Oil & Gas Geology ›› 2016, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (1): 135-140.doi: 10.11743/ogg20160119

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A new method to determine porosity and permeability cutoffs of tight oil reservoirs by using thickness of adsorption water film: A case study from the Damintun Sag, Liaohe oifield

Wang Weiming1, Lu Shuangfang1, Tian Weichao1, Zhou Nengwu1, Li Jijun1, Shan Junfeng2, Hu Yingjie2, Yuan Hongqi3   

  1. 1. Research Institute of Unconventional Petroleum and Renewable Energy, China University of Petroleum(East China), Qingdao, Shandong 266580, China;
    2. Petroleum Exploration and Development Research Institute, Liaohe Oilfield Co., Ltd, Panjin, Liaoning 124000, China;
    3. College of Earth Sciences, Northeast Petroleum University, Daqing, Heilongjiang 163318, China
  • Received:2015-05-11 Revised:2015-08-23 Online:2016-02-08 Published:2016-03-02

Abstract: With the advancement of exploitation technologies of tight oil,the porosity and permeability cutoffs of tight oil exploitation have been greatly reduced,and are approaching to that of tight oil accumulation.In combination with experimental analysis and theatrical computation,this paper introduced the water film theory to determine the porosity and permeability cutoffs of the Damintun Sag.The results show that tight reservoirs mainly consist of oil shale in the 4th Member of the Shahejie Formation in the Damintun Sag.Under the same geological conditions,there are water films (composed of strong bound water and weak bond water) adsorbed on the surface of tight sand particles.The minimum throat radius is equal to the thickness of water film which is so small that they can only be measured with nanometers.When the throat radius is smaller than water film thickness,the pore is filled with bound water.Only throats whose radius are larger than the film thickness can be valid oil charging pathways.Based on equilibrium of forces,relationship between water film thickness and throat radius is established,and the minimum throat radius valid for oil charging is calculated.The relationship of water film thickness with porosity,specific area and bound water saturation can be used to turn the critical value of throat radius into the critical porosity.This method not only has strong theoretical basis,but also the support of experimental data.

Key words: adsorbed water film, physical property cutoff, pore distribution, tight oil, Damintun Sag, Liaohe oilfield

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