Oil & Gas Geology ›› 2021, Vol. 42 ›› Issue (4): 981-991.doi: 10.11743/ogg20210418

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Characteristics and application effect of logging-based fracture identification in tight sandstones: A case study of the Upper Triassic Xu 2 Member in Western Sichuan Depression, Sichuan Basin

Zhiyuan Liu(), Hao Li, Qingzhao Wu, Zeyu Nan, Junlei Su, Wujun Jin   

  1. Petroleum Exploration and Production Research Institute, SINOPEC, Beijing 100083, China
  • Received:2020-10-12 Online:2021-08-28 Published:2021-08-27

Abstract:

Fractures are a key factor for high and stable production of tight sandstone reservoirs.The coincidence rate of fracture identification based on conventional logging is, however, low, due to the low resolution of conventional logging, rapid change of lithology and physical properties of tight sandstone, small-scale fractures with variable occurrences.Based on the concluded regional fracture types and fracture logging response characteristics, we innovatively extract multiple factors sensitive to fracture such as resistivity reduction and moveout augmentation in the tight sandstone of the second member of Xujiahe Formation (hereinafter referred to as Xu 2 Member) in Xinchang gas field, Western Sichuan Depression.Furthermore, resistivity dimension and acoustic dimension constraint index are selected to suppress the interference effect with the amplification of fracture signals; and the gray correlation is applied for the first time to determine the weight coefficient of sensitive factors, the fracture indication curve is calculated by weighting, and the threshold constraint is used to identify fractures.In comparison with the fracture response pattern library, the fracture type is identified by clustering.In comparing with electric imaging data of the 5 wells including Wells X5 and X101, the coincidence rate of fracture identification reaches up to more than 90%, providing a favorable basis for the study of fracture distribution pattern, reservoir type evaluation and productivity prediction of tight sandstones.

Key words: fracture sensitivity factor, grey correlation, conventional logging, fracture identification, tight sandstone, Xinchang gas field, Western Sichuan Depression

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