Implications of geological conditions on gas content and geochemistry of deep coalbed methane reservoirs from the Panji Deep Area in the Huainan Coalfield, China

2021 ◽  
Vol 85 ◽  
pp. 103712
Author(s):  
Qiang Wei ◽  
Baolin Hu ◽  
Xianqing Li ◽  
Songbao Feng ◽  
Hongjie Xu ◽  
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Geofluids ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Xinyu Fu ◽  
Yanjun Meng ◽  
Zhongcheng Li ◽  
Peng Kong ◽  
Suoliang Chang ◽  
...  

The evaluation and prediction of favorable coalbed methane (CBM) sweet spot play an important role in well location deployment and recovery prediction in CBM blocks. This work investigates the CBM geology and accumulation characteristics of No. ( 8 + 9 ) coal in the Carboniferous Taiyuan Formation in Yangjiapo block based on data from 14 CBM wells. The desorption index is proposed to be used to study the CBM desorption potential in Yangjiapo block, and the parameter of reduced water level is adopted to study the CBM hydrodynamics of the block. Furthermore, the analytical hierarchy fuzzy evaluation method is used to evaluate and prediction the CBM development sweet spot in Yangjiapo block. The results show that the buried depth of the No. ( 8 + 9 ) coal seam in Yangjiapo block varies from 693.20 to 1213.20 m, the coal thickness is from 5.40 to 13.10 m, the gas content is from 5.89 to 10.55 m3/t, and the minimum horizontal principal stress is from 9.80 to 20.82 MPa. The desorption potential is better in the southeastern and central-western part of the block. It is found that there is a positive relationship between CBM content and hydrodynamics and indicated that CBM easily concentrates in the lower reduced water level area. The CBM favorable development sweet spot is forecasted to be located in the southeastern part, central-western region, and northeastern part of Yangjiapo block.


2014 ◽  
Vol 962-965 ◽  
pp. 21-28
Author(s):  
Bei Liu ◽  
Wei Hua Ao ◽  
Wen Hui Huang ◽  
Qi Lu Xu ◽  
Juan Teng

Coalbed methane (CBM) productivity is influenced by various factors. Based on field production data and test data of southern Qinshui Basin, factors including geological factors, engineering factors and drainage factors that affect CBM productivity are analyzed. Analytic hierarchy process (AHP) is introduced to calculate the contribution of each parameter to CBM productivity. A three-level model for evaluating CBM productivity based on AHP is established. The results show that average daily gas production of single well in southern Qinshui Basin increases with gas content, coal seam thickness, permeability, porosity, gas saturation, critical desorption pressure. Filling minerals in pores and fractures of coal can decrease gas content, porosity and permeability of coal reservoir. When burial depth is deeper than 500m or reservoir pressure is greater than 2MPa and burial depth is shallower than 1000m or reservoir pressure is less than 10MPa, CBM productivity is relatively high. According to the calculation, the weight of geological factors, engineering factors and drainage factors are 50%, 25% and 25%, respectively. Reservoir physical properties, geological conditions, fracturing technology and drainage process have the most impact, the weight of which are 33.33%, 16.67%, 11.79%, and 15.00%, respectively.


Energies ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 644 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xinlu Yan ◽  
Songhang Zhang ◽  
Shuheng Tang ◽  
Zhongcheng Li ◽  
Yongxiang Yi ◽  
...  

Due to the unique adsorption and desorption characteristics of coal, coal reservoir permeability changes dynamically during coalbed methane (CBM) development. Coal reservoirs can be classified using a permeability dynamic characterization in different production stages. In the single-phase water flow stage, four demarcating pressures are defined based on the damage from the effective stress on reservoir permeability. Coal reservoirs are classified into vulnerable, alleviative, and invulnerable reservoirs. In the gas desorption stage, two demarcating pressures are used to quantitatively characterize the recovery properties of permeability based on the recovery effect of the matrix shrinkage on permeability, namely the rebound pressure (the pressure corresponding to the lowest permeability) and recovery pressure (the pressure when permeability returns to initial permeability). Coal reservoirs are further classified into recoverable and unrecoverable reservoirs. The physical properties and influencing factors of these demarcating pressures are analyzed. Twenty-six wells from the Shizhuangnan Block in the southern Qinshui Basin of China were examined as a case study, showing that there is a significant correspondence between coal reservoir types and CBM well gas production. This study is helpful for identifying geological conditions of coal reservoirs as well as the productivity potential of CBM wells.


