Kazakhstan journal for oil & gas industryKazakhstan journal for oil & gas industry2707-42262957-806XKMG Engineering10862310.54859/kjogi108623Research ArticleThe Effectiveness of the Introduction of the Water-Alternated-Gas Injection on the example of a Carbonate Field in KazakhstanAskarovaIngkar A.inkar.askarova11@gmail.comUteyevRakhim N.r.uteyev@kmge.kzMardanovAltynbek S.a.mardanov@kmge.kzJaxylykovTalgat S.t.jaxylykov@kmge.kzJunusbayevaAinura U.a.junusbayeva@kmge.kzTengizchevroilAtyrau branch of KMG Engineering180720235242531410202228042023Copyright © 2023, Askarova I.A., Uteyev R.N., Mardanov A.S., Jaxylykov T.S., Junusbayeva A.U.2023<p><strong>Background:</strong> Water-Alternated-Gas Injection (hereinafter referred to as WAG) is considered to be a suitable analogue of gas injection and waterflooding, which increase the efficiency of displacement. With continuous gas injection, the displacement front is unstable due to the low viscosity of the gas, which leads to the formation of gas tongues due to a significant difference in the mobility of gas and oil. Alternate injection of water and gas is considered a suitable option in eliminating this problem and in stabilizing the displacement front.</p> <p><strong>Aim:</strong> The purpose of this work was to generalize the main factors affecting the efficiency of the process, based on the world experience in applying the WAG technology. The effectiveness of this technology application in a carbonate field was also considered.</p> <p><strong>Materials and methods:</strong> This article analyzes the efficiency of oil displacement using the WAG method in a carbonate field in Kazakhstan. In order to study the proposed oil production technology, the alternate injection of water and gas into the reservoir was simulated on the ECLIPSE 100 simulator. First of all, the process of optimizing the parameters was carried out based on two injection wells. As a result, it was found that for the studied field, the duration of water and gas cycles of 3 months and the sequence of "gas water" are the optimal conditions for observing the greatest effect from WAG. Further, based on the selected parameters, WAG was scaled to the entire field, for the implementation of which several options were developed with 3, 5, 6 and 12 injection wells.</p> <p><strong>Results:</strong> As a result of the research, the optimal oil displacement option was selected, which involves 5 injection wells with high injectivity and a large volume of injected gas.</p> <p><strong>Conclusion:</strong> Due to the hydrophilicity of the reservoir, the effect of alternating WAG turned out to be not as significant as it could be expected, due to the effect of hysteresis of relative phase permeabilities, which can be a topic for future research.</p>water-alternated-gas injectionmodelingoptimizationcycle durationwell gas injectivityhydrophilic reservoirсу және газды кезекпен айдау тәсілімодельдеуайналым ұзақтылығыоңтайландыругаз қабылдағыштығыгидрофильді коллекторчередующееся водогазовое воздействиемоделированиеоптимизацияпродолжительность циклаприемистость скважины по газугидрофильный коллектор1.Kulkarni MM, Rao DN. 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