Scaling tendency prediction in water injection well of K2 formation of C68 block

Abstract

The K2 formation of C68 block is explored by injecting water to maintain formation pressure, but the continuous decrease of injection rate significantly reduces oil production. Therefore, it is important to predict scaling tendency of injected water in the formation. Firstly, ion composition of formation water and injected water was tested according to recommended practices in petroleum industry. Then, wellbottom temperature distribution of injection wells was simulated under injection water rate requirement of oilfield development. Furthermore, based on the “Oddo-Tomson” prediction model of inorganic scale, the scaling trend of water flooding in K2 formation is predicted according to the possible temperature and pressure. The research indicates that sulfate scale cannot be formed in C68 block and there is a slight possibility of carbonate scaling, which provides a basis to select the correct stimulation technology for increasing production.

Keywords

• injection water
• scaling tendency
• prediction
• temperature