Reservoir parameter classification of a Miocene formation using a fractal approach to well logging,porosimetry and nuclear magnetic resonance

A methodology for rock classification is presented that considers lithology and reservoir parameters on the basis of a combined fractal analysis of well logs and mercury porosimetry results with nuclear magnetic resonance outcomes. A sandy‐shaly thinly‐bedded Miocene gas bearing formation in the Carpathian Foredeep is investigated. Fractal correlation dimensions D₂ calculated for standard logs are used to distinguish sandstone as the most homogeneous lithological group with the highest porosity. The fractal analysis also confirmed observations of gas accumulations in sandstone, shaly sandstone and sandy claystone as rocks of high porosity. The results of two laboratory methods are combined to improve reservoir properties assessment and evaluate movable media in pore space; this technique was based on the similarity of mercury porosimetry results plotted as cumulative intrusion volume versus pressure or pore diameter and also the curves of cumulative porosity and transverse relaxation time distributions using nuclear magnetic resonance. Close values of porosity from logs, recorded in situ and in laboratory measurements, provide the link between fractal analysis and porosimetry and nuclear magnetic resonance measurements.     

低孔渗砂岩孔隙结构分类方法研究

低孔渗砂岩储层孔隙结构复杂,在二维与三维空间中具有较强非均质性,对储集空间的测井响应有极大影响。而压汞曲线、核磁T₂谱、铸体薄片3种资料在一定程度上各自反映了孔隙结构的不同特征,本文分别提取3种资料的微观孔隙结构参数进行相关性分析,最终分别利用主成分分析-模糊均值聚类方法实现孔隙结构分类,其分类结果压汞曲线分形法所得一致。      

A novel approach to the quantitative interpretation of petrophysical parameters using nano-CT: example of Paleozoic carbonates

The main goal was the analysis of parameters describing the structure of the pore space of carbonate rocks, based on tomographic images. The results of CT images interpretation, made for 17 samples of Paleozoic carbonate rocks were shown. The qualitative and quantitative analysis of a pore system was performed. Objects were clustered according to the pore size. Within the clusters, the geometry parameters were analysed. The following dependences were obtained for carbonate rocks, also for individual clusters (due to the volume): (1) a linear relationship (on a bilogarithmic scale) between the specific surface and the Feret diameter and (2) a strong linear relationship between specific surface area and Feret diameter and average diameter of the objects calculated for the sphere. The results were then combined with available results from standard laboratory tests, including NMR and MICP.     

基于岩石物理参数转换模型的页岩气含气量评价新方法研究

页岩气在储层中主要以游离气和吸附气的形式存在,其含气量主要通过现场解吸和测井方法计算.由于页岩储层十分致密,并且常伴有微裂缝发育,这就造成了页岩储层的储集空间从纳米级孔隙到微米-毫米级的微裂缝并存的特殊情况.针对微孔和介孔段(50nm以内)的等温吸附方法,以及针对宏孔(50nm以上)的高压压汞方法在表征页岩孔隙结构上都存在着局限性.而核磁(NMR)T2分布本身虽然能够表征孔径分布,但是需要精确刻度横向弛豫时间与孔径的关系.本文在现有方法的基础上,结合上述方法的优势,采用拼接的方式表征页岩整体孔径分布,并将核磁T2分布刻度为孔径分布.基于横向弛豫时间和孔径的关系,结合T2-I转换模型,采用动态参数计算页岩储层含水饱和度和含气量,这为页岩储层含气量评价提供了新的可靠的方法.     

NMR Measurements in Carbonate Rocks: Problems and an Approach to a Solution

Carbonate rocks are well known for their complex petrophysical behavior where, in contrast to siliciclastic rocks, different parameters, including porosity and permeability, usually are not directly related. This behavior is the result of thorough reorganization of porosity during diagenesis, and it turns prediction of reservoir quality of carbonate rocks into a challenge. The study presented here deals with the problem of utilizing NMR techniques in prediction of petrophysical properties in carbonates.We employ a visual porosity classification as a priori knowledge for better interpreting NMR data for prediction purposes. This allows for choice of suitable T₂ cutoff values to differentiate movable from bound fluids adapted for the specific carbonate rock, thus resulting in better interpretation of NMR data. The approach of using a genetic pore type classification for adapting the conventional method for T₂ cutoff determination, which originally was developed for siliciclastic rocks, is promising. Similarly, for permeability determination on the basis of NMR measurements, the classification of carbonate rocks based on porosity types also shows potential. The approach implemented here has the promise to provide a basis of standardized interpretation of NMR data from carbonate rocks.Acknowledgment We are grateful to Baker Hughes INTEQ, Celle, for permission to publish the results of this work. This study was part of I.S.s Masters Thesis at Hannover University that was carried out in collaboration with Baker Hughes INTEQ, Celle, Germany. We appreciate comments of an anonymous referee and PAGEOPH editor Brian J. Mitchell.     

