Oil & Gas Geology ›› 2022, Vol. 43 ›› Issue (3): 658-669.doi: 10.11743/ogg20220314

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Dissolved micro-pores in alkali feldspar and their contribution to improved properties of tight sandstone reservoirs: A case study from Triassic Chang-63 sub-member, Huaqing area, Ordos Basin

Guangyuan Sun1(), Zhelin Wang2,3, Peigang Liu3,4(), Zhiqiang Zhang3   

  1. 1.Ocean College,Zhejiang University,Zhoushan,Zhejiang 316021,China
    2.Petroleum Exploration and Production Research Institute,SINIOPEC,Beijing 100083,China
    3.College of Computer Science and Technology,China University of Petroleum(East China),Qingdao,Shandong 266580,China
    4.School of Earth and Space Sciences,Peking University,Beijing 100871,China
  • Received:2021-12-02 Revised:2022-03-10 Online:2022-06-01 Published:2022-05-06
  • Contact: Peigang Liu E-mail:3130000936@zju.edu.cn;dongfangwy@upc.edu.cn

Abstract:

Secondary dissolved pores in feldspar account for a major part of the micro-nano pore-throat system in tight sandstone reservoirs. To further clarify the characteristics of these pores and their contribution to improved physical properties of tight sandstone reservoirs, this paper takes the third sub-member of the sixth member of Yanchang Formation (Chang-63) in the Huaqing area, Ordos Basin as the research object. The energy-dispersive spectrometry is used to obtain the distribution and composition characteristics of sodium and potassium of all kinds of feldspar in the member and field emission environmental scanning electron microscope images of feldspar samples are processed binarily to extract parameters with Image J software. Two kinds of feldspar, wavy perthite and mottled perthite, with typical dissolution characteristics are imaged and analyzed to establish a method for evaluating the contribution of the dissolved pores to reservoir space based on dissolution intensity parameters and the impact of feldspar dissolution on pore development. Parameters for characterizing feldspar development, dissolution rate, porosity contribution are determined. The results show that the dissolved micropores in alkali feldspar in the study area are mostly in banded and honeycombed morphology as a result of weak dissolution. The porosity contribution rate is between 2.06 % and 35.20 %, with an average of 13.99 %. Moreover, the proportion of pore area formed by dissolution is negatively correlated with the potassium ion enrichment area size in alkali feldspar.

Key words: alkali feldspar, dissolved pore, reservoir physical property, tight sandstone reservoir, Yanchang Formation, Ordos Basin

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