Oil transport is greatly affected by heterogeneous pore–throat structures present in shale.It is therefore very important to accurately characterize pore–throat structures.Additionally,it remains unclear how pore–t...Oil transport is greatly affected by heterogeneous pore–throat structures present in shale.It is therefore very important to accurately characterize pore–throat structures.Additionally,it remains unclear how pore–throat structures affect oil transport capacity.In this paper,using finite element(FE)simulation and mathematical modeling,we calculated the hydrodynamic resistance for four pore–throat structure.In addition,the influence of pore throat structure on shale oil permeability is analyzed.According to the results,the hydrodynamic resistance of different pore throat structures can vary by 300%.The contribution of additional resistance caused by streamline bending is also in excess of 40%,even without slip length.Fur-thermore,Pore–throat structures can affect apparent permeability by more than 60%on the REV scale,and this influence increases with heterogeneity of pore size distribution,organic matter content,and organic matter number.Clearly,modeling shale oil flow requires consideration of porous–throat structure and additional resistance,otherwise oil recovery and flow capacity may be overestimated.展开更多
Based on the experimental results of casting thin section,low temperature nitrogen adsorption,high pressure mercury injection,nuclear magnetic resonance T2 spectrum,contact angle and oil-water interfacial tension,the ...Based on the experimental results of casting thin section,low temperature nitrogen adsorption,high pressure mercury injection,nuclear magnetic resonance T2 spectrum,contact angle and oil-water interfacial tension,the relationship between pore throat structure and crude oil mobility characteristics of full particle sequence reservoirs in the Lower Permian Fengcheng Formation of Mahu Sag,Junggar Basin,are revealed.(1)With the decrease of reservoir particle size,the volume of pores connected by large throats and the volume of large pores show a decreasing trend,and the distribution and peak ranges of throat and pore radius shift to smaller size in an orderly manner.The upper limits of throat radius,porosity and permeability of unconventional reservoirs in Fengcheng Formation are approximately 0.7μm,8%and 0.1×10^(−3)μm^(2),respectively.(2)As the reservoir particle size decreases,the distribution and peak ranges of pores hosting retained oil and movable oil are shifted to a smaller size in an orderly manner.With the increase of driving pressure,the amount of retained and movable oil of the larger particle reservoir samples shows a more obvious trend of decreasing and increasing,respectively.(3)With the increase of throat radius,the driving pressure of reservoir with different particle levels presents three stages,namely rapid decrease,slow decrease and stabilization.The oil driving pressures of various reservoirs and the differences of them decrease with the increase of temperature and obviously decrease with the increase of throat radius.According to the above experimental analysis,it is concluded that the deep shale oil of Fengcheng Formation in Mahu Sag has great potential for production under geological conditions.展开更多
Tight oil is the most viable target for unconventional oil and gas exploration, but the complexity of micro-/nanopore throat systems significantly affects the oil content of reservoirs. To investigate the causes of he...Tight oil is the most viable target for unconventional oil and gas exploration, but the complexity of micro-/nanopore throat systems significantly affects the oil content of reservoirs. To investigate the causes of heterogeneity in oil-bearing reservoirs, a high-pressure mercury injection experiment combined with fractal theory was conducted to analyze the micro pore throat structure characteristics of the tight sandstone of Chang 7 Member reservoirs in the Ordos Basin. The factors controlling the variations in oil content among tight sandstone samples were identified based on mineral composition characteristics. The results indicate that the pore throat radius distribution is mainly unimodal an bimodal. In oil-bearing samples, the pore throat distributions align well with the corresponding permeability contribution curves, while in oil-free samples, there is a clear deviation from these curves. Mesopore throats exert the greatest influence on seepage capacity. Differences in fractal characteristics are primarily reflected in D1 values, with oil-free samples exhibiting D1 values close to 3, indicating an extremely nonuniform pore throat structure at this scale. The content of quartz, plagioclase, and chlorite is significantly higher in oil-bearing samples than in oil-free samples, whereas calcite content is lower in oil-bearing samples. There is a positive correlation between the contents of quartz, plagioclase, and chlorite with D1;their increased presence contributes to a more favorable pore throat structure.Conversely, the calcite contents show an inverse relationship with D1. Cementation increases the complexity of pore throat structures, while multiple diagenetic processes simultaneously control these characteristics, leading to variations in oil content.展开更多
