A quantitative evaluation for well pattern adaptability in ultra-low permeability oil reservoirs:A case study of Triassic Chang 6 and Chang 8 reservoirs in Ordos Basin

Based on the previous studies and development practice in recent 10 years, a quantitative evaluation method for the adaptability of well patterns to ultra-low permeability reservoirs was established using cluster analysis and gray correlation method, and it includes 10 evaluation parameters in the four aspects of optimal evaluation parameters, determination of weights for evaluation parameters, development stage division, and determination of classification coefficients. This evaluation method was used to evaluate the well pattern adaptability of 13 main ultra-low permeability reservoirs in Triassic Chang 6 and Chang 8 of Ordos Basin. Three basic understandings were obtained: Firstly, the well pattern for ultra-low permeability type-I reservoirs has generally good adaptability, with proper well pattern forms and well pattern parameters. Secondly, square inverted nine-spot well pattern is suitable for reservoirs with no fractures; rhombic inverted nine-spot injection pattern is suitable for reservoirs with some fractures; and rectangular well pattern is suitable for reservoirs with rich fractures. Thirdly, for the ultra-low permeability type-Ⅱ and type-Ⅲ reservoirs, with the principles of well pattern form determination, the row spacing needs to be optimized further to improve the level of development of such reservoirs.

Land Use of the Three Gorges Reservoir Area and the Effect on Its Landscape Pattern in the Recent 50 Years

The paper makes detailed analysis on the changing processes of the main types of land use in Three Gorges Reservoir Area through the techniques of RS （Remote Sense） and GIS （Geography Information System）. Based on the theory of landscape ecology, many types of landscape pattern indexes are calculated and made correlation analysis. The results indicate that： in 1995 the ecological environment of Three Gorges Reservoir Area was the most vulnerable in the recent 50 years, but resumed in 2002; the landscape pattern diversity index, fractal dimension index and fragmentation index has close correlation with the area of land use/cover change （LUCC）. The research also releases that the increase of the cultivated land, grassland and construction land deteriorates the landscape ecological pattern, while the increase of forest land area will help restore the landscape ecological pattern to its original state. The rapid change of grassland is an important index of the change of landscape pattern, because it has the most effect on change of landscape pattern index.

Sustainable development pattern and the strategy in the Three Gorges Reservoir Areas

The development pattern, development situation, and existing problems of land exploitation in Zigui County, Three Gorges Reservoir Areas of China were presented. The sustainable development mode and its strategy in the Three Gorges Reservoir Areas was also discussed. A sustainable development framework for low mountain regions, middle mountain regions and high mountain regions was developed, and management countermeasures for structural optimization of complex ecosystems were advanced.

Spatial patterns of farmland abandonment and its impact factors in the central Three Gorges Reservoir Area

The severe farmland abandonment phenomena in China have tremendously decreased the farmland usage efficiency and caused a series of profound ecological and social outcomes. The complexity of farmland abandonment necessitates a systematic research on its patterns and impact factors to underpin the dynamics of problem as well as potential solutions. This paper took Wanzhou district in the central part of Three Gorges Reservoir Area as an example to study the spatial distribution patterns of abandoned farmland at three scales, i.e., town, village, and plot, and analyzed the influence from labor transfer and farmland circulation. We conducted a survey on the distribution patterns of abandoned farmland via questionnaires at town and village scales, together with the modeling and interpretation of high-resolution aerial images taken by unmanned aerial vehicles at plot scale. Our research discloses a strong relationship between the distribution of abandoned farmland and the distance from population center at different scales. At eithertown or village scale, the abandonment proportion was recognized the highest in mid-distance areas and lowest in close-distance areas, and the per capita area of abandoned farmland increased with the distance to downtown or township. At plot scale, abandonment proportion presented exponential growth with the distance to village center, whereas the abandoned farmland was mainly distributed in the areas with distance above 500 m from the village center. Moreover, we noticed that labor transfer and farmland circulation are two important factors that influence farmland abandonment. Labor's outbound transfer distance has a positive linkage with the possibility of farmland abandonment. Finally, it is recommended that development and adoption of corresponding policies on local urbanization and farmland circulation will facilitate to alleviate farmland abandonment.

