Hydraulic Effects of Shales in Fluvial-Deltaic Deposits: Ground-Penetrating Radar, Outcrop Observations, Geostatistics, and Three-Dimensional Flow Modeling for the Ferron Sandstone, Utah

Ground-penetrating radar (GPR) surveys, outcrop measurements, and cores provide a high-resolution 3D geologic model to investigate the hydraulic effects of shales in marine-influenced lower delta-plain distributary channel deposits within the Cretaceous-age Ferron Sandstone at Corbula Gulch in central Utah, USA. Shale statistics are computed from outcrop observations. Although slight anisotropy was observed in mean length and variogram ranges parallel and perpendicular to pale of low , the anisotropy is not statistically significant and the estimated mean length is 5.4 m. Truncated Gaussian simulation was used to create maps of shales that are placed on variably dipping stratigraphic surfaces interpreted from high-resolution 3D GPR surveys, outcrop interpretations, and boreholes. Sandstone permeability is estimated from radar responses calibrated to permeability measurements from core samples. Experimentally designed flow simulations examine the effects of variogram range, shale coverage fraction, and trends in shale coverage on predicted upscaled permeability, breakthrough time, and sweep efficiency. Approximately 1500 flow simulations examine three different geologic models, flow in the 3 coordinate directions, 16 geostatistical parameter combinations, and 10 realizations for each model. ANOVA and response models computed from the flow simulations demonstrate that shales decrease sweep, recovery, and permeability, especially in the vertical direction. The effect on horizontal flow is smaller. Flow predictions for ideal tracer displacements at Corbula Gulch are sensitive to shale-coverage fraction, but are relatively insensitive to twofold variations in variogram range or to vertical trends in shale coverage. Although the hydraulic effects of shale are statistically significant, the changes in flow responses rarely exceed 20%. As a result, it may be reasonable to use simple models when incorporating analogous shales into models of reservoirs or aquifers.     

Nitrogen emissions into freshwater ecosystems: is there a need for nitrate elimination in all wastewater treatment plants?

Excessive inputs of phosphorus and nitrogen are the main reasons of eutrophication of inland waters and coastal areas. Large efforts have been made to control phosphorus, but the measures to reduce nitrogen emissions failed at least partly. While it was possible to reduce nitrogen emissions from industry and municipal wastewater treatment plants, diffuse sources are showing only very minor decline. Examples of limnetic, marine and coastal systems are given to review the current knowledge about nitrogen transformation and the effects of nitrate in the environment. When N is the limiting nutrient in a particular water body, this does not necessarily mean that phytoplankton is controllable by NO₃^– removal. In systems with problems due to a high redox‐sensitive internal phosphorus load and under certain constraints, nitrate may be used as an ecotechnological measure to prevent anaerobic phosphorus release from sediments. Model simulations are used to demonstrate this. A schematic model of redox‐mediated temporal phosphorus storage in riverine lake sediments with short retention time is proposed. We conclude that while anthropogenic nitrogen emissions are a global problem, no fast and simple single solution exists. Additional nitrogen removal in wastewater treatment will have no effect, as long as diffuse sources and nitrate concentrations in groundwater remain at a high level. Emission reductions should be achieved in an integrated way, taking direct and indirect effects into account. In this sense, case by case decisions and a new definition of “sensitive areas” are required.     

Runoff and water erosion modelling using WEPP on a Mediterranean cultivated catchment

Soil erosion due to water is a major environmental problem in many parts of the world. Most of Mediterranean countries are concerned because of their specific climate and soils sensitivity, but also because of the recent intensification of human activities and agricultural practices. Accurate estimation of soil water erosion for various land-use and climate scenarios is so an important key to define sustainable management policies. In the last decades, several studies have been carried out to build models suitable for quantifying soil erosion. Among these models, the Water Erosion Prediction Project (WEPP, Flanagan, D.C., Nearing, M.A., 1995. USDA-Water Erosion Prediction Project: Hillslope profile and watershed model documentation. NSERL Report 10, USDA-ARS National Soil Erosion Research Laboratory, West Lafayette, IN, USA.) is a physically based, distributed-parameter model that has been developed and mainly validated in USA. Only few studies have investigated its applicability to environmental conditions that differs from those where the model was developed. The aim of this work is to test the efficiency of WEPP model to predict soil erosion at catchment scale in a Mediterranean semi-arid area. Continuous simulations have been conducted between 1995 and 2002 on an cultivated experimental catchment located upstream from a hill reservoir (Kamech catchment, 2.45 km², Cap Bon, Tunisia) where runoff and soil erosion measurements are available at the outlet. Comparison between predictions and measurements shows significant differences. Processes related to seasonal effects (as cracking soils) are pointed out as a weakness of WEPP model for Mediterranean conditions.     

