Oil & Gas Geology ›› 2015, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (1): 162-167.doi: 10.11743/ogg20150121

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SLD-PR simulation method for shale adsorption isotherm and its application

Hu Zhiming1,2, Guo Wei2, Xiong Wei1,2, Zuo Luo1,2, Shen Rui1,2, Gao Shusheng1,2, Yang Farong3, Miao Xue4   

  1. 1. Institute of Porous Flow & Fluid Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Langfang, Hebei 065007, China;
    2. Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration & Development-Langfang, PetroChina Langfang, Hebei 065007, China;
    3. Exploration & Development Research Institute, Dagang Oilfield Company, PetroChina, Tianjin 300280, China;
    4. Exploration and Development Institute, Huabei Oilfield Company, PetroChina, Renqiu, Hebei 062550, China
  • Received:2014-01-22 Revised:2014-10-20 Online:2015-02-08 Published:2015-02-11
  • Contact: 郭为(1986-)男, 工程师, 非常规天然气开发.E-mail:guowei19860429@163.com E-mail:guowei19860429@163.com

Abstract:

Shale gas is mainly composed of adsorption gas and free gas.Adsorption gas content directly affects the geolo-gical reserves and well production for a shale gas reservoir.In order to accurately measure adsorption gas content, isothermal adsorption experiments were performed within temperature range of 25-45 ℃ and pressure range of 0-8 MPa on the Longmaxi Fm shale in South Sichuan Basin.Results indicate that shale adsorption capacity decreases as temperature increases.In addition, shale adsorption isotherms at different temperatures were calculated by using the simplified local density (SLD-PR) method and compared with the experimental results.The comparison shows that this method can be used to calculate shale adsorption isotherm.The SLD-PR method can be used to predict shale adsorption isotherm under reservoir pressure and temperature conditions, thus overcoming the disadvantage that the errors of isotherm experimental measurements under high temperature and pressure are large.Comparison between the calculated adsorption gas content by the SLD-PR method and that by the Langmuir method indicates that the former is more accurate and reliable than the latter.

Key words: methane, the simplified local density method(SLD), isothermal adsorption, shale gas

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