Structure and production fluid flow pattern of post-fracturing high-rank coal reservoir in Southern Qinshui Basin

Field geological work, field engineering monitoring, laboratory experiments and numerical simulation were used to study the development characteristics of pore-fracture system and hydraulic fracture of No.3 coal reservoir in Southern Qinshui Basin. Flow patterns of methane and water in pore-fracture system and hydraulic fracture were discussed by using limit method and average method. Based on the structure model and flow pattern of post-fracturing high-rank coal reservoir, flow patterns of methane and water were established. Results show that seepage pattern of methane in pore-fracture system is linked with pore diameter, fracture width, coal bed pressure and flow velocity. While in hydraulic fracture, it is controlled by fracture height, pressure and flow velocity. Seepage pattern of water in pore-fracture system is linked with pore diameter, fracture width and flow velocity. While in hydraulic fracture, it is controlled by fracture height and flow velocity. Pores and fractures in different sizes are linked up by ultramicroscopic fissures, micro-fissures and hydraulic fracture. In post-fracturing high-rank coal reservoir, methane has level-three flow and gets through triple medium to the wellbore; and water passes mainly through double medium to the wellbore which is level-two flow.

Distribution Patterns of Remaining Hydrocarbons Controlled by Reservoir Architecture of Distributary Channel with Different Channel Style: S2 Formation of Songliao Basin, China

1 Introduction Reservoir architecture analysis of distributary channel of Daqing oilfield has drawn consistent interest among development geologists and petroleum engineers over the last decade(Lv et al.,1999;Zhou et al.,2008;Zhang et

Analysis of Landscape Patterns and the Trend of Forest Resources in the Three Gorges Reservoir Area

In this paper, first, based on landscape ecology theories, we respectively selected indexes from 4 aspects, area, edge, shape, and density, of the landscape type to describe the status of forest landscape patterns, and we established the stability index of landscape pattern (LSBI). Then, based on geo-statistical theories, we divided the forest in the reservoir area into 3990 grids of 4 km × 4 km using network technology and employing ordinary Kriging modelling to make trend surface analyses of the forest resources in the reservoir area. Finally, based on statistics principles, we used sampling theory to systematically extract 227 samples to obtain 7 periods of remote-sensing data from 1990a to 2012a. Then, we classified and extracted the forest in the sampling area using remote sensing, and we analysed each result with an Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average Model (ARIMA) time-series model. The results indicated the following: 1) the landscape structure of the reservoir area was primarily needle-leaved forest, broad-leaved forest and bush forest, and the mixed stands and bamboo stands were secondary;2) the difference of the forest landscape pattern stability in the reservoir area, in all directions, was not significant, but the southern region was slightly more stable;and 3) the stability of the forest landscape pattern in the reservoir area increased from 1990a to 2012a. It kept increasing until 2016a. This study provides a theoretical basis for the reasonable management and decisions about the forest resources in the Three Gorges Reservoir Area. Meanwhile, it also explores methods for relevant research and has practical significance.

Exploiting pattern and sustainable development of marginal lands in the Three Gorge Reservoir Areas

This paper studied the distribution and utilization status, reasonable exploitation patterns and potential productivity, and sustainable development of marginal lands in the Three Gorge Reservoir Areas. It has been pointed that problems of the soil fertility degradation, poor productivity in crop lands, natural disasters and environmental deterioration existed in all the exploited marginal lands. In order to maintain the sustainability of the marginal lands, following measure have been proposed: prohibiting cultivation in the crop lands with a slope more than 25°, restoring vegetation in the slope more than 25°, strengthening the basic agricultural construction, establishing the production base of woody feeds and oils, establishing a multi dimensional management model with reasonable structure and optimum function for forestry, agriculture and fishing.

