Study on Phase Behavior of CO2/Hydrocarbons in Shale Reservoirs Considering Sieving Effect and Capillary Pressure

The phase behavior of fluid is essential for predicting ultimate oil recovery and determining optimal production parameters. The pore size in shale porous media is nanopore, which causes different phase behaviors of fluid in unconventional reservoirs. Nanopores in shale media can be regard as semipermeable membrane to filter heavy components (sieving effect) in shale oil, which leads to the different distributions of fluid components and different phase behaviors. In addition, the phase behavior of fluid in nanopores can be significantly altered by large capillary pressure. In this paper, the phase behavior of fluid in shale reservoirs is investigated by a new two-phase flash algorithm considering sieving effect and capillary pressure. Firstly, membrane efficiency and capillary pressure are introduced to establish a thermodynamic equilibrium model that is solved by Rachford–Rice flash calculation and Newton–Raphson method. The capillary pressures in different pore sizes are calculated by the Young–Laplace equation. Then, the influences of sieving effect and capillary pressure on phase behavior are analyzed. The results indicate that capillary pressure can suppress the bubble point pressure of fluid in nanopores. The distributions of fluid components are different in various parts of shale media. In the unfiltered part, density and viscosity of fluid are higher. Finally, it is found that the membrane efficiency can be improved by CO₂ injection. The minimum miscibility pressure for shale oil–CO₂ system is also studied. The developed model provides a better understanding of the phase behavior of fluid in shale oil reservoirs.

     

中建南盆地后扩张期T5和T3不整合面的发育特征及对南海科学钻探的意义

中建南盆地是位于南海西部陆缘的一个走滑拉张型盆地，具有南海北部张裂和西部走滑的双重构造特征，盆地发育新生界多个区域不整合面，对于研究盆地的沉积- 构造演化史、油气资源以及南海的形成过程都具有重要意义。本文通过收集越南钻井约束，对广州海洋地质调查局的深反射地震剖面进行了重新解译，标定南海扩张结束后(中中新世以来)T5和T3两个区域不整合面的地质属性，结合区域构造运动分析，认为：T5不整合面形成于南海海底扩张停止时期的碰撞不整合面，对应于红河- 南海西缘断裂带从左旋运动到右旋运动的过渡期，时代为15 Ma，地震剖面揭示该界面总体的构造活动不强烈，推测沙巴造山运动在中建南盆地的响应已大幅减弱。T3不整合面对应于区域性重要板块重组事件和全球海平面快速下降的构造转换面，与红河- 南海西缘断裂带右旋走滑密切相关，时代为116 Ma，地震剖面显示该界面具有明显的剥蚀削截特征，同时是南海西部大规模碳酸盐岩、水道和扇体开始发育的重要时期，推测为南沙运动或万安运动在盆地内强烈作用的结果。研究表明，南海后扩张期表现出强烈构造活动及沉积响应的差异，通过未来大洋钻探，可明确南海西部T5、T3两个区域不整合面的空间变化特征和区域动力学环境，为认识南海西缘断裂带对西部沉积盆地群成因机制以及油气分布的控制作用提供依据。     

天山古生代增生造山作用及其构造转换事件

天山造山带自新元古代以来，经历了漫长而复杂的俯冲增生造山作用和陆内构造活化过程，属于典型的复合型造山带。基于近年研究进展，本文对伊犁、境内外中天山和南天山构造带前寒武纪基底、古生代沉积序列、多期陆缘弧岩浆岩和构造缝合带的变形变质特征、形成环境和年代学等进行了总结分析，梳理了天山古生代增生造山作用中的三次重要构造转换事件及其地质记录。① 伊犁南北两缘、中天山、南天山和塔里木北缘，均发育中奥陶世—志留纪的大陆弧岩浆作用，伊犁北缘、南天山 塔里木北部早古生代沉积环境发生显著变化，表明天山 塔里木北缘在中—晚奥陶世发生了从被动陆缘向活动陆缘的转换。② 伊犁南、北两缘和中天山的早古生代岩层在晚志留世—早泥盆世普遍发生了强烈的韧性变形和角闪岩相变质作用，其上不整合覆盖有弱变形未变质的晚泥盆世—石炭纪火山 沉积地层；该区域不整合是哈萨克斯坦微大陆拼合事件在研究区的构造响应，也标志着准噶尔洋和南天山洋的俯冲方式在泥盆纪发生了由前进式（东太平洋型）向后撤式（西太平洋型）的构造转换，导致伊犁和中天山在晚泥盆世—石炭纪经历了伸展背景下的大陆弧岩浆作用，在南天山 塔里木北缘则形成了一系列弧后有限洋盆。③ 天山各构造单元及其边界缝合带中普遍发育晚石炭世逆冲推覆构造和二叠纪走滑韧性剪切带、晚石炭世—早二叠世滑塌堆积和二叠纪后造山岩浆岩，指示晚石炭世—早二叠世发生了由汇聚造山向陆内构造的转换。这些构造转换事件是认识古亚洲洋各分支洋盆从初始俯冲、俯冲方式转换到俯冲终结过程的基础，也是探讨增生造山动力学的关键。     

