Application of Prediction Techniques in Carbonate Karst Reservoir in Tarim Basin

Carbonate karst reservoir is the emphases of Tarim＇s carbonate exploration. However, it is buried at a large depth, which results in Weak seismic reflection signal and low S/N ratio. In addition, the karst reservoir contains great heterogeneity, so reservoir prediction is very difficult. Through many years of research and exploration, we have established a suite of comprehensive evaluation technology for carbonate karst reservoir using geophysical characteristics and a geological concept model, including a technique for reconstructing the paleogeomorphology of buried hills based on a sequence framework, seismic description of the karst reservoir, and strain variant analysis for fracture estimation. The evaluation technology has been successfully applied in the Tabei and Tazhong areas, and commercial production of oil and gas has been achieved. We show the application of this technology in the Lunguxi area in North Tarim in this paper.

Characteristics and development model of karst reservoirs in the fourth member of Sinian Dengying Formation in central Sichuan Basin,SW China

The reservoir space,types and distribution characteristics of karst carbonate gas reservoirs in the fourth member of Sinian Dengying Formation(Deng 4 Member)in central Sichuan Basin are analyzed based on the drilling,logging and seismic data.A development model of karst reservoirs is constructed to support the high-efficiency development of gas pools.The research shows that the reservoirs in Deng 4 Member have mainly small-scale karst vugs and fractures as storage space,and can be divided into three types,fracture-vug,pore-vug and pore types.The development patterns of the karst reservoirs are determined.On the plane,the karst layers increase from 65 m to 170 m in thickness from the karst platform to the karst slope,and the high-quality reservoirs increase from 25.0 m to 42.2 m in thickness;vertically,the reservoirs at the top of Deng 4 Member appear in multiple layers,and show along-bedding and along fracture dissolution characteristics.The reservoirs at the bottom are characterized by the dissolution parallel to the water level during the karstification period,and have 3-5 large-scale fracture-cave systems.Based on the reservoir development characteristics and the genetic mechanism,three types of reservoir development models of karst reservoir are established,i.e.,bed-dissolved body,fracture-dissolved body and paleohorizon-dissolved body.The construction of karst reservoir development models and seismic response characteristics of the three types of reservoirs can provide parameter for well placement and trajectory design,and substantially improve productivity and development indices of individual wells and gas reservoirs.The designed production capacity of the gas reservoir has enhanced from the initial 3.6 billion to 6 billion cubic meters,making the profit of the reservoir development increase noticeably.

Strike-Slip Faults and Their Control on Differential Hydrocarbon Enrichment in Carbonate Karst Reservoirs: A Case Study of Yingshan Formation on Northern Slope of Tazhong Uplift, Tarim Basin

Objective Oil and gas are abundant in the Ordovician Yingshan Formation carbonate karst reservoirs on the northern slope of Tazhong uplift in the Tarim Basin, and have extremely complicated oil-gas-water distribution, however. The difference in burial depth of the reservoirs between east and west sides is up to 1000 m. Water-bearing formations exist between oil- and gas-bearing formations vertically and water-producing wells are drilled between oil- and gas-producing wells. Macroscopically, oil and gas occur at low positions, while water occurs at high positiona on the northern slope of Tazhong uplift. The mechanism of differential hydrocarbon enrichment in heterogeneous reservoirs is by far not clarified, which has affected the efficient exploration and development of oil and gas fields in this area.

Type and distribution of Mid-Permian Maokou Formation karst reservoirs in southern Sichuan Basin,SW China

Based on the analysis of the responses of conventional logs such as natural gamma(GR), density(DEN), acoustic interval transit time(AC), compensated neutron(CNL), dual lateral resistivity(Rlld, Rlls), and caliper log(CAL), combined with drilling data,cores, thin section and productivity of 65 wells, the reservoirs in the Mid-Permian Maokou Formation of southern Sichuan Basin were divided into four types, fractured-vuggy, pore-vuggy, fractured and fractured-cavity. The main reservoirs in high productivity wells are fractured-vuggy and pore-vuggy. The reservoirs of Maokou Formation are generally thin, and can be divided into the upper reservoir segment(layer a of the second member to the third member of Maokou Formation, P_2 m^2 a-P_2 m^3) and the lower segment(layer b of the second member of Maokou Formation, P_2 m^2 b). The two reservoir segments are mainly controlled by two grain beaches during the sedimentation of P_2 m^2 a-P_2 m^3 and P_2 m^2 b, the vertical zonation of karst, and the fractures. The upper reservoir segment is generally better than the lower one in development degree and single well productivity, and is much thicker than the lower one. It is thicker in the Yibin-Zigong-Weiyuan-Dazu area, the southwestern area of Chongqing and the southeastern area of Luzhou, while the lower segment is thicker in the Neijiang-Zigong-Luzhou area and the Dazu-Luzhou area. The areas with big reservoir thickness at tectonic slope or syncline parts are the favorable exploration areas.