季节性缺氧水库甲基汞的产生及其对下游水体的影响

本文采用蒸馏-乙基化结合GC-CVAFS法对贵州红枫湖水库及其各入库和出库河流中的甲基汞时空分布和控制因素进行了研究.在春、秋、冬季节总甲基汞浓度和分布无明显时空变化,在0．053-0．333 ng／L之间.春季河流是水库甲基汞一个重要的输入源．夏季水库下层甲基汞显著升高,缺氧层最高值达0．923 ng／L.同时发现．缺氧层升高的甲基汞主要来自于水体自己产生或上层水体甲基汞的沉降,而不是来自于沉积物的释放．各季节湖水和河流样品的总甲基汞和溶解氧存在显著的负相关关系,Personal相关系数r为-0．81(n=78).在春、秋、冬季节溶解态甲基汞比例略低于颗粒态甲基汞,但在夏季,特别是缺氧层,甲基汞主要以溶解态存在．夏季河流入水经水库蓄水后,到再流出时已经富含甲基汞,出库河流中总甲基汞浓度已达到各入湖河流总甲基汞平均值的5.5倍,很明显在复季红枫湖已成为下游水体甲基汞的输入源,必将会对下游生态系统产生一定影响．     

The scientific connotation of oil and gas formations under deep fluids and organic-inorganic interaction

As a relatively stable craton block in the earth system, the petroliferous basin is influenced by the evolution of the earth system from the early development environment of source rocks, hydrocarbon formation, and reservoir dissolution to hydrocarbon accumulation or destruction. As a link between the internal and external factors of the basin, deep fluids run through the whole process of hydrocarbon formation and accumulation through organic-inorganic interaction. The nutrients carried by deep fluids promote the bloom of hydrocarbon-generating organisms and extra addition of carbon and hydrogen source, which are beneficial to the development of high-quality source rock and enhancement of the hydrocarbon generation potential. The energy carried by the deep fluid promotes the early maturation of the source rock and facilitates the hydrocarbon generation by activation and hydrogenation in high-mature hydrocarbon sources. The dissolution alteration of carbonate rocks and clastic reservoirs by CO_2-rich deep fluids improves the deep reservoir space, thus extending the oil and gas reservoir space into greater depth. The extraction of deeply retained crude oil by deep supercritical CO_2 and the displacement of CH_4 in shale have both improved the hydrocarbon fluidity in deep and tight reservoirs. Simultaneously, the energy and material carried by deep fluids(C, H, and catalytic substances) not only induce inorganic CH_4 formation by Fischer-Tropsch(F-T) synthesis and "hydrothermal petroleum" generation from organic matter by thermal activity but also cause the hydrothermal alteration of crude oil from organic sources. Therefore, from the perspective of the interaction of the earth's sphere, deep fluids not only input a significant amount of exogenous C and H into sedimentary basins but also improve the reservoir space for oil and gas, as well as their enrichment and accumulation efficiencies.     

Simulating dispersion in porous media and the influence of segmentation on stagnancy in carbonates

Understanding the transport of chemical components in porous media is fundamentally important to many reservoir processes such as contaminant transport and reactive flows involved in CO₂ sequestration. Carbonate rocks in particular present difficulties for pore-scale simulations because they contain large amounts of sub-micron porosity. In this work, we introduce a new hybrid simulation model to calculate hydrodynamic dispersion in pore-scale images of real porous media and use this to elucidate the origins and behaviour of stagnant zones arising in transport simulations using micro-CT images of carbonates. For this purpose a stochastic particle model for simulating the transport of a solute is coupled to a Lattice-Boltzmann algorithm to calculate the flow field. The particle method incorporates second order spatial and temporal resolution to resolve finer features of the domain. We demonstrate how dispersion coefficients can be accurately obtained in capillaries, where corresponding analytical solutions are available, even when these are resolved to just a few lattice units. Then we compute molecular displacement distributions for pore-spaces of varying complexity: a pack of beads; a Bentheimer sandstone; and a Portland carbonate. Our calculated propagator distributions are compared directly with recent experimental PFG-NMR propagator distributions (Scheven et al., 2005; Mitchell et al., 2008), the latter excluding spin relaxation mechanisms. We observe that the calculated transport propagators can be quantitatively compared with the experimental distribution, provided that spin relaxations in the experiment are excluded, and good agreement is found for both the sandstone and the carbonate. However, due to the absence of explicit micro-porosity from the carbonate pore space image used for flow field simulations we note that there are fundamental differences in the physical origins of the stagnant zones for micro-porous rocks between simulation and experiment. We show that for a given micro-CT image of a carbonate, small variations in the parameters chosen for the segmentation process lead to different amounts of stagnancy which diffuse away at different rates. Finally, we use a filtering method to show that this is due to the presence of spurious isolated pores which arise from the segmentation process and suggest an approach to overcome this limitation.     

