Oil & Gas Geology ›› 2007, Vol. 28 ›› Issue (6): 847-855.doi: 10.11743/ogg20070622

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Research on the fracture-vug unit division of fractured-vuggy carbonate rock oil pools—an example from the Ordovician oil pools in the principle producing area of Tahe oilfield

Chen Zhihai1, Ma Xujie2, Huang Guangtao1   

  1. 1. Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration & Production, SINOPEC, Beijing 100083, China;
    2. Northwest Oilfield Company, SINOPEC, Urumqi, Xinjiang 830011, China
  • Received:2007-08-24 Online:2007-12-25 Published:2012-01-16

Abstract:

Fractured-vuggy reservoirs originated from the development of paleo-karst fractured-vuggy system are the basic geological units for hydrocarbon accumulations of fractured-vuggy type.Importance should be attached to the connectivity within a fractured-vuggy reservoir and that among different fractured-vuggy reservoirs during the development of this kind of reservoirs,i.e.fractured-vuggy units are the basic development units of fracturedvuggy pools.However,both domestic and overseas literatures failed to offer a clear definition for fractured-vuggy reservoir and fractured-vuggy unit and the research on fractured-vuggy unit division still needs to be carried on. Taking the Ordovician fractured-vuggy pool in Tahe oilfield as an example,this paper presents basic concept and distribution mode for fractured-vuggy units and proposes principles and methods for their division.After the study on fractured-vuggy reservoir distribution,fluid properties and well productivity and inter-well connectivity in Tahe oilfield,the paper defines fifteen fracture-vug units in the principle producing area of the field,providing useful references for further development adjustment and management of the field.

Key words: fracture-vug unit, fractured-vuggy reservoir, carbonate rock, Tahe oilfield

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