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Evaluation of Steam Channeling Severity Between Cyclic Steam Simulation Wells in Offshore Heavy Oil Reservoirs Based on Cloud Model and Improved AHP-CRITIC Method

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  • Yigang Liu

    (CNOOC Key Laboratory of Offshore Heavy Oil Thermal Recovery, Tianjin 300459, China
    Tianjin Branch of CNOOC Ltd., Tianjin 300452, China)

  • Jianhua Bai

    (CNOOC Key Laboratory of Offshore Heavy Oil Thermal Recovery, Tianjin 300459, China
    Tianjin Branch of CNOOC Ltd., Tianjin 300452, China)

  • Qiuxia Wang

    (CNOOC Key Laboratory of Offshore Heavy Oil Thermal Recovery, Tianjin 300459, China
    Tianjin Branch of CNOOC Ltd., Tianjin 300452, China)

  • Yongbin Zhao

    (School of Petroleum Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, China)

  • Zhiyuan Wang

    (CNOOC Key Laboratory of Offshore Heavy Oil Thermal Recovery, Tianjin 300459, China
    Tianjin Branch of CNOOC Ltd., Tianjin 300452, China)

  • Jia Wen

    (CNOOC Key Laboratory of Offshore Heavy Oil Thermal Recovery, Tianjin 300459, China
    Tianjin Branch of CNOOC Ltd., Tianjin 300452, China)

  • Xiaofei Sun

    (School of Petroleum Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, China)

Abstract

Steam channeling significantly affects the production performance of cyclic steam stimulation (CSS) wells in offshore heavy oil reservoirs. However, there remains a lack of effective methods for evaluating the steam channeling severity between CSS wells in offshore heavy oil reservoirs. This study develops a novel evaluation model to quantitatively evaluate the steam channeling severity between CSS wells in offshore heavy oil reservoirs via the improved AHP-CRITIC (IAHP-CRITIC) method and the cloud model. The results indicated that, compared with the reservoir survey results for the three typical reservoirs, the accuracies of the results obtained by the AHP, CRITIC, AHP-CRITIC, and IAHP-CRITIC methods were 88%, 52%, 92%, and 100%, respectively. Therefore, the IAHP-CRITIC method was more reliable than the other methods in terms of calculating the indicator weights and evaluating the steam channeling severity between the CSS wells. The Lw7 and Lw12 in the L reservoir and Rw2, Rw3, and Rw6 in the R reservoir exhibited strong steam channeling. It is necessary to control the steam channeling of these CSS wells. This is the first study to report the evaluation of steam channeling severity between CSS wells in offshore heavy oil reservoirs. This study provides an effective model to quantitatively evaluate the steam channeling severity between CSS wells and offers valuable insights for the selection of effective strategies to control the steam channeling between CSS wells and enhance offshore heavy oil recovery.

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  • Yigang Liu & Jianhua Bai & Qiuxia Wang & Yongbin Zhao & Zhiyuan Wang & Jia Wen & Xiaofei Sun, 2025. "Evaluation of Steam Channeling Severity Between Cyclic Steam Simulation Wells in Offshore Heavy Oil Reservoirs Based on Cloud Model and Improved AHP-CRITIC Method," Energies, MDPI, vol. 18(20), pages 1-24, October.
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