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Prediction of Conformance Control Performance for Cyclic-Steam-Stimulated Horizontal Well Using the XGBoost: A Case Study in the Chunfeng Heavy Oil Reservoir

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  • Zehao Xie

    (Key Laboratory of Unconventional Oil & Gas Development, China University of Petroleum (East China), Ministry of Education, Qingdao 266580, China
    School of Petroleum Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, China)

  • Qihong Feng

    (Key Laboratory of Unconventional Oil & Gas Development, China University of Petroleum (East China), Ministry of Education, Qingdao 266580, China
    School of Petroleum Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, China)

  • Jiyuan Zhang

    (Key Laboratory of Unconventional Oil & Gas Development, China University of Petroleum (East China), Ministry of Education, Qingdao 266580, China
    School of Petroleum Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, China)

  • Xiaoxuan Shao

    (Key Laboratory of Deep Oil and Gas, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266555, China
    School of Geosciences, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266555, China)

  • Xianmin Zhang

    (Key Laboratory of Unconventional Oil & Gas Development, China University of Petroleum (East China), Ministry of Education, Qingdao 266580, China
    School of Petroleum Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, China)

  • Zenglin Wang

    (Shengli Oilfield Company, Sinopec, Dongying 257001, China)

Abstract

Conformance control is an effective method to enhance heavy oil recovery for cyclic-steam-stimulated horizontal wells. The numerical simulation technique is frequently used prior to field applications to evaluate the incremental oil production with conformance control in order to ensure cost-efficiency. However, conventional numerical simulations require the use of specific thermal numerical simulators that are usually expensive and computationally inefficient. This paper proposed the use of the extreme gradient boosting (XGBoost) trees to estimate the incremental oil production of conformance control with N 2 -foam and gel for cyclic-steam-stimulated horizontal wells. A database consisting of 1000 data points was constructed using numerical simulations based on the geological and fluid properties of the heavy oil reservoir in the Chunfeng Oilfield, which was then used for training and validating the XGBoost model. Results show that the XGBoost model is capable of estimating the incremental oil production with relatively high accuracy. The mean absolute errors (MAEs), mean relative errors (MRE) and correlation coefficients are 12.37/80.89 t, 0.09%/0.059% and 0.99/0.98 for the training/validation sets, respectively. The validity of the prediction model was further confirmed by comparison with numerical simulations for six real production wells in the Chunfeng Oilfield. The permutation indices (PI) based on the XGBoost model indicate that net to gross ratio (NTG) and the cumulative injection of the plugging agent exerts the most significant effects on the enhanced oil production. The proposed method can be easily transferred to other heavy oil reservoirs, provided efficient training data are available.

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  • Zehao Xie & Qihong Feng & Jiyuan Zhang & Xiaoxuan Shao & Xianmin Zhang & Zenglin Wang, 2021. "Prediction of Conformance Control Performance for Cyclic-Steam-Stimulated Horizontal Well Using the XGBoost: A Case Study in the Chunfeng Heavy Oil Reservoir," Energies, MDPI, vol. 14(23), pages 1-22, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:14:y:2021:i:23:p:8161-:d:695641
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