A New Method of Calculating Recovery of Waterflooding Reservoir by Using Production Rate

Development characteristics of oil field during production-decreasing stage were analyzed in this paper. The ultimate recovery factor can be determined at a limit of oil production rate by investigating the relationship between production rate and recovery percent. Some physical conditions were given. Based on the mass conservation principal and seepage mechanics method, it was found that the recovery degree varies versus production rate linearly. The model prediction using the actual data of west Ng63+4 oil strata in Gudong 7 region, a reservoir in Shengli oilfield of China, was performed. The results demonstrated that the linear model had well estimation of the recoverable recovery of oil fields which were at the later period of high water cut stage.