Utilização de geotermometros no monitoramento de temperatura de reservatorios de petroleo, submetidos a injeção ciclica de vapor

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

1995

RESUMO

The main objective of this study was to monitor the heavy oil reservoir temperature of the Estreito Field (Potiguar Basin, Rio Grande do Norte state), which underwent cyclical steam injection. Many geothermometers - SiO2, Na/K e Na-K-Ca - were tested in order to evaluate its potential use in petroleum reservoir. Silica geothermometer furnished the most consistent temperature estimates for the whole temperature interval sampled by the wells. From the equations proposed by Fournier (1981), an empirical curve was defined for the the Estreito Field (TFm), calibrated with the original reservoir temperature. This curve assumes an intermediate position betwen the chalcedony and quartz equilibrium curves. For wellhead temperatures (Tcab) below 77°C, an empirical equation was also defined, relating TFm to Tcab, showing a correlation coefficient (r2) of 0.80. The analysis of the temperature decay curves has led to the following conc1usions: a) the wells in the area of 70m well spacing have a smaller temperature decay rate than the wells situated in the are a of 140m well spacing. This may be due to a greater heating of the reservoir in the 70m well spacing area, as a result of possible communication of injection .steam among the wells, which belong to this area; b) there is no communication of injected steam among the wells in the area with well spacing of 140m. Based on the temperature estimates of silica geothermometer and on Tcab, temperature maps were made for the. reservoir, on the dates of sampling, furnishing constraints for future reservoir simulation programs

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engenharia de reservatorios de oleo temperatura recursos geotermicos poços de petroleo

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