Oil & Gas Geology ›› 2012, Vol. 33 ›› Issue (1): 1-9,18.doi: 10.11743/ogg20120101

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Sealing capacity of the Ordovician carbonate rocks in Tazhong area, the Tarim Basin

Qian Yixiong1, He ZhiLiang2, Chen Qianglu1, Li Huili2, Lu Qinghua1, Cai Xierao2, You Donghua1   

  1. 1. Research Institute of Experimental Geology, SINOPEC Petreoleum Exploration and Production Research Institute, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214151, China;
    2. SINOPEC Petreoleum Exploration and Production Research Institute, Beijing 100083, China
  • Received:2011-05-02 Revised:2011-12-21 Online:2012-02-28 Published:2012-03-22

Abstract:

Mineral composition,micro-pore characteristics and well-logs from five wells were used to study the sealing capacity of the Ordovician carbonate rocks in Tazhong area,Tarim Basin.The Ordovician Lianglitage and Yingshan formations are at substage A-B of the middle diagenetic stage and substage A of the late diagenetic stage.For the Lianglitage Formation grainstone,the breakthrough pressure (BP) is 1.81-29.76 MPa,and the threshold radius (TR) is 13.89-77.35 nm,.For the marlstones,the BP is 14.33MPa and TR is 25.9-44.51 nm.For the micritic limestone with band of argillite,the BP is 0.98-10.35 MPa and the TR is 13.52-142.60 nm.The BP and the TR of the Yingshan Formation limy dolomites are 0.98-10.35 MPa and 13.52-142.60 nm.Thus,the marlstone and partial grainstone of the Lianglitage Formation and the Yingshan Formation dolomite limestone have certain sealing capacity,with thickness over 5 m,BP over 5 MPa,TR between 10-20 nm,pore throat radium less than 0.1 μm.In addition,the tight interval consisted of dolomite limestone with high resistivity of 4-10 m thick in the Yingshan Formation is thought to be local caprocks in Tazhong area.Its existence is one of the main factors resulting in the oil/gas distribution pattern in the Ordovician Yingshan Formation in Zhong-1 well,i.e.oil in its upper part and gas in its lower part.

Key words: diagenetic stage, micro-pore structure, high resistance strata, local sealing, reservoir-cap assemblage, carbonate rock, Tarim Basin

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