Influence of micro‐pore structure in tight sandstone reservoir on the seepage and water‐drive producing mechanism—a case study from Chang 6 reservoir in Huaqing area of Ordos basin

Abstract To study the influence of pore structure on the seepage and water‐drive producing mechanisms, various methods were combined to describe the micro‐pore structure in the Chang 6 tight sandstone reservoir in the Huaqing area, Ordos Basin, China. Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) was combined wi...

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Main Authors: Xiaoxia Ren, Aifen Li, Shuaishi Fu, Weibing Tian
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 2019-06-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/ese3.302
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Aifen Li
Shuaishi Fu
Weibing Tian
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Weibing Tian
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description Abstract To study the influence of pore structure on the seepage and water‐drive producing mechanisms, various methods were combined to describe the micro‐pore structure in the Chang 6 tight sandstone reservoir in the Huaqing area, Ordos Basin, China. Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) was combined with displacement experiments to determine the distribution of oil and water in pores of different scales before and after water flooding. There are few micro pores in the reservoir. As permeability increases, the distribution of nano pores decreases, while sub‐micro pores increase. Also, sub‐micro pores are the main pathway within the reservoir. There is a negative power function correlation between the minimum starting pressure gradient of the oil (Swc) and maximum throat radius. Also, with a decrease of permeability, smaller pore throats become more abundant and the nonlinear section of the flow velocity‐differential pressure curves increase. There is a large amount of crude oil gathering in the nano pores. As permeability increases, the main sources of movable oil are from the nano pores (kg < 0.4 × 10−3 μm2), sub‐micro pores (kg ≈ 0.4 × 10−3 μm2‐1.0 × 10−3 μm2), and micro pores (kg > 1.0 × 10−3 μm2). Displacement efficiency is always the highest in sub‐micro pores.
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spelling doaj.art-04a8a713453948fe85b3c51e9d7076522022-12-22T03:07:54ZengWileyEnergy Science & Engineering2050-05052019-06-017374175310.1002/ese3.302Influence of micro‐pore structure in tight sandstone reservoir on the seepage and water‐drive producing mechanism—a case study from Chang 6 reservoir in Huaqing area of Ordos basinXiaoxia Ren0Aifen Li1Shuaishi Fu2Weibing Tian3School of Petroleum Engineering Research Centre of Multiphase Flow in Porous Media China University of Petroleum (Huadong) Qingdao Shandong ChinaSchool of Petroleum Engineering Research Centre of Multiphase Flow in Porous Media China University of Petroleum (Huadong) Qingdao Shandong ChinaSchool of Petroleum Engineering Research Centre of Multiphase Flow in Porous Media China University of Petroleum (Huadong) Qingdao Shandong ChinaSchool of Petroleum Engineering Research Centre of Multiphase Flow in Porous Media China University of Petroleum (Huadong) Qingdao Shandong ChinaAbstract To study the influence of pore structure on the seepage and water‐drive producing mechanisms, various methods were combined to describe the micro‐pore structure in the Chang 6 tight sandstone reservoir in the Huaqing area, Ordos Basin, China. Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) was combined with displacement experiments to determine the distribution of oil and water in pores of different scales before and after water flooding. There are few micro pores in the reservoir. As permeability increases, the distribution of nano pores decreases, while sub‐micro pores increase. Also, sub‐micro pores are the main pathway within the reservoir. There is a negative power function correlation between the minimum starting pressure gradient of the oil (Swc) and maximum throat radius. Also, with a decrease of permeability, smaller pore throats become more abundant and the nonlinear section of the flow velocity‐differential pressure curves increase. There is a large amount of crude oil gathering in the nano pores. As permeability increases, the main sources of movable oil are from the nano pores (kg < 0.4 × 10−3 μm2), sub‐micro pores (kg ≈ 0.4 × 10−3 μm2‐1.0 × 10−3 μm2), and micro pores (kg > 1.0 × 10−3 μm2). Displacement efficiency is always the highest in sub‐micro pores.https://doi.org/10.1002/ese3.302mechanism of water‐drivenonlinear flownuclear magnetic resonancepore structuretight sandstone
spellingShingle Xiaoxia Ren
Aifen Li
Shuaishi Fu
Weibing Tian
Influence of micro‐pore structure in tight sandstone reservoir on the seepage and water‐drive producing mechanism—a case study from Chang 6 reservoir in Huaqing area of Ordos basin
Energy Science & Engineering
mechanism of water‐drive
nonlinear flow
nuclear magnetic resonance
pore structure
tight sandstone
title Influence of micro‐pore structure in tight sandstone reservoir on the seepage and water‐drive producing mechanism—a case study from Chang 6 reservoir in Huaqing area of Ordos basin
title_full Influence of micro‐pore structure in tight sandstone reservoir on the seepage and water‐drive producing mechanism—a case study from Chang 6 reservoir in Huaqing area of Ordos basin
title_fullStr Influence of micro‐pore structure in tight sandstone reservoir on the seepage and water‐drive producing mechanism—a case study from Chang 6 reservoir in Huaqing area of Ordos basin
title_full_unstemmed Influence of micro‐pore structure in tight sandstone reservoir on the seepage and water‐drive producing mechanism—a case study from Chang 6 reservoir in Huaqing area of Ordos basin
title_short Influence of micro‐pore structure in tight sandstone reservoir on the seepage and water‐drive producing mechanism—a case study from Chang 6 reservoir in Huaqing area of Ordos basin
title_sort influence of micro pore structure in tight sandstone reservoir on the seepage and water drive producing mechanism a case study from chang 6 reservoir in huaqing area of ordos basin
topic mechanism of water‐drive
nonlinear flow
nuclear magnetic resonance
pore structure
tight sandstone
url https://doi.org/10.1002/ese3.302
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