At present,the effects of pore throat structure on micro-scale seepage characteristics of tight gas reservoirs are less researched,and traditional numerical simulation methods are faced with a great number of challeng...At present,the effects of pore throat structure on micro-scale seepage characteristics of tight gas reservoirs are less researched,and traditional numerical simulation methods are faced with a great number of challenges in the study of micro-scale flow.In this paper,the flow pattern of tight gas was studied based on the actual temperature and pressure of tight gas reservoir and the characteristic size of reservoir pore throat,and the rationality of tight gas flow was simulated by means of lattice Boltzmann method.Then,considering the influences of micro-scale effect,slippage effect and other factors,a tight gas flow model was established on the basis of LBGK-D2Q9 model,and its calculation results were compared with the analytical solutions and the numerical solutions listed in the literature.Finally,the influential laws of pore throat structure on the micro-scale seepage characteristics of tight gas were discussed.And the following research results were obtained.First,when the pressure is in the range of 3-70 MPa and the temperature is in the range of 293.15-373.15 K,the Knudsen number(Kn)is less than 0.1 and the gas flow is in the pattern of slippage flow and weak continuous flow.And in this case,it is reasonable to adopt the LBGK-D2Q9 model to simulate tight gas flow.Second,the effect of the characteristic size of the flow channel on the Kn is much greater than that of the pressure change.When the pore-throat ratio is constant,the Kn increases slowly along the throat.And its increasing trend gets more obvious with the increase of pore-throat ratio.Third,the presence of the throat makes the non-linear distribution characteristics of the pressure in the pore throat significant,and the pressure drop mainly lies in the throat.And the higher the pore-throat ratio is,the larger the pressure drop range in the throat is.Fourth,the non-linear distribution of pressure decreases the gas flow speed significantly,thus reducing the mass flow rate in the flow channel.In conclusion,the simulation result of the model established in this paper is highly coincident with the analytical solutions and the numerical solutions calculated by DSMC and IP methods in the literature,which verifies that this proposed model is reliable.The research results reveal the importance of“connecting fracture and expanding throat”in the practical development engineering of tight gas reservoirs.展开更多
The pore throat structure characteristics of Paleogene tight sandstone and sandy conglomerate in the Jiyang depression are studied using cast thin section,conventional mercury injection,constant rate mercury injection...The pore throat structure characteristics of Paleogene tight sandstone and sandy conglomerate in the Jiyang depression are studied using cast thin section,conventional mercury injection,constant rate mercury injection and micro CT scanning data,and a reservoir classification scheme based on pore throat structure parameters is established.The material composition and structural characteristics of tight reservoirs are analyzed by casting thin section data.The pore throat structure characteristics of tight reservoirs are studied by conventional mercury injection,constant rate mercury injection and micro CT scanning.Ten pore throat structure parameters are analyzed by cluster analysis.Based on the classification results and oil test results,the classification scheme of Paleogene tight reservoirs is established.The Paleogene tight reservoirs in the Jiyang depression have the characteristics of macropores and microthroats,with pores in micron scale,throats in nano-submicron scale,and wide variation of ratio of pore radius to throat radius.The permeability of the tight reservoir is controlled by throat radius,the smaller the difference between pore radius and throat radius,and the more uniform the pore throat size,the higher the permeability will be.The lower limits of average pore throat radius for the tight sandstone and tight sandy conglomerate to produce industrial oil flow without fracturing are 0.6μm and 0.8μm,respectively.Reservoirs that can produce industrial oil flow only after fracturing have an average pore-throat radius between 0.2-0.6μm,and reservoirs with average pore throat radius less than 0.2μm are ineffective reservoirs under the current fracturing techniques.Different types of tight sandstone and sandy conglomerate reservoirs are classified and evaluated,which are well applied in exploratory evaluation.展开更多