坪北油田延长组长6油组储层层内非均质性研究

在坪北油田应用岩心观察、岩心分析化验资料、测井解释成果、测试及开发动态等方面的资料分析长6储层的非均质性,重点解剖层内非均质性特点,总结了正韵律,反韵律,复合韵律和交互韵律4种类型的层内非均质性。夹层分布较广泛,加剧了层间非均质性。     

大庆油田葡萄花油层组储层非均质性主控因素分析

本文对萨尔图油田中部葡萄花油层组的非均质性进行定量半定量研究,认为葡萄花油层组PⅠ2小层层内非均质性最严重,与沉积微相密切相关;单砂层垂向上渗透率的变化以正韵律和复合式韵律为主,局部发育反韵律模式;层内非均质性强弱依次为PⅠ2a、PⅠ3、PⅠ2b、PⅠ1、PⅠ4;层间非均质性在PⅠ3和PⅠ4间表现得最强,其它相对要弱;各小层平面非均质性相差无几,整体表现为较强的非均质性。     

东营凹陷古近系砂岩成岩作用与孔隙演化

东营凹陷是重要的油气富集区，在古近系地层发育湖相水下扇沉积、滨浅湖沉积和三角洲沉积等砂岩。砂岩的成岩作用及孔隙演化对储层的储集性能有重要影响。在对大量薄片和岩心进行分析的基础上，运用扫描电镜和X衍射粘土分析等手段，对东营凹陷砂岩储层的成岩作用和孔隙演化进行了研究。研究结果表明，该区压实作用、胶结作用使砂岩孔隙度降低，不稳定矿物的溶蚀作用和碳酸盐胶结物的溶解作用导致孔隙度增大。根据有机质的演化及粘土矿物的变化序列，在不同的构造单元，砂岩成岩作用和孔隙演化随埋深具有明显的规律性，可划分出原生孔隙带、原生次生孔隙带和次生孔隙带3个孔隙演化带，存在着较有利的次生孔隙发育带。     

塔中地区卡塔克1区块东河砂岩地震储层预测研究

采用基于地震波形分类的地震相分析与沉积相解释、波阻抗约束稀疏脉冲反演、地震多属性储层预测及油气检测等针对岩性油气藏的储层地震预测技术，从塔中地区卡塔克1区块泥盆系东河砂岩储层的生储盖组合条件及相关的地震地质特点出发，利用卡1三维地震资料开展目的层系的目标精细解释，结合已有的钻探、测井和测试等资料，揭示了东河砂岩储层砂体的空间展布特征，圈定出砂岩发育带，并对有利储层段的潜在含油气性进行了综合预测和评价。     

地下水人工调蓄研究进展与问题

通过对国内外地下水调蓄有关资料分析,阐明了地下水库、地下调蓄和人工回灌补给理念之间差异及其关系；阐述了国外地下水人工调蓄研究状况及其发展趋势,回顾了国内地下水人工调蓄发展过程及存在的问题,给出了了地下水调蓄基本原理及其条件；结合我国北方地区水资源面临的危机,提出了急需研究的科学问题。     

三峡水库初期蓄水对长江口淡水资源的影响

2003年6月1~15日和同年10月20~31日三峡水库进行了初期蓄水。6月份水库蓄水后使下游大通流量减少了37%,长江口的淡水资源的持续时数降低了40%,最大盐度增加了3倍,平均盐度增加了6倍;10月份水库蓄水使大通流量减少了1/2,淡水资源的持续时间呈现下降趋势,最大盐度增加了3倍左右,平均盐度也有类似的表现。再从流量的沿程变化、流量的变化程度、影响河口淡水的持续时间、河口淡水资源影响因子方面进行了讨论,认为三峡蓄水是这两次河口淡水资源减少的主要原因。     

内蒙古二连盆地岩性油气富集因素分析

根据近年来在内蒙古二连盆地有关岩性油藏方面取得了很多勘探成果,通过对4个主力凹陷的岩性油气富集因素进行分析,认为形成岩性油气富集的3大主要因素是:(1)丰富的油源;(2)优质的砂岩体圈闭;(3)存在汇流通道。丰富的油源是油气富集的物质基础,二连盆地发育的2套有效烃源岩层系厚度大、分布面积广、资源规模大,与储集砂体之间具多种接触关系。优质的砂岩体圈闭具有圈闭规模大、发育有利的储集相类型和良好储集层的特点,这些是油气富集的关键因素。圈闭规模大表现为单一大规模砂岩体圈闭或多个小型圈闭叠合连片,扇三角洲、辫状河三角洲和湖底扇是有利的储集相类型,油气富集往往形成于良好的储集层中。此外,存在汇流通道是油气富集的重要因素,充足的油气通过指状砂体侧向汇流通道和断层垂向汇流通道运移,在优质的砂岩体圈闭中聚集成藏。