Analogy Analysis of Coalbed Methane Reservoir-Forming Conditions in Jixi Basin

2015 ◽  
Vol 733 ◽  
pp. 96-99 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yu Shuang Hu ◽  
Yu Gang Hao ◽  
Hui Ting Hu

Based on coalbed methane geology theory, make use of coal and oil drilling data, from both of the coal reservoir characteristics and conservation conditions, Through comparative analysis of a number of geological factors of coalbed thickness, burial depth, metamorphic grade, gas content, roof and floor lithology, dip angle, etc, and found that there are many similarities between Jixi Basin and Black Warrior Basin in the United States of coalbed methane reservoir conditions. Compared to Black Warrior Basin, the advantages of Jixi Basin are that the coal metamorphism degree is high, the tired and single coalbed are thick, the closeness of roof and floor are good, the fault development and coalbed gas content are similar to it; the disadvantages of Jixi Basin are that the formation dip angle is large, the pressure gradient and permeability are small.

2015 ◽  
Vol 733 ◽  
pp. 100-103
Author(s):  
Liu Wang ◽  
Xue Rui Ma ◽  
Jing Han Wang ◽  
Yu Ting Zhou ◽  
Xun Liu

Based on coalbed methane geology theory, make use of coal and oil drilling data, from both of the coal reservoir characteristics and conservation conditions, Through comparative analysis of a number of geological factors of coalbed thickness, burial depth, metamorphic grade, gas content, roof and floor lithology, dip angle, etc, and found that there are many similarities between Jixi Basin and Black Warrior Basin in the United States of coalbed methane reservoir conditions. Furthermore, referred the domestic and abroad coalbed methane mining experience, a number of geological factors of Jixi Basin were made grading evaluation, optimized favorable blocks, and we found that the favorable coalbed methane target area are the F and H in the south of the basin, and the F block can be used as the preferred favorable coal exploration area.


2013 ◽  
Vol 295-298 ◽  
pp. 3209-3212
Author(s):  
Li Ren Xing ◽  
Yan Bin Yao ◽  
Da Meng Liu ◽  
Jun Gang Liu ◽  
Lu Lu Zhou ◽  
...  

Southern Shizhuang Block has simple structure characteristics, relatively thick coal seams (3.1-10.5 m, 6 m in average), and favorable burial depth (450-900 m). The gas content of the No.3 coal seam in the Shanxi formation ranges from 6-20 m3/t, and it increases from the southeast to northwest area in the southern Shizhuang Block. Gas content is high in the structural low in the area, which means the gas accumulation is controlled by the geological characteristics of local structure and hydrogeologic conditions.


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.


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.


2020 ◽  
Vol 38 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 3-23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yang Zhao ◽  
Xiaodong Zhang ◽  
Shuo Zhang ◽  
Jiaosheng Yang ◽  
Xianzhong Li ◽  
...  

Adsorption and desorption of coalbed methane are generally at a dynamic equilibrium state under the undisturbed coal reservoir. However, as the reservoir pressure drops to a certain value during the extraction of coalbed methane, the equilibrium state is destroyed and thus more coalbed methane desorbs and escapes from coal to wellbore. Here the corresponding bottom-hole fluid pressure is called initial gas production pressure (IGPP) in the development practice of coalbed methane wells. This paper, which has taken Changzhi-Anze block in the central-southern part of Qinshui basin as the study object, addresses the distribution characteristic and control factors of IGPP of coalbed methane wells and then explores the key factors affecting IGPP using grey correlation analysis theory. The results indicate that IGPP varies from 1.09 MPa to 6.57 MPa, showing a distribution law with high in the middle and low in the west and east of the study area, which presents a similar distribution characteristic with burial depth, thickness, coal rank, gas content, original reservoir pressure, and in-situ stress. Further, through grey correlation analysis, it concludes that the correlation degrees of control factors affecting IGPP of coalbed methane wells in the descending order are decline rate of working fluid level, water yield before gas production, reservoir pressure, coal thickness, coal rank, minimum horizontal principal stress, burial depth, and gas content. Among these factors, engineering factors, including decline rate of working fluid level and water yield before gas production, present a key controlling effect, because they can determine the smooth migration pathway directly during initial water production. And another key factor, original reservoir pressure also builds strong and positive correlation with IGPP under the interaction of other geology and reservoir factors, revealing the capability of gas desorption and the transmission of pressure drops.


