Method for the Quantitative Evaluation of Low-Permeability Reservoir Damage in the East China Sea Based on Experimental Evaluation and Modeling Calculation

Abstract

Reservoir damage is a key factor affecting reservoir evaluation, ensuring stable reservoir production and improving the utilization rate of oil and gas resources. At present, the evaluation of damage caused by reservoir drilling fluid is too empirical, and there is a lack of methods for the high-precision evaluation of reservoir damage after drilling fluid invasion and pollution. In a block in the East China Sea, the production capacity is limited due to an excessive balance of drilling fluid and long exposure time. In order to ensure safe drilling, the dynamic damage mechanism of drilling fluid during drilling was analyzed. The core of the main reservoir of well XH-1 in a block in the East China Sea was selected for carrying out an experiment evaluating the dynamic damage caused by drilling fluid. According to the experimental results, the damage rate of reservoir permeability caused by drilling fluid invasion ranges between 58.25 and 87.25%, and the overall dynamic damage degree can be classified between medium and high. Combined with the experimental parameters, a mathematical model of drilling fluid invasion depth was established, and the calculation formulas of drilling fluid invasion depth and contaminated skin were derived. The results showed that the drilling fluid depth of the reservoir section corresponding to the core of well XH-1 was 0.47~0.83 m, and the contaminated skin factor was 1.22~13.41, which made up for the lack of evaluation methods of reservoir damage caused by drilling fluid and provided a theoretical basis for the optimization of drilling fluid parameters and exploration drilling technology in oilfield operations.