Plant, Sinopec East China Oil & Gas Company, Taizhou, Jiangsu 225300, China
    2. School of Petroleum Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao, Shandong 266580, China
  • Received:2025-01-06 Online:2025-05-28 Published:2025-06-26

Abstract:

CO2 flooding is an important method to enhance oil recovery in low-permeability reservoirs. However, due to the heterogeneity of the reservoir, long-term CO2 injection can easily lead to CO2 gas channeling, leaving a large amount of residual oil in the reservoir, which severely impacts the effectiveness of CO2 flooding. CO2-water-alternating-gas flooding (CO2 WAG) is an effective technique to suppress CO2 gas channeling in low-permeability oilfields. During the implementation of CO2 WAG, numerous injection parameters such as injection rate, slug size, and gas-water ratio are involved. Unreasonable injection parameters make it difficult to achieve improved oil recovery. Traditional reservoir numerical simulation methods for determining optimal injection parameters are time-consuming, labor-intensive, and costly, and may be unfeasible in large oilfields with complex multi-well injection parameter combinations. The hunger game search algorithm was introduced to optimize the injection parameters for CO2 WAG, with the addition of chaotic mapping functions to enhance the randomness and diversity of initial injection parameter values. This new approach formed an improved hunger game search algorithm based on chaotic mapping functions, allowing for collaborative intelligent optimization between the algorithm and reservoir simulation software. This method enhanced the accuracy and efficiency of CO2 WAG injection parameter optimization for typical oilfields. Compared to the Logistic, Gaussian, and Singer chaotic mapping functions, the Tent chaotic mapping function resulted in more evenly distributed chaotic values and frequency distributions, making it a better choice for improving the hunger game search algorithm. The hunger game search algorithm improved by the Tent chaotic mapping function is an effective method for optimizing CO2 WAG injection parameters. The optimal CO2 WAG injection parameters derived from this approach lead to a cumulative oil production of 34.974×104 m³, a 0.213×104 m³ increase over the results from the Hunger Game Search algorithm, and 5.820×104 m³ more than the current CO2 WAG injection parameter scheme. This approach provides an effective technical solution for the efficient implementation of CO2 WAG in the field.

Key words: low-permeability oilfields, CO2 water-alternating-gas (CO2 WAG) flooding, chaotic mapping function, hunger game search algorithm, optimization of injection parameters

CLC Number: 

  • TE348