Recovery Improvement Using Geological, Technical and Operational Factors of Field Development That Influence the Character of Inflow Profiles in Horizontal Laterals

Abstract

Currently, it is hard to imagine oil field development management without various surveys, involving resource optimisation for more economical reserves recovery. In this context, the application of new technologies aimed at diagnostics of the state of producing wells opens up multiple opportunities to identify the causes of premature water flooding and reduction in oil production, clarify the geology of the developed deposit, and obtain other useful information in a cost-efficient manner. For several decades now, well logging has been the source of information for field operators on the producing reservoir performance and the composition of fluid flowing across the reservoir through target intervals. However, in the course of time, the industry tends to seek advanced technologies and alternative production logging techniques for well performance diagnostics. Marker-based production logging is just one of the techniques employed to obtain additional data that can be extremely important for prompt decision-making in case of any complicating factors. At the same time, such information requires proper processing and interpretation. The information on how various factors impact the production profile helps develop a set of measures to adjust the oil flow into the well. In this regard, the task above offers a promising outlook for improving the development system efficiency using selective reservoir stimulation, as far as unconventional reservoirs and hard-to-recover reserves are concerned. Therefore, the upstream industry puts a strong focus on further research in this area today.