2018 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 144-165 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhigang Du ◽  
Xiaodong Zhang ◽  
Qiang Huang ◽  
Shuo Zhang ◽  
Chenlin Wang

Coalbed methane is now large-scalely explorated and exploitated in the world. The Changzhi coalbed methane block, south-central Qinshui Basin, is a new resource target zone for coalbed methane exploration and exploitation in China. However, the gas content distribution of this block and its influential factors have not yet studied. Based on the recent coalbed methane exploration and exploitation activities, the gas content distribution of coal reservoir in this block was studied. The results show that the gas content hold by the coal reservoir is 7.0 − 21.7 m3/t, which was determined by a combining control effect from geologic structure and hydrogeology. The Changzhi coalbed methane block has experienced multiple-stages geologic structure evolution, especially a tectonic-thermal event during the middle Yanshanian Orogeny improved the coal to the current R o,max 1.9 − 2.7% and meanwhile the coalbed methane was greatly generated. Subsequently, the widespreadly developed normal fault structures during the Himalayan Orogeny accelerated the coalbed methane escape through the “gas escape windows”, particularly where the location within the distance of about 1300 m to the “gas escape window” the gas content decreases significantly. Moreover, due to the action of the later Himalayan Orogeny, the slope areas of most Yanshanian fold structures were structurally cross-cut by the Himalayan normal faults, and thus an “open” syncline folds were formed. The coal reservoir was depressurized surrounding this “open” syncline structure and consequently the hydrodynamic losing effect has resulted in a comparatively lower gas content therein. By the control of geologic structure and hydrogeology, this block can be generally, compartmentalized into three hydrodynamic systems including the western groundwater stagnation region, the middle runoff region, and the north-eastern recharge region, where the hydrodynamic sealing effect at the groundwater stagnation region has made a comparatively higher gas content for the coal reservoir, but the hydrodynamic losing effect at the recharge region and runoff region has made a comparatively lower gas content of the coal reservoir.


2018 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 125-143 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shiyu Yang ◽  
Yidong Cai ◽  
Ren Wei ◽  
Yingfang Zhou

Predicting the permeability of coalbed methane (CBM) reservoirs is significant for coalbed methane exploration and coalbed methane development. In this work, a new fracture permeability model of coalbed methane reservoir with high-dip angle in the southern Junggar Basin, NW China is established based on the Poiseuille and Darcy laws. The fracture porosity in coalbed methane reservoir is calculated by applying 3D finite element method. The formation cementing index m was calculated by combining fractal theory and the data of acoustic logging, compensated neutron logging, and density logging with the space method. Based on Poiseuille and Darcy laws, the curvature τ is introduced to derive this new method for obtaining the permeability of the original fractures in coalbed methane reservoirs. Moreover, this newly established permeability model is compared with the permeability from the well testing, which shows a very good correlation between them. This model comprehensively includes the effects of fracture porosity, reservoir pore structure, and development conditions on fracture permeability. Finally, the permeability prediction of coalbed methane reservoir with high-dip angle in the southern Junggar Basin, NW China is conducted, which correlates very well with the well test permeability ( R2 = 0.83). Therefore, this model can be used to accurately predict the coalbed methane reservoir permeability of low rank coals in the southern Junggar Basin. The permeability of the No.43 coalbed methane reservoir for the coalbed methane wells without well testing data is evaluated, which ranges from 0.000251 to 0.379632 mD. This significant change in permeability may indicate a complex coalbed methane reservoir structure in the southern Junggar Basin, NW China.


2020 ◽  
Vol 38 (5) ◽  
pp. 1664-1679
Author(s):  
Aoxiang Zhang ◽  
Daiyong Cao ◽  
Yingchun Wei ◽  
Thomas E Rufford

Coal fines produced during drainage of coalbed methane reservoirs can affect the permeability of the coal reservoir and damage production facilities such as downhole pumps, shafts, and valves. Thus, to clarify the mechanism of coal fines output is very important to high production of coalbed methane. The characteristics of coal fines can be used to identify the sources of the coal fines and to develop reasonable means of controlling coal fines output. In this study, different coal fines characteristics were investigated to reveal the output mechanism of coal fines. The coal fines samples were collected from 16 coalbed methane wells, which located in Eastern Ordos Basin of China. And the wells are in different drainage stages. The coal fines samples were analyzed by using transmission light microscopy, reflection polarized optical microscopy, laser particle size analysis, X-ray diffraction, and scanning electron microscopy with energy dispersive X. The results show that the concentration of coal fines is in the range of 3–8% (volume percent). The sizes of the coal fine particles tended to be below 200 µm. The main components of pulverized coal are vitrinite and inorganic minerals and the average content of inorganic minerals account for 50.56% and the standard deviation is 0.0685. The morphology analysis results show that the shape of coal fines is different in different parts of the coalbed methane wells. The coal fines concentration increases with the increase in the thickness of the deformed coal, and decreases with the increase in the burial depth. The concentration of coal fines becomes higher with the increase of casing pressure and coal fines concentration increases with the increase of the variation of bottom hole pressure.


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