Visualization and characterization of experimental hydraulic fractures interacting with karst fracture-cavity distributions

Karst fracture-cavity carbonate reservoirs,in which natural cavities are connected by natural fractures to form cavity clusters in many circumstances,have become significant fields of oil and gas exploration and exploitation.Proppant fracturing is considered as the best method for exploiting carbonate reservoirs;however,previous studies primarily focused on the effects of individual types of geological formations,such as natural fractures or cavities,on fracture propagation.In this study,true-triaxial physical simulation experiments were systematically performed under four types of stress difference conditions after the accurate prefabrication of four types of different fracture-cavity distributions in artificial samples.Subsequently,the interaction mechanism between the hydraulic fractures and fracture-cavity structures was systematically analyzed in combination with the stress distribution,cross-sectional morphology of the main propagation path,and three-dimensional visualization of the overall fracture network.It was found that the propagation of hydraulic fractures near the cavity was inhibited by the stress concentration surrounding the cavity.In contrast,a natural fracture with a smaller approach angle(0°and 30°)around the cavity can alleviate the stress concentration and significantly facilitate the connection with the cavity.In addition,the hydraulic fracture crossed the natural fracture at the 45°approach angle and bypassed the cavity under higher stress difference conditions.A new stimulation effectiveness evaluation index was established based on the stimulated reservoir area(SRA),tortuosity of the hydraulic fractures(T),and connectivity index(CI)of the cavities.These findings provide new insights into the fracturing design of carbonate reservoirs.

Research on the Seismic Wave Field of Karst Cavern Reservoirs near Deep Carbonate Weathered Crusts

Fracture and cavern hydrocarbon reservoirs in carbonates are an important pool type worldwide. The karst cavern reservoirs are easiest to identify on seismic reflection data. The prediction, exploration, and development of this type of reservoir require theoretical research on seismic wave fields reflected from complex inhomogeneous media. We compute synthetic seismic sections for fluidfilled cavern reservoirs of various heights and widths using random media models and inhomogeneous media elastic wave equations. Results indicate that even caverns significantly smaller than 1/ 4 wavelength are detectible on conventional band-width seismic sections as diffractions migrated into bead-type events. Diffraction amplitude is a function of cavern height and width. We introduce a width-amplitude factor which can be used to calculate the diffraction amplitude of a cavern with a limited width from the diffraction amplitude computed for an infinitely wide cavern.

An Efficient Numerical Model for Immiscible Two-Phase Flow in Fractured Karst Reservoirs

Numerical simulation of two-phase flow in fractured karst reservoirs is still a challenging issue.The triple-porosity model is the major approach up to now.However,the triple-continuum assumption in this model is unacceptable for many cases.In the present work,an efficient numerical model has been developed for immiscible two-phase flowin fractured karst reservoirs based on the idea of equivalent continuum representation.First,based on the discrete fracture-vug model and homogenization theory,the effective absolute permeability tensors for each grid blocks are calculated.And then an analytical procedure to obtain a pseudo relative permeability curves for a grid block containing fractures and cavities has been successfully implemented.Next,a full-tensor simulator has been designed based on a hybrid numerical method(combining mixed finite element method and finite volume method).A simple fracture system has been used to demonstrate the validity of our method.At last,we have used the fracture and cavity statistics data fromTAHE outcrops in west China,effective permeability values and other parameters from our code,and an equivalent continuum simulator to calculate the water flooding profiles for more realistic systems.

