The fracturing of the pressure compartments in sedimentary basins may not be caused completely by natural hydraulic fracturing. On the bases of fracture mechanics and numerical simulation, we consider that there are t...The fracturing of the pressure compartments in sedimentary basins may not be caused completely by natural hydraulic fracturing. On the bases of fracture mechanics and numerical simulation, we consider that there are two mechanisms concerning the fracturing of pressure compartments, which are as follows: (1) natural hydraulic fracturing of the sediments within pressure compartments, and (2) tensile fracturing due to tangential traction. When the fracture, formed in the sediments within pressure compartments due to hydraulic fracturing, arrives at the base of the seal, the intensely tangential tensile stresses are created and lead to the fracturing of the seal. After the seal fractured, the fluid escaped from the pressure compartments. In a shallow pressure compartment, the duration of fracture opening and fluid expulsion is about 10-20 years in a cycle.展开更多
Twelve representative crude oil samples recovered from six oil fields in the Albertine Graben, Uganda were chosen for this study. The study aimed to understand the genetic relationships between the oils, the inferred ...Twelve representative crude oil samples recovered from six oil fields in the Albertine Graben, Uganda were chosen for this study. The study aimed to understand the genetic relationships between the oils, the inferred depositional environment of the source rocks, maturity of the crude oils, and to gain some insight on the expulsion of the oils from source rocks. The work involved geochemical bulk analysis （asphaltene and liquid chromatographic separations）, GC-FID （gas chromatography with a flame ionization detector）, and GC-MS （gas chromatography-mass spectrometry） of saturate and aromatic fractions. Bulk analysis shows that the oils are dominated by saturate hydrocarbon fractions （48.7%-62.0%） and are highly waxy （35-56.2 wt%） with low sulfur content （〈 0.1 wt%）. The high saturate hydrocarbon and high wax contents are probably due to organic matter input from land plants and/or long-chain alkanes from fresh water algae in lacustrine systems. The low sulfur contents alongside the high wax abundances are consistent with elastic-dominated source rock facies deposited in a non-stratified lacustrine environment. Data from GC-FID and GC-MS analyses such as n-alkane distributions, pristane/phytane ratios, biomarker terpane and sterane, dibenzothiophene and phenanthrene parameters show that the oils belong to a single family and were derived from a elastic predominantly algal source rock deposited under suboxic conditions in a non-stratified freshwater to brackish water lacustrine environment. The data further show that the oils have a very narrow range of maturities and are generated in the peak oil window. The observed narrow range of maturities and inferred lacustrine depositional setting for the source rocks suggest that the kerogen responsible for the generation of the oils is likely to be predominantly type-1 known to display narrow activation energies. This in turn implies that the expulsion of the oil from the source rock occurred as a quick single event hence, the filling of reservoirs in the Albertine Graben probably did not involve late stage expulsion and multiple charges of oil.展开更多
Based on a detailed survey of the distribution and organic geochemical characteristics of potential source rocks in the South Slope of the Niuzhuang Sag, Bohai Bay Basin, eastern China, a new approach to assess the am...Based on a detailed survey of the distribution and organic geochemical characteristics of potential source rocks in the South Slope of the Niuzhuang Sag, Bohai Bay Basin, eastern China, a new approach to assess the amount of hydrocarbons generated and expelled has been developed. The approach is applicable to evaluate hydrocarbons with different genetic mechanisms. The results show that the models for hydrocarbon generation and expulsion vary with potential source rocks, depending on thermal maturity, types of organic matter and paleoenvironment. Hydrocarbons are mostly generated and expelled from source rocks within the normal oil window. It was calculated that the special interval (algal-rich shales of the ES4 member formed in brackish environments) in the South Slope of the Niuzhuang Sag has a much higher potential of immature oil generation than the other intervals in the area. This suggests that hydrocarbons can definitely be generated in early diagenesis, especially under certain special geological settings. The proportion of hydrocarbons generated and expelled from the ES4 shales in the early diagenetic stage is up to 26.75% and 17.36%, respectively. It was also observed that laminated shales have a much higher expulsion efficiency than massive mudstones. In contrast, the special interval of the ES4 shales proposed from previous studies is probably not the whole rock for oil in the South Slope of the Niuzhuang Sag because of the small proportion of the gross volume and corresponding low percentage of hydrocarbons generated and expelled. A much lower expulsion efficiency of the source rock during the early stage relative to that within the normal oil window has been calculated. Our results indicate that the ES4 mudstones rather than the shales deposited in the Niuzhuang and Guangli Sag are the main source rocks for the oil discovered.展开更多
