Compaction of diagenetically altered mudstones – Part 2: Implications for pore pressure estimation     

《Marine and Petroleum Geology》2016

Diagenetically altered mudstones compact mechanically and chemically. Consequently, their normal compaction trends depend upon their temperature history as well as on the maximum effective stress they have experienced. A further complication is that mudstones are commonly overpressured where clay diagenesis occurs, preventing direct observation of the hydrostatic normal compaction trend. A popular way to estimate pore pressure in these circumstances is to calculate the sonic normal compaction trend in a well with a known pressure–depth profile by applying Eaton's method in reverse, and then to estimate pore pressure in offset wells using Eaton's method conventionally. We tested this procedure for Cretaceous mudstones at Haltenbanken. The results were inconsistent because the sonic log responds differently to disequilibrium compaction overpressure and unloading overpressure, and their relative contributions vary across the basin. In theory, a two-step method using the density and sonic logs could estimate the contributions to overpressure from disequilibrium compaction and unloading. The normal compaction trend for density should be the normal compaction trend at the maximum effective stress the mudstones have experienced, not at hydrostatic effective stress. We advocate the Budge-Fudge approach as a starting point for pore pressure estimation in diagenetically altered mudstones, a two-step method that requires geological input to help estimate the overpressure contribution from disequilibrium compaction. In principle, the Budge-Fudge approach could be used to estimate the normal compaction trend for mudstones at the maximum effective stress they have experienced, and so form the basis of the full two-step method through the use of offset wells. Our initial efforts to implement the full two-step method in this way at Haltenbanken produced inconsistent results with fluctuations in estimated pore pressure reflecting some of the fluctuations in the density logs. We suspect that variations in the mineralogical composition of the mudstones are responsible.  相似文献   

Pore structure of Cambrian shales from the Sichuan Basin in China and implications to gas storage     

《Marine and Petroleum Geology》2016

The microstructure of black siliceous shale from the lower Cambrian Niutitang Formation, Sichuan Basin in China was investigated by the combination of field emission scanning electron microscope (FE-SEM) and argon ion beam milling. The nanometer-to micrometer-scale pore systems of shales are an important control on gas storage and fluid migration. In this paper, the organic porosity in shale samples within oil and gas window has been investigated, and the formation mechanism and diagenetic evolution of nanopores have been researched.FE-SEM reveals five pore types that are classified as follows: organic nanopores, pores in clay minerals, nanopores of framework minerals, intragranular pores in microfossils, and microfractures. Numerous organic nanopores are observed in shales in the gas window, whereas microfractures can be seen within the organic matter of shales in the oil window. Microfractures in oil window shales could be attributed to pressure buildup in the organic matter when incompressible liquid hydrocarbon are generated, and the orientation of microfractures is probably parallel to the bedding and strength anisotropy of the formation. Pores in clay minerals are always associated with the framework of clay flakes, and develop around rigid mineral grains because the pressure shadows of mineral grains protect pores from collapse, and the increasing of silt content would lead to an increase in pressure shadows and improve porosity. Nanopores of rock framework are probably related to dissolution by acidic fluids from hydrocarbon generation, and the dissolution-related pores promote permeability of shales. Porosity in the low-TOC, low-thermal-maturity shales contrast greatly with those of high-TOC, high-thermal-maturity shales. While the high-TOC shales contain abundant organic microporosity, the inorganic pores can contribute a lot to the porosity of the low-TOC shales.  相似文献   

Pore structure of the graptolite-derived OM in the Longmaxi Shale,southeastern Upper Yangtze Region,China     

《Marine and Petroleum Geology》2016

The Lower Silurian Longmaxi Shale in the southeastern Upper Yangtze Region, which has been the main target for shale gas exploration and production in China, is black marine organic-rich shale and rich in graptolites. Graptolites, usually only periderms preserved in shales, are important organic component of the Longmaxi Shale. However, the pore structure of graptolite periderms and its contribution to gas storage has not yet been studied before. A combination of optical microscopy for identification and “mark” of graptolite and scanning electron microscope (SEM) for pore observations were conducted for the Longamxi Shale samples. Results show that pores are anisotropic developed in the Longmaxi graptolite periderms and greatly associated with their fine structure. Micrometer-sized fractures and spindle-shaped pores between cortical fibrils in the cortical bandage are greatly developed at section parallel to the bedding, while they are rare at section perpendicular to the bedding. Besides, numerous sapropel detritus rich in nanometer-sized pores are discretely distributed in the shale. Though graptolite periderms are low porosity from SEM image analysis, microfractures and elongated pores along the graptolite periderm wall may still make the graptolite an interconnected system. Together with the discrete porous sapropel detritus in shale, these graptolite-derived Organic Matter (OM) may form an interconnected organic pore system in the shale. The difference of pore development observed in graptolite periderms and sapropel detritus also give us new insight for the organic pore heterogeneity study. The OM composition, their fine structure and orientation in the rock may be important factors controlling OM pore development. The combination of identifying OM type under optical microscopy and pores observation under SEM for may be an effective method to study the OM pore development especially in shale that contain more OM.  相似文献   