2016 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Teng Li ◽  
Caifang Wu

With a burial depth of 1000 m as the demarcation, the coal reservoir in South Yanchuan Block, China is divided into deep reservoir and shallow reservoir regions. A combination of coalbed methane well production data, well logging interpretation, coalbed methane numerical simulations and reservoir properties were used to research various production characteristics at different depths. The results indicate that coal thickness and gas content are not key factors that influence methane production. The shallow reservoir is located in a tension zone, while the deep reservoir is located in both a transformation zone and a compression zone. Although the reservoir and closure pressures increase with the burial depth, the pressures fluctuate in the deep reservoir, especially in the transformation zone. This fluctuation influences the opened degree of the fractures in the reservoir. The effective stress is lower in the deep reservoir than in the shallow reservoir, leading to higher permeability in the deep reservoir. This difference in effective stress is the key factor that influences the methane production. The combination of coal thickness and gas content also significantly influenced the methane production. Influenced by the reservoir and closure pressures, the Type III coal in the shallow reservoir is more developed, while the deep reservoir contained more developed Type I and Type II coal. The permeability increases exponentially with increasing thickness of Type I and Type II coal, which determines the high reservoir permeability in the deep reservoir. The development of Type III coal leads to the poor reservoir hydraulic fracturing effect. However, a reservoir with thick Type I and Type II coal can have a positive effect. Influencia de la presión, la estructura del carbón y su permeabilidad sobre la productividad de gas metano de carbón en profundidades de enterramiento del bloque Yanchuan Sur, ChinaResumenCon una profundidad de enterramiento de 1000 metros, el yacimiento de carbón del bloque Yanchuan Sur, en China, se divide en dos: el depósito profundo y el depósito superficial. Este trabajo combina los datos de la información de producción de gas metano asociado carbón, la interpretación de registros de pozo, las simulaciones numéricas de metano asociado a carbón y las propiedades del reservorio para encontrar las características de producción a diferentes profundidades. Los resultados indican que el espesor del carbón y el contenido de gas no son factores que alcancen a influir en la producción de metano. El depósito superficial se encuentra en una zona de tensión, mientras el depósito profundo está ubicado en una región tanto de transformación como de compresión. Aunque el reservorio y la presión de cierre se incrementan con la profundidad de enterramiento, las presiones fluctúan en el depósito profundo, especialmente en la zona de transformación. Esta fluctuación influye en el grado de apertura de las fracturas en el depósito. La tensión efectiva es más baja en el depósito profundo, lo que significa una mayor permeabilidad. La diferencia en la tensión efectiva es el factor clave que incide en la producción de metano. Afectado por las presiones de cierre y del yacimiento, el carbón tipo III en el depósito superficial está más desarrollado, mientras que el depósito profundo contiene carbón tipo I y tipo II más desarrollado. La permeabilidad se incrementa exponencialmente con el incremento del espesor en el carbón tipo I y tipo II, lo que determina la alta porosidad en el depósito profundo. El desarrollo de carbón tipo III lleva a un pobre efecto de la fractura hidráulica en el depósito. Sin embargo, un depósito con carbón tipo I y tipo II espeso podría tener un efecto positivo.


2021 ◽  
pp. 1-24
Author(s):  
Heng Wang ◽  
Lifa Zhou ◽  
Wang Yuxia

Laser Raman spectroscopy can be used to acquire the unique fingerprint of a specific molecule, and it is widely used to identify substances and study the spectral line characteristics of molecular structures. The measurement of coalbed methane (CBM) content is essential in the exploration and development of CBM fields for optimizing the fracture design. For this purpose, laser Raman spectroscopy can be extremely beneficial because it detects the gas content rapidly and accurately. Moreover, conventional gas content testing methods are laborious, time-intensive, expensive, and yield inaccurate results. Therefore, we integrated a laser Raman spectroscopy system with a coiled tubing (CT) equipment for downhole deployment in gas wells to accurately determine the CBM content in situ. The developed system can directly determine the CBM content at a specific location in the target layer. The trace test characteristics enable this system to rapidly detect downhole gas components and contents. The real-time detection data are transmitted via a cable to a computer on the surface and are processed using a baseline correction algorithm and data enhancement algorithm. Fourier transform and wavelet transform are used to identify the Raman spectral lines, while analysis of Raman spectra is used to determine CBM content. By employing this equipment, we can shorten the cycle of depressurization, drainage, and recovery processes from multiple days to just a few hours. Furthermore, the integrated laser Raman spectroscopy-CT system enables a flexible operation and possesses strong site operability, making it suitable for complex and high-risk wells.