Hydrocarbon expulsion features and resource potential evaluation of source rocks are crucial for the petroleum exploration.High-maturity marine source rocks have not exhibited a hydrocarbon expulsion mode owing to the...Hydrocarbon expulsion features and resource potential evaluation of source rocks are crucial for the petroleum exploration.High-maturity marine source rocks have not exhibited a hydrocarbon expulsion mode owing to the lack of low-maturity source rocks in deep petroliferous basins.We considered the Ediacaran microbial dolomite in the Sichuan Basin,the largest high-maturity marine gas layer in China,to exhibit a method that quantitatively characterizes the hydrocarbon expulsion of high-maturity marine source rocks.The experiment of fluid inclusion,rock pyrolysis,and vitrinite reflectance(Ro)of 119 microbial dolomite core samples obtained from the Dengying Formation were performed.A hydrocarbon expulsion model of high-maturity source rock was established,and its resource potential was evaluated.The results showed that the Ediacaran microbial dolomite in the Sichuan Basin is a good source rock showing vast resource potential.The hydrocarbon expulsion threshold is determined to be vitrinite reflectance at 0.92%.The hydrocarbon expulsion intensities in the geologic history is high with maximum of 1.6×10^(7)t/km^(2).The Ediacaran microbial dolomite expelled approximately 1.008×10^(12)t of hydrocarbons,and the recoverable resource was 1.5×10^(12)m^(3).The region can be categorized into areasⅠ,Ⅱ,Ⅲ,andⅣ,in decreasing order of hydrocarbon expulsion intensity.Areas with a higher hydrocarbon expulsion intensity have a lower drilling risk and should be prioritized for exploration in the orderⅠ>Ⅱ>Ⅲ>Ⅳ.Two areas,northern and central parts of Ediacaran in the Sichuan Basin,were selected as prospects which had the drilling priority in the future gas exploration.The production data of 55 drilled wells verified the high reliability of this method.This model in this study does not require low-maturity samples and can be used for evaluating high-maturity marine source rocks,which has broad applicability in deep basins worldwide.展开更多
Tight-sand gas in the Jurassic and shale gas within the fifth member of Xujiahe Formation （T3xs） in the Western Sichuan Basin （WSD） are currently regarded as the most prolific emerging unconventional gas plays in ...Tight-sand gas in the Jurassic and shale gas within the fifth member of Xujiahe Formation （T3xs） in the Western Sichuan Basin （WSD） are currently regarded as the most prolific emerging unconventional gas plays in China. This study conducted a conventional evaluation of T3x5 source rocks in the WSD, and investigated their hydrocarbon generation and expulsion characteristics, including intensity, efficiency and amount. The results show that, the T3x5 source rocks are thick （generally 〉200 m）, and have a high total organic content （TOC）, ranging from 2.5 to 4.5 wt%. It is thus indivative of a great hydrocarbon generation potential when they underwent high thermal evolution （Ro〉1.2%） in the area. In addition, an improved method of hydrocarbon generation potential is applied, indicating that the source rocks reached a hydrocarbon expulsion threshold with vitrinite reflectance （Ro） reaching 1.06%. and that the comprehensive hydrocarbon expulsion efficiency is about 60%. The amount of hydrocarbon generation and expulsion from Tax5 source rocks is 3.14x10^10 t and 1.86x10^10 t, respectively, with a residual amount of 1.28x10^10t within them. Continuous-type tight-sand gas is predicted to have developed in the Jurassic in the Chengdu Sag of the WSD because of the good source-reservoir configuration; the Jurassic sandstone reservoirs are tight, and the gas expelled from the T3xs source rocks migrates for very short distances vertically and horizontally. The amount of gas accumulation in the Jurassic reservoirs derived from T3x5 source rocks is up to 9.3x10s t. Geological resources of shale gas are up to 1.05x10TM t. Small differences between the amounts calculated by the volumetric method and those obtained by hydrocarbon generation potential method may be due to other gas accumulations present within interbedded sands associated with gas shales.展开更多
To identify the determinant of the occurrence of IUD expulsion Materials & Methods Based on 25 733 IUD uses from the Chinese Two per Thousand Fertility Survey data, this study examines the patterns and differe...To identify the determinant of the occurrence of IUD expulsion Materials & Methods Based on 25 733 IUD uses from the Chinese Two per Thousand Fertility Survey data, this study examines the patterns and differentials of IUD expulsion rate by characteristics of women, and identifies the socio demographic determinants of IUD expulsion. A Life Table method was used to calculate the cumulative expulsion rate and a random effects discrete time survival model was employed to assess the impact of potential determinants simultaneously on the risk of expelling an IUD. Results Three major findings are observed in this study. First, IUD expulsion was the second main reason, after pregnancy during IUD use, for IUD discontinuation during the first four years of IUD insertion; the expulsion rates were 6.4%, 9.1%, 10.8 %, and 12.0% at 12, 24, 36 and 48 months, respectively. Second, there was a clustering of IUD expulsion: some women experienced repeated IUD expulsions. Third, some socio demographic characteristics and fertility history were associated with the occurrence of IUD expulsion. In particular, the expulsion rate was high among young women, among those with two or more children and among those living in rural areas. Conclusion The above mentioned factors shoald be addressed in order to decrease the IUD expulsion rate and enhance the reprocluctive he alth of women.展开更多
To thoroughly understand the dynamic mechanism of hydrocarbon expulsion from deep source rocks,in this study,five types of hydrocarbon expulsion dynamics(thermal expansion,hydrocarbon diffusion,compaction,product volu...To thoroughly understand the dynamic mechanism of hydrocarbon expulsion from deep source rocks,in this study,five types of hydrocarbon expulsion dynamics(thermal expansion,hydrocarbon diffusion,compaction,product volume expansion,and capillary pressure difference(CPD))are studied.A model is proposed herein to evaluate the relative contribution of different dynamics for hydrocarbon expulsion using the principle of mass balance,and the model has been applied to the Cambrian source rocks in the Tarim Basin.The evaluation results show that during hydrocarbon expulsion from the source rocks,the relative contribution of CPD is the largest(>50%),followed by compaction(10%-40%),product volume expansion(5%-30%),and thermal expansion(2%-20%).The relative contribution of diffusion to hydrocarbon expulsion is minimal(<10%).These results demonstrate that CPD plays an important role in the hydrocarbon expulsion process of deep source rocks.The hydrocarbon expulsion process of source rocks can be categorized into three stages based on the contribution of different dynamics to the process:the first stage is dominated by compaction and diffusion to expel hydrocarbons,the second stage is dominated by product volume expansion and CPD,and the third stage is dominated by product volume expansion and CPD.This research offers new insights into hydrocarbon exploration in tight oil and gas reservoirs.展开更多
