Forecast of the position of promising sand reservoirs in the cross-section of the carboniferous gas-bearing stratum

Abstract

The results of the study of the influence of overburden stress in a solid mass undisturbed by mine workings on the compaction of sandstones within mine fields, exploration areas of Donbas coal deposits and some gas condensate and oil and gas condensate deposits of the Dnipro-Donets Depression (DDD) are presented. Regularities of changes in gas-bearing properties of porous reservoirs with the increase of overburden stress in an undisturbed solid mass, or its decrease in mine conditions are considered. The possibilities of rapid assessment of the forecast position of prospective sand reservoirs in the cross-section of the gas-bearing stratum are shown. Methods are proposed for calculating the position of sandstones of gas-bearing stratum, in which it is advisable to search for gas accumulations and its extraction in the coal and gas, oil and gas condensate and gas condensate fields of Donbas and DDD.