The Characteristics of Soil Nutrients in Terracing Land under Different Land Use Patterns in Three Gorges Reservoir Area

In this study,taking the typical terracing land in Wushan County of Chongqing Municipality for example,we study the distribution of soil nutrients in the terracing land under different land use patterns in Three Gorges Reservoir Area. We conduct field survey and sampling on three different land use patterns( cash crop land,food crop land and abandoned land),and do the indoor experimental analysis of soil nutrient indicators. The results indicate that there is significant or very significant impact on soil nutrients under different land use patterns. The content of soil organic matter declines in sequence from abandoned land,food crop land to cash crop land; the content of soil N declines in sequence from cash crop land,abandoned land to food crop land; the content of soil P declines in sequence from cash crop land,food crop land to abandoned land; the content of soil K declines in sequence from abandoned land,cash crop land to food crop land. The result is in close relation to land use patterns,human cultivation activity,land disturbance and application of fertilizer.

四川盆地东部上石炭统黄龙组规模储层形成主控因素与发育模式

石炭系黄龙组是四川盆地东部地区(以下简称川东地区)重要的天然气产层之一,石炭系储层是控制气藏发育的关键因素。为了深入评价川东地区黄龙组储层,拓展勘探新领域,寻找接替区,在前人研究的基础上,应用大量钻井、岩心、露头和分析化验等资料,系统研究了黄龙组储层发育的主控因素和发育模式,并预测规模储层的展布。研究结果表明:(1)黄龙组储集岩主要为颗粒白云岩、角砾白云岩和晶粒白云岩,储集空间主要为晶间孔/晶间溶孔、粒间溶孔/粒内溶孔、溶洞和裂缝,颗粒滩为有利储集体,裂缝-溶蚀孔洞型储层质量好;(2)储层发育主要受乐山—龙女寺古隆起和开江古隆起、沉积作用及成岩作用的共同控制,古隆起控制颗粒滩分布和准同生期成岩作用,是规模成储的基础,准同生期白云石化作用、层间岩溶和风化壳岩溶作用的叠加是形成规模储层的关键,喜马拉雅构造运动产生大量构造裂缝,提高了储层的渗滤性和规模性;(3)一定厚度和较大面积的Ⅰ—Ⅲ类储层可形成规模储层区,对5个规模储层发育区进行了评价,已发现气藏主要分布在这5个区域的背斜构造部位。结论认为,川东地区石炭系仍有较大的天然气勘探开发潜力,向斜区发育大面积的规模储层,是下一步天然气增储上产的重要方向。

济阳坳陷孤西潜山带构造演化及其对油气差异富集的控制

为明确济阳坳陷孤西潜山带油气差异富集特征,指导下步油气勘探方向优选,综合利用钻井及地震资料,在潜山地质特征分析的基础上,对潜山构造演化及其对油气差异富集的控制作用进行了研究。结果表明,印支期以来,孤西潜山带经历了晚三叠世挤压抬升剥蚀、早—中侏罗世弱挤压到截凸填凹、晚侏罗世挤压抬升剥蚀、早白垩世左行走滑拉张、晚白垩世挤压抬升剥蚀、古近纪右行走滑拉张高位潜山剥蚀等4期挤压、2期拉张、2期走滑、5期剥蚀的演化过程,并于新近纪整体沉降定型,在孤西潜山带形成高位潜山和低位潜山2类潜山,整体具有“NW向断层控带、NE(EW)向断层控山、垒堑相间”的构造格局。多期构造活动作用的叠加,导致2类潜山在源储对接关系、油藏类型和油气富集特征上具有明显差异,高位潜山斜坡带上古生界和中生界地层油藏最为富集,低位潜山各层系均可成藏,且以古生界构造油藏最为富集,同种类型的潜山由于成藏要素配置关系的不同,其油气富集特征也有所差异。埕中、埕东、孤岛等高位潜山斜坡带地层油藏,孤北、垦利等低位潜山下古生界风化壳油藏及内幕构造油藏和上古生界及中生界构造油藏是下步重点勘探目标。