The traditional multi-process to enhance tight oil recovery based on fracturing and huff-n-puff has obvious deficiencies,such as low recovery efficiency,rapid production decline,high cost,and complexity,etc.Therefore,...The traditional multi-process to enhance tight oil recovery based on fracturing and huff-n-puff has obvious deficiencies,such as low recovery efficiency,rapid production decline,high cost,and complexity,etc.Therefore,a new technology,the so-called fracturing-oil expulsion integration,which does not need flowback after fracturing while making full use of the fracturing energy and gel breaking fluids,are needed to enable efficient exploitation of tight oil.A novel triple-responsive smart fluid based on“pseudo-Gemini”zwitterionic viscoelastic surfactant(VES)consisting of N-erucylamidopropyl-N,N-dimethyl-3-ammonio-2-hydroxy-1-propane-sulfonate(EHSB),N,N,N′,N′-tetramethyl-1,3-propanediamine(TMEDA)and sodium p-toluenesulfonate(NaPts),is developed.Then,the rheology of smart fluid is systematically studied at varying conditions(CO_(2),temperature and pressure).Moreover,the mechanism of triple-response is discussed in detail.Finally,a series of fracturing and spontaneous imbibition performances are systematically investigated.The smart fluid shows excellent CO_(2)-,thermal-,and pressure-triple responsive behavior.It can meet the technical requirement of tight oil fracturing construction at 140°C in the presence of 3.5 MPa CO_(2).The gel breaking fluid shows excellent spontaneous imbibition oil expulsion(∼40%),salt resistance(1.2×104 mg/L Na+),temperature resistance(140°C)and aging stability(30 days).展开更多
The major enrichment type of shale oil in the Chang 7_(3) shale of Upper Triassic Yanchang Formation in the Ordos Basin is unknown.This paper analyzes the organic matter transformation ratio,hydrocarbon expulsion effi...The major enrichment type of shale oil in the Chang 7_(3) shale of Upper Triassic Yanchang Formation in the Ordos Basin is unknown.This paper analyzes the organic matter transformation ratio,hydrocarbon expulsion efficiency and roof/floor sealing conditions of the Chang 7_(3) shale,and evaluates the major enrichment type of shale oil in this interval.The average organic matter transformation ratio of the Chang 7_(3) shale is about 45%;in other words,more than 50%of the organic matters have not transformed to hydrocarbons,and the lower the maturity,the greater the proportion of untransformed organic matters.The cumulative hydrocarbon expulsion efficiency of the transformed hydrocarbon is 27.5% on average,and the total proportion of untransformed organic matters plus retained hydrocarbons is greater than 70%.The relative hydrocarbon expulsion efficiency of the Chang 7_(3) shale is 60%on average,that is,about 40% of hydrocarbons retain in the shale.The Chang 7_(3) shale corresponds to Chang 7_(1+2) and Chang 8 sandstones as the roof and floor,respectively,and is further overlaid by Chang 6 shale,where extensive low porosity and low permeability–tight oil reservoirs have formed in the parts with relatively good porosity and permeability.Moreover,the Chang 7_(3) shale is tested to be in a negative pressure system(the pressure coefficient of 0.80–0.85).Therefore,the roof/floor sealing conditions of the Chang 7_(3) shale are poor.The retained hydrocarbons appear mostly in absorbed status,with low mobility.It is concluded that the medium–high mature shale oil is not the major enrichment type of shale oil in the Chang 7_(3) shale,but there may be enrichment opportunity for shale oil with good mobility in the areas where the sealing conditions are good without faults and fractures and oil reservoirs are formed off Chang 7_(1+2),Chang 6 and Chang 8.Furthermore,low–medium mature shale oil is believed to have great potential and is the major enrichment type of shale oil in the Chang 7_(3) shale.It is recommended to prepare relevant in-situ conversion technologies by pilot test and figure out the resource availability and distribution.展开更多
Experiments were carried out to study the influence of surface condition on expulsion during the spot welding of AZ31B Mg alloy.A general electrical contact resistance theory for conductive rough surfaces and the rela...Experiments were carried out to study the influence of surface condition on expulsion during the spot welding of AZ31B Mg alloy.A general electrical contact resistance theory for conductive rough surfaces and the relation between maximum temperature Tm in the contact and voltage-drop V across interface of two surfaces were employed to understand the reason of expulsion in Mg alloy spot welding.The main reason of expulsion is that the high electrical contact resistance induced by large roughness of the surface and oxide film covered on the surface leads to local melting of metal in the interface of two surfaces,and liquid metal of the local area ejected from the specimen under electrode force forms expulsion.展开更多
