Neftyanaya Provintsiya
electronic peer-reviewed scholarly publication
Neftyanaya provintsiya No. 2(38), 2024

Determination of conditions for combustion front development near injection well following air injection into oil reservoir using fluid flow modeling

G.V. Aleksandrov, R.Kh. Nizaev, A.Kh. Kabirova
DOI: https://doi.org/10.25689/NP.2024.2.193-203

Abstract


The paper contains studies performed for the purpose of determination of combustion front creation conditions near injection well following air injection into oil reservoir. The plotted line separating spontaneous combustion zone and zone free of spontaneous combustion following air injection is presented with corresponding differential values between air injection pressure and initial formation pressure that can lead to creation of combustion front near injection well following air injection into oil reservoir. Using Brea-Olinda oil field as an example via calculation it is possible to demonstrate relationship between time of combustion front creation near injection well following air injection into oil reservoir and injection pressure values on digital fluid flow model. It was noted, that during air injection having lower injection pressure values, combustion front creation time increases, and in case of increased overbalance, combustion front creation time decreases.

Key words:

high-viscosity oil, super-viscous oil, thermal recovery methods, in-situ combustion, in-situ combustion front, spontaneous combustion

References

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Authors

G.V. Аleksandrov, Junior Research Associate, Geological and Reservoir Simulation Modeling Laboratory, Reservoir Engineering Department, TatNIPIneft Institute-PJSC TATNEFT
186a, Sovetskaya Str., Almetyevsk, 423458, Russian Federation
E-mail: razrcmg@tatnipi.ru

R.Kh. Nizaev, Dr.Sc., Professor, Oil and Gas Fields Development and Operation Chair, Almetyevsk State Oil Institute
2, Lenin Str., Almetyevsk, 423462, Russian Federation
Leading Research Associate, TatNIPIneft Institute-PJSC TATNEFT
186a, Sovetskaya Str., Almetyevsk, 423458, Russian Federation
E-mail: nizaev@tatnipi.ru


A.Kh. Kabirova, PhD, Senior Researcher, Formation Evaluation and Well Test Department, TatNIPIneft Institute – PJSC TATNEFT
186a, Sovetskaya Str., Almetyevsk, 423458, Russian Federation
E-mail: ahkabirova@tatnipi.ru

For citation:

G.V. Aleksandrov, R.Kh. Nizaev, A.Kh. Kabirova Opredeleniye usloviy vozniknoveniya fronta goreniy v okrestnosti nagnetatel'noy skvazhiny s nachalom zakachki vozdukha v neftenosnuyu zalezh' s ispol'zovaniyem fil'tratsionnogo modelirovaniya [Determination of conditions for combustion front development near injection well following air injection into oil reservoir using fluid flow modeling]. Neftyanaya Provintsiya, No. 2(38), 2024. pp. 193-203. DOI https://doi.org/10.25689/NP.2024.2.193-203. EDN BVNYLR (in Russian)

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