Study on Water Displacing Gas Relative Permeability Curves in Fractured Tight Sandstone Reservoirs Under High Pressure and High Temperature

Jianfen Du; Qi Liu; Ping Guo; Tongwen Jiang; Yuming Xiong; Xian Jiang

doi:10.1021/acsomega.0c00139

Study on Water Displacing Gas Relative Permeability Curves in Fractured Tight Sandstone Reservoirs Under High Pressure and High Temperature

ACS Omega. 2020 Mar 27;5(13):7456-7461. doi: 10.1021/acsomega.0c00139. eCollection 2020 Apr 7.

Authors

Jianfen Du¹, Qi Liu¹, Ping Guo¹, Tongwen Jiang², Yuming Xiong¹, Xian Jiang¹

Affiliations

¹ State Key Laboratory of Oil and Gas Reservoir Geology and Exploitation, Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu 610500, China.
² China National Petroleum Corporation Research Institute of Petrol Exploration and Production, Tarim Oilfield Company, Korla 841000, China.

Abstract

Water-gas relative permeability is an important parameter for the rational development of gas fields. Conventional measurement methods are carried out at normal temperature and pressure without considering the actual conditions of high temperature and high pressure. The water displacing gas process in fractured tight sandstone reservoirs, under formation condition (116 MPa and 160 °C), was simulated by the self-manufactured displacing apparatus. The results show that cores under formation condition have the larger residual gas saturation, the smaller two-phase coexisting area, the lower water/gas relative permeability, and the lower displacement efficiency than that under normal conditions. The relative permeability declines slowly and the residual gas saturation is high, making the process of replacing the gas more difficult. The number and the interconnection quality of fractures affect the shape and the position of the displacing curves. It provides a reference for the rational development and further research of fractured tight sandstone reservoir.