Architecture characterization of Ordovician fault-controlled paleokarst carbonate reservoirs in Tuoputai,Tahe oilfield,Tarim Basin,NW China

Based on outcrop,core,logging,seismic and production data,and the formation of fault-controlled karst reservoirs,the types and characterization of Ordovician fault-controlled karst reservoir architectures in the Tuoputai area of the Tahe oilfield are studied.According to the concept of genetic geologic body,the fault-controlled karst reservoir is divided into architecture elements of four levels,the strike-slip fault impact zone is the level-1 architecture element,the fault-controlled karst reservoir the level-2 architecture element,the fracture-cave zone(which can be further subdivided into dissolution cave,dissolution pore and vug,and fracture zones)inside the fault-controlled karst reservoir the level-3 architecture element,and fillings inside caves is the level-4 architecture element(which can be further divided based on the filling degree and lithologic types of the fillings).Specific characterization techniques have been optimized according to the characteristics of various architecture elements.The zone impacted by strike-slip fault is characterized by seismic coherence and artificial interpretation.Under the constraint of zone impacted by strike-slip fault,fault likelihood(FL)property is used to characterize the outline of fault-controlled karst reservoir.Under the constraint of fault-controlled karst reservoir outline,the internal structures are divided based on seismic texture attribute.Finally,the cavern filling pattern is interpreted based on drilling and logging data.The fault-controlled karst reservoirs can be interpreted in 3-dimensional space by architecture element levels,and the characterization technology combining log and seismic data for fault-controlled karst reservoir has been worked out,which has complemented the development theory and technologies for this kind of reservoirs in the Tahe oilfield.

Numerical simulation of groundwater under complex karst conditions and the prediction of roadway gushing in a coal mine:a case study in the Guang'an Longtan Reservoir in Sichuan Province, China

Numerical simulation of groundwater in karst areas has long been restricted by the difficulty of generalizing the hydrogeological conditions of reservoirs and of determining the relevant parameters due to the anisotropy and discontinuity of the karst water-bearing media in these areas. In this study, we used the Guang'an Longtan Coal mine in Sichuan as an example, and generalized the complex hydrogeological conditions in the reservoir area. A finite element numerical flow model was used to simulate current and future scenarios of roadway gushing at the bottom of the coal mine at pile number 1 + 700 m. The results show that the roadway section corresponding to valleys has a gushing quantity of 4323.8–4551.25 m^3/d before impoundment. Modeled water inflow after impoundment increased to 1.6 times the water inflow before impoundment, which threatens the impoundment as well as the roadway's normal operation. Therefore, roadway processing measures are needed to guarantee the safety of the impoundment and of the mining operation.

四川盆地南部向斜区二叠系岩溶孔隙型石灰岩储层成因与天然气勘探新领域

随着油气勘探程度不断提高,勘探方向逐渐从构造高部位往向斜区拓展。但是,传统认识认为向斜区岩性一般较致密,寻找向斜区优质储层成为其油气获得勘探突破的关键因素之一。为此,以四川盆地南部向斜区中二叠统茅口组石灰岩为例,基于钻井岩心、薄片、测井以及地球化学等资料综合分析,开展了向斜区孔隙型石灰岩储层特征及成因研究,并建立了储层发育模式,指出了天然气勘探新方向。研究结果表明:(1)四川盆地南部向斜区茅口组发育岩溶孔隙型碳酸盐岩储层,储层岩性主要为泥晶—亮晶生屑石灰岩和亮晶生屑石灰岩,储集空间主要为生物体腔孔、生物铸模孔及粒内溶孔等组构选择性溶蚀形成的孔隙;(2)研究区茅口组储层平均孔隙度为4.07%,平均渗透率为0.273 mD,孔隙度与渗透率有明显的正相关关系,为典型的孔隙型储层;(3)茅口组储层段的铝、钪、锆及总稀土元素含量较低,锰和铁含量也较低,碳同位素值位于中二叠世海水沉淀方解石碳同位素值分布范围内,氧同位素呈现出一定的负偏;(4)茅口组岩溶孔隙型储层的形成与沉积期微地貌及高频层序控制的准同生期岩溶有关,溶蚀流体主要为大气淡水。结论认为,岩溶孔隙型储层在盆地内普遍发育,且该类储层远离不整合面,受沉积古地貌、沉积相带控制的准同生期岩溶改造,因此,天然气勘探思路需要向“有利沉积相带规模控储”方向转变,向斜区将是盆地内未来天然气勘探的重要新领域。

