A Study on the Remaining Reserves of the Weiyuan Shale Gas Block in Three-Dimensional Development
After 5 different plans of development, the Weiyuan block is struggling to maintain stable production and urgently needs a new method to improve the recovery rate. Practice at home and abroad shows that three-dimensional development can effectively improve the degree of vertical shale gas utilizatio...
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| author | Yaoqiang Lin Sijie He Nan Wang Jichang Zhu Weifeng Ning Yujin Wan Mengfei Zhou |
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| description | After 5 different plans of development, the Weiyuan block is struggling to maintain stable production and urgently needs a new method to improve the recovery rate. Practice at home and abroad shows that three-dimensional development can effectively improve the degree of vertical shale gas utilization. Therefore, this paper first analyzes the distribution of reservoirs in the Weiyuan block and calculates the distribution of remaining reserves through the methods of fine description of gas reservoirs and establishment of a three-dimensional geological model. The results show that the recovery degree of the platform in the main production area of Weiyuan is 35~60%, and the average remaining reserves of the wells are (1.2~3) × 10<sup>8</sup> m<sup>3</sup>, and there is three-dimensional development potential in the local area. Secondly, through the establishment of a fracture and rock mechanics model, the target layer system for three-dimensional development of the Weiyuan block is preliminary selected from five aspects, namely, remaining reserves, reservoir characteristics, fracture density, mechanical characteristics, and the comparison of the height of the fracture network. Finally, in order to check the correctness of the target layer for three-dimensional development and evaluate the effect of the three-dimensional development, four scenarios for the lower branch of the H8 platform are designed and numerically simulated using Petrel RE software. The results of the numerical simulation show that Option 2 is the most effective, which can increase the production of the platform by 1.76 × 10<sup>8</sup> m<sup>3</sup>, and the recovery rate grows from 16.4% to 31.0%, with an overall increase of 14.6%. The relevant understanding can provide a reference for the three-dimensional development strategy of the Weiyuan shale gas block. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-c268f15db6f74e03a42ab6dcd94c874f2024-11-08T14:33:12ZengMDPI AGApplied Sciences2076-34172024-10-011421973810.3390/app14219738A Study on the Remaining Reserves of the Weiyuan Shale Gas Block in Three-Dimensional DevelopmentYaoqiang Lin0Sijie He1Nan Wang2Jichang Zhu3Weifeng Ning4Yujin Wan5Mengfei Zhou6Research Center of Sichuan Basin, Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration & Development, Beijing 100083, ChinaSchool of Petroleum Engineering, Chongqing University of Science and Technology, Chongqing 401331, ChinaResearch Center of Sichuan Basin, Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration & Development, Beijing 100083, ChinaResearch Center of Sichuan Basin, Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration & Development, Beijing 100083, ChinaResearch Center of Sichuan Basin, Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration & Development, Beijing 100083, ChinaResearch Center of Sichuan Basin, Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration & Development, Beijing 100083, ChinaResearch Institute of Petroleum Exploration and Development, Petro China Southwest Oil & Gas Field Company, Chengdu 610056, ChinaAfter 5 different plans of development, the Weiyuan block is struggling to maintain stable production and urgently needs a new method to improve the recovery rate. Practice at home and abroad shows that three-dimensional development can effectively improve the degree of vertical shale gas utilization. Therefore, this paper first analyzes the distribution of reservoirs in the Weiyuan block and calculates the distribution of remaining reserves through the methods of fine description of gas reservoirs and establishment of a three-dimensional geological model. The results show that the recovery degree of the platform in the main production area of Weiyuan is 35~60%, and the average remaining reserves of the wells are (1.2~3) × 10<sup>8</sup> m<sup>3</sup>, and there is three-dimensional development potential in the local area. Secondly, through the establishment of a fracture and rock mechanics model, the target layer system for three-dimensional development of the Weiyuan block is preliminary selected from five aspects, namely, remaining reserves, reservoir characteristics, fracture density, mechanical characteristics, and the comparison of the height of the fracture network. Finally, in order to check the correctness of the target layer for three-dimensional development and evaluate the effect of the three-dimensional development, four scenarios for the lower branch of the H8 platform are designed and numerically simulated using Petrel RE software. The results of the numerical simulation show that Option 2 is the most effective, which can increase the production of the platform by 1.76 × 10<sup>8</sup> m<sup>3</sup>, and the recovery rate grows from 16.4% to 31.0%, with an overall increase of 14.6%. The relevant understanding can provide a reference for the three-dimensional development strategy of the Weiyuan shale gas block.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/14/21/9738shale gasremaining reservesthree-dimensional developmentWeiyuan blocknumerical simulationenhanced recovery |
| spellingShingle | Yaoqiang Lin Sijie He Nan Wang Jichang Zhu Weifeng Ning Yujin Wan Mengfei Zhou A Study on the Remaining Reserves of the Weiyuan Shale Gas Block in Three-Dimensional Development Applied Sciences shale gas remaining reserves three-dimensional development Weiyuan block numerical simulation enhanced recovery |
| title | A Study on the Remaining Reserves of the Weiyuan Shale Gas Block in Three-Dimensional Development |
| title_full | A Study on the Remaining Reserves of the Weiyuan Shale Gas Block in Three-Dimensional Development |
| title_fullStr | A Study on the Remaining Reserves of the Weiyuan Shale Gas Block in Three-Dimensional Development |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Study on the Remaining Reserves of the Weiyuan Shale Gas Block in Three-Dimensional Development |
| title_short | A Study on the Remaining Reserves of the Weiyuan Shale Gas Block in Three-Dimensional Development |
| title_sort | study on the remaining reserves of the weiyuan shale gas block in three dimensional development |
| topic | shale gas remaining reserves three-dimensional development Weiyuan block numerical simulation enhanced recovery |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/14/21/9738 |
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