Acta Petrolei Sinica ›› 2022, Vol. 43 ›› Issue (5): 719-726.DOI: 10.7623/syxb202205012

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Non-equilibrium pressure drop method for alleviating retrograde condensate effect on gas condensate well deliverability

Wang Wuchao1, Wu Keliu1, Chen Zhangxing1,2, Li Zongyu3, Chen Shuyang3, He Yunfeng3, Yuan Jinliang3, Liu Huiqing1   

  1. 1. MOE Key Laboratory for Petroleum Engineering, China University of Petroleum, Beijing 102249, China;
    2. Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Calgary, Calgary T2N1N4, Canada;
    3. Sinopec Northwest Oil Field Company, Xinjiang Urumqi 830011, China
  • Received:2020-10-25 Revised:2022-02-11 Published:2022-05-28

缓解凝析气井反凝析污染的非平衡压降法

王武超1, 吴克柳1, 陈掌星1,2, 李宗宇3, 陈叔阳3, 何云峰3, 袁锦亮3, 刘慧卿1   

  1. 1. 中国石油大学(北京)石油工程教育部重点实验室 北京 102249;
    2. 卡尔加里大学化学与石油工程系 加拿大卡尔加里 T2N1N4;
    3. 中国石油化工股份有限公司西北油田分公司 新疆乌鲁木齐 830011
  • 通讯作者: 吴克柳,男,1985年1月生,2013年获中国石油大学(北京)博士学位,现为中国石油大学(北京)教授、油气田开发工程和油气工程信息化与智能化技术专业博士生导师,主要从事CO2埋存提高采收率、页岩/致密油气藏、凝析气藏、碳酸盐岩油气藏、超深超高压气藏、人工智能在油气领域基础理论与技术等方面的研究工作。Email:wukeliu19850109@163.com
  • 作者简介:王武超,男,1991年1月生,2019年获西南石油大学硕士学位,现为中国石油大学(北京)博士研究生,主要从事油气藏流体相态、渗流机理、凝析气田开发及注气提高油气采收率等方面的研究工作。Email:wuchao172034@163.com
  • 基金资助:
    国家自然科学基金项目(No.52174041,No.52104051,No.50974128)和北京市自然科学基金项目(2204093)资助。

Abstract: Retrograde condensatedamage occurs during the depletion development of gas condensate reservoirs, and it will significantly affect the production of gas wells if the depletion rate is not well controlled. This effect can be inhibited to some extent by using a retrograde condensate control technology with a non-equilibrium pressure drop. The mechanism of the retrograde condensate control technology is that the retrograde condensate formed at the beginning is timely produced with the natural gas by increasing the flow velocity, and the retrograde condensate in the non-equilibrium state does not form a continuous phase and possesses a high transport capacity even if the formation pressure is smaller than the dew point pressure, moreover, and the retrograde condensate could be well controlled by extending the fog flow pressure window. In this paper, firstly, an inner relationship for depletion rate and "fog" retrograde condensate control is described by using the non-equilibrium pressure drop theory proposed by A. X. Мирзажанзаде combined with phase state experiments of non-equilibrium constant volume depletion. Then damage test and depletion test of the long core at different pressure drop rates, including 1 MPa/h, 2 MPa/h, 3 MPa/h, and 4 MPa/h, are conducted and the effect of the retrograde condensate with a fog state in porous media at different depletion rates was evaluated. The results show that the greater the pressure drop, the darker the retrograde condensate with the fog state looks, and the longer the time of the retrograde condensate suspended in the natural gas, the more the retrograde condensate is producedby the high-pressure drop rate. When the pressure drop rate is 4 MPa/h, the pressure window keeping the fog flow of the retrograde condensate is large with agap of 10.5 MPa (ranging from 46.5 MPa to 36.0 MPa), and the reservoir damage caused by the retrograde condensate is most inhibitedwith the highest condensate recovery, but the natural gas recovery keeps unchanged. Therefore, appropriately increasing the depletion rate, but preventing the sand production and gas channeling in gas condensate wells, is conducive toinhibiting the retrograde condensate damage near the zone of gas condensate wellbores and improving the condensate recovery.

Key words: gas condensate reservoirs, depletion rate, fog state, condensate, critical flow saturation, retrograde condensate damage, condensate recovery

摘要: 凝析气藏衰竭开采出现反凝析污染,如果衰竭速度控制不当,将严重影响气井生产。采用非平衡压降"雾状"反凝析控制技术可以缓解这种影响。该技术利用凝析油析出之初、其呈雾状的非稳态状态时,通过提高天然气流速使反凝析油即时形成即时采出,实现地层压力低于露点压力时反凝析油始终无法形成连续相,保持高的凝析油传输能力,并通过延长雾状流压力窗口实现反凝析污染的有效控制。首先通过Мирзажанзаде的非平衡压降理论结合非平衡定容衰竭相态实验,揭示了衰竭速度与"雾状"反凝析的内在规律;然后开展不同压降速度(1 MPa/h、2 MPa/h、3 MPa/h和4 MPa/h)下的长岩心反凝析伤害实验及衰竭开采实验,综合分析不同衰竭速度下的雾状流压力窗口和反凝析控制效果。结果表明,压降速度越大,反凝析出的"雾状"凝析油颜色越深,在凝析气中悬浮时间越长,随高速气流产出量越多;当压降速度为4 MPa/h时,雾状流压力窗口为10.5 MPa (46.5~36.0 MPa),储层反凝析污染改善效果最好,凝析油采收率最高,但对天然气采收率影响不明显。因此,综合考虑气井出砂和气窜情况,适当增大衰竭速度,有利于缓解近井地带反凝析污染,提高凝析油采收率。

关键词: 凝析气藏, 衰竭速度, 雾状, 凝析油, 临界流动饱和度, 反凝析污染, 凝析油采收率

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