The application of well logging and seismic modeling to assess the degree of gas saturation in Miocene strata (Carpathian Foredeep, Poland)

The presence of natural gas in the pore space of reservoir rocks results in a significant decrease in P-wave velocity. Even low gas saturation can generate seismic anomalies (DHI) and false image of gas accumulation of economic importance. This article presents an attempt to evaluate gas saturation from 2D seismic section in the Miocene sandstone strata in the south-eastern part of the Carpathian Foredeep. The ESTYMACJA program and the Biot-Gassmann model were used to study the dependence between elastic parameters and saturating fluids (water and gas) recorded in wells. Series of calculations was carried out using a method of fluid substitution for various gas saturation. The applicability of seismic data for evaluating gas saturation of reservoir beds was assessed with the use of 1D modelling (synthetic seismograms) and 2D modelling (theoretical seismic section) calculated for different gas saturation. The proposed methodology can be used to identify low and high gas-saturated zones and contour the reservoir.     

富营养化对贵州红枫湖水库汞形态和分布特征的影响

通过对贵州省红枫湖水库中各种汞形态的空间分布及季节变化的研究,探讨了富营养化对各种汞形态分布特征的影响.红枫湖湖水总汞浓度在2.5-13.9ng/L之间,平均值为6.9ng/L.红枫湖水库中汞浓度的空间分布和季节变化均严重受到人为汞污染源的干扰.水体中汞在颗粒态和溶解态之间的分配,主要受内源有机质以及氧化还原条件的影响.由于水华现象,春季后五采样点大量繁殖的藻类吸附了大量的汞,从而改变了汞在水库中的分配和迁移.藻类的生长对水体中溶解气态汞浓度分布也有显著的影响.在夏季,总甲基汞和溶解态甲基汞在水体中的垂直分布表明:在富营养化较严重的后五采样点,水体中升高的甲基汞主要是由于水体中汞的甲基化过程;而在富营养化特征不明显的大坝,水体中升高的甲基汞主要来自沉积物甲基汞的释放.红枫湖水体中各种汞形态的分布特征表明,富营养化对汞的迁移转化影响显著,尤其是汞的甲基化过程.水体富营养化为汞的甲基化提供了有利条件,给水生生态环境及人体健康带来了潜在的威胁.     

辽河东部凹陷火山岩油藏高效开发研究

辽河东部凹陷火山岩油藏为裂缝-孔隙型双重介质油藏,为此根据测井、地震等资料,运用岩心描述与薄片分析、铸体、压汞及物性测定等多种分析测试手段,系统研究了本区火山岩的分布、岩石类型、储集空间特点及油气成藏特征,深入研究了这种特殊岩性油藏的开发特征及产生这些特征的原因,提出相应有效的解决方案.应用水平井技术对火山岩油藏进行高效开发实践,具体分析了水平井技术在火山岩油藏开发中可以发挥的技术优势及局限性,认为在适合的条件下水平井技术是火山岩油藏高效开发的重要手段.     

Nuclear magnetic resonance <Emphasis Type="Italic">T</Emphasis><Subscript>2</Subscript> spectrum: multifractal characteristics and pore structure evaluation

Pore structure characteristics are important to oil and gas exploration in complex low-permeability reservoirs. Using multifractal theory and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), we studied the pore structure of low-permeability sandstone rocks from the 4th Member (E_S4) of the Shahejie Formation in the south slope of the Dongying Sag. We used the existing pore structure data from petrophysics, core slices, and mercury injection tests to classify the pore structure into three categories and five subcategories. Then, the T₂ spectra of samples with different pore structures were interpolated, and the one- and three-dimensional fractal dimensions and the multifractal spectrum were obtained. Parameters α (intensity of singularity) and f (α) (density of distribution) were extracted from the multifractal spectra. The differences in the three fractal dimensions suggest that the pore structure types correlate with α and f (α). The results calculated based on the multifractal spectrum is consistent with that of the core slices and mercury injection. Finally, the proposed method was applied to an actual logging profile to evaluate the pore structure of low-permeability sandstone reservoirs.     