2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Guiqiang Zheng ◽  
Bin Sun ◽  
Dawei Lv ◽  
Zhejun Pan ◽  
Huiqing Lian

Coalbed methane (CBM) reservoir properties and relationship of properties with burial depth were studied based on the data derived from 204 deep CBM production wells in Qinshui Basin, China. Through the study, it is found that permeability and porosity decrease with the increase of burial depth and the decreasing trend shows step-change characteristics at a critical burial depth. They also show divisional characteristics at certain burial depth. Gas content, geostress, and geotemperature increase with the increase of burial depth, and the increasing trend shows step-change characteristics and also have divisional characteristics at certain burial depth. Based on the previous study on the reservoir property changes with burial depth, three series of critical depth using different parameters are obtained through simulating the critical depth using the BP neural network method. It is found that the critical depth is different when using different parameters. Combined the previous study with the normalization of three different parameter types, the critical depth in Qinshui Basin was defined as shallow coal seam is lower than 650 m and transition band is 650–1000 m, while deep coal seam is deeper than 1000 m. In deep coal seams, the geological conditions and recovery becomes poor, so it can be defined as unfavorable zones. Therefore, other development means, for example, CO2 injection, need to be used to accelerate the deep coal methane development.


2019 ◽  
Vol 37 (9-10) ◽  
pp. 745-763 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhijun Wang ◽  
Xiaojuan Wang ◽  
Weiqin Zuo ◽  
Xiaotong Ma ◽  
Ning Li

The capacity of coal to adsorb methane is greatly affected by temperature and, in recent years, temperature-dependent adsorption has been studied by many researchers. Even so, comprehensive conclusions have not been reached and conflicting experimental results are common. This paper reviews the current state of research regarding the temperature-dependent adsorption of methane in coal and catalogs the conclusions from experiments conducted on that subject by 28 researchers, as published between 1995 and 2017. Probability theory and statistics are used to show that the conclusion generally accepted by most researchers is that the amount of methane adsorbed by coal decreases with increasing temperature. It is highly likely that the Langmuir volume decreases as the temperature rises, and it is also probable that the Langmuir pressure increases at higher temperatures. Equations are presented that express the relationships between methane adsorption, Langmuir volume, Langmuir pressure, and temperature. Future research should be directed toward determining the relationship between Langmuir pressure and temperature. The results of the study presented herein provide a theoretical basis for predicting the gas content in coal seams and improving the efficiency of coalbed methane development.


2012 ◽  
Vol 170-173 ◽  
pp. 1187-1191
Author(s):  
Ya Hui Jia ◽  
Xiao Ping Xie ◽  
Ai Li Lu

Colabed methane system is a natural system that consists of coal seams, coalbed methane in them and surrounding rocks. As an unconventional natural gas, reservoir and conservation of coalbed methane are different from those of conventional hydrocarbon. The Qinshui Basin, covering an area about 30,000sq.km in southeastern Shanxi Province, has abundant coalbed methane resources in the carboniferous Taiyuan formation and permian Shanxi formation, with an in-situ methane resource 3.3×1012 m3.In this study, the structural deformation and tectonic evolution of coalbed methane system in Qinshui basin were reported. Relationships between structural deformation and the formation of coalbed methane reservoir in Qinshui Basin were also discussed. The results show that Yangquan-Shouyang area in the north part of the basin and Tunliu-Xiangyuan area in the east are favorable for formation coalbed methane system. In contrast, Jincheng-Qinshui area in the south part of basin and the Qinyuan area in the middle of basin are favorable for both the formation of coalbed methane reservoirs and high yields as well.


Proceedings ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (23) ◽  
pp. 1404
Author(s):  
Pablo Cienfuegos-Suárez ◽  
Efrén García-Ordiales ◽  
Diego Alonso-Fernández ◽  
Jorge Enrique Soto-Yen

New technological development and a best knowledge of the basin allow to have justified expectation to find coalbed methane reserves. Measurements of gas content in unexploited coal seams are made in order to estimate the CBM could revive the economic interest of the Asturian Central Coal Basin (ACCB). According to first estimations based on the studies accomplished, the minimum resources of coalbed methane in the whole of the Asturian Central Coal Basin are in the order of 25,000 Mm3 and the gas content of the coal seams range from 6 m3 to 14 m3/t. The introduction should briefly place the study in a broad context and define the purpose of the work and its significance.


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