Research on Water Finding Methods for Horizontal Wells

Abstract

The outflow of water from horizontal wells will lead to a decrease in oil production and a decrease in production efficiency. The commonly used water exploration methods have problems such as harmful oil layers, long auxiliary logging time, low efficiency, high cost, and discontinuous testing data. The technology of using crawlers to lower and search for water does not require the cooperation of the operation team. Logging work can be carried out during mining, and real-time monitoring of the production well can be carried out. The instrument is kept in the center of the casing, with high testing accuracy and short logging time, which improves production efficiency. In response to the problem of difficulty in locating the water outlet position using the crawling water finding technology, this article establishes a method for determining the water outlet position of a horizontal well based on the actual working conditions of a domestic oil field using the crawling water finding technology.