The study of mechanisms and causes of reservoir destruction in gas field development

The article examines the nature and extent of reservoir failure in gas field development. It studies the state of reservoir failure diagnostics and prediction in gas fields and underground gas storage facilities. Given the relevance of the issue, the need for additional research is justified to develop reliable methods for diagnosing the state of the near-wellbore zone, assessing the nature and extent of productive formation failure, and, especially, methods for predicting such processes. The causes of well operation complications due to reservoir failure in the near-wellbore zone are investigated, and possible ways to prevent them are discussed by developing a method for predicting the behavior of productive formations for various reservoir types under conditions of complex multiphase gas-dynamic and hydrodynamic flows. Geological and field data were collected, summarized and analyzed. Geological and hydrogeological conditions were examined to identify the causes of reservoir failure and other complications, and processes were forecasted to enable the development of necessary methods and technical and technological measures to prevent and manage such complications.
The influence of geological and technological parameters on the condition of the near-wellbore zone was studied, the nature, scale, and causes of reservoir rock failure were determined, and recommendations and technical and technological measures for preventing and managing reservoir failure during gas field development were proposed. For each reservoir, depending on its characteristics, a specific set of methods for obtaining information should be justified, with certain methods being predominant. The results obtained will be used to develop technical and technological measures to combat reservoir failure.

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