东营凹陷利津北带砂砾岩体储层测井评价

东营凹陷利津北带砂砾岩体储层矿物组分复杂,物性参数解释精度低,油、干层界限难以界定。基于测井、录井、试采、分析化验等资料,采用交会图版识别和雷达图形模式识别岩性方法,较好地区分了砂砾岩体岩性。在岩性识别、含油产状分析、试采资料分析基础上,分别建立了砾岩类和碳酸盐岩类有效储层的物性和电性下限。结合试采资料,建立了利津北带砂砾岩体有效储层分级解释图版与评价标准。分别建立了砾岩类和碳酸盐岩类储层孔隙度和渗透率参数模型,为利津北带复杂砂砾岩体储层提供定量评价方法。该研究成果在利津北带砂砾岩体投产井中得到了应用验证,效果良好。

Adaptability of Development Methods for Offshore Gas Cap Edge Water Reservoirs under Different Permeability Levels

The BZ 34-1 oilfield is a typical gas cap edge water reservoir in the Bohai oilfield. The main characteristics of the oilfield were multi-phase sand body stacking and the sand body was composed of three parts: gas cap, oil reservoir, and edge water. The actual production site results show that the permeability difference of multi-layer sand bodies has a serious impact on the development effect. This article establishes a typical reservoir model numerical model based on the total recovery degree of the reservoir and the recovery degree of each layer, and analyzes the impact of permeability gradient. As the permeability gradient increases, the total recovery degree of all four well patterns decreases, and the total recovery degree gradually decreases. The recovery degree of low permeability layers gradually decreases, and the recovery degree of high permeability layers gradually increases. As the permeability gradient increases, the degree of recovery gradually decreases under different water contents. As the permeability gradient increases, the reduction rate of remaining oil saturation in low permeability layers is slower, while the reduction rate of remaining oil saturation in high permeability layers was faster. By analyzing the impact of permeability gradient on the development effect of oil fields, we could further deepen our understanding of gas cap edge water reservoirs and guide the development of this type of oil field.

海上低渗潜山储层缝网压裂可行性评价方法

海上低渗潜山储层开发难度大、开发经济界限高,开发效果受压裂改造体积影响很大。采用地质工程一体化方法,在地质模型和力学模型的基础上,研究认为M潜山储层可以形成复杂人工缝网。为进一步提高裂缝复杂程度,建立了以储隔层应力差、隔层厚度、逼近角、水平应力差异系数为参数的缝网评价方法,并给出了最优值,认为储隔层应力差小于4MPa或隔层厚度小于7m时,可以实现人工裂缝穿层,实现裂缝复杂化。该研究对论证海上低渗潜山储层压裂能否形成复杂缝网,提高单井初产和累产具有很好的指导作用。

Experiments on the influences of well pattern on water flooding characteristics of dissolution vug-cave reservoir

Based on the similarity criterion, volcanic rock samples were taken from outcrops to make experimental models. Water flooding experiments of five-spot well pattern, nine-spot well pattern, five-spot to nine-spot well pattern, the relationship between relative well and fracture positions, and injection rate in dissolution vug-cave reservoirs with/without fractures were carried out to analyze variation regularities of development indexes, find out development characteristics of water flooding with different well patterns and sort out the optimal water flooding development mode. For dissolution vug-cave reservoirs without fractures, five-spot well pattern waterflooding has very small sweeping area, serious water channeling and low oil recovery. When the well pattern was adjusted from five-spot to nine-spot well pattern, oil recovery could be largely improved, but the corner well far from the injector is little affected. In dissolution vug-cave reservoirs with fractures, when the injector and producer are not connected by fractures, the fractures could effectively connect the poorly linked vugs to improve the development effect of water flooding. Whether there are fractures or not in dissolution vug-cave reservoirs, the development effect of nine-spot well-pattern is much better than that of five-spot well pattern and five-spot to nine-spot well pattern, this is more evident when there are fractures, and the edge well has better development indexes than corner well. At the high-water cut stage of water flooding with nine-spot well pattern, the oil recovery can be further improved with staggered line-drive pattern by converting the corner well into injection well. It is helpful to increase the oil production of corner well of nine-spot well pattern by increasing the injection rate, and improve ultimate oil recovery, but the water-free production period would be greatly shortened and water-free recovery would decrease.