The changing patterns of cropland conversion to built-up land in China from 1987 to 2010

Over the past few decades, built-up land in China has increasingly expanded with rapid urbanization, industrialization and rural settlements construction. The expansions encroached upon a large amount of cropland, placing great challenges on national food security. Although the impacts of urban expansion on cropland have been intensively illustrated, few attentions have been paid to differentiating the effects of growing urban areas, rural settlements, and industrial/transportation land. To fill this gap and offer comprehensive implications on framing policies for cropland protection, this study investigates and compares the spatio- temporal patterns of cropland conversion to urban areas, rural settlements, and industrial/ transportation land from 1987 to 2010, based on land use maps interpreted from remote sensing imagery. Five indicators were developed to analyze the impacts of built-up land expansion on cropland in China. We find that 42,822 km² of cropland were converted into built-up land in China, accounting for 43.8% of total cropland loss during 1987–2010. Urban growth showed a greater impact on cropland loss than the expansion of rural settlements and the expansion of industrial/transportation land after 2000. The contribution of rural settlement expansion decreased; however, rural settlement saw the highest percentage of traditional cropland loss which is generally in high quality. The contribution of industrial/transportation land expansion increased dramatically and was mainly distributed in major food production regions. These changes were closely related to the economic restructuring, urban-rural transformation and government policies in China. Future cropland conservation should focus on not only finding a reasonable urbanization mode, but also solving the “hollowing village” problem and balancing the industrial transformations.     

Impact of climate change on potential evapotranspiration under a historical and future climate scenario in the Huang-Huai-Hai Plain,China

Theoretical and Applied Climatology - Climate change is widely accepted to be one of the most critical problems faced by the Huang-Huai-Hai Plain (3H Plain), which is a region in which there is an...     

Vortex Rossby Waves in Asymmetric Basic Flow of Typhoons

Wave ray theory is employed to study features of propagation pathways(rays) of vortex Rossby waves in typhoons with asymmetric basic flow, where the tangential asymmetric basic flow is constructed by superimposing the wavenumber-1 perturbation flow on the symmetric basic flow, and the radial basic flow is derived from the non-divergence equation. Results show that, in a certain distance, the influences of the asymmetry in the basic flow on group velocities and slopes of rays of vortex Rossby waves are mainly concentrated near the radius of maximum wind(RMW), whereas it decreases outside the RMW. The distributions of radial and tangential group velocities of the vortex Rossby waves in the asymmetric basic flow are closely related to the azimuth location of the maximum speed of the asymmetric basic flow, and the importance of radial and tangential basic flow on the group velocities would change with radius. In addition, the stronger asymmetry in the basic flow always corresponds to faster outward energy propagation of vortex Rossby waves. In short, the group velocities, and thereby the wave energy propagation and vortex Rossby wave ray slope in typhoons, would be changed by the asymmetry of the basic flow.     

Laboratory Generation of Solitary Waves: An Inversion Technique to Improve Available Methods简

Solitary waves are often used in laboratory experiments to study tsunamis propagation and interaction with coasts. However, the experimental shape of the waves may differ from the theoretical one. In this paper, a correction technique aiming at minimizing the discrepancies between the two profiles is presented. Laboratory experiments reveal their effectiveness in correcting the experimental shape of solitary waves, mainly for low nonlinearities.     

联合GNSS和GRACE数据分析南极跟踪站的径向形变

利用南极大陆12个累积观测数据超过3年的GNSS跟踪站的监测序列,比较分析了其径向的形变趋势与GIA(Glacial Isostatic Adjustment)模型预测形变,并且与GRACE(Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment)估计的径向位移结果进行相关性分析。GNSS结果显示跟踪站的径向形变多呈现上升趋势,少量出现下降的跟踪站多分布在东南极沿海区域,下降速度较小。与GRACE计算结果相比,两者的相关系数在0.241—0.663之间,表明两种观测手段得到的结果总体呈现较强的相关性。GNSS形变趋势与最新的GIA模型(W12a)预测形变趋势有一定的偏差,但总体吻合。     

GIS专业人才培养的实践教学体系构建

实践教学是GIS专业人才培养不可缺少的重要环节.文章在分析国内外GIS实践教学现状的基础上,建立了GIS专业实践教学系统,确定了实践体系、实践模式与综合能力间的关系,系统阐述了GIS实践教学体系和模式的主要内容,提出多层次知识结构GIS人才培养的实践教学体系和模式.该GIS实践教学系统在高校GIS实践教学中得以广泛推广,为GIS教育和GIS创新人才的培养发挥重要的作用.