Coupled finite‐element simulation of injection well testing in unconsolidated oil sands reservoir

This paper presents a finite‐element (FE) model for simulating injection well testing in unconsolidated oil sands reservoir. In injection well testing, the bottom‐hole pressure (BHP) is monitored during the injection and shut‐in period. The flow characteristics of a reservoir can be determined from transient BHP data using conventional reservoir or well‐testing analysis. However, conventional reservoir or well‐testing analysis does not consider geomechanics coupling effects. This simplified assumption has limitations when applied to unconsolidated (uncemented) oil sands reservoirs because oil sands deform and dilate subjected to pressure variation. In addition, hydraulic fracturing may occur in unconsolidated oil sands when high water injection rate is used. This research is motivated in numerical modeling of injection well testing in unconsolidated oil sands reservoir considering the geomechanics coupling effects including hydraulic fracturing. To simulate the strong anisotropy in mechanical and hydraulic behaviour of unconsolidated oil sands induced by fluid injection in injection well testing, a nonlinear stress‐dependent poro‐elasto‐plastic constitutive model together with a strain‐induced anisotropic permeability model are formulated and implemented into a 3D FE simulator. The 3D FE model is used to history match the BHP response measured from an injection well in an oil sands reservoir. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Niveo-aeolian deposits and denivation forms,with special reference to the great Kobuk Sand Dunes,Northwestern Alaska

The geomorphology, lithology and chronostratigraphy of extensive, late Pleistocene inland and river dune sands, aeolian sand sheets (‘cover sands’) and loess deposits of periglacial origin in northwestern Europe are well known. However, the idea that some of these aeolian sediments result from niveo-aeolian processes is still an open question, as no diagnostic sedimentary features have yet been reported. Moreover, actual niveo-aeolian sediments and related denivation forms, reported from various cold-climate regions, are not suitable analogues. Recent observations in active dune fields in northwestern Alaska indicate that interstratification of wind-driven snow and sand preferentially occurs on slip faces of transverse, barchanoid or parabolic dune ridges. Annual denivation forms develop: e.g. snow ramparts, sinkholes, snow hummocks, snow meltwater fans and tensional cracks. The surface consists of a cracked wet sand layer with a dimpled surface and spongy structure. Although the preservation potential of these features is low in this specific case, similar features may be observed in ancient sediments elsewhere and provide useful palaeoclimatic indicators. The niveo-aeolian concept should therefore not specifically be related to late Pleistocene cover sand deposition in northwestern Europe, as previously assumed.     

岩土材料弹塑性动本构模型研究概况

本文介绍了砂土本构模型研究的历史及现状,特别是对国内较少涉及的动弹塑性本构模型研究情况作了详细的介绍,并就作者的理解体会作了一些评价。     

Laboratory simulation of natural leaching processes of eastern USA oil shale

Raw and retorted spent oil shales from Kentucky, as well as soil and overburden materials, were subjected to laboratory and field leaching tests. Standard batch leaching tests grossly undervalue the amount of dissolved ions as measured in the field, being too brief to enable slow reactions of the mineral matrix, such as hydrolysis and oxidation of sulfides or reactions of acidic leachates with soluble components of the clays. Laboratory column tests, devised to closely simulate natural leaching processes, achieved concentration levels and elemental release patterns similar to those found in field tests. The column tests provide a reliable means to assess the leachability of metals in these materials.     

中国油气区大地构造的历史因果论分析

依历史因果论大地构造学观点,就体现历史特点的大地构造体制来说,可将中国的油田划分为地槽型,地台型及地洼型三种类型,以现阶段的动力环境而论,则可将中国油气区划分为地幔汇聚型油气域和地幔扩散型油气域,并可进一步暂分为四大油气区,即陆缘海扩张型壳体油气大区,东部拉张型壳体油气大区,中部张一压型壳体油气大区和西部挤压型壳体油气大区,各大区成油气建造组合的大地构造类型,油气形成条件、油气藏类型、产出特点及分布规律等方面均有较大的差异。这些差异与各壳体的大地构造演化历史、壳体运动过程和动力学性质,以及各壳体的深部地质条件有密切关系。     

用油田压裂资料估算应力值

本文比较了从油田压裂资料获得的应力值与专门的水压致裂应力测量结果。研究结果表明,前者的最小水平主应力可以和后者的精度相当,最大水平主应力的精度略低。以长庆油田岭261—2井1985年11月15日实际压裂记录结果和吉林油田东33—35井的压裂记录为例,提出了处理油田资料的方法,给出了相应的处理结果     

油气资源遥感勘查新方法

地下深处的油气藏中的烃类物质,在压力梯度下会向地表产生微渗漏,导致地表物质产生一系列理化异常,在地表形成吸附烃异常、红层退色、粘土化、碳酸盐化、放射性异常和地植物异常等标志。根据这些地表标志的地物波谱特征,选择出油气资源遥感勘查的最佳工作波段,在此基础上,以机载遥感信息为主,以星载遥感信息为辅,以地表地球化学、地植物学、地面遥感勘查作为验证手段,最终施行多元信息复合分析,可达到寻找油气藏的目的。     

电阻率-孔隙度、电阻率-含油（气）饱和度关系的一般形式及其最佳逼近函数类型的确定（Ⅰ）

本文导出了电阻率-孔隙度、电阻率-含油（气）饱和度关系的一般形式--两个对称的表达式,并给予了实验证明。同时,本文指出,Archie公式、Winsauer公式和双水公式都是一般形式在一定条件下的特例。在一般情况下,本文给出了14个能够逼近这两个表达式的函数类型,通过岩芯数据进行选优,可以得到适合不同地区或地层的最优方程。根据本文理论建立的解释方法和研制的软件已经在油田生产中推广应用并取得了良好效果。 由于涉及内容较多,全文分两部分撰写。以下是本文的第（Ⅰ）部分,即一般形式的导出及实验验证;而最佳函数类型的确定及其在生产中的应用将作为本文的第（Ⅱ）部分发表。     

在我国东部沿海修建地下水封石洞油库若干问题的探讨

随着我国大陆架油、气田不断被发掘、开采,石油储运问题已指日可待。我国海岸线的基岩岸约占全长的2/3以上,其中,块状结晶岩体又占基岩岸的一半以上,这就给水封油库的布置提供了良好的基础。在油库的选择和兴建中,应加强对建库岩体和主要结构面、地应力及其分布的充分研究,以期能对洞库稳定问题、地下水位及水量的合理确定问题有所裨盖、     

油气成藏组合在东海陆架盆地油气评价中的应用

运用Ｄａｖｉｄ Ａ．Ｗｈｉｔｅ，１９８８介绍的方法，编制东海陆架盆地西湖凹陷和瓯江凹陷油气成藏组合图。通过图件编制的启示，对两个凹陷成藏主要特征和控制油气规律提出了一些新认识，并确定有利勘探区和勘探对象。