Reviving Abandoned Reservoirs with High-Pressure Air Injection: Application in a Fractured and Karsted Dolomite Reservoir. (Semi-Annual Report from November 1, 2003 to May 1, 2004.)

Jackson, J. A. ; Jackson, K. G.

Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee

关键词: Reservoirs;    Air injection;    High pressure;    Fractured reservoirs;    Carbonate rocks;   

RP-ID  :  DE2004829951

学科分类：工程和技术（综合）

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来源: National Technical Reports Library

【 摘 要 】

The Bureau of Economic Geology (BEG) and Goldrus Producing Company have assembled a multidisciplinary team of geoscientists and engineers to evaluate the applicability of high-pressure air injection (HPAI) in revitalizing a nearly abandoned carbonate reservoir in the Permian Basin of West Texas. The characterization phase of the project is utilizing geoscientists and petroleum engineers from the Bureau of Economic Geology (BEG) and the Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering (both at The University of Texas at Austin) to define the controls on fluid flow in the reservoir as a basis for developing a reservoir model. This model will be used to define a field deployment plan that Goldrus, a small independent oil company, will implement by drilling both vertical and horizontal wells during the demonstration phase of the project. Additional reservoir data were to be generated during the demonstration phase to improve the accuracy of the reservoir model. The demonstration phase has been delayed by Goldrus because of funding problems.