LAPSE:2023.10205
Published Article

LAPSE:2023.10205
Research on Rock Minerals and IP Response Characteristics of Shale Gas Reservoir in Sichuan Basin
February 27, 2023
Abstract
As a kind of clean energy, shale gas has attracted much attention, and the exploration and development potential of shale gas resources in the middle and deep layers is huge. However, due to the changeable geological and burial conditions, complex geophysical responses are formed. Therefore, studying the characteristics of reservoir rock minerals and their complex resistivity response characteristics is helpful to deepen the understanding of the electrical characteristics of shale gas reservoirs and provide theoretical basis and physical basis for exploration and development. The study is based on shale samples from the Longmaxi Formation to the Wufeng Formation of a shale gas well in southern Sichuan, China, and the mineral composition and complex resistivity of shale are measured. Through inversion of complex resistivity model, four IP parameters, namely zero-frequency resistivity, polarizability, time constant and frequency correlation coefficient, are extracted, and the relationship between mineral components of rock samples and IP parameters is analyzed. It is found that the polarizability gradually increases and the resistivity gradually decreases with the increase in borehole depth. With the increase in pyrite content, the polarization increases and the resistivity decreases. The corresponding relational model is established, and it is found that the polarizability is highly sensitive to the characteristic mineral pyrite, which provides more effective data support for the subsequent deep shale gas exploration.
As a kind of clean energy, shale gas has attracted much attention, and the exploration and development potential of shale gas resources in the middle and deep layers is huge. However, due to the changeable geological and burial conditions, complex geophysical responses are formed. Therefore, studying the characteristics of reservoir rock minerals and their complex resistivity response characteristics is helpful to deepen the understanding of the electrical characteristics of shale gas reservoirs and provide theoretical basis and physical basis for exploration and development. The study is based on shale samples from the Longmaxi Formation to the Wufeng Formation of a shale gas well in southern Sichuan, China, and the mineral composition and complex resistivity of shale are measured. Through inversion of complex resistivity model, four IP parameters, namely zero-frequency resistivity, polarizability, time constant and frequency correlation coefficient, are extracted, and the relationship between mineral components of rock samples and IP parameters is analyzed. It is found that the polarizability gradually increases and the resistivity gradually decreases with the increase in borehole depth. With the increase in pyrite content, the polarization increases and the resistivity decreases. The corresponding relational model is established, and it is found that the polarizability is highly sensitive to the characteristic mineral pyrite, which provides more effective data support for the subsequent deep shale gas exploration.
Record ID
Keywords
complex resistivity, mineral composition, polarizability, pyrite, shale gas
Subject
Suggested Citation
Xiang K, Yan L, Yu G, Wang X, Luo Y. Research on Rock Minerals and IP Response Characteristics of Shale Gas Reservoir in Sichuan Basin. (2023). LAPSE:2023.10205
Author Affiliations
Xiang K: Key Laboratory of Exploration Technologies for Oil and Gas Resources, Yangtze University, Wuhan 430100, China
Yan L: Key Laboratory of Exploration Technologies for Oil and Gas Resources, Yangtze University, Wuhan 430100, China
Yu G: Bureau of Geophysical Prospecting, China National Petroleum Corporation, Zhuozhou 100083, China
Wang X: Key Laboratory of Exploration Technologies for Oil and Gas Resources, Yangtze University, Wuhan 430100, China
Luo Y: Key Laboratory of Exploration Technologies for Oil and Gas Resources, Yangtze University, Wuhan 430100, China
Yan L: Key Laboratory of Exploration Technologies for Oil and Gas Resources, Yangtze University, Wuhan 430100, China
Yu G: Bureau of Geophysical Prospecting, China National Petroleum Corporation, Zhuozhou 100083, China
Wang X: Key Laboratory of Exploration Technologies for Oil and Gas Resources, Yangtze University, Wuhan 430100, China
Luo Y: Key Laboratory of Exploration Technologies for Oil and Gas Resources, Yangtze University, Wuhan 430100, China
Journal Name
Energies
Volume
15
Issue
17
First Page
6439
Year
2022
Publication Date
2022-09-03
ISSN
1996-1073
Version Comments
Original Submission
Other Meta
PII: en15176439, Publication Type: Journal Article
Record Map
Published Article

LAPSE:2023.10205
This Record
External Link

https://doi.org/10.3390/en15176439
Publisher Version
Download
Meta
Record Statistics
Record Views
181
Version History
[v1] (Original Submission)
Feb 27, 2023
Verified by curator on
Feb 27, 2023
This Version Number
v1
Citations
Most Recent
This Version
URL Here
https://psecommunity.org/LAPSE:2023.10205
Record Owner
Auto Uploader for LAPSE
Links to Related Works
