Research Article

Countermeasures to Decrease Water Cut and Increase Oil Recovery from High Water Cut, Narrow-Channel Reservoirs in Bohai Sea

Table 1

Remaining oil distribution in the narrow-channel reservoirs.

CharacteristicTypeDistribution locationRemaining oil occurrence

Sedimentary facies transitionWedge-shaped inlaid pinch-out shielding typeOverflow bank sand and river mouth bar of river transformationWedge-shaped
Flowing around interlayer and lamellar retention typeFalling silt layer in channel and interdistributary bayInterval stratification
Bay shielding flaky retention typeCurved and straight river point barFlaky-shaped
Splicing edge of cutting channel typeRiver mouth bar, braided beach, and parallel port beachShaped like channel-edge
HeterogeneityStacking and cutting top enrichment typeRiver mouth bar with stacked or cut channelsLayered
High permeability fingering and low permeability retention typeDendritic and network braided main channelFinger-shaped
Uneven displacement of parallel high and low permeabilityChannels of different thickness/types on the wellOriginal occurrence
Tectonic genesisFault barrier pinch-out enrichment typeUpdip part of fault barrierRhombic
Microstructural undulation enrichment typeFault cutting structural trapPotato-shaped
Development modeSqueezing pie type driving energyRings parallel to the gas capPie-shaped
Insufficient driving energyStay away from edge and bottom water and injection wellsOriginal occurrence
Bottom water coning surrounded retention typeAround the bottom water coneEave-shaped
Development well patternImperfect well pattern resulted inter and well retentionSingle sand body out of well pattern controlOriginal occurrence
Insufficient displacement resulted retentionProduction well away from injection wellOriginal occurrence