In order to further study the influence of high-yield-water on the productivity of CBM （coalbed methane） wells and the expulsion and production method carried out in CBM wells, by means of analyzing and researching ...In order to further study the influence of high-yield-water on the productivity of CBM （coalbed methane） wells and the expulsion and production method carried out in CBM wells, by means of analyzing and researching production characteris- tics and geologic condition of the CBM wells with high water yield in Yanchuannan block located at the eastern margin of Or- dos basin, the mechanism of high water yield decreasing the productivity of CBM well was discussed, and the expulsion and production method for this type of CBM well was proposed. The results show that high water yield would decrease the produc- tivity of CBM wells, and the mechanism is： first, in some circumstances, high water yield could reflect that there was dissipa- tion during the process of coalbed methane reservoir forming, which would lower the gas saturation of coal gas reservoir and reduce the productivity of CBM well; second, a large quantity of coalbed methane dissipated in the form of solution gas, caus- ing the practical reservoir pressure when gas appeared in casing to be lower than critical desorption pressure of the coal bed; finally, the CBM well with high water yield would have higher requirements of discharge and mining installation, system and continuity, and any link with problems would have a great impact on the well＇s productivity and would increase the difficulty of discharge and mining. In the case of wells with high water yield, the key is to select applicable discharge and mining installa- tion, which should be able to make the bottom hole flowing pressure decline smoothly and fast, and make the wells produce gas as quickly as possible but able to slow down the rate of discharge and mining properly when gas has appeared. In addition, in view of the CBM wells with high water yield, an installation lectotype method based on Darcy＇s law was proposed, which was found with good accuracy and practicability through field application.展开更多
We should understand that the content of chlo-roform bitumen“A”from source rocks at any depth(or period)is not the content of residuary oil,but it is the oil content of source rocks in a condition of dynamic equilib...We should understand that the content of chlo-roform bitumen“A”from source rocks at any depth(or period)is not the content of residuary oil,but it is the oil content of source rocks in a condition of dynamic equilibrium of generation and expulsion in an 1nstant.Sc can be measured by laboratory experiment and determined from the curve of S-A"versus depth for the same source rock.(Fig.l)展开更多
The firing tests with clay blocks were undertaken to study thefluorine expulsion and retention char- acteristics of calcium-basedmaterials during the firing of brick clays. The results indicate thatfluorine expulsion ...The firing tests with clay blocks were undertaken to study thefluorine expulsion and retention char- acteristics of calcium-basedmaterials during the firing of brick clays. The results indicate thatfluorine expulsion begins at approx. 600-700 deg. C, and the mainportion occurs in 800-1000 deg. C. The mode of firing has someeffects on fluorine expulsion. Additives of calcium-based materialcan reduce fluorine expulsion, which is mainly attributed to theincreased formation of CaF_2 during clay firing. In addition, theoptimum addition tests of 6 calcium-based materials with higherefficiency were carried out in a brick kiln. More than 75/100fluorine is retained in the brick body and there is no adverse effecton brick product. This makes it possible for brickyard to achievenon-polluting production.展开更多
BACKGROUND Gastrointestinal(GI)lipomas are benign submucosal tumors of mature adipocytes that arise mainly in the colon and stomach,sometimes in the ileum and jejunum,and rarely in the duodenum.Patients with symptomat...BACKGROUND Gastrointestinal(GI)lipomas are benign submucosal tumors of mature adipocytes that arise mainly in the colon and stomach,sometimes in the ileum and jejunum,and rarely in the duodenum.Patients with symptomatic lipomas require endoscopic or surgical treatment.Spontaneous expulsion of lipomas after biopsy is a rare condition that has limited case reports.CASE SUMMARY A 56-year-old man presented to our hospital with intermittent postprandial epigastric fullness.Esophagogastroduodenoscopy(EGD)revealed a 10-mm soft yellowish submucosal lesion with the“pillow sign,”located in the second portion of duodenum.Endoscopic ultrasonography(EUS)using a 12-MHz catheter probe showed a hyperechoic,homogenous,and round solid lesion(OLYMPUS EUS EUME2,UM-DP12-25R,12-MHz radial miniprobe,Olympus Corporation,Tokyo,Japan).Deep biopsy was performed using the bite-on-bite technique with forceps.Histological examination was compatible with submucosal lipoma.The lesion spontaneously expelled 12 d after the biopsy.Follow-up EUS performed after 2 mo confirmed this condition.CONCLUSION Deep biopsy could lead to spontaneous GI lipoma expulsion.This might be the first step in lipoma diagnosis and treatment.展开更多
Textiloma is a rare pathological entity which can possibly complicate any surgery. Its incidence, reported in literature, is estimated between 1/1000 and 1/15,000. Abdominal and gynecological surgeries are responsible...Textiloma is a rare pathological entity which can possibly complicate any surgery. Its incidence, reported in literature, is estimated between 1/1000 and 1/15,000. Abdominal and gynecological surgeries are responsible for the vast of majority of intra abdominal textiloma. Very few cases of spontaneous rectal expulsion of textiloma have been reported. We report the case of rectal expulsion of textiloma in a 26-year-old female who had undergone a C section for dynamic dystocia a year prior to her admission.展开更多
文摘The fracturing of the pressure compartments in sedimentary basins may not be caused completely by natural hydraulic fracturing. On the bases of fracture mechanics and numerical simulation, we consider that there are two mechanisms concerning the fracturing of pressure compartments, which are as follows: (1) natural hydraulic fracturing of the sediments within pressure compartments, and (2) tensile fracturing due to tangential traction. When the fracture, formed in the sediments within pressure compartments due to hydraulic fracturing, arrives at the base of the seal, the intensely tangential tensile stresses are created and lead to the fracturing of the seal. After the seal fractured, the fluid escaped from the pressure compartments. In a shallow pressure compartment, the duration of fracture opening and fluid expulsion is about 10-20 years in a cycle.