塔里木盆地北部奥陶系海相碳酸盐岩断溶体油藏成因类型及特征再认识

前人提出的“断溶体”油藏概念,现已成为海相碳酸盐岩油气藏勘探开发的新目标、新类型。但断溶体油藏与传统的风化壳型喀斯特油藏有显著差别,断溶体储集体类型、结构特点也存在差异。研究断溶体溶蚀作用和构造破裂作用的差异性,将断溶体划分为过溶蚀残留型、破碎+强溶蚀型和强破碎+弱溶蚀型3种类型。研究表明不同成因类型的断溶体油藏,其溶蚀程度、缝洞规模、累产油量、地层能量和缝洞间连通性差异明显。过溶蚀残留型油藏的分布受风化壳不整合面及断裂带的纵向溶蚀作用控制。破碎+强溶蚀型及强破碎+弱溶蚀型油藏的形成和分布与不整合面的发育和构造位置关系不大,主要受溶蚀断裂带“破碎+溶蚀程度”控制,在溶蚀断裂带核部发育规模较大的洞穴,向两侧逐步发育裂缝-孔洞型、裂缝型储层。

基于井震融合的碳酸盐岩古岩溶残丘储层刻画方法

北大港构造带千米桥奥陶系潜山顶部发育的碳酸盐岩古岩溶残丘作为一种重要的古地貌和油气储集单元,具备良好的成藏条件,有效地刻画古岩溶残丘储层对于残丘储层的油气运移聚集分析及勘探开发有着非常重要的意义。本文首先应用地震印模法对千米桥奥陶系潜山风化壳岩溶古地貌进行精细刻画,揭示该区发育5个岩溶残丘,4个岩溶沟谷,表现为山上有山的特征;同时井震融合分析认为潜山风化壳储层大多分布在风化壳面以下0~200 m范围内,主潜山各区块风化壳残余厚度差别较大,岩溶残丘之上构造高点残余厚度大。通过成像测井和常规测井曲线上异常显示识别残丘风化壳内幕发育的岩溶洞穴,主要有大溶洞和中小溶蚀孔洞两种。应用提频地震体开展正演模拟,明确优势缝洞体储层的地震反射特征,结合张量方向场裂缝定量预测技术,能精细地预测碳酸盐岩缝洞复合体储层,以指导残丘风化壳储层油气潜力目标区的评价开发。

中国深层、超深层气藏开发关键技术与对策建议

中国在深层、超深层油气勘探开发方面已经取得了重要进展,中国石油天然气集团有限公司(以下简称中国石油)已在塔里木盆地和四川盆地建成两大深层、超深层天然气生产基地,但目前仍存在制约此类气藏高效开发的核心问题。为促进深层、超深层气藏实现高效开发,回顾了中国石油在不同类型深层、超深层典型气藏的开发实践历程,系统梳理了气藏开发过程中面临的问题与挑战,总结了气藏开发的关键技术,最后提出了深层、超深层气藏开发对策与建议。研究结果表明:①形成了深层、超深层岩溶型碳酸盐岩气藏小洞微缝储层量化表征技术和裂缝—孔隙型碎屑岩气藏多尺度裂缝动静态描述技术,实现了储层孔隙结构特征参数的量化表征和不同尺度裂缝的精细刻画与空间预测,提高了开发井的成功率,确保了储量高效动用;②形成了开发单元划分与水侵通道刻画技术和裂缝非均匀水侵动态评价技术,实现了不同开发阶段水侵动态评价和水侵状况准确预报,为不同开发单元制订差异化的开发技术政策奠定了基础;③建立了岩溶型碳酸盐岩气藏全生命周期递进式控水开发模式和裂缝—孔隙型碎屑岩气藏控排水协同提高采收率技术,实现了气藏均衡开发,整体提高了气藏采收率。结论认为,深层、超深层气藏地质、工程环境复杂,储层非均质性强,需进一步加强气藏前期评价、布井模式攻关、不同区块水侵规律等方面研究,且需做好气田群协同开发的整体研究。

