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Electrical responses and classification of complex water-flooded layers in carbonate reservoirs: A case study of Zananor Oilfield, Kazakhstan
Received date: 2020-02-24
Revised date: 2020-09-08
Online published: 2020-12-29
Supported by
China National Major Science and Technology Project(2017ZX05030-002);Natural Science Basic Research Plan in Shaanxi Province of China(2020JQ-747);Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(300102260107)
Experiments of electrical responses of waterflooded layers were carried out on porous, fractured, porous-fractured and composite cores taken from carbonate reservoirs in the Zananor Oilfield, Kazakhstan to find out the effects of injected water salinity on electrical responses of carbonate reservoirs. On the basis of the experimental results and the mathematical model of calculating oil-water relative permeability of porous reservoirs by resistivity and the relative permeability model of two-phase flow in fractured reservoirs, the classification standards of water-flooded layers suitable for carbonate reservoirs with complex pore structure were established. The results show that the salinity of injected water is the main factor affecting the resistivity of carbonate reservoir. When low salinity water (fresh water) is injected, the relationship curve between resistivity and water saturation is U-shaped. When high salinity water (salt water) is injected, the curve is L-shaped. The classification criteria of water-flooded layers for carbonate reservoirs are as follows: (1) In porous reservoirs, the water cut (fw) is less than or equal to 5% in oil layers, 5%-20% in weak water-flooded layers, 20%-50% in moderately water-flooded layers, and greater than 50% in strong water-flooded layers. (2) For fractured, porous-fractured and composite reservoirs, the oil layers, weakly water-flooded layers, moderately water-flooded layers, and severely water-flooded layers have a water content of less than or equal to 5%, 5% and 10%, 10% to 50%, and larger than 50% respectively.
Fei WANG , Huiyuan BIAN , Lun ZHAO , Jun YU , Chengqian TAN . Electrical responses and classification of complex water-flooded layers in carbonate reservoirs: A case study of Zananor Oilfield, Kazakhstan[J]. Petroleum Exploration and Development, 2020 , 47(6) : 1299 -1306 . DOI: 10.1016/S1876-3804(20)60137-4
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