Analysis of the Production Characteristics of Heterogeneous Reservoirs Assisted by Shallow Gas by Depressurization Path

Abstract

The problems of low gas production rate and low gas production restrict the commercial production of natural gas hydrate. The combined production of hydrate reservoirs and underlying shallow gas reservoirs is expected to make up for this shortcoming. Most natural gas hydrates in the formation exhibit vertical heterogeneous distribution characteristics; There is still little research on the mechanism of its impact on the characteristics of co harvesting. This work focuses on the interaction between vertical heterogeneous hydrate reservoirs and shallow gas layers, and analyzes the mechanism of the impact of depressurization pathway on the characteristics of combined production. The results indicate that before the pressure in the shallow gas layer is equal to the pressure in the hydrate layer, the change in pressure reduction method cannot significantly affect the characteristics of pressure changes in the shallow gas layer; In addition, there is a significant hysteresis effect in the pressure evolution of shallow gas layers compared to hydrate layers. Not limited to this, the presence of shallow gas layers will also weaken the impact of pressure reduction paths on the gas production characteristics of combined production, which makes the gas production characteristics at this time more inclined towards the gas production characteristics under direct pressure reduction. In summary, in order to effectively increase the temperature of shallow gas and enhance hydrate decomposition, it is necessary to flexibly adjust the pressure reduction indicators of the pressure reduction path in different mining stages. The results can lay the foundation for clarifying the mechanism of interlayer interference in multiple gas source reservoirs.