深层断溶体油气藏钻完井储层保护技术挑战与对策

深层断溶体油气藏储层裂缝发育,易导致大量工作液漏失,造成严重储层损害。以顺北区块奥陶系碳酸盐岩储层为例,考虑储层超深、超高压、超高温与断裂带特点,综合工区钻井液漏失情况、储层物性特征、矿物组成和裂缝发育情况,结合流体敏感性、应力敏感性与储层润湿性评价,揭示了深层断溶体油气藏储层损害机理。钻井液漏失是深层断溶体油气藏最重要的储层损害方式,岩体结构破碎、储层非均质性强、走滑断层裂缝缝面光滑及高温长井段循环进一步加大了储层保护的难度;通过采用控压钻井技术,结合抗高温高酸溶屏蔽暂堵技术与抗高温强滞留堵漏技术,可以达到较好的储层保护效果;根据深层断溶体碳酸盐岩油气藏裂缝发育特征,钻进全程加入高强度架桥材料,利用鳞片状岩屑作为填充材料,达到钻井过程防漏与开发过程预防裂缝应力敏感性的效果,实现漏失控制—储层保护—增产增渗的一体化目标。

塔里木盆地塔河北部“过溶蚀残留型”断溶体发育特征及其成因

为了研究塔里木盆地塔河北部强剥蚀区海西早期古岩溶洞穴发育特征,用古地貌恢复、岩溶水系统分析、测井-岩心洞穴识别和地震属性刻画等方法进行了YQ5井区的洞穴类型样式识别、缝洞结构刻画和洞穴成因演化研究。研究结果表明:YQ5井区在塔河油田Ⅱ号和Ⅲ号古岩溶台地北部的地势平缓区,总体为多期次岩溶叠加改造后的残留地貌,主要发育幅差较小的溶峰洼地、溶丘洼地和溶丘平原,南部发育NE向展布的峰丛垄脊沟谷。与塔河油田主体区及斜坡区不同,YQ5井区地下和地表水系的流向与地貌趋势不一致,岩溶水系统遭受构造作用破坏,导致补给、径流和排泄的岩溶水循环过程不完整。YQ5井区主要发育暗河型洞穴和“过溶蚀残留型”断溶体。暗河型洞穴充填较为严重,洞穴的有效储集空间受到破坏,影响油气开发效果。岩溶台地的构造抬升造成区域侵蚀基准面的下降,顺走滑断裂的垂向侵蚀作用有利于“过溶蚀残留型”断溶体的持续发育和保存,油气开发效果好。“过溶蚀残留型”断溶体的发育主控因素为走滑断裂、地层剥蚀强度和负向地貌。与塔河古岩溶台地演化过程一致,YQ5井区的岩溶演化经历深切曲流期、岩溶改造期和下渗断溶期3个阶段。暗河型洞穴被持续改造破坏,断溶体则持续建造。

矿井岩溶热储三维地质建模及地热资源潜力评价

传统热储体积法适用于大尺度区域的地热资源量评价,用于矿井地热资源量评价时误差较大。在分析平顶山矿区“源、通、储、盖、流体”地热系统特征的基础上,建立了矿区地热成因概念模型。以平煤十矿井田为主要研究区,基于区内地热地质条件和地面、井下钻孔资料,采用地下水模型系统(Groundwater Modeling System,GMS)软件建立了研究区内地层的三维地质模型,呈现了寒武系碳酸盐岩地层及覆岩的展布情况,并对寒武系碳酸盐岩地层空间进行了数字化。提出了用于矿井地热资源评价的积分式热储体积法,采用该方法对研究区内寒武系岩溶热储静态资源量进行了估算,并评价了热储的动态资源量,得出了热储层地热资源量与地热水位标高的关系曲线。对研究区内寒武系岩溶地热水进行了水质全分析,评价了地热水的腐蚀性和结垢性。结果显示,研究区内寒武系碳酸盐岩(灰岩)层为岩溶热储层,热量主要来自寒武系朱砂洞组以深的高温岩体;地表大气降水经寒武系灰岩露头和矿区周缘深大断裂进入深部岩体,沿途被加热后储存于寒武系灰岩地层中,并持续接受深部基岩热量传输,形成水热型岩溶热储;寒武系岩溶热水静态资源量为76.8亿m3,蕴含热量1.19×10^(18) J;岩石中蕴含热量为3.25×10^(18) J;地热资源总量为4.44×10^(18) J;地热可采资源量为6.66×10^(17) J,折合标煤22.7 Mt;寒武系岩溶热水具有轻微腐蚀性,结垢性为轻微—中等,流经金属管道和容器需要做防腐和防垢处理。

塔河油田良里塔格组迷宫型岩溶洞穴系统发育特征

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