Petroleum Reservoir Evaluation and Development ›› 2022, Vol. 12 ›› Issue (5): 816-824.doi: 10.13809/j.cnki.cn32-1825/te.2022.05.014

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Change law of reservoir property during multi-cycle steam stimulation in heavy oil reservoir: A case study of HJ Oilfield

CHENG Keyang1,2(),QI Zhilin2,TIAN Jie2,YAN Wende2,HUANG Xiaoliang2,HUANG Shiwen2   

  1. 1. School of Petroleum Engineering, Northeast Petroleum University, Daqing, Heilongjiang 163318, China
    2. School of Petroleum Engineering, Chongqing University of Science and Technology, Chongqing 401331, China
  • Received:2022-05-18 Online:2022-09-27 Published:2022-10-26

Abstract:

After multi-cycle steam stimulation in HJ Oilfield, the changes of reservoir physical properties are obvious and difficult to determine, which brings serious obstacles to the design and implementation of subsequent development measures. In order to solve this problem, the relationships among porosity, permeability, wettability and steam stimulation cycles are conducted by using one-dimensional physical simulation experimental setup after the design of sweep multiples based on two wells, Well-J151 and Well-J117 in HJ Oilfield. The results show that the physical property parameters of reservoir will change under the long-term sweep of high temperature steam. In the scope of steam sweep, both porosity and permeability all increase with the increase of the steam stimulation cycles. With the increase of steam stimulation cycles, the lipophilicity of reservoir rocks gradually weakened and the hydrophilicity gradually strengthened. Based on the experimental results, the relationship between sweep multiples and porosity growth rate, as well as the chart of the relationship between oil layer sweep multiples and permeability growth rate are established. The parameters of the porosity and permeability of reservoirs in different stages of steam stimulation development can be predicted by the above relationship and chart, and the relationship and chart can be also extended to other similar heavy oil reservoirs.

Key words: heavy oil, steam stimulation, sweep multiples, reservoir property, thermal recovery

CLC Number: 

  • TE357