scholarly journals Control of differential diagenesis of tight sandstone reservoirs on the gas–water distribution: A case study on the Upper Paleozoic He 8 Member in the northern Tianhuan depression of the Ordos Basin

2021 ◽  
pp. 014459872110345
Author(s):  
Xinshe Liu ◽  
Xing Pan ◽  
Huitao Zhao ◽  
Zhenliang Wang ◽  
Peilong Meng ◽  
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The sandstone reservoirs in the Upper Paleozoic He 8 Member in the northern Tianhuan depression of the Ordos Basin are vastly different and feature particularly complex gas–water distributions. Scanning electron microscopy, fluorescence, Raman spectroscopy inclusions, relative permeability analysis, and nuclear magnetic resonance were utilized in this study based on core data, identification statistics, and various thin-section microscope measurements. Samples from the Upper Paleozoic He 8 Member in the northern Tianhuan depression were collected to study the characteristics of reservoir heterogeneity and gas–water distribution, which were controlled by differential diagenesis. The results indicate that compaction and dissolution are the two most important factors controlling reservoir heterogeneity. Large differences in diagenesis–accumulation sequences and pore structure characteristics affect reservoir wettability, irreducible water saturation, and gas displacement efficiency, thereby controlling the gas–water distribution. The He 8 Member is a gas reservoir that is densified because of accumulation. Reservoirs can be divided into three types based on the relationship between diagenetic facies and gas–water distribution. Type I is characterized by weak compaction, precipitate or altered kaolinite cementation, strong dissolution of diagenetic facies, and high porosity and permeability. This type is dominated by grain-mold pores and intergranular dissolution pores and produces gas reservoirs with high gas yield. Type II is characterized by medium-strength compaction, altered kaolinite or chlorite cementation, weak dissolution of diagenetic facies, and medium porosity and permeability. This type is dominated by residual intergranular pores, a few residual intergranular pores, and dispersed dissolution pores, producing gas reservoirs with low gas yield. Type III is characterized by medium-strength compaction, altered kaolinite cementation, and medium-strength dissolution of diagenetic facies. This type is dominated by kaolinite intercrystal pores and dispersed dissolution pores, producing gas reservoirs with high water yield.

Geofluids ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Jiaxuan Song ◽  
Hujun Gong ◽  
Jingli Yao ◽  
Huitao Zhao ◽  
Xiaohui Zhao ◽  
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The Paleozoic strata are widely distributed in the northwest of the Ordos Basin, and the provenance attributes of the basin sediments during this period are still controversial. In this paper, the detrital zircon LA-MC-ICPMS U-Pb age test was conducted on the drilling core samples of the Shanxi Formation of the Upper Paleozoic in the Otuokeqi area of the Ordos Basin, and the provenance age and the characteristic of the Shanxi formation in the Otuokeqi area in the northwest were discussed. The cathodoluminescence image shows that the detrital zircon has a clear core-edge structure, and most of the cores have clear oscillatory zonings, which suggests that they are magmatic in origin. Zircons have no oscillatory zoning structure that shows the cause of metamorphism. The age of detrital zircon is dominated by Paleoproterozoic and can be divided into four groups, which are 2500~2300 Ma, 2100~1600 Ma, 470~400 Ma, and 360~260 Ma. The first two groups are the specific manifestations of the Precambrian Fuping Movement (2.5 billion years) and the Luliang Movement (1.8 billion years) of the North China Craton. The third and fourth groups of detrital zircons mainly come from Paleozoic magmatic rocks formed by the subduction and collision of the Siberian plate and the North China plate. The ε Hf t value of zircon ranges from -18.36 to 4.33, and the age of the second-order Hf model T DM 2 ranges from 2491 to 1175 Ma. The source rock reflecting the provenance of the sediments comes from the material recycling of the Paleoproterozoic and Mesoproterozoic in the crust, combined with the Meso-Neoproterozoic detrital zircons discovered this time, indicating that the provenance area has experienced Greenwellian orogeny.


Energies ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 583 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaohong Li ◽  
Zhiyong Gao ◽  
Siyi Fang ◽  
Chao Ren ◽  
Kun Yang ◽  
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The characteristics of the nanopore structure in shale, tight sandstone and mudstone from the Ordos Basin of China were investigated by X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis, porosity and permeability tests and low-pressure nitrogen adsorption experiments. Fractal dimensions D1 and D2 were determined from the low relative pressure range (0 < P/P0 < 0.4) and the high relative pressure range (0.4 < P/P0 < 1) of nitrogen adsorption data, respectively, using the Frenkel–Halsey–Hill (FHH) model. Relationships between pore structure parameters, mineral compositions and fractal dimensions were investigated. According to the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) isotherm classification standard, the morphologies of the nitrogen adsorption curves of these 14 samples belong to the H2 and H3 types. Relationships among average pore diameter, Brunner-Emmet-Teller (BET) specific surface area, pore volume, porosity and permeability have been discussed. The heterogeneities of shale nanopore structures were verified, and nanopore size mainly concentrates under 30 nm. The average fractal dimension D1 of all the samples is 2.1187, varying from 1.1755 to 2.6122, and the average fractal dimension D2 is 2.4645, with the range from 2.2144 to 2.7362. Compared with D1, D2 has stronger relationships with pore structure parameters, and can be used for analyzing pore structure characteristics.


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