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In the late stage of water-flooding reservoir development, identifying flow field distribution and implementing targeted adjustments are crucial for improving development efficiency and enhancing oil recovery. This study establishes a quantitative evaluation index system integrating both static geological and dynamic production factors to comprehensively characterize flow field distribution in ultra-high water-cut reservoirs. The system incorporates residual oil potential abundance, water-flooding ratio, and water influx intensity as key indicators. A flow field classification method based on the K-Means clustering algorithm was proposed, with the Davies\u2013Bouldin index applied to evaluate clustering validity. The approach was validated using the Egg model, where the flow field was effectively classified into four types: inefficient retention field, effective displacement field, dominant displacement field, and extreme displacement field. Adjustment measures were then applied based on classification results. The findings demonstrate that the proposed method weakens dominant displacement areas while expanding effective and inefficient displacement zones, leading to a 1.1 percentage point increase in recovery factor. This research provides a practical and quantitative tool for flow field diagnosis and adjustment, offering valuable technical guidance for managing ultra-high water-cut reservoirs.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/sym17060901","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,6,6]],"date-time":"2025-06-06T11:08:31Z","timestamp":1749208111000},"page":"901","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Flow Field Evaluation Method of High Water-Cut Reservoirs Based on K-Means Clustering Algorithm"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"17","author":[{"given":"Chen","family":"Liu","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Petroleum Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266555, China"},{"name":"State Key Laboratory of Offshore Oil and Gas Exploitation, Beijing 100028, China"},{"name":"CNOOC Research Institute Ltd., Beijing 100028, China"}]},{"given":"Qihong","family":"Feng","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Petroleum Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266555, China"}]},{"given":"Wensheng","family":"Zhou","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"State Key Laboratory of Offshore Oil and Gas Exploitation, Beijing 100028, China"},{"name":"CNOOC Research Institute Ltd., Beijing 100028, China"}]},{"given":"Chi","family":"Zhang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"State Key Laboratory of Offshore Oil and Gas Exploitation, Beijing 100028, China"},{"name":"CNOOC Research Institute Ltd., Beijing 100028, China"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0004-0236-9933","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Xianmin","family":"Zhang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Petroleum Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266555, China"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,6,6]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"134018","DOI":"10.1016\/j.fuel.2024.134018","article-title":"Numerical simulation and evaluation of residual oil saturation in waterflooded reservoirs","volume":"384","author":"Deng","year":"2025","journal-title":"Fuel"},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"583","DOI":"10.1016\/S1876-3804(10)60055-9","article-title":"Discussions on concepts, countermeasures and technical routes for the redevelopment of high water-cut oilfields","volume":"37","author":"Han","year":"2010","journal-title":"Pet. 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