“Basin scale” versus “localized” pore pressure/stress coupling - Implications for trap integrity evaluation

In petroleum industry, the difference between pore pressure (P_p) and minimum horizontal stress S_h (termed the seal or retention capacity) is of major consideration because it is often assumed to represent how close a system is to hydraulic failure and thus the maximum hydrocarbon column height that can be maintained. While S_h and P_p are often considered to be independent parameters, several studies in the last decade have demonstrated that S_h and P_p are in fact coupled. However, the nature of this coupling relationship remains poorly understood. In this paper, we explore the influences of the spatial pore pressure distribution on S_h/P_p coupling and then on failure pressure predictions and trap integrity evaluation. With analytical models, we predict the fluid pressure sustainable within a reservoir before failure of its overpressured shale cover. We verify our analytical predictions with experiments involving analogue materials and fluids. We show that hydraulic fracturing and seal breach occur for fluid pressure greater than it would be expected from conventional retention capacity. This can be explained by the impact of the fluid overpressure field in the overburden and the pressure diffusion around the reservoir on the principal stresses. We calculate that supralithostatic pressure could locally be reached in overpressured covers. We also define the retention capacity of a cover (RC) surrounding a fluid source or reservoir as the difference between the failure pressure and the fluid overpressure prevailing in shale at the same depth. In response to a localized fluid pressure rise, we show that the retention capacity does not only depend on the pore fluid overpressure of the overburden but also on the tensile strength of the cover, its Poisson’s ratio, and the depth and width of the fluid source.     

基于纹理特征和机器学习的卫星云图分类实验

准确识别云对提升天气预报和气候预测准确性有着重要意义,传统的阈值法和聚类法很难找出统一通用的阈值标准和方法,随着机器学习在云分类领域的应用和发展,在分类速度和分类精度上都有了明显提升。本实验对风云二号G星的红外云图进行预处理并构建卫星云图样本库,通过提取云图纹理特征再结合支持向量机（SVM）、随机森林（RF）和XGBoost分类器实现了对“晴空”、“层积云或高积云”、“积雨云”、“密层云”和“卷层云”的分类,实验结果表明：①三种分类器对该实验云分类的平均准确率分别为RF（62.5%）＞XGBoost（61.7%）＞SVM（60.0%）;②三种分类器对“层积云或高积云”的分类都最好且稳定,平均分类精度均达到了90%以上,最高为91.5%;③SVM对密层云（67.9%）、RF对卷层云（68.9%）、XGboost对晴空（68.3%）的分类效果次之,平均分类精度均达67%以上。     

云南香格里拉红山铜矿石硫化物环带及地质意义

云南香格里拉县红山铜矿是三江义敦岛弧带南端重要铜矿床,颇受关注,成因认识分歧大.矿区出露上三叠统板岩、变碎屑岩和灰岩夹中基性火山岩、火山碎屑岩以及少量侵入其中的中酸性和超基性岩脉、岩株,透镜状铜硫化物矿体产在顺层状矽卡岩体内或边部,成矿后断裂明显.矿石中普遍发育以黄铁矿为核部、黄铜矿为中间带、磁黄铁矿为边部带的硫化物环带,其中核部黄铁矿呈立方体自形-半自形晶,黄铜矿呈他形晶围绕黄铁矿沉淀,磁黄铁矿呈他形分布在黄铜矿外围,内带常被外带硫化物溶蚀交代.环带从内到外硫化物先后沉淀,矿物生成顺序为黄铁矿-黄铜矿-磁黄铁矿.环带中三种硫化物矿物的REE配分曲线和微量元素蛛网图极为相似,负Eu异常显著,富集U、Th、Zr、Hf,亏损Rb、Sr、Ba,与矿区超基性岩表现出较高相似性;环带从内到外,∑REE(0.17371×10-6、1.22626×10-6、5.25925×10-6)和微量元素含量依次升高,Co/Ni和Se/Te比值降低,指示矿石硫化物沉淀过程中,可能伴随热液体系内地壳物质不断增加.环带中硫化物矿物δ34SV-CDT=3.81‰～5.23‰,具有岩浆硫源特征,δ34SV-CDT边部带磁黄铁矿 (4.47‰)＜δ34SV-CDT中间带黄铜矿(4.58‰)＜ δ34SV-CDT核部黄铁矿(4.65‰),三种硫化物间没有达到同位素平衡分馏.红山铜矿石环带结构是岩浆热液为主成矿流体中黄铁矿、黄铜矿、磁黄铁矿先后晶出成因,伴随硫化物环带的形成,热液系统从早到晚H2S和O2逸度降低或pH升高过程.     

