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A Method for Identifying Channeling Paths in Low-Permeability Fractured Reservoirs

Zhenfeng Zhao¹, Bin Li¹, Zubo Su¹, Lijing Chang¹, Hongzheng Zhu¹, Ming Liu¹, Jialing Ma^2,*, Fan Wang¹, Qianwan Li¹

1 Oil & Gas Technology Research Institute, PetroChina Changqing Oilfield Company, Xi’an, 710000, China
2 School of Petroleum Engineering, Yangtze University, Wuhan, 430100, China

* Corresponding Author: Jialing Ma. Email:

(This article belongs to this Special Issue: Meshless, Mesh-Based and Mesh-Reduction Methods Based Analysis of Fluid Flow in Porous Media)

Fluid Dynamics & Materials Processing 2022, 18(6), 1781-1794. https://doi.org/10.32604/fdmp.2022.019998

Received 28 October 2021; Accepted 13 December 2021; Issue published 27 June 2022

Abstract

Often oilfield fractured horizontal wells produce water flowing in multiple directions. In this study, a method to identify such channeling paths is developed. The dual-medium model is based on the principle of inter-well connectivity and considers the flow characteristics and related channeling terms. The Lorentz curve is drawn to qualitatively discern the geological type of the low-permeability fractured reservoir and determine the channeling direction and size. The practical application of such an approach to a sample oilfield shows that it can accurately identify the channeling paths of the considered low-permeability fractured reservoir and predict production performances according to the inter-well connectivity model. As a result, early detection of water channeling becomes possible, paving the way to real-time production system optimization in low-permeability fractured reservoirs.

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