Influence of reservoir characteristics on size of hydrocarbon reserves in natural reservoirs

Abstract

The article discusses some of the main criteria that determine the size of reserves in hydrocarbon fields. It is noted that large-scale oil and gas accumulation is possible in natural reservoirs that meet certain conditions. Reservoirs with good characteristics, in the presence of a powerful source of replenishment of hydrocarbons, can form larger deposits with sufficient trap volumes in the natural reservoir. With a homogeneous reservoir with high characteristics, the distribution area of hydrocarbon accumulation can be more concentrated. Heterogeneous reservoirs more often generate hydrocarbon accumulations scattered over the area. Using the example of unique and large deposits in the junction zone of the Yenisei- Khatanga regional trough with the West Siberian depression, a dependence with a high correlation coefficient between the value of hydrocarbon deposits and the effective volume of the trap, which is determined by the effective thickness of the reservoir and the area of distribution of the trap in the natural reservoir, was obtained. In the area of the Vankorskoye , Tagulskoye and Vostochno-Messoyakhskoye fields, the collectors of the Yakovlevskaya and Nizhnekhetskaya formations with the highest oil and gas saturation have the maximum effective capacity and distribution area. Keywords: collector; trap; effective volume; natural reservoirs; large-scale oil and gas accumulation; hydrocarbon reserves.