文摘Twelve representative crude oil samples recovered from six oil fields in the Albertine Graben, Uganda were chosen for this study. The study aimed to understand the genetic relationships between the oils, the inferred depositional environment of the source rocks, maturity of the crude oils, and to gain some insight on the expulsion of the oils from source rocks. The work involved geochemical bulk analysis （asphaltene and liquid chromatographic separations）, GC-FID （gas chromatography with a flame ionization detector）, and GC-MS （gas chromatography-mass spectrometry） of saturate and aromatic fractions. Bulk analysis shows that the oils are dominated by saturate hydrocarbon fractions （48.7%-62.0%） and are highly waxy （35-56.2 wt%） with low sulfur content （〈 0.1 wt%）. The high saturate hydrocarbon and high wax contents are probably due to organic matter input from land plants and/or long-chain alkanes from fresh water algae in lacustrine systems. The low sulfur contents alongside the high wax abundances are consistent with elastic-dominated source rock facies deposited in a non-stratified lacustrine environment. Data from GC-FID and GC-MS analyses such as n-alkane distributions, pristane/phytane ratios, biomarker terpane and sterane, dibenzothiophene and phenanthrene parameters show that the oils belong to a single family and were derived from a elastic predominantly algal source rock deposited under suboxic conditions in a non-stratified freshwater to brackish water lacustrine environment. The data further show that the oils have a very narrow range of maturities and are generated in the peak oil window. The observed narrow range of maturities and inferred lacustrine depositional setting for the source rocks suggest that the kerogen responsible for the generation of the oils is likely to be predominantly type-1 known to display narrow activation energies. This in turn implies that the expulsion of the oil from the source rock occurred as a quick single event hence, the filling of reservoirs in the Albertine Graben probably did not involve late stage expulsion and multiple charges of oil.
基金This study is part of the China National“973”Key Research and Development Program#G199943310a Professional Enhancement Program of the Natural Resources of Canada Earth Science Sector,under the collaborative research agreement between the Geological Survey of Canada(Calgary)and the University of Petroleum(Beijing)+1 种基金The funding for this project was provided by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(under the“973”National Key Research and Development Program of China#G1999043310)the Geological Survey of Canada and the Chinese National Petrochemical Corporation.
文摘Based on a detailed survey of the distribution and organic geochemical characteristics of potential source rocks in the South Slope of the Niuzhuang Sag, Bohai Bay Basin, eastern China, a new approach to assess the amount of hydrocarbons generated and expelled has been developed. The approach is applicable to evaluate hydrocarbons with different genetic mechanisms. The results show that the models for hydrocarbon generation and expulsion vary with potential source rocks, depending on thermal maturity, types of organic matter and paleoenvironment. Hydrocarbons are mostly generated and expelled from source rocks within the normal oil window. It was calculated that the special interval (algal-rich shales of the ES4 member formed in brackish environments) in the South Slope of the Niuzhuang Sag has a much higher potential of immature oil generation than the other intervals in the area. This suggests that hydrocarbons can definitely be generated in early diagenesis, especially under certain special geological settings. The proportion of hydrocarbons generated and expelled from the ES4 shales in the early diagenetic stage is up to 26.75% and 17.36%, respectively. It was also observed that laminated shales have a much higher expulsion efficiency than massive mudstones. In contrast, the special interval of the ES4 shales proposed from previous studies is probably not the whole rock for oil in the South Slope of the Niuzhuang Sag because of the small proportion of the gross volume and corresponding low percentage of hydrocarbons generated and expelled. A much lower expulsion efficiency of the source rock during the early stage relative to that within the normal oil window has been calculated. Our results indicate that the ES4 mudstones rather than the shales deposited in the Niuzhuang and Guangli Sag are the main source rocks for the oil discovered.