Influence of the ground profile on the reduction of earthquake motion at the filled man-made islands in the Kobe harbor during the 1995 Hyogoken Nambu earthquake

During the 1995 Hyogoken Nambu earthquake in Kobe, the ground motion at the filled man-made islands in the Kobe harbor was not as severe as that at the mainland. The building damage was also less compared to that on the mainland. It was found by comparative study of earthquake records that the magnitude of acceleration response on the ground surface decreases at the islands as opposed to the mainland. One dimensional effective stress analysis is adopted in this study. Input data has been generated from test results, e.g. the SPT N-value by standard penetration test and shear wave velocity V_s by PS logging. Results obtained by the analyses showed good agreement with the observed records, which is an indication of the suitability of the adopted analysis procedure. From this study, the followings are concluded. By the increase of SPT N-value of the filled layers, liquefaction near ground surface is restrained and damage modes such as ejection of water and soil can be prevented. Since the ground profile at the islands is that considerably soft filled layer and marine clay layers, etc. are present and the thickness of the surface layer is large, the initial natural period of the ground is above 1 s and the natural period is elongated further under the earthquake excitation, which is deemed to be the principal reason for the reduction of the earthquake motion at the ground surface.     

From the pore scale to the lab scale: 3-D lab experiment and numerical simulation of drainage in heterogeneous porous media

A well-controlled 3-D experiment with pre-defined block heterogeneities is conducted, where neutron tomography is used to map 3-D water distribution after two successive drainage steps. The material and hydraulic properties of the two sands are first measured in the laboratory with multistep outflow experiments. Additionally, the pore structure of the sands is acquired by means of image analysis of synchrotron tomography data and the structure is used for pore-scale simulation of one- and two-phase flow with Lattice-Boltzmann methods. This gives us another set of material and hydraulic parameters of the sands. The two sets of hydraulic properties (from the lab scale and from the pore scale) are then used in numerical simulations of the 3-D experiment.     

Single explosions at Stromboli in 2002: Use of clast microtextures to map physical diversity across a fragmentation zone

A combination of fortuitous eruptive and wind conditions at Stromboli volcano in September 2002 enabled the collection of samples of multiple lapilli from individual observed explosions. These ejecta present the first opportunity to analyze the vesicularity of material ejected in a single Strombolian explosion. Samples of between 40 and 92 lapilli were collected from each of six sequential explosions on 30 September 2002, and 28 lapilli were obtained from a single explosion  24 h later (1 October). Density measurements and microtextural observations show that considerable heterogeneity existed within each of the seven samples. Centimeter to millimeter size bubble-rich and bubble-poor zones are present and are, in places, mingled together. These data confirm that the shallow conduit at Stromboli is a texturally diverse environment at the instant of a single explosion, and that a similar range of heterogeneity can persist through closely-spaced sequences of explosions on a timescale of hours and, probably, days, despite the dynamic processes of ascent of melt and decoupled gas phases.     

平行F42-9发育的结构面对锦屏水电站高边坡稳定性的影响

锦屏一级水电站左岸高边坡F42-9断层及煌斑岩脉组合的滑块对左岸缆机平台及拱肩槽边坡的稳定性起到控制性的作用。针对F42-9断层两侧平行结构面的发育程度,进行了锚固边坡开挖过程中的弹塑性力学行为分析。结果表明：平行于F42-9断层发育的结构面使锚固边坡岩体的性状急剧下降,现有的加固方案无法满足边坡稳定性的要求。建议根据边坡及抗剪洞开挖过程中揭露的地质信息,及时制定合理的边坡加强、加固措施。     

松辽盆地南部长岭断陷区深层构造特征与天然气聚集

在充分利用二维地震大剖面、三维地震资料以及钻/测井信息的基础上,结合高精度重、磁、电信息,系统地解剖了长岭断陷的区域地质结构,认为长岭断陷区为非单一简单断陷,而是由多个主次断陷组成的复式断陷群,且与北部的古龙断陷连为一体。在连片工业制图的基础上,进行了构造单元及区带划分,分析了主要断裂的几何学及运动学特征,认为乾安断裂、前神字井断裂、黑帝庙断裂、孤西断裂、孤店断裂、大安断裂、哈尔金断裂与顾家店-伏龙泉断裂控制了长岭断陷的地层发育及断陷结构,其中乾安断裂、前神字井断裂、黑帝庙断裂为最主要的控凹断裂。研究了断陷构造演化,将其分为断陷基底形成期、断陷发育期及断陷改造期等3个阶段。在油气地质条件分析基础上,研究了不同类型天然气的成藏特征,认为深层烃类气为煤型气,主要来自受断陷沉积控制的沙河子组和火石岭组,深层二氧化碳气为无机成因,主要来源于深层地幔,同时指出了有利勘探方向。     

川口油田长6储层成岩作用

详细分析了川口油田长6储层的成岩作用类型、储层物性演化及影响因素。通过岩石学、铸体薄片、电镜扫描等研究方法说明川口油田长6储层主要成岩作用包括压实-压溶作用、胶结作用、交代蚀变作用及溶蚀作用等,成岩阶段属晚成岩A期。其中,机械压实作用、化学胶结作用是导致砂岩孔隙度降低、储集性能变差的主要因素。机械压实作用主要表现为软碎屑的塑性变形、颗粒间由点接触向凹凸接触演变;胶结作用表现为浊沸石、绿泥石、粘土矿物、碳酸盐胶结;石英和长石的次生加大、溶蚀作用特别是浊沸石的溶蚀在一定程度上提高和改善了砂岩储集性能。结果表明,影响储层物性的主要因素为沉积作用和成岩作用。