Investigation of the structure of borehole zones at various stages of development of saline reservoirs with textural wettability

• Main Author: Leonid A. Gaydukov
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Georesursy Ltd. 2021-03-01
• Series: Georesursy
• Subjects: oil reservoir; near-well zone; salinity; textural wettability; permeability
• Online Access: https://geors.ru/archive/article/1081/

A laboratory and numerical study of the mechanisms that affect the structure and physical properties of the borehole zone of a production well at various stages of development of a saline formation with textural wettability was conducted. It is shown that for the object of study is characterized by the formation of complex borehole vicinity of the structure and dynamic change of properties which define the specific geotechnical effects: desalinization; pinched adscititious water in the pore space; the decompression and the strain on the washed areas; precipitation of solid salt sediment at the moment of breaking through the highly mineralized front of the injected water. The synergetic effect of these effects leads to the formation of complex, including non-monotonic, permeability distribution profiles in the near-well zone.