Based on scanning electron microscopy and mercury porosimmetry,a large number of experimental data of pores and pore throats of tight sandstone reservoirs are obtained,and the characteristics of pore types,capillary p...Based on scanning electron microscopy and mercury porosimmetry,a large number of experimental data of pores and pore throats of tight sandstone reservoirs are obtained,and the characteristics of pore types,capillary pressure curves and quantitative parameters of pore throats of Yanchang Formation in Huangling mining area are studied.The results show that the main reservoir space types of Yanchang Formation sandstone are primary intergranular pores and feldspar dissolution pores.The pore-throat structure is medium-small pore and thin-small throat type,and the sorting is good to medium.The mercury porosimmetry curve shows a slightly coarse-thin skew.Combining the morphological characteristics of the mercury porosimmetry capillary pressure curve and the quantitative parameter characteristics of pore throats,the Yanchang Formation s micro pore structure is divided into types I,II,III,and IV.Tight oil reservoirs with type I and II pore structure characteristics are favorable.This study has reference significance for the later evaluation of tight sandstone reservoirs in Huangling mining area.展开更多
The Lucaogou Formation in Jimsar has a significant development potential due to its massive shale oil resources.Nevertheless,the complex and heterogeneous lithology,coupled with unclear flow mechanisms,poses a challen...The Lucaogou Formation in Jimsar has a significant development potential due to its massive shale oil resources.Nevertheless,the complex and heterogeneous lithology,coupled with unclear flow mechanisms,poses a challenge in effectively predicting its development potential.Therefore,it is crucial to clarify the flow characteristics of shale oil and its controlling factors.In this study,we used a flow simulation experiment to investigate the flow characteristics of different samples under various temperatures and confining stresses and quantitatively evaluated flow characteristics using threshold pressure gradient and total loss of flow rate.Additionally,by combining scanning electron microscopy and mercury intrusion capillary pressure techniques for pore structure characterization,and the relationship between microscopic pore structure and flow parameters was discussed.The findings indicate that rock composition and pore throat structure collaboratively control shale oil flow.Mesopores and macropores primarily develop between dolomite or albite,leading to well-developed pore throat structure with larger average throat radius,lower displacement pressure,and better reservoir quality,enhancing shale oil flowability.Dolomitic siltstone often exhibits these characteristics,making it a favorable lithology for shale oil flow.This study reveals the flow mechanism of shale oil under the action of reservoir physical properties,material compositions,temperatures and confining stresses,summarizes the geological characteristics of advantageous reservoirs.It provides theoretical support for layer selection and efficient development of shale oil reservoirs in the Lucaogou Formation of the Jimsar.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(52274056,U22B2075).
文摘Oil transport is greatly affected by heterogeneous pore–throat structures present in shale.It is therefore very important to accurately characterize pore–throat structures.Additionally,it remains unclear how pore–throat structures affect oil transport capacity.In this paper,using finite element(FE)simulation and mathematical modeling,we calculated the hydrodynamic resistance for four pore–throat structure.In addition,the influence of pore throat structure on shale oil permeability is analyzed.According to the results,the hydrodynamic resistance of different pore throat structures can vary by 300%.The contribution of additional resistance caused by streamline bending is also in excess of 40%,even without slip length.Fur-thermore,Pore–throat structures can affect apparent permeability by more than 60%on the REV scale,and this influence increases with heterogeneity of pore size distribution,organic matter content,and organic matter number.Clearly,modeling shale oil flow requires consideration of porous–throat structure and additional resistance,otherwise oil recovery and flow capacity may be overestimated.
基金Supported by Leading Talent Program of Autonomous Region(2022TSYCLJ0070)PetroChina Prospective and Basic Technological Project(2021DJ0108)Natural Science Foundation for Outstanding Young People in Shandong Province(ZR2022YQ30).
