Oil & Gas Geology ›› 2024, Vol. 45 ›› Issue (4): 979-991.doi: 10.11743/ogg20240406

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Characteristics and determinants of shale reservoirs in the Upper Permian Dalong Formation, Sichuan Basin

Yuehao YE1(), Wei CHEN1, Hua WANG2(), Jinmin SONG1, Ying MING2, Xin DAI2, Zhiwu LI1, Haofei SUN2, Xiaogang MA1, Tingting LIU3, Hui TANG4, Shugen LIU1,5   

  1. 1.State Key Laboratory of Oil and Gas Reservoir Geology and Exploitation,Chengdu University of Technology,Chengdu,Sichuan 610059,China
    2.Research Institute of Exploration and Development,Southwest Oil & Gas Field Company,PetroChina,Chengdu,Sichuan 610041,China
    3.Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration & Developent,PetroChina,Beijing 100083,China
    4.Guangneng Safe Production and Management Center,Sichuan Chuanmei Huarong Energy Co. Ltd. ,Guang’an,Sichuan 638600,China
    5.Xihua University,Chengdu,Sichuan 610039,China
  • Received:2023-12-12 Revised:2024-05-21 Online:2024-09-05 Published:2024-09-05
  • Contact: Hua WANG E-mail:bestone86@163.com;wanghua@petrochina.com.cn

Abstract:

Marine black shales are found in the Upper Permian Dalong Formation within the Kaijiang-Liangping trough in the Sichuan Basin. Recently drilling of wells LY1, DY1, and HY1 has revealed high-yield shale gas in this formation, suggesting considerable potential for marine shale gas exploration in the Dalong Formation of the northern Sichuan Basin. Hence, it is highly significant to investigate the characteristics and determinants of shale reservoirs in this formation. In this study, we investigate the organic geochemistry, brittle mineral content, pore types, and pore structures of shales in the Dalong Formation in well DY1, aiming to elucidate the characteristics and determinants of the shale reservoir within. The findings show that the black shales in the Dalong Formation are of deep-water shelf deposits, exhibiting major facies of siliceous and mixed shale, high in brittle mineral contents. The organic matter of these shales exhibits a high abundance, with TOC content averaging at 7.84 %, type Ⅱ1-Ⅱ2 kerogens, and high porosities, averaging at 5.78 %, and the organic pores act as main storage space with the micro-pores’ peak value the highest. The development of pores in the shales is governed by the abundance, type, and thermal maturity of organic matter, while carbonate minerals are detrimental to their growth.

Key words: porosity evolution, reservoir, shale gas, Dalong Formation, Sichuan Basin

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