Tight sandstone reservoir sensitivity and damage mechanism analysis: A case study from Ordos Basin, China and implications for reservoir damage prevention

Analysis of reservoir sensitivity to velocity,water,salt,acid,alkali and stress is critical for reservoir protection.To study the tight sandstone reservoir sensitivity at different formation depths(effective stress)and formation water conditions(pH,salinity,and fluid velocity),a series of dynamic core flow tests under different pH,salinity,acid,and effective stress conditions were performed on samples from tight sandstone reservoirs of the Upper Triassic Yanchang 8(T_(3)y^(8))Member and conventional reservoirs of the Middle-Lower Jurassic Yan'an 9(J_(1-2)y^(9))Member in the Ordos Basin.The results indicate that,compared with the conventional reservoirs,the tight sandstone reservoirs are more sensitive to velocity and stress,less sensitive to water,alkali and salinity,and respond better to acid fracturing.In addition,the critical conditions(salinity,velocity,pH,and stress)for pumping drilling,completion,and fracturing fluids into tight sandstone reservoirs were investigated.A combination of scanning electron microscopy coupled with energy-dispersive spectrometry(SEM-EDS),cathodoluminescence(CL),casting thin section(CTS)and nuclear magnetic resonance(NMR)images,high-pressure mercury injection capillary pressure(MICP)measurements as well as X-ray fluorescence spectral(XRF)analyses were employed to analyze the damage mechanisms of the conventional reservoirs(J_(1-2)y^(9))and tight sandstone reservoirs(T_(3)y^(8))caused by fluid invasion.The results suggest that reservoir sensitivity is primarily conditioned by the composition of detrital components and interstitial fillings,petrophysical properties,pore-throat structure,and diagenetic facies.All these factors control the sensitivity types and extent of the reser-voirs.Our results indicate that the poorer the reservoir physical properties,the stronger the reservoir heterogeneity and sensitivity,implying that tight sandstone reservoirs are more susceptible to changes in fluids than conventional reservoirs.This study offers insights into the reservoir damage types and helps to improve the design and implementation of protection measures for tight sandstone reservoir exploration.

Geochemical characteristics, genetic types, and controlling factors of natural gas in Jiyang Depression, Bohai Bay Basin (eastern China)

The Jiyang Depression is an important oil and gas production zone in the Bohai Bay Basin.Through a systematic investigation of the gas components and stable carbon isotopes,the genetic types of natural gas found in the Jiyang Depression were determined,that is,biogas,oilassociated gas,coal-derived gas,high-mature oil-related gas,and mantle-derived carbon dioxide(CO_(2)).From the results,natural gas in the Jiyang Depression can be divided into four groups.Group I,which is distributed in the northwest area,is the only typical oil-associated gas.Group II,distributed in the northeast area,is dominated by oil-associated gas,and involves biogas,coal-derived gas,and high-mature oil-related gas.Group Ⅲ,distributed in the southeast area,has all genetic types of gas that are dominated by oil-associated gas and have mantle-derived CO_(2).Group IV,distributed in the southwest area,is dominated by biogas and involves coal-derived gas and oil-associated gas.The differences in each group illustrate the lateral distribution of the natural gas types is characterized by the eastern and southern areas being more complex than the western and northern areas,the vertical distribution of gas reservoirs has no obvious evolutionary law.The main controlling factor analysis of the spatiotemporal changes of the gas reservoirs revealed that the synergy of geochemical characteristics,thermal evolution of the Shahejie Formation and Carboniferous-Permian source rocks,and sealing properties of various faults are jointly responsible for determining the gas reservoir spatiotemporal changes.

Physical-property cutoffs of tight reservoirs by field and laboratory experiments: a case study from Chang 6, 8–9 in Ordos Basin

Tight sandstone reservoirs are generally characterized by complex reservoir quality,non-Darcy flow,and strong heterogeneity.Approaches utilized for evaluating physical property cutoffs of conventional reservoirs maybe inapplicable.Thus,a comprehensive investigation on physical property cutoffs of tight sandstone reservoirs is crucial for the reserve evaluation and successful exploration.In this study,a set of evaluation approaches take advantage of field operations(i.e.,core drilling,oil testing,and wireline well logging data),and simulation experiments(i.e.,high-pressure mercury injection-capillary pressure(MICP)experiment,oil-water relative permeability experiment,nuclear magnetic resonance(NMR)experiment,and biaxial pressure simulation experiment)were comparatively optimized to determine the physical property cutoffs of effective reservoirs in the Upper Triassic Chang 6,Chang 8 and Chang 9 oil layers of the Zhenjing Block.The results show that the porosity cutoffs of the Chang 6,Chang 8,and Chang 9 oil layers are 7.9%,6.4%,and 8.6%,and the corresponding permeability are 0.08 mD,0.05 mD,and 0.09 mD,respectively.Coupled with wireline well logging,mud logging,and oil testing,the cut-off of the thickness of single-layer effective reservoirs are approximately 3.0 m,3.0 m,and 2.0 m,respectively.Depending on the cutoffs of critical properties,a superimposed map showing the planar distribution of the prospective targets can be mapped,which may delineate the effective boundary of prospective targets for petroleum exploration of tight sandstone reservoirs.