Method for predicting amount of water-sealed gas in high-sulfur water-bearing gas reservoir

This patent application claims the benefit and priority of Chinese Patent Application No. 202210659160.1, filed on Jun. 13, 2022, the disclosure of which is incorporated by reference herein in its entirety as part of the present application.

The present disclosure relates to a method for predicting an amount of water-sealed gas in a high-sulfur water-bearing gas reservoir.

During the development of water drive gas reservoirs, because of the heterogeneity of formations, gas in a low permeability zone is susceptible to the block from water in a high permeability zone, which thus leads to water-sealed gas. At present, methods or optimizations for calculating an amount of water-sealed gas are all proposed specific to conventional water-bearing gas reservoirs. As such, no method has yet been proposed for predicting the amount of water-sealed gas in a high-sulfur water-bearing gas reservoir.

An objective of the present disclosure is to solve the problem that no method has yet been proposed for predicting an amount of water-sealed gas in a high-sulfur water-bearing gas reservoir. According to the present disclosure, based on a material balance method, a material balance equation of the high-sulfur water-bearing gas reservoir in consideration of water-sealed gas and water-soluble gas is derived, and a chart of water-sealed gas in the high-sulfur water-bearing gas reservoir is drawn by applying an iterative algorithm, such that the amount of water-sealed gas is calculated.

In order to achieve the above objective, the present disclosure provides a method for predicting the amount of water-sealed gas in a high-sulfur water-bearing gas reservoir, including the following steps:

S 100 , deriving a material balance equation of the high-sulfur water-bearing gas reservoir in consideration of water-sealed gas and water-soluble gas, which mainly includes: S 101 , establishing a physical model of the high-sulfur water-bearing gas reservoir in consideration of water-sealed gas and water-soluble gas; S 102 , for a constant-volume gas reservoir in which a sum of a volume of initial gas and a volume of initial formation water is equal to a sum of a volume of remaining gas, an evolution volume of water soluble gas, a volume of irreducible water, a rock expansion volume, and a volume of remaining formation water, establishing the material balance equation; and S 103 , substituting each of the volume of remaining gas, the evolution volume of water soluble gas, the volume of irreducible water, the rock expansion volume, and the volume of remaining formation water in S 102 into the material balance formula for representation, where the material balance equation of the high-sulfur water-bearing gas reservoir in consideration of water-sealed gas and water-soluble gas is given as follows:

The iterative operation in S 200 specifically includes the following substeps:

S 201 , setting p 0 =p i ; S 202 , assigning 0 as an initial value to R; S 203 , substituting p 0 into a calculation equation of β and α to obtain β and α, and substituting the obtained β and α, the reservoir heterogeneity coefficient δ, and water invasion constant F into the material balance equation of the high-sulfur water-bearing gas reservoir in consideration of water-sealed gas and water-soluble gas to calculate φ; S 204 , calculating the pressure p 1 according to φ, and substituting p 1 into the calculation equation of β and α to obtain β 1 and α 1 ; S 205 , substituting β 1 and α 1 obtained from p 1 , as well as given δ into the material balance equation of the high-sulfur water-bearing gas reservoir in consideration of water-sealed gas and water-soluble gas to calculate φ 1 ; S 206 , calculating p 2 according to φ 1 , and making p 2 equal to p 0 ; S 207 , repeating S 203 to S 206 till p 2 −p 1 <0.0001; S 208 , outputting φ at this moment; S 209 , adding 0.05 to R, and repeating S 203 to S 208 till R is equal to 1, or p 1 is smaller than 0; and S 210 , drawing the chart of water-sealed gas in the high-sulfur water-bearing gas reservoir according to R and corresponding φ.

According to the method for predicting an amount of water-sealed gas in a high-sulfur water-bearing gas reservoir, the solubility of hydrogen sulfide is measured by an experiment or calculated by an empirical equation.

Compared with the prior art, the present disclosure has the following beneficial effects: (1) the method for predicting an amount of water-sealed gas in a high-sulfur water-bearing gas reservoir is established, which is suitable for the high-sulfur water-bearing gas reservoir; (2) calculation is conducted using the iterative method, thereby ensuring high precision; (3) the chart is drawn by programming, and the calculation process is simple; and (4) the popularity is high.

In the accompanying drawings:

FIG. 1 is a technical route of a method according to the present disclosure.

FIG. 2 is a chart of water-sealed gas in the high-sulfur water-bearing gas reservoir.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram illustrating calculation of the amount of water-sealed gas in Block A.

FIG. 4 shows a physical model of the high-sulfur water-bearing gas reservoir in consideration of water-sealed gas and water-soluble gas.

The present disclosure is further described below with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments.

