Parameters Optimization of Fractures with One for Injection and Two Others for Production of Horizontal Wells Fracturing on Offshore Oilfields

Abstract:

This article presents a new exploitation method based on the same fractured horizontal well with fractures for injection or production on offshore low permeability oilfields for the purpose of adapting to their practical situations and characteristics, which means fractures close to the toe of horizontal well used for injecting water and fractures near the heel of horizontal well used for producing oil. According to proposed development mode of fracturing, relevant physical model is established, Then reservoir numerical simulation method has been applied to study the effect of arrangement pattern of injection and production fractures, fracture conductivity, fracture length on oil production. Research indicates cumulative oil production is much higher by employing the middle fracture for injecting water compared with using the remote one, suggesting that the middle fracture adopted for injecting water, and hydraulic fracture length and conductivity have been optimized. The proposed development pattern of a staged fracturing for horizontal wells with some fractures applied for injecting water and others for production based on the same horizontal well provides new thoughts for offshore oilfields exploitation.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 962-965)
• Pages: 489-493
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.962-965.489
• Online since: June 2014
• Authors: Zhi Qiang Li*, Yong Quan Hu, Wen Jiang Xu, Jin Zhou Zhao, Jian Zhong Liu, Jin Cheng Shan
• Keywords: Fracturing, Horizontal Well, Numerical Simulation, Offshore Oilfields, Optimization, Parameter

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