基金supported by the Open Fund Project of State Key Laboratory of Lithospheric Evolution [SKL-K202103]support of the Exploration and Development Research Institute of Petro China Southwest Oil & Gas Field
文摘Hydrocarbon expulsion features and resource potential evaluation of source rocks are crucial for the petroleum exploration.High-maturity marine source rocks have not exhibited a hydrocarbon expulsion mode owing to the lack of low-maturity source rocks in deep petroliferous basins.We considered the Ediacaran microbial dolomite in the Sichuan Basin,the largest high-maturity marine gas layer in China,to exhibit a method that quantitatively characterizes the hydrocarbon expulsion of high-maturity marine source rocks.The experiment of fluid inclusion,rock pyrolysis,and vitrinite reflectance(Ro)of 119 microbial dolomite core samples obtained from the Dengying Formation were performed.A hydrocarbon expulsion model of high-maturity source rock was established,and its resource potential was evaluated.The results showed that the Ediacaran microbial dolomite in the Sichuan Basin is a good source rock showing vast resource potential.The hydrocarbon expulsion threshold is determined to be vitrinite reflectance at 0.92%.The hydrocarbon expulsion intensities in the geologic history is high with maximum of 1.6×10^(7)t/km^(2).The Ediacaran microbial dolomite expelled approximately 1.008×10^(12)t of hydrocarbons,and the recoverable resource was 1.5×10^(12)m^(3).The region can be categorized into areasⅠ,Ⅱ,Ⅲ,andⅣ,in decreasing order of hydrocarbon expulsion intensity.Areas with a higher hydrocarbon expulsion intensity have a lower drilling risk and should be prioritized for exploration in the orderⅠ>Ⅱ>Ⅲ>Ⅳ.Two areas,northern and central parts of Ediacaran in the Sichuan Basin,were selected as prospects which had the drilling priority in the future gas exploration.The production data of 55 drilled wells verified the high reliability of this method.This model in this study does not require low-maturity samples and can be used for evaluating high-maturity marine source rocks,which has broad applicability in deep basins worldwide.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(U6212205)the Chinese Postdoctoral Science Foundation(2014M550984)
文摘Tight-sand gas in the Jurassic and shale gas within the fifth member of Xujiahe Formation （T3xs） in the Western Sichuan Basin （WSD） are currently regarded as the most prolific emerging unconventional gas plays in China. This study conducted a conventional evaluation of T3x5 source rocks in the WSD, and investigated their hydrocarbon generation and expulsion characteristics, including intensity, efficiency and amount. The results show that, the T3x5 source rocks are thick （generally 〉200 m）, and have a high total organic content （TOC）, ranging from 2.5 to 4.5 wt%. It is thus indivative of a great hydrocarbon generation potential when they underwent high thermal evolution （Ro〉1.2%） in the area. In addition, an improved method of hydrocarbon generation potential is applied, indicating that the source rocks reached a hydrocarbon expulsion threshold with vitrinite reflectance （Ro） reaching 1.06%. and that the comprehensive hydrocarbon expulsion efficiency is about 60%. The amount of hydrocarbon generation and expulsion from Tax5 source rocks is 3.14x10^10 t and 1.86x10^10 t, respectively, with a residual amount of 1.28x10^10t within them. Continuous-type tight-sand gas is predicted to have developed in the Jurassic in the Chengdu Sag of the WSD because of the good source-reservoir configuration; the Jurassic sandstone reservoirs are tight, and the gas expelled from the T3xs source rocks migrates for very short distances vertically and horizontally. The amount of gas accumulation in the Jurassic reservoirs derived from T3x5 source rocks is up to 9.3x10s t. Geological resources of shale gas are up to 1.05x10TM t. Small differences between the amounts calculated by the volumetric method and those obtained by hydrocarbon generation potential method may be due to other gas accumulations present within interbedded sands associated with gas shales.
文摘To identify the determinant of the occurrence of IUD expulsion Materials & Methods Based on 25 733 IUD uses from the Chinese Two per Thousand Fertility Survey data, this study examines the patterns and differentials of IUD expulsion rate by characteristics of women, and identifies the socio demographic determinants of IUD expulsion. A Life Table method was used to calculate the cumulative expulsion rate and a random effects discrete time survival model was employed to assess the impact of potential determinants simultaneously on the risk of expelling an IUD. Results Three major findings are observed in this study. First, IUD expulsion was the second main reason, after pregnancy during IUD use, for IUD discontinuation during the first four years of IUD insertion; the expulsion rates were 6.4%, 9.1%, 10.8 %, and 12.0% at 12, 24, 36 and 48 months, respectively. Second, there was a clustering of IUD expulsion: some women experienced repeated IUD expulsions. Third, some socio demographic characteristics and fertility history were associated with the occurrence of IUD expulsion. In particular, the expulsion rate was high among young women, among those with two or more children and among those living in rural areas. Conclusion The above mentioned factors shoald be addressed in order to decrease the IUD expulsion rate and enhance the reprocluctive he alth of women.