以喉道为参数的致密砂岩气储层评价方法--以库车坳陷迪北地区致密砂岩气为例     

林潼  魏红兴  谢亚妮 《沉积学报》2016,34(5):983-990

致密砂岩气作为一种非常规天然气在我国呈现出快速发展的趋势,然而目前致密砂岩气储层的评价仍然沿用常规油气藏储层评价的方法。事实证明常规油气藏储层评价的方法明显不适用于致密砂岩气。本文通过对比常规气藏与致密砂岩气的发育特点,以库车坳陷迪北地区致密砂岩气为研究对象,开展多手段的储层孔喉微观分析,认为喉道半径是控制致密砂岩气运聚与富集的关键因素之一。并通过改进的Windland方程以进汞饱和度35%时所对应的喉道半径（R₃₅）为主要参数,建立了适合于研究区的致密砂岩气储层评价方法。评价结果显示,R₃₅=0.17 μm是区分库车坳陷迪北地区致密气有效储层与无效储层的界线;同时依据R₃₅的大小可进一步将有效储层划分出Ⅰ类、Ⅱ类和Ⅲ类储层。  相似文献   

Microscopic Pore characteristics and methane sorption capacity of the lower cambrian shales in yangtze platform北大核心CSCD     

Cao Q.-G.  Cao T.-T.  Liu G.-X.  Song Z.-G.  Song X.  Wang S.-B. 《矿物岩石地球化学通报》2016,(6):1298-1309

The lower Cambrian develops a set of organic-rich black shales in Yangtze Platform and is regarded as one of the key layers of shale gas exploration. The microscope pore structure characteristics and methane sorption capacity were investigated using scanning electron microscope, nitrogen adsorption and methane sorption experiments, and then their controlling factors combining with organic matter, mineral compositions were discussed for Niutitang shales in Zunyi area, Mufushan shales in Nanjing area and Huangboling shales in Chizhou area. The results show as below; ( I ) The pores in lower Cambrian shales are mainly dominated by organic pores, interlayer pores in clay minerals and micro-fractures, as well as containing some intergranular pores between brittle mineral grains, honeycomb poies formed by pyrite crystals falling out, and dissolution molds in fossils; ( 2) DKT pore size distributions show the pores is mainly concentrated in the range of less than 4 nm in lower Cambrian shales and kerogens, while a certain amount of pores are above 4 nm are also existed in lower Cambrian shales, which may be contributed by smectite; ( 3)The specific surface area, pore volume and Langmuir methane sorption capacity of the lower Cambrian shales are ranging from 5.58 to 31. 96 inVg, 0.026 to 0.088 mL/g and 1.36 to 5. 3 mL/g, respectively, which are mainly controlled by TOC and smectite contents, but the effect of TOC and smectite on physical properties are quite different for the lower Cambrian shales in different regions; ( 4)The specific surface area of two Niutitang kerogens are 7. 08 and 7. 92 times than that of the shales and methane sorp-Tion capacity of kerogens arc 5.81 and 7.09 times than that of the shales, suggesting that kerogen is a main carrier of methane gas occurrence in.  相似文献   

Wave-induced seabed response analysis by radial point interpolation meshless method     

J. G. Wang  Bingyin Zhang  T. Nogami 《Ocean Engineering》2004,31(1):21-42

Wave-induced transient response of seabeds is numerically analyzed through a radial point interpolation meshless method (radial PIM). The Biot’s consolidation theory is employed and incorporated with virtual boundary conditions to describe this wave-induced transient response of the seabed. Displacement and pore water pressure are spatially discretized by the radial PIM with the same shape function. Compactly supported basis functions are proposed to obtain a banded system equation. Because the radial PIM passes through all nodal points within an influence domain, essential boundary conditions as well as virtual boundary conditions can be easily implemented at local level. Fully implicit integration scheme is used in time domain to avoid spurious ripple effect. The proposed algorithm is assessed through the comparison of numerical results with closed-form solution or finite element solutions.  相似文献   

