Characterization of natural fractures in tight sandstone reservoirs in Yuanba area, northern Sichuan Basin

被引:3
作者
Huang, Yanqing [1 ,2 ,3 ]
Wang, Ruyue [1 ,2 ,3 ]
机构
[1] Sinopec Petr Explorat & Prod Res Inst, Beijing 102206, Peoples R China
[2] State Key Lab Shale Oil & Gas Enrichment Mech & Ef, Beijing 102206, Peoples R China
[3] Sinopec Key Lab Shale Oil Gas Explorat & Prod Tech, Beijing 102206, Peoples R China
来源
UNCONVENTIONAL RESOURCES | 2023年 / 3卷
关键词
Natural fractures; Seismic properties of fractures; Seismic anisotropy; Tight sandstone; Northern sichuan basin; Upper triassic; Xujiahe formation; GAS EXPLORATION; OIL;
D O I
10.1016/j.uncres.2023.03.001
中图分类号
TE [石油、天然气工业]; TK [能源与动力工程];
学科分类号
0807 ; 0820 ;
摘要
Natural fractures are quite important for the high and stable production of tight sandstone gas reservoirs. However, it is commonly difficult to accurately characterize their distribution in tight sandstone gas reservoirs due to the strong heterogeneity. A comprehensive characterization of natural fractures in tight sandstone gas reservoirs of the Xujiahe Formation in the Yuanba area, Sichuan Basin, was carried out by multimethod of core description, log interpretation and seismic prediction. The results show that (1) the natural fractures in the Xujiahe Formation are mainly low-angle fractures, with a few medium- and high-angle fractures. The degree of fracture development is mainly controlled by the distance from the fault, the flexural degree of the strata and the thickness of the rock mechanical layer. (2) The fracture-sensitive seismic attributes such as the preferred maximum likelihood, structure entropy, illuminant-based symmetry and high-precision curvature are taken as the input, and the unsupervised cluster analysis algorithm based on Bayesian probability model is applied to predict the distribution of large-scale fractures at different dip angles; on the basis of narrow azimuthal pre-stack CMP gather optimization, the anisotropy detection technique of Hampson-Russell's ProAZ full CMP gather is used to characterize the distribution of small- and medium-scale fractures, and the predicted fracture development intensity matches the fracture interpretation results of the imaging logs by more than 85%. Moreover, the predicted fracture orientation is basically consistent with that of the imaging loggings. (3) The fault-genesis fractures of the Xujiahe Formation are mainly distributed near the fault on the southeast flank of the Jiulongshan anticline, and are distributed in a narrow strip in NE direction. The fold-genesis fractures are mainly developed in the Xu 3rd Member, and are located in the axis of the Jiulongshan anticline and its southeast flank where the strata are strongly flexed. This study provides a solid foundation for the development of tight sandstone gas reservoirs and extends the approaches for the accurate characterization of fractures.
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页码:155 / 163
页数:9
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