Abstract
To increase the efficiency of development of gas condensate fields with significant reserves of retrograde condensate, a study was made of the effectiveness of the technology for maintaining formation pressure using dry gas based on a heterogeneous three-dimensional digital model. According to the simulation results, it was found that in the case of dry gas injection into a gas condensate reservoir, the specific losses of condensate in the reservoir are reduced due to stabilization and maintenance of formation pressure at a higher level compared to depletion development. The simulation results indicate that due to the introduction of formation pressure maintenance technology, the saturation of the pore space with precipitated condensate decreases and accordingly its additional production isprovided mainly in the gas phase to the surface. With an increase in the degree of compensation for the current hydrocarbon production by dry gas injection, the cumulative condensate production and accordingly the final hydrocarbon coefficient increase. According to the results of the calculations, the increase in condensate recovery factors, depending on the degree of compensation for the current hydrocarbon production by dry gas injection, is: 0.5 - 3.57 %; 0.75 - 5.01 %; 1 - 6.08 %; 1.25 - 6.93 %; 1.5 - 7.70 %. Based on the results of a statistical analysis of the calculated data, the optimal value of the degree of compensation for the current hydrocarbon production by dry gas injection was determined, which is 0.972. The increase in the final condensate recovery factor for the optimal reduced degree of compensation for the current hydrocarbon production by dry gas injection is 5.96 %. The results of the studies carried out testify to the high technological efficiency of the introduction of formation pressure maintenance technologies for the development of gas condensate fields with significant condensate reserves