超深层裂缝性致密砂岩气藏多尺度耦合流动数值模拟

塔里木盆地克拉苏气田白垩系气藏是罕见的超深层裂缝性致密砂岩气藏,该类气藏的储渗空间具有显著的多尺度特征,基质与多尺度裂缝、断层介质的渗透率级差相差5~6个数量级,常规渗流理论难以准确描述其流动规律和开发机理。为此,基于单裂缝流动物理实验结果及流体力学理论,结合多尺度裂缝几何信息,应用均化理论和体积平均尺度升级方法,将多尺度介质划分为5个流动系统,建立了考虑介质间的非稳态窜流多尺度耦合流动数学模型,并应用有限体积法对耦合流动模型进行了数值求解和数值试井分析。研究结果表明:(1)不同尺度裂缝中具有不同的流动特征,随缝宽增加流速加快,流动模态发生变化;(2)多尺度耦合流动模型与双重介质模型结果存在较大差异,导数曲线具有不同趋势特征;(3)应用所建立的多尺度耦合流动模型成功解释了气藏实际试井数据,模型能够反映实际地层中的流动过程。结论认为,超深层裂缝性致密砂岩气藏多尺度耦合流动模型揭示了多尺度裂缝以及致密基质间逐级动用、协同供气的开发机理,可为类似气藏制订合理开发技术政策及气藏提高采收率提供理论和技术支撑。

Remaining Oil Distribution Law and Potential Tapping Strategy of Horizontal Well Pattern in Narrow Oil Rim Reservoir with Gas Cap and Edge Water

For thin oil rim reservoir with gas cap and edge water, it is helpful to improve the development effect to find out the distribution law of remaining oil in this kind of reservoirs. For this reason, taking the narrow oil rim reservoir with gas cap and edge water of Oilfield A in Bohai Sea as a case, the main controlling factors, including reservoir structure, fault, gas cap energy, edge water energy and well pattern, affecting the distribution of residual oil in this kind of reservoir were analyzed by using the data of core, logging, paleogeomorphology and production. Then, the distribution law of remaining oil was summarized. Generally, the remaining oil distribution is mainly potato-shaped or strip-shaped in plane. Vertically, it depends on the energy of gas cap and edge water. For the reservoir with big gas gap and weak edge water, the remaining oil mainly lies in the bottom of oil column. And for the reservoir with small gas gap and strong edge water, the remaining oil mainly locates at the top of oil column. Aiming at different distribution modes of remaining oil, the corresponding potential tapping strategies of horizontal wells are put forward: in the late stage of development, for the reservoir with big gas gap and weak edge water, the remaining oil concentrates at the bottom of the oil column, and the position of horizontal well should be placed at the lower 1/3 to the lower 1/5 of the oil column;for the reservoir with small gas cap and strong edge water, the remaining oil locates at the top of the oil column, and the position of horizontal well should be put at the upper 1/5 to the upper 1/3 of the oil column height, vertically. Based on the study on remaining oil of Oilfield A, a potential tapping strategy of well pattern thickening and vertical position optimization of horizontal well was proposed. This strategy guided the efficient implementation of the comprehensive adjustment plan of the oilfield. Moreover, 18 infill development wells were implemented in Oilfield A, and the average production of the infill wells is 2.1 times that of the surrounding old wells. It is estimated that the ultimate recovery factor of the oilfield will reach 33.9%, which is 2.3% higher than that before infilling wells. This study can be used for reference in the development of similar reservoirs.