Results of dipole electric sounding in the area of the Chirkey water reservoir after its filling

The analysis of the data of variations of the apparent electric resistivity of rocks (AR) in the area of the Chirkey HES has been carried out for the period after the water reservoir was filled. For measurements the method of dipole electric sounding has been used with location of potential dipoles around the water reservoir with a distance between them of 5.2–11.3km. The analysis of the data obtained for the period of observations (1976–1988) has shown that the filling of the water reservoir affected the environment for a long time. After it was filled (1975), at different observation points located around the water reservoir a decrease of 1.6–2.4 times was registered in the AR over the period from 1976–1988. This is connected with the process of inundation of the rock mass, which continued for more than 14 years. The process of water filtering into the surrounding rock mass was complicated; that is, it varied in time and space. At the initial stage of the reservoir filling the AR variations of a high amplitude (30–40%) were observed. These variations are considered to be connected with the seismic regime of the area of the water reservoir. A synchronous decrease in the AR, registered at the receiver points was followed by an increase of the number of the earthquakes of energetic class (K = 10). The given anomalous data are connected by an increase in the water filtration into fractured zones, whose filtration features change on being affected by tectonic stresses.     

Pore geometry of sandstone derived from pulsed field gradient NMR

Several parameters of pore geometry are needed for estimating permeability which is a key parameter for the characterization of reservoir sandstones. Powerful techniques for probing the pore space are the self-diffusion and the relaxation time NMR methods. However, the quality of results depends on the petrophysical model which underlies the interpretation of measurements. We applied the pulsed field gradient nuclear magnetic resonance (PFG-NMR) technique and measured time-dependent self-diffusion coefficients, D(Δ), of water in anhydrite cemented sandstones with low porosity and high tortuosity. The conventional method of fitting data with a function (Padé approximation) of the surface-to-volume ratio and the tortuosity yielded uncertain results. As part of a novel approach, we developed a numerical simulation code based on physical principles and a fractal pore space model. We compared our method with the Padé approximation and tested with data from the literature. For porous media with low tortuosity values and simple geometry such as randomly packed glass beads, both methods are in good agreement and give similar results. In sedimentary rocks, however, the new method of calculation is able to determine more accurate details of the pore geometry. However, its main advantage occurs in porous media with fractal geometry or with constricted pores, where the D(Δ)/D₀ curves deviate from the characteristic shape that is found for randomly packed glass beads.     

General characterization of the seismoelectric effects of the first and second kinds in the Saratov Zavolzh’e region,the Dnieper-Donets basin,and Western Siberia

The seismoelectric effects of the first and second kinds of oil and gas reservoir rocks are studied in three geological regions. Rock samples were taken from deep borehole cores of terrigenous and carbonate composition. Measurements were made in the ultrasound range (100–200 kHz) and at a frequency of 300 Hz. It is shown that the relationship between the porosity coefficient and the intensity of the second-kind seismoelectric effect is the same for terrigenous reservoir rocks in the Saratov Zavolzh’e region, an area of Western Siberia, and the Dnieper-Donets basin. An anomalously strong seismoelectric effect of the first kind (a vibration-induced change in the electrical resistance) is discovered for carbonate reservoir rocks of the Zavolzh’e region.     

油气勘探新领域:火山岩油气藏——松辽盆地大型火山岩气田发现的启示

通过观念转变和理论与技术创新,大庆油田在松辽盆地徐家围子断陷深层火山岩天然气勘探获得重大突破,使火山岩由原来的油气勘探"禁区"变为"靶区".从而带动了全国的火山岩油气勘探,促使国内油气储量的不断增长.研究表明,各类火山岩均有可能成为良好的储层.与沉积岩相比,火山岩在盆地深层具有体积大、储层物性受埋深影响小、孔渗条件好等...     

