Oil & Gas Geology ›› 2022, Vol. 43 ›› Issue (3): 711-716.doi: 10.11743/ogg20220319

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A new method for porosity prediction based on variable matrix parameters

Bo Shen1,2(), Gang Wang3, Haitang Fan3, Jinfeng Zhang4, Yanpu Li5   

  1. 1.Key Laboratory of Exploration Technologies for Oil and Gas Resources,Ministry of Education/Yangtze University,Wuhan,Hubei 430010,China
    2.Geophysics and Oil Resource Institute,Yangtze University,Wuhan,Hubei 430010,China
    3.Research Institute of Exploration and Development,Xinjiang Oilfield Company,CNPC,Karamay,Xinjiang 834000,China
    4.Jiqing Oilblock Operation Department,Xinjiang Oilfield Company,Jimsar,Xinjiang 8317002,China
    5.NO. 1 Oil Production Plant,Dagang Oilfield Company,PetroChina,TianJin 300280,China.
  • Received:2021-01-06 Revised:2022-03-08 Online:2022-06-01 Published:2022-05-06

Abstract:

Porosity prediction from logging data is a common practice of quantitative evaluation of hydrocarbon reservoirs. The accuracy of reservoir porosity calculation directly affects the reliability of subsequent reservoir evaluation. For evaluating reservoirs with complex mineral components, the main challenge is how to quickly and accurately predict the porosity with logging data. One such example is the tuffaceous sandstone reservoir developed in L Formation of A Sag. Its complex and changeable sandy composition and late diagenesis result in logging responses varying significantly from one layer to another, making the applicability of the single-porosity model built based core-calibrated logging data and multivariate statistical method to porosity calculation of these layers rather questionable. To tackle the issue, this study proposes a porosity prediction method based on variable matrix parameters by using a volume physical model and through principal component analysis. Porosity prediction by using the method with actual logging data fits well with core analysis results and the workflow for separate-layer porosity interpretation is simplified. The method may serve as a certain reference for the prediction of porosity of rocks with complex components.

Key words: principal component analysis, variable matrix parameter, complex rock component, tuffaceous sandstone, porosity prediction, reservoir evaluation

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