Classification of carbonate gas condensate reservoirs using well test and production data analyses

Carbonate reservoir patterns play an important role in the production performance of oil and gas wells,and it is usually classified through static data analysis which cannot reflect the actual well performance.This paper takes the Tazhong No.1 gas field in the Tarim Basin,China as an example to investigate the classification of carbonate reservoirs.The classification method mainly combines well test analysis with production analysis—especially the Blasingame type curve method.Based on the characteristics of type curves for well test analysis and the Blasingame method,the relationship between the type curves and reservoir pattern was established.More than 20 wells were analyzed and the reservoirs were classified into 3 major patterns with 7 sub-classes.Furthermore,the classification results were validated by dynamic performance analysis of wells in the Tazhong No.1 gas field.On the basis of the classification results,well stimulation（i.e.water flooding in a single well） was carried out in three volatile-oil wells,and the oil recovery increased by up to 20%.

鄂尔多斯盆地奥陶系马家沟组四段优质白云岩储层发育特征及成因机制

鄂尔多斯盆地米探1井在奥陶系马家沟组四段(以下简称马四段)白云岩获得天然气勘探新发现,展示出马四段良好的天然气勘探前景,但马四段白云岩储层发育特征及其分布规律不清,制约了该层系下一步的天然气勘探部署。为此,基于岩心、薄片、工业CT、U-Pb定年、物性分析及地球化学特征等资料,系统研究了马四段白云岩储层发育特征及成因机制,并预测了该盆地白云岩储层分布和天然气有利勘探区带。研究结果表明:(1)马四段主要发育丘滩相白云岩储层和斑状白云岩储层,其中丘滩相白云岩储层岩性为砂砾屑白云岩、细—中晶白云岩、粉—细晶白云岩和叠层石白云岩,斑状白云岩储层岩性为斑状粉—细晶白云岩、斑状粉晶白云岩和斑状灰质白云岩。(2)丘滩相白云岩储层储集空间主要为晶间(溶)孔,含少量溶蚀孔洞、残余粒间孔和微裂缝,平均孔隙度为5.06%;斑状白云岩储层储集空间以晶间孔为主,含少量晶间溶孔和微裂缝,平均孔隙度为2.46%。(3)丘滩相白云岩储层发育主要受微生物丘和颗粒滩控制,并经历了准同生白云石化作用和埋藏白云石化作用的改造,斑状白云岩储层发育主要受生物扰动作用、准同生白云石化作用和埋藏白云石化作用控制。(4)构造古地理格局和海平面升降变化共同控制了丘滩体发育、生物扰动作用程度和白云石化流体的形成。结论认为,马四段优质白云岩储层主要沿中央古隆起和神木—志丹低隆起规模分布,其中神木—志丹低隆起马四段白云岩储层位于岩性相变带上,其储盖配置关系好,是天然气富集区,预测有利区储层面积18 000 km^(2)。

干热岩压裂储层布井方式优选数值模拟

增强型地热系统(EGS)是从干热岩储层中提取热能的重要手段,而布井方式是影响其采热效果的关键因素,目前开展的布井方式研究较少考虑压裂储层开采模型的影响。建立了干热岩压裂储层采热的数值模型,通过不同位置的基质岩体温度下降幅度、热提取率、采出温度和采热功率对比分析了4种不同的布井方式对EGS采热性能的影响。结果表明:相较于直井,水平井的流体热交换的面积更大,能充分开发裂缝间的热量。在生产30 a时,考虑水力压裂裂缝连通的情况下,水平井一注两采模型的采热效率最高,其在垂直于井方向上温度波及范围约690 m,基质岩体平均温度下降38.09 K,热提取率为24.42%,采热功率为3.5 MW。研究成果为提高地热系统产热量、实现干热岩高效可持续开发提供了理论参考。