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Seismic Description of Deep Strike-Slip Fault Damage Zone by Steerable Pyramid Method in the Sichuan Basin, China
Qingsong Tang, Shuhang Tang, Bing Luo, Xin Luo, Liang Feng, Siyao Li, Guanghui Wu
April 27, 2023
Large quantities of gas resources have been found in the Paleo-Mesozoic carbonate rocks in the Sichuan Basin. However, many wells cannot obtain high production in deep low porosity-permeability reservoirs. For this contribution, we provide a steerable pyramid method for identifying the fault damage zone in the Kaijiang−Liangping platform margin, which is infeasible by conventional seismic methods. The results show that steerable pyramid processing could enhance the seismic fault imaging and a series of NW-trending strike-slip faults are found along the trend of the carbonate platform margin. The steerable pyramid attribute presents distinct vertical and horizontal boundaries of the fault damage zone, and heterogeneous intensity of an un-through-going damage zone. The width of the fault damage zone is generally varied in the range of 100−500 m, and could be increased to more than 1000 m in the fault overlap zone, intersection area, and fault tips. Further, the fault damage zone plays a constructive role in the high gas production in the deep tight carbonate reservoir. The results suggest the steerable pyramid method is favorable for identifying the weak strike-slip faults and their damage zone. The width of the fault damage zone is closely related to fault displacement, and the much wider damage zone is generally influenced by the fault overlapping and interaction. The fractured reservoirs in the fault damage zone could be a new favorable exploitation domain in the Sichuan Basin.
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carbonate exploitation, fault damage zone, fractured reservoir, Sichuan Basin, steerable pyramid processing, strike-slip fault
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Tang Q, Tang S, Luo B, Luo X, Feng L, Li S, Wu G. Seismic Description of Deep Strike-Slip Fault Damage Zone by Steerable Pyramid Method in the Sichuan Basin, China. (2023). LAPSE:2023.34686
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Tang Q: PetroChina Southwest Oil & Gasfield Company, Chengdu 610051, China
Tang S: School of Geoscience and Technology, Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu 610500, China
Luo B: Chongqing Division, PetroChina Southwest Oil & Gasfield Company, Chongqing 400707, China
Luo X: Chongqing Division, PetroChina Southwest Oil & Gasfield Company, Chongqing 400707, China
Feng L: Chongqing Division, PetroChina Southwest Oil & Gasfield Company, Chongqing 400707, China
Li S: School of Geoscience and Technology, Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu 610500, China
Wu G: School of Geoscience and Technology, Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu 610500, China
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Energies
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15
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21
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8131
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2022
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2022-10-31
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1996-1073
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