基金This study is financially supported by the Joint Fund of the National Natural Science Foundation of China under grant number U19B6003-02-04the Science Foundation of China University of Petroleum,Beijing,under grant number 2462020BJRC005 and 2462022YXZZ007+1 种基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China under grant number 42102145the China National Petroleum Corporation's"14th Five-Year Plan"major scientific projecs under grant number 2021DJ0101.
文摘To thoroughly understand the dynamic mechanism of hydrocarbon expulsion from deep source rocks,in this study,five types of hydrocarbon expulsion dynamics(thermal expansion,hydrocarbon diffusion,compaction,product volume expansion,and capillary pressure difference(CPD))are studied.A model is proposed herein to evaluate the relative contribution of different dynamics for hydrocarbon expulsion using the principle of mass balance,and the model has been applied to the Cambrian source rocks in the Tarim Basin.The evaluation results show that during hydrocarbon expulsion from the source rocks,the relative contribution of CPD is the largest(>50%),followed by compaction(10%-40%),product volume expansion(5%-30%),and thermal expansion(2%-20%).The relative contribution of diffusion to hydrocarbon expulsion is minimal(<10%).These results demonstrate that CPD plays an important role in the hydrocarbon expulsion process of deep source rocks.The hydrocarbon expulsion process of source rocks can be categorized into three stages based on the contribution of different dynamics to the process:the first stage is dominated by compaction and diffusion to expel hydrocarbons,the second stage is dominated by product volume expansion and CPD,and the third stage is dominated by product volume expansion and CPD.This research offers new insights into hydrocarbon exploration in tight oil and gas reservoirs.
基金sincerely appreciate the financial support from the National Key Research and Development Project(2019YFA0708700)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(51834010,51874261,51874337)+1 种基金the Key Research and Development Program of Shaanxi(2021GY-112)a Discovery Grant from Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada(NSERC RGPIN-2017-05080).
文摘The traditional multi-process to enhance tight oil recovery based on fracturing and huff-n-puff has obvious deficiencies,such as low recovery efficiency,rapid production decline,high cost,and complexity,etc.Therefore,a new technology,the so-called fracturing-oil expulsion integration,which does not need flowback after fracturing while making full use of the fracturing energy and gel breaking fluids,are needed to enable efficient exploitation of tight oil.A novel triple-responsive smart fluid based on“pseudo-Gemini”zwitterionic viscoelastic surfactant(VES)consisting of N-erucylamidopropyl-N,N-dimethyl-3-ammonio-2-hydroxy-1-propane-sulfonate(EHSB),N,N,N′,N′-tetramethyl-1,3-propanediamine(TMEDA)and sodium p-toluenesulfonate(NaPts),is developed.Then,the rheology of smart fluid is systematically studied at varying conditions(CO_(2),temperature and pressure).Moreover,the mechanism of triple-response is discussed in detail.Finally,a series of fracturing and spontaneous imbibition performances are systematically investigated.The smart fluid shows excellent CO_(2)-,thermal-,and pressure-triple responsive behavior.It can meet the technical requirement of tight oil fracturing construction at 140°C in the presence of 3.5 MPa CO_(2).The gel breaking fluid shows excellent spontaneous imbibition oil expulsion(∼40%),salt resistance(1.2×104 mg/L Na+),temperature resistance(140°C)and aging stability(30 days).
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文摘The major enrichment type of shale oil in the Chang 7_(3) shale of Upper Triassic Yanchang Formation in the Ordos Basin is unknown.This paper analyzes the organic matter transformation ratio,hydrocarbon expulsion efficiency and roof/floor sealing conditions of the Chang 7_(3) shale,and evaluates the major enrichment type of shale oil in this interval.The average organic matter transformation ratio of the Chang 7_(3) shale is about 45%;in other words,more than 50%of the organic matters have not transformed to hydrocarbons,and the lower the maturity,the greater the proportion of untransformed organic matters.The cumulative hydrocarbon expulsion efficiency of the transformed hydrocarbon is 27.5% on average,and the total proportion of untransformed organic matters plus retained hydrocarbons is greater than 70%.The relative hydrocarbon expulsion efficiency of the Chang 7_(3) shale is 60%on average,that is,about 40% of hydrocarbons retain in the shale.The Chang 7_(3) shale corresponds to Chang 7_(1+2) and Chang 8 sandstones as the roof and floor,respectively,and is further overlaid by Chang 6 shale,where extensive low porosity and low permeability–tight oil reservoirs have formed in the parts with relatively good porosity and permeability.Moreover,the Chang 7_(3) shale is tested to be in a negative pressure system(the pressure coefficient of 0.80–0.85).Therefore,the roof/floor sealing conditions of the Chang 7_(3) shale are poor.The retained hydrocarbons appear mostly in absorbed status,with low mobility.It is concluded that the medium–high mature shale oil is not the major enrichment type of shale oil in the Chang 7_(3) shale,but there may be enrichment opportunity for shale oil with good mobility in the areas where the sealing conditions are good without faults and fractures and oil reservoirs are formed off Chang 7_(1+2),Chang 6 and Chang 8.Furthermore,low–medium mature shale oil is believed to have great potential and is the major enrichment type of shale oil in the Chang 7_(3) shale.It is recommended to prepare relevant in-situ conversion technologies by pilot test and figure out the resource availability and distribution.
