Abstract
In tight reservoir development, traditional enhanced oil recovery (EOR) methods are incapable of effectively improving oil recovery in tight reservoirs. Given this, inter-fracture flooding is proposed as a new EOR method, and physical model simulation and numerical simulation are performed for inter-fracture water flooding. Compared with inter-fracture water flooding, inter-fracture gas flooding has a higher application prospect. However, few studies on inter-fracture gas flooding have been reported, and its EOR mechanisms and performance are unclear. This paper used the geological model of the actual tight reservoir to carry out numerical simulations for two horizontal wells in the Changqing Yuan 284 block. The results showed that (1) inter-fracture gas flooding can effectively supplement formation energy and increase formation pressure; (2) inter-fracture gas flooding delivers simultaneous displacement, which can effectively increase the swept area in tight reservoirs; (3) injected CO2 dissolves into the reservoir fluid, reduces fluid viscosity, and improves fluid flow through the reservoir; and (4) the recovery factor increment of the CO2 injection is higher than those of natural gas injection and N2 injection. The findings of this research provide references for the production and development of tight reservoirs.
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