Scientific and technical journal

«Oilfield engineering»

ISSN 0207-2351

Oilfield engineering
MODELING OF THE EFFECT OF TECHNOGENIC CHANGES IN THE FILTRATION PROPERTIES OF AN UNCONSOLIDATED RESERVOIR DUE TO THE REMOVAL OF THE SOLID PHASE DURING ITS FLOODING

UDC: 532.546; 537.322.2
DOI: 10.33285/0207-2351-2022-1(637)-15-19

Authors:

GAIDUKOV LEONID A.1,
KUZMIN EVGENY A.2

1 Messoyakhaneftegaz, Tyumen, Russia
2 Gazpromneft STC, Saint Petersburg, Russia

Keywords: hydrodynamic modeling, high-viscosity oil, unconsolidated reservoir, suffusion, solid rock particles

Annotation:

The article presents the methods and results of hydrodynamic modeling of intra-layer processes of suffusion and removal of solid rock particles that occur during flooding of unconsolidated reservoirs with high-viscosity oil. Using the example of one of the deposits, it is shown that the proposed modeling approaches allow reproduction of the actual non-classic dynamics of unconsolidated reservoir development indicators without the use of anomalous modifications of the influencing parameters. The results of numerical calculations on the influence of the model parameters of solid rock particle suffusion on the main development indicators confirm the need to take these effects into account when designing the development of unconsolidated reservoirs with high-viscosity oil.

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