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文摘Experiments were carried out to study the influence of surface condition on expulsion during the spot welding of AZ31B Mg alloy.A general electrical contact resistance theory for conductive rough surfaces and the relation between maximum temperature Tm in the contact and voltage-drop V across interface of two surfaces were employed to understand the reason of expulsion in Mg alloy spot welding.The main reason of expulsion is that the high electrical contact resistance induced by large roughness of the surface and oxide film covered on the surface leads to local melting of metal in the interface of two surfaces,and liquid metal of the local area ejected from the specimen under electrode force forms expulsion.
文摘In order to further study the influence of high-yield-water on the productivity of CBM （coalbed methane） wells and the expulsion and production method carried out in CBM wells, by means of analyzing and researching production characteris- tics and geologic condition of the CBM wells with high water yield in Yanchuannan block located at the eastern margin of Or- dos basin, the mechanism of high water yield decreasing the productivity of CBM well was discussed, and the expulsion and production method for this type of CBM well was proposed. The results show that high water yield would decrease the produc- tivity of CBM wells, and the mechanism is： first, in some circumstances, high water yield could reflect that there was dissipa- tion during the process of coalbed methane reservoir forming, which would lower the gas saturation of coal gas reservoir and reduce the productivity of CBM well; second, a large quantity of coalbed methane dissipated in the form of solution gas, caus- ing the practical reservoir pressure when gas appeared in casing to be lower than critical desorption pressure of the coal bed; finally, the CBM well with high water yield would have higher requirements of discharge and mining installation, system and continuity, and any link with problems would have a great impact on the well＇s productivity and would increase the difficulty of discharge and mining. In the case of wells with high water yield, the key is to select applicable discharge and mining installa- tion, which should be able to make the bottom hole flowing pressure decline smoothly and fast, and make the wells produce gas as quickly as possible but able to slow down the rate of discharge and mining properly when gas has appeared. In addition, in view of the CBM wells with high water yield, an installation lectotype method based on Darcy＇s law was proposed, which was found with good accuracy and practicability through field application.
文摘We should understand that the content of chlo-roform bitumen“A”from source rocks at any depth(or period)is not the content of residuary oil,but it is the oil content of source rocks in a condition of dynamic equilibrium of generation and expulsion in an 1nstant.Sc can be measured by laboratory experiment and determined from the curve of S-A"versus depth for the same source rock.(Fig.l)
文摘The firing tests with clay blocks were undertaken to study thefluorine expulsion and retention char- acteristics of calcium-basedmaterials during the firing of brick clays. The results indicate thatfluorine expulsion begins at approx. 600-700 deg. C, and the mainportion occurs in 800-1000 deg. C. The mode of firing has someeffects on fluorine expulsion. Additives of calcium-based materialcan reduce fluorine expulsion, which is mainly attributed to theincreased formation of CaF_2 during clay firing. In addition, theoptimum addition tests of 6 calcium-based materials with higherefficiency were carried out in a brick kiln. More than 75/100fluorine is retained in the brick body and there is no adverse effecton brick product. This makes it possible for brickyard to achievenon-polluting production.
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文摘BACKGROUND Gastrointestinal(GI)lipomas are benign submucosal tumors of mature adipocytes that arise mainly in the colon and stomach,sometimes in the ileum and jejunum,and rarely in the duodenum.Patients with symptomatic lipomas require endoscopic or surgical treatment.Spontaneous expulsion of lipomas after biopsy is a rare condition that has limited case reports.CASE SUMMARY A 56-year-old man presented to our hospital with intermittent postprandial epigastric fullness.Esophagogastroduodenoscopy(EGD)revealed a 10-mm soft yellowish submucosal lesion with the“pillow sign,”located in the second portion of duodenum.Endoscopic ultrasonography(EUS)using a 12-MHz catheter probe showed a hyperechoic,homogenous,and round solid lesion(OLYMPUS EUS EUME2,UM-DP12-25R,12-MHz radial miniprobe,Olympus Corporation,Tokyo,Japan).Deep biopsy was performed using the bite-on-bite technique with forceps.Histological examination was compatible with submucosal lipoma.The lesion spontaneously expelled 12 d after the biopsy.Follow-up EUS performed after 2 mo confirmed this condition.CONCLUSION Deep biopsy could lead to spontaneous GI lipoma expulsion.This might be the first step in lipoma diagnosis and treatment.
文摘Textiloma is a rare pathological entity which can possibly complicate any surgery. Its incidence, reported in literature, is estimated between 1/1000 and 1/15,000. Abdominal and gynecological surgeries are responsible for the vast of majority of intra abdominal textiloma. Very few cases of spontaneous rectal expulsion of textiloma have been reported. We report the case of rectal expulsion of textiloma in a 26-year-old female who had undergone a C section for dynamic dystocia a year prior to her admission.