文摘Based on the experimental results of casting thin section,low temperature nitrogen adsorption,high pressure mercury injection,nuclear magnetic resonance T2 spectrum,contact angle and oil-water interfacial tension,the relationship between pore throat structure and crude oil mobility characteristics of full particle sequence reservoirs in the Lower Permian Fengcheng Formation of Mahu Sag,Junggar Basin,are revealed.(1)With the decrease of reservoir particle size,the volume of pores connected by large throats and the volume of large pores show a decreasing trend,and the distribution and peak ranges of throat and pore radius shift to smaller size in an orderly manner.The upper limits of throat radius,porosity and permeability of unconventional reservoirs in Fengcheng Formation are approximately 0.7μm,8%and 0.1×10^(−3)μm^(2),respectively.(2)As the reservoir particle size decreases,the distribution and peak ranges of pores hosting retained oil and movable oil are shifted to a smaller size in an orderly manner.With the increase of driving pressure,the amount of retained and movable oil of the larger particle reservoir samples shows a more obvious trend of decreasing and increasing,respectively.(3)With the increase of throat radius,the driving pressure of reservoir with different particle levels presents three stages,namely rapid decrease,slow decrease and stabilization.The oil driving pressures of various reservoirs and the differences of them decrease with the increase of temperature and obviously decrease with the increase of throat radius.According to the above experimental analysis,it is concluded that the deep shale oil of Fengcheng Formation in Mahu Sag has great potential for production under geological conditions.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 42002139)the Basic Prospective Project of SINOPEC (Grant No. P23240-3)。
文摘Tight oil is the most viable target for unconventional oil and gas exploration, but the complexity of micro-/nanopore throat systems significantly affects the oil content of reservoirs. To investigate the causes of heterogeneity in oil-bearing reservoirs, a high-pressure mercury injection experiment combined with fractal theory was conducted to analyze the micro pore throat structure characteristics of the tight sandstone of Chang 7 Member reservoirs in the Ordos Basin. The factors controlling the variations in oil content among tight sandstone samples were identified based on mineral composition characteristics. The results indicate that the pore throat radius distribution is mainly unimodal an bimodal. In oil-bearing samples, the pore throat distributions align well with the corresponding permeability contribution curves, while in oil-free samples, there is a clear deviation from these curves. Mesopore throats exert the greatest influence on seepage capacity. Differences in fractal characteristics are primarily reflected in D1 values, with oil-free samples exhibiting D1 values close to 3, indicating an extremely nonuniform pore throat structure at this scale. The content of quartz, plagioclase, and chlorite is significantly higher in oil-bearing samples than in oil-free samples, whereas calcite content is lower in oil-bearing samples. There is a positive correlation between the contents of quartz, plagioclase, and chlorite with D1;their increased presence contributes to a more favorable pore throat structure.Conversely, the calcite contents show an inverse relationship with D1. Cementation increases the complexity of pore throat structures, while multiple diagenetic processes simultaneously control these characteristics, leading to variations in oil content.
基金Project supported by the Key Program of National Natural Science Foundation of China“Fundamental study on tight gas reservoir formation drying and tight gas seepage capacity improvement”(No.:51534006).
文摘At present,the effects of pore throat structure on micro-scale seepage characteristics of tight gas reservoirs are less researched,and traditional numerical simulation methods are faced with a great number of challenges in the study of micro-scale flow.In this paper,the flow pattern of tight gas was studied based on the actual temperature and pressure of tight gas reservoir and the characteristic size of reservoir pore throat,and the rationality of tight gas flow was simulated by means of lattice Boltzmann method.Then,considering the influences of micro-scale effect,slippage effect and other factors,a tight gas flow model was established on the basis of LBGK-D2Q9 model,and its calculation results were compared with the analytical solutions and the numerical solutions listed in the literature.Finally,the influential laws of pore throat structure on the micro-scale seepage characteristics of tight gas were discussed.And the following research results were obtained.First,when the pressure is in the range of 3-70 MPa and the temperature is in the range of 293.15-373.15 K,the Knudsen number(Kn)is less than 0.1 and the gas flow is in the pattern of slippage flow and weak continuous flow.And in this case,it is reasonable to adopt the LBGK-D2Q9 model to simulate tight gas flow.Second,the effect of the characteristic size of the flow channel on the Kn is much greater than that of the pressure change.When the pore-throat ratio is constant,the Kn increases slowly along the throat.And its increasing trend gets more obvious with the increase of pore-throat ratio.Third,the presence of the throat makes the non-linear distribution characteristics of the pressure in the pore throat significant,and the pressure drop mainly lies in the throat.And the higher the pore-throat ratio is,the larger the pressure drop range in the throat is.Fourth,the non-linear distribution of pressure decreases the gas flow speed significantly,thus reducing the mass flow rate in the flow channel.In conclusion,the simulation result of the model established in this paper is highly coincident with the analytical solutions and the numerical solutions calculated by DSMC and IP methods in the literature,which verifies that this proposed model is reliable.The research results reveal the importance of“connecting fracture and expanding throat”in the practical development engineering of tight gas reservoirs.
