Neftyanaya Provintsiya
electronic peer-reviewed scholarly publication
Neftyanaya provintsiya No. 1(37), 2024

Actual solutions for implementing thermal effects on the bottomhole zone of the well for high viscosity oil fields

A.F. Shageev, S.A. Dolgih, V.A. Milyutina, D.R. Minekaeva
DOI: https://doi.org/10.25689/NP.2024.1.193-214

Abstract


The article discusses current thermal methods for developing a high-viscosity oil field using the example of the Zhylankabak field. A selection of a number of thermal EORs, including electrothermal and thermal steam treatments, is described. In conditions of complicated exploitation of the field, namely the absence of a constant source of water and power lines, the most optimal method was proposed for heating the bottomhole zone of the well with a solid fuel heater. The operating principle of a solid fuel heater is based on the use of reagents inside the reactor, which enter into an exothermic reaction when interacting with each other. Solid fuel heater technology allows you to control the start time of this reaction. During the reaction, a large amount of hot gases are released, which contribute to an increase in pressure, heating of the bottomhole zone of the well and cleaning of asphaltene-resin-paraffin deposits from the wellbore. A diagram of the design of a solid fuel heater and the results of pilot field tests at the Zhylankabak field are presented. Based on the test results, this device showed itself successfully and was recommended for use in conditions similar to the described field.

Key words:

enhanced oil recovery methods, high-viscosity oil fields, thermal methods, electrothermal methods, asphaltene-resin-paraffin deposits, bottomhole formation zone, complicated development conditions, solid fuel heater, wide fractions of light hydrocarbons, thermochemical effects

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Authors

A.F. Shageev, Senior Researcher at the Research Institute of Methods for Increasing Oil Recovery of the World-Class Scientific Center Rational Development of the Planet's Gas Hydrocarbon Reserves, Senior Lecturer at the Department of Development and Exploitation of Deposits of Hardly Recoverable Hydrocarbons of the Institute of Geology and Oil and Gas Technologies, Kazan Federal University
ORCID: 0009-0002-2852-9021
4/5, Kremlin st. Kazan, 420111, Russian Federation
E-mail: AFShageev@kpfu.ru

S.A. Dolgih, Candidate of Technical Sciences, Associate Professor of the Department of Development and Operation of Fields of Hardly Recoverable Hydrocarbons of the Institute of Geology and Oil and Gas Technologies, Kazan Federal University
ORCID: 0000-0002-5469-7320
4/5, Kremlin st. Kazan, 420111, Russian Federation
E-mail: dolgih_s_a@mail.ru

V.A. Milyutina, Assistant of the Department of Development and Operation of the Place of Birth of Hard-to-Recover Hydrocarbons, Engineer of the Research Institute of Methods for Increasing Oil and Gas Production of the World-Class Scientific Center Rational Development of the Planet's Liquid Hydrocarbon Reserves, Institute of Geology and Oil and Gas Technologies, Kazan Federal University
ORCID: 0000-0002-6745-8169
4/5, Kremlin st. Kazan, 420111, Russian Federation
E-mail: mom500090@gmail.com

D.R. Minekaeva, Engineer of the Research Institute of Methods for Increasing Oil Recovery of the World-Class Scientific Center Rational Development of the Planet's Liquid Hydrocarbon Reserves, Assistant of the Department of Development and Operation of Fields of Hard-to-Recover Hydrocarbons of the Institute of Geology and Oil and Gas Technologies, Kazan Federal University
ORCID: 0000-0003-4847-9834
4/5, Kremlin st. Kazan, 420111, Russian Federation
E-mail: dinrminekaeva@stud.kpfu.ru

For citation:

A.F. Shageev, S.A. Dolgih, V.A. Milyutina, D.R. Minekaeva Aktual'nyye resheniya dlya teplovoy obrabotki prizaboynoy zony skvazhiny dlya mestorozhdeniy vysoko-vyazkikh neftey [Actual solutions for implementing thermal effects on the bottomhole zone of the well for high viscosity oil fields]. Neftyanaya Provintsiya, No. 1(37), 2024. pp.193-214. DOI https://doi.org/10.25689/NP.2024.1.193-214. EDN XWIPST (in Russian)

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