Application of advanced reservoir characterization, simulation, and production optimization strategies to maximize recovery in slope and basin clastic reservoirs, West Texas (Delaware Basin), Class III

Dutton, Shirley P. ; Flanders, William A. ; Zirczy, Helena H.

National Petroleum Technology Program (U.S.)

关键词: Geologic Models;    02 Petroleum;    Oil Fields;    Well Drilling;    Reservoir Pressure;   

DOI  :  10.2172/755452
RP-ID  :  DOE/BC/14936-15
RP-ID  :  FC22-95BC14936
RP-ID  :  755452

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

The objective of this Class 3 project was to demonstrate that detailed reservoir characterization of slope and basin clastic reservoirs in sandstones of the Delaware Mountain Group in the Delaware Basin of West Texas and New Mexico is a cost effective way to recover a higher percentage of the original oil in place through strategic placement of infill wells and geologically based field development. Phase 1 of the project, reservoir characterization, was completed this year, and Phase 2 began. The project is focused on East Ford field, a representative Delaware Mountain Group field that produces from the upper Bell Canyon Formation (Ramsey sandstone). The field, discovered in 1960, is operated by Oral Petco, Inc., as the East Ford unit. A CO{sub 2} flood is being conducted in the unit, and this flood is the Phase 2 demonstration for the project.