DRAINAGE METHOD FOR MULTILAYER RESERVOIRS

摘要

A method of determining the arrangement of lateral boreholes to be drilled from a main borehole that traverses an underground reservoir comprising at least two layers of different fluid mobility, the method comprising: determining formation parameters in each layer of interest so as to determine the fluid mobility in each layer; and determining borehole parameters for a series of lateral boreholes in each layer, the number, arrangement and dimensions of the lateral boreholes being selected such that the drainage surface in each layer provides for substantially similar fluid drainage in each layer irrespective of the fluid mobility in that layer.