文摘The pore throat structure characteristics of Paleogene tight sandstone and sandy conglomerate in the Jiyang depression are studied using cast thin section,conventional mercury injection,constant rate mercury injection and micro CT scanning data,and a reservoir classification scheme based on pore throat structure parameters is established.The material composition and structural characteristics of tight reservoirs are analyzed by casting thin section data.The pore throat structure characteristics of tight reservoirs are studied by conventional mercury injection,constant rate mercury injection and micro CT scanning.Ten pore throat structure parameters are analyzed by cluster analysis.Based on the classification results and oil test results,the classification scheme of Paleogene tight reservoirs is established.The Paleogene tight reservoirs in the Jiyang depression have the characteristics of macropores and microthroats,with pores in micron scale,throats in nano-submicron scale,and wide variation of ratio of pore radius to throat radius.The permeability of the tight reservoir is controlled by throat radius,the smaller the difference between pore radius and throat radius,and the more uniform the pore throat size,the higher the permeability will be.The lower limits of average pore throat radius for the tight sandstone and tight sandy conglomerate to produce industrial oil flow without fracturing are 0.6μm and 0.8μm,respectively.Reservoirs that can produce industrial oil flow only after fracturing have an average pore-throat radius between 0.2-0.6μm,and reservoirs with average pore throat radius less than 0.2μm are ineffective reservoirs under the current fracturing techniques.Different types of tight sandstone and sandy conglomerate reservoirs are classified and evaluated,which are well applied in exploratory evaluation.
文摘Based on scanning electron microscopy and mercury porosimmetry,a large number of experimental data of pores and pore throats of tight sandstone reservoirs are obtained,and the characteristics of pore types,capillary pressure curves and quantitative parameters of pore throats of Yanchang Formation in Huangling mining area are studied.The results show that the main reservoir space types of Yanchang Formation sandstone are primary intergranular pores and feldspar dissolution pores.The pore-throat structure is medium-small pore and thin-small throat type,and the sorting is good to medium.The mercury porosimmetry curve shows a slightly coarse-thin skew.Combining the morphological characteristics of the mercury porosimmetry capillary pressure curve and the quantitative parameter characteristics of pore throats,the Yanchang Formation s micro pore structure is divided into types I,II,III,and IV.Tight oil reservoirs with type I and II pore structure characteristics are favorable.This study has reference significance for the later evaluation of tight sandstone reservoirs in Huangling mining area.
基金financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.41972123)the Support Plan for Outstanding Youth Innovation Team in Shandong Higher Education Institutions(No.2022KJ060)。
文摘The Lucaogou Formation in Jimsar has a significant development potential due to its massive shale oil resources.Nevertheless,the complex and heterogeneous lithology,coupled with unclear flow mechanisms,poses a challenge in effectively predicting its development potential.Therefore,it is crucial to clarify the flow characteristics of shale oil and its controlling factors.In this study,we used a flow simulation experiment to investigate the flow characteristics of different samples under various temperatures and confining stresses and quantitatively evaluated flow characteristics using threshold pressure gradient and total loss of flow rate.Additionally,by combining scanning electron microscopy and mercury intrusion capillary pressure techniques for pore structure characterization,and the relationship between microscopic pore structure and flow parameters was discussed.The findings indicate that rock composition and pore throat structure collaboratively control shale oil flow.Mesopores and macropores primarily develop between dolomite or albite,leading to well-developed pore throat structure with larger average throat radius,lower displacement pressure,and better reservoir quality,enhancing shale oil flowability.Dolomitic siltstone often exhibits these characteristics,making it a favorable lithology for shale oil flow.This study reveals the flow mechanism of shale oil under the action of reservoir physical properties,material compositions,temperatures and confining stresses,summarizes the geological characteristics of advantageous reservoirs.It provides theoretical support for layer selection and efficient development of shale oil reservoirs in the Lucaogou Formation of the Jimsar.
