Oil & Gas Geology ›› 2022, Vol. 43 ›› Issue (5): 1115-1126.doi: 10.11743/ogg20220509

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Microscopic pore characteristics and controlling factors of black shale in the Da’anzhai Member of Jurassic Ziliujing Formation, central Sichuan Basin

Haihua Zhu1(), Lin Chen1, Zhenglin Cao2, Minglei Wang3, Haitao Hong2, Yucong Li2, Rui Zhang2, Shaomin Zhang2, Guangyi Zhu1, Xu Zeng3, Wei Yang1   

  1. 1.School of Geosciences and Technology,Southwest Petroleum University,Chengdu,Sichuan 610500,China
    2.Research Institute of Exploration and Development,Southwest Oil & Gas Field Company,PetroChina,Chengdu,Sichuan 610041,China
    3.Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration & Development,PetroChina,Beijing 100083,China
  • Received:2022-04-17 Revised:2022-07-20 Online:2022-10-01 Published:2022-09-02

Abstract:

The reservoir space characteristics and controlling factors of shale oil reservoirs in the Da’anzhai Member of the Jurassic Ziliujing Formation, central Sichuan Basin, are analyzed based on the pore types, porosity and oil content data gathered from thin sections, SEM images, microfluorescence responses, porosity and permeability tests, N2 adsorption behaviour,and organic carbon measurements as well as Rock-Eval pyrolysis on samples from the member. The results show that:① The reservoir space consists of microfractures and pores. The microfractures are mainly lamellation fractures and shell calcite cleavage fractures, while the pores are mainly clay pores followed by shell calcite and authigenic quartz intercrystalline pores together with a small number of organic pores and pyrite intergranular pores. ② A negative correlation between pore size and pore volume is observed in the shale oil reservoirs in the member. The shale is high in porosity (averaged at 5.69 %) and dominated by clay pores that are small in size and tend to form horizontal pore-fracture system with laminated fractures; the intercalated shell limestone is low in porosity (averaged at 3.27 %) though it contains more shell calcite and authigenic quartz intercrystalline pores with large pore size that are likely to form pore-fracture networks with cleavage fractures. ③ The micro occurrence of oil in the reservoirs is highly heterogenous. The organic rich shale intervals have high oil content (S1 and OSI) but with oil widely dispersed in micro clay pores, they give out weak fluorescence and have low mobility. While the larger shell calcite / quartz intergranular pores, shell calcite cleavage and lamination fractures are hosting more oil and give out strong fluorescence. ④ Micro-fractures are essential to the accumulation of hydrocarbon. Hydrocarbons expelled from kerogen would preferentially migrate into lamellation fractures and accumulate in shell calcite / quartz intergranular pores around the lamellation fractures, resulting in low oil content in shell calcite pores that are far away from the lamination fractures. On that account, we suggest an emphasis on pore size and fracture development for assessing the quality of shale oil intervals in the Da’anzhai Member.

Key words: microfracture, pore characteristics, pore-fracture system, shale oil, Da’anzhai Member, Jurassic, Sichuan Basin

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