石油学报 ›› 2011, Vol. 32 ›› Issue (5): 882-886.DOI: 10.7623/syxb201105023

• 石油工程 • 上一篇    下一篇

分支水平井稳态渗流理论及最优井长

曾晓晶 1  同登科 2   

  1. 1河西学院信息技术与传媒学院  甘肃张掖  734000; 2中国石油大学理学院  山东东营  257061
  • 收稿日期:2010-11-30 修回日期:2011-03-21 出版日期:2011-09-25 发布日期:2011-11-28
  • 通讯作者: 曾晓晶
  • 作者简介:曾晓晶,女,1982年12月生,2007年获中国石油大学(华东)数学与计算科学学院硕士学位,现为甘肃省河西学院信息技术与传媒学院教师,主要从事计算机专业教学工作。
  • 基金资助:

    中央高校基本科研业务费专项资金(09CX05004A和10CX04011A)和国家自然科学基金项目(No.40974056)联合资助。

The time-invariant seepage theory and optimal wellbore length of multi-lateral horizontal wells

ZENG Xiaojing 1  TONG Dengke 2   

  • Received:2010-11-30 Revised:2011-03-21 Online:2011-09-25 Published:2011-11-28

摘要:

针对油藏中分支水平井的稳态渗流问题,基于渗流力学理论,采用全三维方法,导出了油藏稳态渗流与分支水平井井筒流动的耦合模型。用改进的Su方法以及一种新方法计算了裸眼完井分支水平井井筒内的压降,分析和比较了井筒内压力和采油指数的分布情况;同时,给出了考虑经济因素的分支水平井水平段最优长度的计算方法。结果表明,分支水平井的单个分支内的流动情况和水平井近似;由于摩擦因素的影响,分支水平井的水平分支不是越长越好,而是有一个最优值。这些结论可用于实际油藏中分支水平井的设计和产能预测。

关键词: 分支水平井, 稳态渗流, 压降, 井筒流动, 耦合

Abstract:

In terms of the time-invariant seepage of multi-lateral horizontal wells in oil reservoirs, a coupled model of the time-invariant seepage in reservoirs and the wellbore flow in multi-lateral horizontal wells was deduced with the full 3D analytical method based on the filtration mechanic theory. The pressure drop in barefoot completion multi-lateral horizontal wellbores was calculated using the improved Su method and a new approach, and distributions of pressure and productive indices in wellbores were analyzed and compared. At the same time, a computing method with the consideration of economic factors was proposed to optimize the length of the horizontal section for multi-lateral horizontal wells. The results derived from calculations and analyses of some real cases indicated that the flowing status within an individual branch of multi-lateral horizontal wells was similar to that in horizontal wells, the length of lateral branches of multi-lateral horizontal wells is not the longer, the better, but instead, it has an optimal value due to the friction effect. These conclusions are available for designing multi-lateral horizontal wells and forecasting the productivity of this kind of wells.

Key words: multi-lateral horizontal well, time-invariant seepage, pressure drop, wellbore flow, coupling