Method and device for testing wettability of dense oil reservoir

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10422733-B2
Application number	US-201715490231-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 18, 2017
Priority date	Sep 26, 2016
Publication date	Sep 24, 2019
Grant date	Sep 24, 2019

Abstract

Disclosed herein are methods for testing wettability of tight oil reservoir. The method comprises: by using a nuclear magnetic resonance testing method, testing nuclear magnetic resonance maps of the tight oil reservoir in the saturated water state and in the saturated oil state; by using the nuclear magnetic resonance maps, analyzing a water-wetting degree and an oil-wetting degree of the tight oil reservoir; calculating a mixed wettability index of the tight oil reservoir, and estimating the wettability of the tight oil reservoir according to the mixed wettability index. This disclosure can effectively improve testing efficiency, quantitatively analyze the water-wetting degree and the oil-wetting degree of the tight oil reservoir, and improve accuracy of testing results.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for testing wettability of a tight oil reservoir, the method comprising:
testing nuclear magnetic resonance T 2 maps of the tight oil reservoir in a saturated water state and in a saturated oil state;
calculating a water-wetting coefficient and an oil-wetting coefficient of the tight oil reservoir according to the nuclear magnetic resonance T2 maps of the tight oil reservoir in the saturated water state and in the saturated oil state;
calculating a mixed wettability index of the tight oil reservoir by using the water-wetting coefficient and the oil-wetting coefficient of the tight oil reservoir, and determining the wettability of the tight oil reservoir according to the mixed wettability index;
wherein calculating a mixed wettability index of the tight oil reservoir includes:
calculating a difference between the water-wetting coefficient and the oil-wetting coefficient to obtain the mixed wettability index of the tight oil reservoir,

wherein calculating a water-wetting coefficient and an oil-wetting coefficient of the tight oil reservoir includes:
placing the nuclear magnetic resonance T2 maps of the tight oil reservoir in the saturated water state and in the saturated oil state, into the same coordinate system;
by using a T2 cutoff value, dividing the nuclear magnetic resonance T2 maps in the same coordinate system into left and right sections, wherein the left half section is a nuclear magnetic resonance T2 map of a boundary fluid part;
calculating an amount of bound water and an amount of bound oil in the boundary fluid according to the nuclear magnetic resonance T2 map of the boundary fluid part; and
calculating the water-wetting coefficient and the oil-wetting coefficient according to the amount of the bound water and the amount of the bound oil;

wherein testing nuclear magnetic resonance T2 maps in a saturated water state and in a saturated oil state includes:
taking out a first pillar from the tight oil reservoir;
causing the first pillar to reach the saturated water state, and testing the nuclear magnetic resonance T2 map of the tight oil reservoir in the saturated water state; and
after removing a nuclear magnetic signal of water in the first pillar, causing the first pillar to reach the saturated oil state, and testing the nuclear magnetic resonance T2 map of the tight oil reservoir in the saturated oil state.

2. The method for testing wettability of the tight oil reservoir according to claim 1 , wherein calculating the amount of the bound water includes:
calculating an area of a region encircled by the nuclear magnetic resonance T2 maps in the saturated water state and in the saturated oil state in the boundary fluid part to obtain the amount of the bound water.

3. The method for testing wettability of the tight oil reservoir according to claim 1 , wherein calculating the amount of the bound oil includes:
calculating an area of a region encircled by the nuclear magnetic resonance T2 map in the saturated oil state and an x-axis in the boundary fluid part to obtain the amount of the bound oil.

4. The method for testing wettability of the tight oil reservoir according to claim 1 , wherein calculating the water-wetting coefficient includes:
dividing the amount of bound water by a sum of the amount of bound oil and the amount of bound water to calculate and obtain the water-wetting coefficient.

5. The method for testing wettability of the tight oil reservoir according to claim 1 , wherein calculating the oil-wetting coefficient includes:
dividing the amount of bound oil by a sum of the amount of bound oil and the amount of bound water to calculate and obtain the oil-wetting coefficient.

6. The method for testing wettability of the tight oil reservoir according to claim 1 , wherein calculating the water-wetting coefficient includes:
dividing the amount of bound oil by a sum of the amount of bound oil and the amount of bound water to calculate and obtain the water-wetting coefficient.

7. The method for testing wettability of the tight oil reservoir according to claim 1 , wherein calculating the oil-wetting coefficient includes:
dividing the amount of bound water by a sum of the amount of bound oil and the amount of bound water to calculate and obtain the oil-wetting coefficient.

8. The method for testing wettability of the tight oil reservoir according to claim 1 , wherein the process of calculating the T 2 cutoff value includes:
taking out a second pillar from the tight oil reservoir;
performing nuclear magnetic resonance testing under N centrifugal forces on the second pillar, comparing the nuclear magnetic maps to select the centrifugal forces and calculate the T 2 cutoff value, wherein N≥2.

9. The method for testing wettability of the tight oil reservoir according to claim 1 , wherein the boundary fluid includes fluid bound in the tight oil reservoir, and the bound fluid includes bound water and bound oil.

10. A device for testing wettability of the tight oil reservoir, the device comprising:
an oil reservoir processing module for tight the tight oil reservoir before the testing, and also for changing a state of the tight oil reservoir, including causing the tight oil reservoir to reach a saturated water state and a saturated oil state;
a testing module for testing nuclear magnetic resonance T 2 maps of the tight oil reservoir in the saturated water state and in the saturated oil state, and also for performing nuclear magnetic resonance testing under N centrifugal forces on the tight oil reservoir, wherein N≥2;
a data calculation module for calculating a T 2 cutoff value, and also for calculating a water-wetting coefficient and an oil-wetting coefficient of the tight oil reservoir, and also for calculating a mixed wettability index of the tight oil reservoir, wherein calculating a mixed wettability index of the tight oil reservoir includes: calculating a difference between the water-wetting coefficient and the oil-wetting coefficient to obtain the mixed wettability index of the tight oil reservoir;
a data output module for outputting calculation results of the calculated water-wetting coefficient, oil-wetting coefficient and mixed wettability index; and
a data analyzing module for analyzing the wettability of the tight oil reservoir according to the output calculation results of the water-wetting coefficient, the oil-wetting coefficient and the mixed wettability index.

Assignees

• Petrochina Co Ltd

Inventors

• Yang Zhengming
• Luo Yutian
• Wang Xuewu
• Liu Xuewei
• Xiong Shengchun
• Zhang Yapu
• He Ying

Classifications

• G01R33/448

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• G01V3/18

  specially adapted for well-logging · CPC title

• G01V3/175

  operating with electron or nuclear magnetic resonance · CPC title

• G01N13/00 Primary

  Investigating surface or boundary effects, e.g. wetting power; Investigating diffusion effects; Analysing materials by determining surface, boundary, or diffusion effects (scanning-probe techniques or apparatus G01Q) · CPC title

• G01N24/081 Primary

  Making measurements of geologic samples, e.g. measurements of moisture, pH, porosity, permeability, tortuosity or viscosity · CPC title