Review of the world experience of well operation mode limitation in the context of water and gas breakthrough control in sub-gas zones

Yalaev A.V. yalaevav@bnipi.rosneft.ru “RN-BashNIPIneft” LLC (“Rosneft” PJSC Group Company) Ufa
Islamov R.R. “RN-BashNIPIneft” LLC (“Rosneft” PJSC Group Company) Ufa
Muslimov B.Sh. “RN-BashNIPIneft” LLC (“Rosneft” PJSC Group Company) Ufa
Kulesh V.A. “RN-BashNIPIneft” LLC (“Rosneft” PJSC Group Company) Ufa
DOI: 10.24412/2076-6785-2024-2-24-31

Abstract
When developing water-in-oil and gas-in-oil-water zones of oil rims, over time the production of non-target fluid in the form of water or gas begins to dominate the overall flow, which leads to lower cumulative oil production and necessitates limiting the operating modes of both production and injection wells.
Finding the optimal well operation mode is an important task to minimize the production of non-target fluid and, consequently, to achieve the highest oil recovery.

Materials and methods
The experience of application of various options of water and gas coning control is considered: restriction of well operation modes, including intermittent operation, as well as autonomous inflow control devices.

Keywords
оptimal well operation mode, coning prevention, critical oil flow rate, gas-oil ratio reduction methods, inflow control devices, oil rim
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