Study on Residual Oil Distribution Law during the Depletion Production and Water Flooding Stages in the Fault-Karst Carbonate Reservoirs

Abstract

The fault-karst carbonate reservoir is a new type of deep carbonate oil and gas resource and a target for exploration and development. The distribution of remaining oil in this kind of oilfield is very complicated because of its unique reservoir characteristics of vertical migration and accumulation, segmented accumulation, and differential accumulation. Therefore, the S91 reservoir block, a typical fracture-vuggy carbonate reservoir in the Tahe oilfield, was taken as the object of this research. According to the development characteristics as well as the porosity and permeability characteristics of the fracture-vuggy, the reservoirs were divided into three types: cave, pore, and fracture. A numerical simulation model of the fracture-vuggy reservoir of the S91 unit was established, and the historical fitting accuracy with dynamic production data was more than 90%. Then, the distribution characteristics of the remaining oil in the depletion stage of the fault-karst carbonate reservoir were further studied and based on the analysis of the reservoir water-flood flow line, the remaining oil distribution characteristics in the depletion stage of the fault solution reservoir were revealed. The results show that the remaining oil distribution patterns during the depletion production stage can be divided into three types: attic type, bottom water coning type, bottom water running type. Due to the serious problem of the bottom aquifer lifting caused by the reservoir development, the residual oil between wells was relatively abundant during the depletion production stage. According to the simulation results, the remaining oil distribution modes in the water drive development stage were identified as three types: sweeping the middle between wells, bottom water connection and circulation, and oil separation through high-permeability channels. In addition, the reservoir connectivity was the main controlling factor for the remaining oil distribution in the fault-karst carbonate reservoir.