The present disclosure provides a method for predicting the amount of water-sealed gas in a high-sulfur water-bearing gas reservoir, including the following steps:

S 100 , derive a material balance equation of the high-sulfur water-bearing gas reservoir in consideration of water-sealed gas and water-soluble gas, which mainly includes: S 101 , establishing a physical model of the high-sulfur water-bearing gas reservoir in consideration of water-sealed gas and water-soluble gas, as shown in FIG. 4 ; S 102 , for a constant-volume gas reservoir in which a sum of a volume of initial gas and a volume of initial formation water is equal to a sum of a volume of remaining gas, an evolution volume of water soluble gas, a volume of irreducible water, a rock expansion volume, and a volume of remaining formation water, establishing the material balance equation; and S 103 , substituting each of the volume of remaining gas, the evolution volume of water soluble gas, the volume of irreducible water, the rock expansion volume, and the volume of remaining formation water in S 102 into the material balance formula for representation, where the material balance equation of the high-sulfur water-bearing gas reservoir in consideration of water-sealed gas and water-soluble gas is given as follows:

For well A of gas field A, the water invasion constant F is 1.5, the dimensionless volume ratio V + is 0.8, the dimensionless permeability ratio K + is 1,000, the reservoir heterogeneity coefficient δ is 1.23, G=1.27×10 −8 m 3 , p i =40 MPa, S wi =0.25, B w /B wi ≈1, C f =10.88×10 −4 MPa −1 , C w =4.6×10 −4 MPa −1 , and T=377.5K.

S 200 , with reference to the data about the well A of gas field A, draw a chart of water-sealed gas in the high-sulfur water-bearing gas reservoir by conducting iterative operation in the material balance equation of the high-sulfur water-bearing gas reservoir in consideration of water-sealed gas and water-soluble gas, as shown in FIG. 2 , which specifically includes: S 201 , setting p 0 =p i ; S 202 , assigning 0 as an initial value to R; S 203 , substituting p 0 into a calculation equation of β and α to obtain β and α, and substituting the obtained β and α, the reservoir heterogeneity coefficient δ, and water invasion constant F into the material balance equation of the high-sulfur water-bearing gas reservoir in consideration of water-sealed gas and water-soluble gas to calculate φ; S 204 , calculating the pressure p 1 according to φ, and substituting p 1 into the calculation equation of β and α to obtain β 1 and α 1 ; S 205 , substituting β 1 and α 1 obtained from p 1 , as well as given δ into the material balance equation of the high-sulfur water-bearing gas reservoir in consideration of water-sealed gas and water-soluble gas to calculate φ 1 ; S 206 , calculating p 2 according to φ 1 , and making p 2 equal to p 0 ; S 207 , repeating S 203 to S 206 till p 2 −p 1 <0.0001; S 208 , outputting φ at this moment; S 209 , adding 0.05 to R, and repeating S 203 to S 208 till R is equal to 1, or p 1 is smaller than 0; and S 210 , drawing the chart of water-sealed gas in the high-sulfur water-bearing gas reservoir according to R and corresponding φ. S 300 , calculate the amount of the water-sealed gas in the high-sulfur water-bearing gas reservoir, which specifically includes: S 301 , taking R corresponding to φ=0 as a recovery factor EUR of the high-sulfur water-bearing gas reservoir in consideration of water-sealed gas and water-soluble gas, where EUR=0.63; and S 302 , setting G B =(1−EUR)×G, as shown in FIG. 3 ; where G denotes dynamic reserves, in unit of 10 8 m 3 ; G B denotes an amount of water-sealed gas, in unit of 10 8 m 3 ; and EUR denotes a dimensionless recovery ration when φ=0.

It can be calculated that the well A of gas field A has the amount of water-sealed gas of 0.4699×10 8 m 3 .

Further, according to the method for predicting an amount of water-sealed gas in a high-sulfur water-bearing gas reservoir, the solubility of hydrogen sulfide is measured by an experiment or calculated by an empirical equation.

Compared with the prior art, the present disclosure has the following beneficial effects: (1) the method for predicting an amount of water-sealed gas in a high-sulfur water-bearing gas reservoir is established, which is suitable for the high-sulfur water-bearing gas reservoir; (2) calculation is conducted using the iterative method, thereby ensuring high precision; (3) the chart is drawn by programming, and the calculation process is simple; and (4) the popularity is high.

Finally, it should be noted that the above embodiments are only intended to explain, rather than to limit the technical solutions of the present disclosure. Although the present disclosure is described in detail with reference to the above embodiments, those skilled in the art should understand that modifications or equivalent substitutions may be made to the technical solutions of the present disclosure without departing from the spirit and scope of the technical solutions of the present disclosure, and such modifications or equivalent substitutions should be included within the scope of the claims of the present disclosure.