Influence of micro‐pore structure in tight sandstone reservoir on the seepage and water‐drive producing mechanism—a case study from Chang 6 reservoir in Huaqing area of Ordos basin

Ren, Xiaoxia; Li, Aifen; Fu, Shuaishi; Tian, Weibing

doi:10.1002/ese3.302

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“…The water storage capacity depends on the porosity of the coal specimens, while water adsorption is an external manifestation of the size and distribution of cracks in the coal, and micro‐pore structure also has a certain effect on seepage and water drive . An increase in the water adsorption of coal specimens indicates an increase and extension of cracks within the structure and an increase in fluid permeability in the coal .…”

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Influence of cyclic wetting‐drying on the mechanical strength characteristics of coal samples: A laboratory‐scale study

Chen

Jiang

Wang³

et al. 2019

Energy Science & Engineering

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Water‐coal interactions have gained much recent attention, although few studies focus on the strength of coal under wetting‐drying cycles. This study investigates changes in the microstructure and mechanical strength of coal that are induced by water‐coal interactions, at the macroscale and microscale. Fourteen specimens after continuous wetting and fourteen specimens after wetting‐drying cycles were tested, indicating that peak stress and elastic modulus decrease with increasing continuous wetting time and number of wetting‐drying cycles, while peak strain increases. We analyzed changes in the coal microstructure using a scanning electron microscope (SEM) and the Image Pro Plus 6.0 (IPP 6.0) software. The regression model for cyclic wetting‐drying reveals that porosity and pore circularity are the main correlation indicators associated with uniaxial compressive strength. Therefore, different numbers of wetting‐drying cycles could induce different degrees of damage to coal, which increases progressively through gradual changes to its microstructure. These findings indicate that wetting‐drying cycles have a more significant impact on the stability of coal mass than continuous wetting. Our results are of use in determining the size of coal pillars, and expanding the knowledge base related to the mechanical properties of coal mass, water bursting, water recharge channels, and the stress‐crack‐permeability evolution law in mines.

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Influence of cyclic wetting‐drying on the mechanical strength characteristics of coal samples: A laboratory‐scale study

Chen

Jiang

Wang³

et al. 2019

Energy Science & Engineering

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“…Mesopores are between 2 and 50 nm, and micropores are smaller than 2 nm 12,13 . The micropores and mesopores volume in the tight reservoir rocks have an important influence on the reservoir storage performance, oil and gas distribution, and fluid flow characteristics 14,15 . There are several commonly used methods to determine the pore size distribution of reservoir rocks, such as high‐pressure mercury intrusion method (HPMI), constant‐speed mercury intrusion (CSMI) nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), and low‐temperature nitrogen gas adsorption (LTN 2 GA).…”

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“…The pore sizes obtained by different methods are different. It is impossible to fully characterize the pore structure of tight reservoirs just by one single method 11‐19 …”

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Accurate characterization of full pore size distribution of tight sandstones by low‐temperature nitrogen gas adsorption and high‐pressure mercury intrusion combination method

Fang

et al. 2020

Energy Science & Engineering

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The full pore size distribution represents the integrated characteristics of micro‐nano pore‐throat systems in tight reservoirs. And it involves experiments of different scales to fully analyze the microscope properties. In this paper, we established a new approach for full pore size characterization through conducting the high‐pressure mercury intrusion (HPMI) experiments and low‐temperature nitrogen gas adsorption (LTN2GA) experiments. Meanwhile, we studied the petrology feature of the tight sandstones through X‐ray diffraction (X‐rD) and TESCAN Integrated Mineral Analyzer (TIMA). Then, we investigated the HPMI capillary pressure curves and pore size distribution characteristics, as well as the adsorption‐desorption isotherms features and BET‐specific surface area. Finally, the BJH, non‐local density functional theory (NLDFT) and the quenched solid density functional theory (QSDFT) are contrasted for analyzing the adsorption and pore size distribution characteristics. The HPMI method characterizes the macropores distribution accurately, and the micro/mesopores take up of 14.47% of the total pore spaces. The physisorption isotherms take on the combining shape of type II and IV(a), and the hysteresis loops are like type H3 combined with H4. The BET‐specific surface area is inversely proportional to permeability, and the constant of adsorption heat shows consistence with the analysis results of mineral content. QSDFT can characterize the pore size distribution of micro/mesopores more accurately than the BJH, HPMI, and NLDFT method. By combining the pores narrower than 34 nm calculated from QSDFT method and pores larger than 34 nm calculated from HPMI data with mercury intrusion pressure lower than 42.65 MPa, the full pore size distribution features of tight sandstones are accurately characterized. The micro/mesopores from the new combination method are 3.72% more than that calculated from the HPMI data, and it is of great significance for the accurate pore distribution evaluation and development of tight reservoirs.

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“…Although NMR is a rapid and harmless method, the T 2 spectrum distribution curve requires to be translated into PSD. The minimum measurement aperture by NMR is determined by the echo distance and the relative coefficient of particle surface [22,23]. Methods for qualitatively describing the type, size and surface morphology of pores include SEM, micro-computed tomography (μ-CT) and other image analysis methods [24][25][26][27].…”

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Full-scale pore size distribution features of uranium-bearing sandstone in the northwest of Xinjiang, China

Zeng

Zhang

et al. 2021

R. Soc. open sci.

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As an important nuclear fuel, uranium in sandstone uranium deposits is mainly extracted by in situ leaching. The porosity of sandstone is one of the important indexes determining in situ leaching efficiency. Moreover, the microscopic pore size distribution (PSD) of the uranium-bearing layer has an important effect on porosity. It is necessary to feature the pore structure by various techniques because of the different pore types and sizes in the uranium layer. In this paper, combined with nitrogen gas adsorption, nuclear magnetic resonance techniques and scanning electron microscopy, the full-scale PSD features of uranium-bearing sandstone in the northwest of Xinjiang are effectively characterized. The results show that pores structure of uranium-bearing sandstone include dissolution pores ( d ≤ 50 nm), intergranular pores (50 nm < d ≤ 200 µm) and microfractures. Intergranular pores of 60 nm and 1 µm are the significant contributors to pore volume. The effects of the pore volume of two pore types (dissolution pores and intergranular pores) on the porosity of uranium-bearing sandstone are analysed. The results show that intergranular pores have the greater influence on the porosity and are positively correlated to the porosity. Dissolution pores have little effect on the porosity, but it is one of the key factors for improving uranium recovery. Moreover, the greater the difference of PSD between sandstones, the stronger the interlayer heterogeneity of uranium-bearing sandstone. This kind of interlayer heterogeneity leads to the change of permeability in the horizontal direction of strata. It provides a basis for a reasonable setting of well type and well spacing parameters.

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Influence of micro‐pore structure in tight sandstone reservoir on the seepage and water‐drive producing mechanism—a case study from Chang 6 reservoir in Huaqing area of Ordos basin

Cited by 15 publications

References 24 publications

Influence of cyclic wetting‐drying on the mechanical strength characteristics of coal samples: A laboratory‐scale study

Influence of cyclic wetting‐drying on the mechanical strength characteristics of coal samples: A laboratory‐scale study

Accurate characterization of full pore size distribution of tight sandstones by low‐temperature nitrogen gas adsorption and high‐pressure mercury intrusion combination method

Full-scale pore size distribution features of uranium-bearing sandstone in the northwest of Xinjiang, China

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