Shale oil in-situ lightening development method, apparatus and system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10995599-B2
Application number	US-201916508752-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 11, 2019
Priority date	Jul 12, 2018
Publication date	May 4, 2021
Grant date	May 4, 2021

Abstract

Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a shale oil in-situ lightening development method, apparatus and system, wherein the method comprises: determining an effective shale interval according to an interval with a total organic carbon greater than a first lower limit value in a target stratum; determining a favorable region for shale oil in-situ lightening development according to a thickness of the effective shale interval and an effective layer thickness ratio, wherein the effective layer thickness ratio includes a ratio of the thickness of the effective shale interval to a thickness of a shale section, and the shale section includes the effective shale intervals and interlayers therebetween. By utilizing the embodiments of the present disclosure, the benefit of the shale oil in-situ lightening development can be improved.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A shale oil in-situ lightening development method, comprising:
determining effective shale intervals according to an interval with a total organic carbon greater than a first lower limit value in a target stratum;
determining a favorable region for shale oil in-situ lightening development according to a thickness of the effective shale intervals and an effective layer thickness ratio, wherein the effective layer thickness ratio includes a ratio of the thickness of the effective shale intervals to a thickness of a shale section, and the shale section includes the effective shale intervals and interlayers between the effective shale intervals; and
determining a well arrangement mode for shale oil in-situ lightening development in the favorable region, comprising:
arranging heating wells and production wells in the favorable region, wherein the heating well and the production well each comprise a vertical section and a horizontal section, and a heater is disposed in the horizontal section of the heating well,
arranging the heating wells in an upper layer and the heating wells in an adjacent lower layer at an equilateral triangular pattern with an included angle of 60°, arranging the production wells at an equilateral triangular pattern with an included angle of 60°, and locating the production wells between the heating wells, and the production wells in the lowest layer are located at the center of the horizontal connection line of corresponding two heating wells and parallel to the heating wells,
wherein the total organic carbon refers to the mass percentage of carbon in the organic matter of the rock.

2. The shale oil in-situ lightening development method according to claim 1 , wherein determining effective shale intervals according to an interval with a total organic carbon greater than a first lower limit value in a target stratum comprises:
determining a region to be selected according to a kerogen type of the target stratum; and
determining the effective shale intervals according to an interval with a total organic carbon greater than the first lower limit value in the region to be selected.

3. The shale oil in-situ lightening development method according to claim 1 , wherein determining a favorable region for shale oil in-situ lightening development comprises:
a) determining the shale section as a favorable interval when a thickness of the interlayer is less than a first preset threshold, a thickness of the shale section is greater than a second lower limit value, and the effective layer thickness ratio is greater than a third lower limit value;
or
b) determining the effective shale intervals as a favorable interval when the thickness of the effective shale intervals is greater than a fourth lower limit value; then
determining the favorable region for shale oil in-situ lightening development according to the favorable interval in a) or b).

4. The shale oil in-situ lightening development method according to claim 1 , wherein determining a well arrangement mode for shale oil in-situ lightening development in the favorable region comprises:
adopting a vertical section cased hole completion and a horizontal section open hole completion for the heating wells, and adopting a screen pipe completion for the production wells.

5. The shale oil in-situ lightening development method according to claim 1 , wherein determining a well arrangement mode for shale oil in-situ lightening development in the favorable region comprises:
arranging the heating wells and/or the production wells with equal spacing.

6. The shale oil in-situ lightening development method according to claim 1 , wherein determining a well arrangement mode for shale oil in-situ lightening development in the favorable region comprises:
arranging the heating wells along a longitudinal centerline of the shale interval.

7. The shale oil in-situ lightening development method according to claim 1 , wherein determining a well arrangement mode for shale oil in-situ lightening development in the favorable region comprises:
arranging the heating wells in a lowest layer in parallel to a lower boundary of the shale interval and arranging the heating wells in an upper layer in parallel to the heating wells in an adjacent lower layer.

8. The shale oil in-situ lightening development method according to claim 1 , wherein determining a well arrangement mode for shale oil in-situ lightening development in the favorable region comprises: determining a heating well spacing according to heating time.

9. The shale oil in-situ lightening development method according to claim 1 , wherein determining a well arrangement mode for shale oil in-situ lightening development in the favorable region comprises:
determining a production well spacing according to a principle of a maximum net value of oil and gas output from the production wells.

10. The shale oil in-situ lightening development method according to claim 1 , wherein determining a well arrangement mode for shale oil in-situ lightening development in the favorable region comprises:
determining lengths of the horizontal sections of the heating well and the production well according to a principle of a maximum net value of cumulative oil and gas output from the production wells.

11. The shale oil in-situ lightening development method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
determining a heating mode for shale oil in-situ lightening development in the favorable region, comprising:
a heating sequence of the heating wells: the heating wells in a distance less than or equal to one heating well spacing from the production wells are started to be heated for a preset heating time firstly, then the heating wells in a distance less than or equal to two heating well spacings from the production wells are started to be heated for a preset heating time, and the rest is started to be heated in the same manner until all the heating wells are started;
a heating procedure of the heating wells: after a surface temperature of the heater rises to a highest preset temperature, the highest preset temperature is maintained for a first preset time, then the surface temperature of the heater is lowered to a continuous constant temperature at a preset cooling speed; all the heating wells are maintained at the continuous constant temperature for a second preset time, and then stop being heated.

12. The shale oil in-situ lightening development method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
determining an oil recovery mode for shale oil in-situ lightening development in the favorable region, comprising:
recovering oil by pumping from the production well, wherein an oil well pump is located in the vertical section of the production well above the target stratum for a preset distance that ranges from 100 m to 300 m;
wherein a material of an oil well pumping device for the production well withstands a fluid temperature that ranges from 300° C. to 450° C.

13. A shale oil in-situ lightening development system, comprising the heating wells, the production wells and the heaters arranged in the favorable region in the method according to claim 1 , and heating cables;
the heating well and the production well each comprise a vertical section and a horizontal section, the heating cable and the heater are connected through a connector, the heating cable and the connector are disposed in the vertical section of the heating well, and the heater is disposed in the horizontal section of the heating well.

14. The shale oil in-situ lightening development system according to claim 13 , wherein the vertical section of the heating well is prov

Assignees

• Petrochina Co Ltd

Inventors

• Hou Lianhua
• Zou Caineng
• Hu Suyun
• Fu Jinhua
• Liu Xianyang
• Luo Xia
• Wang Jinghong
• Zhang Lijun
• Lin Senhu
• Yang Zhi
• Wu Songtao
• Cui Jingwei

Classifications

• E21B43/2401 Primary

  by means of electricity · CPC title

• E21B43/305 Primary

  comprising at least one inclined or horizontal well · CPC title

• E21B47/00

  Survey of boreholes or wells (monitoring pressure or flow of drilling fluid E21B21/08) · CPC title

• E21B49/00

  Testing the nature of borehole walls; Formation testing; Methods or apparatus for obtaining samples of soil or well fluids, specially adapted to earth drilling or wells · CPC title