Characteristics and Dominant Factors for Natural Fractures in Deep Shale Gas Reservoirs: A Case Study of the Wufeng-Longmaxi Formations in Luzhou Block, Southern China

doi:10.2113/2022/9662175

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	Characteristics and Dominant Factors for Natural Fractures in Deep Shale Gas Reservoirs: A Case Study of the Wufeng-Longmaxi Formations in Luzhou Block, Southern China
	Han, Lingling 4,5,6; Li, Xizhe 4; Guo, Wei 4; Ju, Wei 3; Cui, Yue 4,5,6; Liu, Zhaoyi 2; Qian, Chao 4; Shen, Weijun 1
刊名	LITHOSPHERE
	2022
卷号	2022 期号:1 页码:17
ISSN号	1941-8264
DOI	10.2113/2022/9662175
通讯作者	Li, Xizhe(lixz_21@163.com) ; Cui, Yue(cuiyue_21@163.com)
英文摘要	In southern Sichuan Basin, the main production layers are characterized by deeply buried, high stress difference, and complex structural conditions. The Luzhou area is far from large faults, and natural fractures are greatly important for shale gas storage and production. Multi-scale natural fractures control the migration, enrichment, and preservation conditions of shale gas, and facilitate the formation of complex fracture network under the action of hydraulic fracturing. In this study, based on the outcrops, drilling cores, geochemical tests, thin section, and other experiments, the development characteristics of the Wufeng-Longmaxi shale in the Luzhou block, Southern China, are statistically analyzed, and the controlling factors (e.g., tectonic factors, organic matter, mineral components, mechanical properties) are discussed in details. Fractures observed in the outcrops are mainly regional fractures with two groups of orthogonal joints. Similarly, fractures observed in the core are also mainly joints fractures perpendicular to the laminae with three typical features (high-density, high-angle, and unfilled). In detail, steeply dipping fractures (75-90??) account for 78.1% of all fractures, with 85.1% being unfilled, 78.1% having a longitudinal extension less than 4 cm, and 65.1% having a spacing less than 2 cm. In brief, there exist cross-scale similarity among outcrops, cores, and microscopic thin sections, which is critical to the shale gas preservation conditions. Based on this understanding, further research is conducted on the relationship between the fracture density and gas content, which shows that (i) when the fracture density is less than 122 number/m, TOC content and fracture density together positively dominate gas content; (ii) when fracture density exceeds 122 number/m, gas content appears negative with fracture density, and TOC content is not the critical factor anymore. The above study establishes quantitative limits for shale gas preservation in the study block. It may assist in providing references for determining the sweet spot area and further deep shale gas exploration and development in the southern Sichuan Basin.
资助项目	Science and Technology Project of PetroChina Exploration and Production Com-pany[kt2021-11-01]
WOS关键词	SICHUAN BASIN ; DEVELOPMENTAL CHARACTERISTICS ; SANDSTONE RESERVOIR ; WELL PRODUCTIVITY ; PORE STRUCTURE ; CENGONG BLOCK ; ORDOS BASIN ; EXPLORATION
WOS研究方向	Geochemistry & Geophysics ; Geology
语种	英语
WOS记录号	WOS:000793965200002
资助机构	Science and Technology Project of PetroChina Exploration and Production Com-pany
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://dspace.imech.ac.cn/handle/311007/89453]
专题	力学研究所_流固耦合系统力学重点实验室(2012-)
通讯作者	Li, Xizhe; Cui, Yue
作者单位	1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Mech, Key Lab Mech Fluid Solid Coupling Syst, Beijing 100190, Peoples R China 2.Northeast Petr Univ, Coll Petr Engn, Daqing 163318, Peoples R China 3.China Univ Min & Technol, Sch Resources & Geosci, Xuzhou 221116, Jiangsu, Peoples R China 4.Res Inst Petr Explorat & Dev, Beijing 100083, Peoples R China 5.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Porous Flow & Fluid Mech, Langfang 065007, Peoples R China 6.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Coll Engn Sci, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Han, Lingling,Li, Xizhe,Guo, Wei,et al. Characteristics and Dominant Factors for Natural Fractures in Deep Shale Gas Reservoirs: A Case Study of the Wufeng-Longmaxi Formations in Luzhou Block, Southern China[J]. LITHOSPHERE,2022,2022(1):17.
APA	Han, Lingling.,Li, Xizhe.,Guo, Wei.,Ju, Wei.,Cui, Yue.,...&Shen, Weijun.(2022).Characteristics and Dominant Factors for Natural Fractures in Deep Shale Gas Reservoirs: A Case Study of the Wufeng-Longmaxi Formations in Luzhou Block, Southern China.LITHOSPHERE,2022(1),17.
MLA	Han, Lingling,et al."Characteristics and Dominant Factors for Natural Fractures in Deep Shale Gas Reservoirs: A Case Study of the Wufeng-Longmaxi Formations in Luzhou Block, Southern China".LITHOSPHERE 2022.1(2022):17.