Wave-induced pore pressure around a composite breakwater     

D. S. Jeng  D. H. Cha  Y. S. Lin  P. S. Hu 《Ocean Engineering》2001,28(10)

The interaction between wave, seabed and marine structure is a vital issue in coastal engineering, as well as marine geotechnical engineering. However, most previous investigations have been focused on the wave forces acting on the structure from the aspect of hydrodynamics. In this study, we will examine the problem of wave-seabed-caisson interaction from the aspect of marine geotechnical engineering. Based on Biot's poro-elastic theory (Biot, M.A., 1941. General theory of three-dimensional consolidation. Journal of Applied Physics 12, 155–164), a two-dimensional finite element model is proposed to investigate the wave-induced soil response in the vicinity of a caisson. Based on the numerical model, the water wave driven pore pressure around a caisson will be examined through a parametric analysis.  相似文献   

An integrated three-dimensional model of wave-induced pore pressure and effective stresses in a porous seabed: II. Breaking waves     

D.-S. Jeng  H. Zhang   《Ocean Engineering》2005,32(16):1950-1967

The evaluation of the wave-induced liquefaction potential is particularly important for coastal engineers involved in the design of marine structures. Most previous investigations of the wave-induced liquefaction have been limited to two-dimensional non-breaking waves. In this paper, the integrated three-dimensional poro-elastic model for the wave-seabed interaction proposed by [Zhang, H., Jeng, D.-S., 2005. An integrated three-dimensional model of wave-induced pore pressure and effective stresses in a porous seabed: I. A sloping seabed. Ocean Engineering 32(5/6), 701–729.] is further extended to simulate the seabed liquefaction potential with breaking wave loading. Based on the parametric study, we conclude: (1) the liquefaction depth due to breaking waves is smaller than that of due to non-breaking waves; (2) the degree of saturation significantly affects the wave-induced liquefaction depth, and no liquefaction occurs in full saturated seabed, and (3) soil permeability does not only significantly affect the pore pressure, but also the shear stresses distribution.  相似文献   

Wave pressures and uplift forces on and scour around submarine pipeline in clayey soil     

A. Vijaya kumar  S. Neelamani  S. Narasimha Rao 《Ocean Engineering》2003,30(2):304-295

Experimental investigations are carried out on wave-induced pressures and uplift forces on a submarine pipeline (exposed, half buried and fully buried) in clayey soil of different consistency index both in regular and random waves. A study on scour under the pipeline resting on the clay bed is also carried out. It is found that the uplift force can be reduced by about 70%, if the pipeline is just buried in clay soil. The equilibrium scour depth below the pipeline is estimated as 42% of the pipe diameter for consistency index of 0.17 and is 34% of the pipe diameter for consistency index of 0.23. The results of the present investigations are compared with the results on sandy soil by Cheng and Liu (Appl. Ocean Res., 8(1986) 22) to acknowledge the benefit of cohesive soil in reducing the high pore pressure on buried pipeline compared to cohesionless soil.  相似文献   

Qualitative and quantitative characterization of a transitional shale reservoir: A case study from the Upper Carboniferous Taiyuan shale in the eastern uplift of Liaohe Depression,China     

《Marine and Petroleum Geology》2017

The paper takes the Upper Carboniferous Taiyuan shale in eastern uplift of Liaohe depression as an example to qualitatively and quantitatively characterize the transitional (coal-associated coastal swamp) shale reservoir. Focused Ion Beam Scanning Electron Microscope (FIB-SEM), nano-CT, helium pycnometry, high-pressure mercury intrusion and low-pressure gas (N₂ & CO₂) adsorption for eight shale samples were taken to investigate the pore structures. Four types of pores, i.e., organic matter (OM) pores, interparticle (InterP) pores, intraparticle (IntraP) pores and micro-fractures are identified in the shale reservoir. Among them, intraP pores and micro-fractures are the major pore types. Slit-shaped pores are the major shape in the pore system, and the connectivity of the pore-throat system is interpreted to be moderate, which is subordinate to marine shale. The porosity from three dimension (3D) reconstruction of SEM images is lower than the porosity of helium pycnometry, while the porosity trend of the above two methods is the same. Combination of mercury intrusion and gas absorption reveals that nanometer-scale pores provide the main storage space, accounting for 87.16% of the pore volume and 99.85% of the surface area. Micropores contribute 34.74% of the total pore volume and 74.92% of the total pore surface area; and mesopores account for 48.27% of the total pore volume and 24.93% of the total pore surface area; and macropores contribute 16.99% of the total pore volume and 0.15% of the total pore surface area. Pores with a diameter of less than 10 nm contribute the most to the pore volume and the surface area, accounting for 70.29% and 97.70%, respectively. Based on single factor analysis, clay minerals are positively related to the volume and surface area of micropores, mesopores and macropores, which finally control the free gas in pores and adsorbed gas content on surface area. Unlike marine shale, TOC contributes little to the development of micropores. Brittle minerals inhibit pore development of Taiyuan shale, which proves the influence of clay minerals in the pore system.  相似文献