Production Splitting Method for Commingled Production Reservoir Based on Automatic History Matching of Single Well

The interlayer interference is very serious in the process of water flooding development, especially when the reservoir adopts commingling production. The implementation of various interlayer interference mitigation measures requires that the production performance parameters and remaining oil distribution of each layer of the reservoir should be clearly defined, and the accurate production splitting of oil wells is the key. In this paper, the five-spot pattern is simplified to a single well production model of commingled production centered on oil well. The accurate production splitting results are obtained through automatic history matching of single well production performance. The comparison between the calculation results of this method and that of reservoir numerical simulation shows that the method is simple, accurate, and practical. In the field application, for the multilayer commingled production reservoir without accurate numerical simulation, this method can quickly and accurately realize the production splitting of the reservoir according to the development performance data.

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The paper investigates the issue of interlayer interference during water flooding development, particularly in reservoirs adopting commingling production. It proposes an effective measure to mitigate interlayer interference and accurately allocate production using a simplified model and history matching method. The results demonstrate that this method is simple, accurate, and practical.