Neftyanaya Provintsiya
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Neftyanaya provintsiya No. 2(42), 2025

Mitigation of gas, oil and water inflow risks during well workover at later phase of oilfield development

R.Z. Ziyatdinov, V.M. Valovsky
DOI: https://doi.org/10.25689/NP.2025.2.151-163

Abstract


Late phase of oilfield development is characterised by development of previously untapped formations and streaks, development of multizone targets using single well, dual completion, extensive formation pressure maintenance system, wells with production-induced anomaly high formation pressure, wide usage of bottom-hole treatment for well stimulation and water-zone isolation, production-induced alteration of near well-bore area properties due to geology (transition and commingle) and technical conditions of production casings, increase of well workover frequency. The need for well testing and geophysical studies for assessment of actual parameters before well workover also increases.
Moreover, later phase of development brings in hard-to-recover reserves, such as highly viscous and super viscous oil (SVO), extracted with thermal recovery methods (steam injection, downhole combustion), using SVO wells for shallow reservoirs with inclined wellheads and long horizontal sidetrack fitted with filters. Thus, creating additional risks of gas, oil and water inflow.

Key words:

gas, oil and water inflow, bottom-hole condition prompt assessment method, well kill operation methods for wells with several penetrated formations, strength certificate determination

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Authors

R.Z. Ziyatdinov, Head of Sector, TatNIPIneft Institute of PJSC Tatneft
149A, Sovetskaya Str., Bugulma, 423230, Russian Federation
E-mail: zrz5969@tatnipi.ru

V.M. Valovsky, Dr.Sc., Professor, TatNIPIneft Institute of PJSC Tatneft
2, Lenina Str., Bugulma, 423230, Russian Federation
E-mail: zrz5969@tatnipi.ru

For citation:

R.Z. Ziyatdinov, V.M. Valovsky Snizhenie riskov gazovodonefteproyavleniyi pri remontah skvazhin na pozdntei stadia razrabotki neftyanih mestorozhdenii [Mitigation of gas, oil and water inflow risks during well workover at later phase of oilfield development]. Neftyanaya Provintsiya, No. 2(42), 2025. pp. 151-163. DOI https://doi.org/10.25689/NP.2025.2.151-163. EDN FUNPXP (in Russian)

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