Oil & Gas Geology ›› 2023, Vol. 44 ›› Issue (2): 292-307.doi: 10.11743/ogg20230204

• Petroleum Geology • Previous Articles    

Quantitative characterization and dynamic evolution of pore structure in shale reservoirs of Chang 7 oil layer group in Yanchang area, Ordos Basin

Jing XU1,2(), Yunjin GE2, Yonghong HE2, Renhai PU1(), Linyu LIU1, Liang DUAN1, Kefeng DU2   

  1. 1.State Key Laboratory of Continental Dynamics, Department of Geology, Northwest University, Xi’an, Shaanxi 710069, China
    2.Research Institute of Shaanxi Yanchang Petroleum Group Co. , Ltd. , Xi’an, Shaanxi 710065, China
  • Received:2022-08-17 Revised:2022-12-20 Online:2023-04-01 Published:2023-03-17
  • Contact: Renhai PU E-mail:lily_jing_2003@163.com;purenhai@nwu.edu.cn

Abstract:

Quantitative characterization and dynamic evolution study of full-scale structure provides an important basis for understanding the forming mechanism of shale reservoirs and clarifying the relationship between pores and hydrocarbon-rock interactions. Using field emission scanning electron microscopy integrated with high-pressure mercury intrusion as well as N2 and CO2 adsorption experiments, representative core plugs of different maturity and corresponding samples subjected to hydrocarbon generation and expulsion simulation experiments from Chang 7 oil layer group in the Yanchang area, Ordos Basin, were quantitively characterized for their full-scale structure. Furthermore, combined with hydrocarbon generation and expulsion simulation and X-ray diffraction test results of whole rock/clay mineral content, the interaction of organic hydrocarbon generation and expulsion, mineral diagenesis and pore structure evolution was studied, and the dynamic evolution of reservoir pore structure and fractal characteristics was quantitatively analyzed. The results show that the micropores, small pores and mesopores in shale reservoirs of the Chang 7 oil layer group contribute more to the pore volume, while the micropores and small pores provide most pore specific surface area. With hydrocarbon generation and expulsion of organic matter, dissolution of inorganic minerals and transformation between minerals, the total pore volume first decreases and then increases, and the proportion of meso-macropores decreases first and then increases, and the heterogeneity of micro-small pores is generally enhanced, while the heterogeneity of meso-macropores has a trend of increasing first and then decreasing. The correlation analysis reveals that the pore size and mineral composition are coupled with the heterogeneity of the reservoir, in which the fractal dimension D1 value of micro-small pores is positively correlated with the proportion of micropores to micro-small pores and the content of clay minerals, while the fractal dimension D2 value of meso-macropores is negatively correlated with the proportion of macropores to meso-macropores, and positively correlated with the content of brittle minerals. This study provides an accurate determination of the full-scale structure and evolution of the shale in Chang 7 oil layer group, which is of great significance for identifying sweet spots in shale reservoirs of terrestrial facies.

Key words: pore structure, dynamic evolution, fractal dimension, gas adsorption, quantitative description, shale oil, Yanchang Formation, Ordos Basin

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