泥质含量及其分布形式对岩电关系影响的数字岩心仿真(英文)

由于泥质所造成的附加导电现象,泥质含量及其分布形式对电阻率增大系数I和含水饱和度Sw关系具有重要影响,由于岩石物理实验中岩心孔隙结构及其组分构成、分布的微观不可调性,因而泥质分布形式所造成的影响很难通过岩心实验来单独研究。基于数字岩心的格子气自动机方法是一种有效的微观数值模拟方法,本研究利用储层岩心薄片的骨架颗粒尺寸信息资料建立数字岩心模型,结合格子气自动机技术对数字岩心不同饱和流体情况下电的传输特性进行数值模拟研究,揭示了不同泥质含量和泥质分布形式对孔隙介质导电特性非阿尔奇现象产生的影响,建立饱和度指数和泥质含量之间的关系模型,其良好的吻合性表明该方法在岩石物理研究中是一种十分有效的研究方法,而新模型适于在非阿尔奇储层进行准确的饱和度评价。     

Discovery and its geological significance of the mantle-derived helium in the inclusions of the Ordovician oil-bearing reservoir rocks in the Huanghua depression,China

The values of the helium isotopes in the inclusions of the Ordovician reservoir rocks in the Kongxi buried hill belt in the Huanghua depression were first measured and the source of helium and its geological significance were investigated in comparison with those of the helium isotopes in the conclusions in the Ordovician rocks in the Ordos basin and the Tarim basin. The input of the mantle-derived helium into the inclusions in the carbonate reservoir rocks was found from the Konggu 3 well, the Konggu 4 well, and the Konggu 7 well in the Kongxi buried hill belt. The 3He/4He and R/Ra in the conclusions in the Ordovician oil-bearing reservoir rocks in the Konggu 7 well average 2.54×10-6(3) (sample quantity, the same below) and 1.82(3), respectively. The percent of the mantle-derived helium in the inclusions of the reservoir rocks in the Konggu 7 well reaches up to an average of 23.0%(3). The age of the contribution of the mantle-derived helium to the inclusions in the Kongxi buried hill belt is in the La     

碳酸盐岩储层孔隙结构对电阻率的影响研究

碳酸盐岩储层孔隙类型多样,各种孔隙的尺寸变化范围可以跨越几个数量级,孔隙结构非常复杂,这种复杂孔隙结构和不均匀分布的多元孔隙空间使得储层电性呈现明显非阿尔奇特性.为了了解影响电阻率变化的控制因素,本次研究选取中三叠世雷口坡组的8块全直径碳酸盐岩岩样,开展了核磁共振、岩电实验、孔渗实验、压汞实验及薄片等实验,并利用数字图像分析法定量分析了孔隙结构特征.研究结果表明：①孔隙度是影响电阻率高低的重要因素,但并非唯一因素,除孔隙度以外,孔隙尺寸和数量、孔隙网络复杂程度远比吼道大小对电阻率的影响大;②在孔隙度一定的条件下,胶结指数m随储层中孤立大孔隙占比的增多而增大,当孔隙度增大到一定程度后,胶结指数m又随大孔隙占比的增多而减小,微裂缝起重要沟通作用;③在给定孔隙度时,以简单大孔隙为主的岩样表现为胶结指数m值较大,而以复杂孔隙网络、细小孔隙为主的岩样表现为胶结指数m值较小,具分散、孤立大孔隙的岩样,胶结指数m值最高;④依据孔隙几何参数与电阻率和胶结指数之间的关系,可以利用测井资料间接判别储层类型,从而提高储层有效性和含水饱和度评价精度.     

Quantitative geophysical pore‐type characterization and its geological implication in carbonate reservoirs

This paper discusses and addresses two questions in carbonate reservoir characterization: how to characterize pore‐type distribution quantitatively from well observations and seismic data based on geologic understanding of the reservoir and what geological implications stand behind the pore‐type distribution in carbonate reservoirs. To answer these questions, three geophysical pore types (reference pores, stiff pores and cracks) are defined to represent the average elastic effective properties of complex pore structures. The variability of elastic properties in carbonates can be quantified using a rock physics scheme associated with different volume fractions of geophysical pore types. We also explore the likely geological processes in carbonates based on the proposed rock physics template. The pore‐type inversion result from well log data fits well with the pore geometry revealed by a FMI log and core information. Furthermore, the S‐wave prediction based on the pore‐type inversion result also shows better agreement than the Greensberg‐Castagna relationship, suggesting the potential of this rock physics scheme to characterize the porosity heterogeneity in carbonate reservoirs. We also apply an inversion technique to quantitatively map the geophysical pore‐type distribution from a 2D seismic data set in a carbonate reservoir offshore Brazil. The spatial distributions of the geophysical pore type contain clues about the geological history that overprinted these rocks. Therefore, we analyse how the likely geological processes redistribute pore space of the reservoir rock from the initial depositional porosity and in turn how they impact the reservoir quality.