Natural Gas Geoscience ›› 2021, Vol. 32 ›› Issue (1): 145-154.doi: 10.11764/j.issn.1672-1926.2020.06.004

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The water content and its effects on the pore structures of the shales from the coal-bearing Taiyuan Formation in the Yushe area of the Qinshui Basin

Ji-sheng MA1(),Ya CAI2,Zhen-qin HU3,Chong LU2,Wei WANG2   

  1. 1.Linfen Coalbed Methane Branch Company,SINOPEC,Linfen 041000,China
    2.The Third Oil Production Plant of Qinghai Oilfield Company,Dunhuang 736202,China
    3.Baota Oil Production Plant,Shaanxi Yanchang Petroleum (Group) Co. ,LTD,Yan'an 716000,China
  • Received:2020-05-06 Revised:2020-06-08 Online:2021-01-10 Published:2021-02-04

Abstract:

In the Yushe area of the Qinshui Basin, the coal strata generally have a certain amount of shale gas, and realization of the synchronous exploitation of coal-bed gas and shale gas will enhance the development efficiency in this area. However, the effective pore structures of the coal-bearing shales are still unclear in the Yushe area, restricting the evaluation of in-situ shale gas content and shale gas potential. In the present study, a suit of fresh shale core samples collected from the Taiyuan Formation in the Yushe area of the Qinshui Basin were used to investigate their geochemical characteristics, water contents and the pore structures on the as-received (moist) and dry conditions. The results indicate that the shale samples in coal-bearing strata have a low water content with a range of 0.60-4.37 mg/g, and the water content in the shales were significantly controlled by the clay mineral content. Water in the shales can obviously reduce the shale pore volume and surface areas. Compared with that on the dry condition, the total pore volume and surface area of the shales were reduced by 34.5%-56.7% (average 46.5%) and 49.2%-62.3% (average 57.6%), respectively. In addition, water in the shales significantly affect the pores with diameters less than 5 nm, and may completely block the micropores with diameters less than 0.5 nm.

Key words: Yushe area, Taiyuan Formation, Shales in coal-bearing strata, Water content, Pore structures

CLC Number: 

  • TE122.2

Fig.1

Schematic maps showing the structural framework (a) of the Qinshui Basin and the stratigraphic column (b) of the basin"

Table 1

Geochemical characteristics and water content of the shales from the coal-bearing Taiyuan Formation in the Yushe area"

样品号深度 /m层位岩石热解(Rock-Eval)矿物组分/%镜质体 反射率 /%含水量/ (mg/g)
Tmax/°CIH/(mg/gTOC)IO/(mg/gTOC)TOC/%石英黏土矿物白云石菱铁矿黄铁矿
伊利石高岭石
YS-11 941.96太原组5929264.2130.623.119.05.015.27.13.283.55
YS-21 944.17太原组5961429.8816.416.158.04.04.51.04.37
YS-31 947.69太原组59713612.6538.010.547.62.21.70.03.252.43
YS-41 949.54太原组597791.1563.02.29.97.88.68.50.60
YS-51 952.45太原组6039187.3956.96.813.85.712.04.83.301.99
YS-61 956.36太原组6018111.5220.650.122.04.70.81.83.22

Fig.2

Correlations of the TOC content (a) and clay mineral content (b) with the water content for the shales from the Well YS-X of the Yushe area"

Table 2

The porosity, and the pore volume and surface area on the dry and as-received condition of the shales from the coal-bearing Taiyuan Formation in the Well YS-X of the Yushe area"

样品号深度/m孔隙度/%干燥状态实取(含水)状态
孔容/(cm3/g)比表面积/(m2/g)孔容/(cm3/g)比表面积/(m2/g)
微孔非微孔总孔微孔非微孔总孔微孔非微孔总孔微孔非微孔总孔
YS-11 941.962.620.0060.0200.02615.2214.1129.330.0040.0090.01310.481.9712.45
YS-21 944.174.770.0190.0130.03146.2510.4156.660.0100.0070.01726.302.1528.46
YS-31 947.694.680.0260.0090.03566.1914.2680.440.0100.0070.01727.502.9830.48
YS-41 949.541.200.0040.0080.01310.033.7613.780.0010.0070.0083.662.406.06
YS-51 952.454.130.0060.0160.02114.0410.5524.600.0030.0070.0107.172.429.59
YS-61 956.364.630.0060.0190.02615.2913.5228.810.0040.0070.01210.651.6812.33

Fig.3

Correlations of the TOC content (a) and clay mineral content (b) with the porosity for the shales from the Well YS-X of the Yushe area"

Fig.4

Correlations of the TOC content with the pore volume and surface area of the micropores (a, d), nonmicropores (b, e), and total pores (c, f) the on the dry and as-received condition of the shales from the coal-bearing Taiyuan Formation in the Well YS-X of the Yushe area"

Fig.5

Correlations of the clay mineral content with the pore volume and surface area of the micropores (a,d), non-micropores (b, e), and total pores (c, f) the on the dry and as-received condition of the shales from the coal-bearing Taiyuan Formation in the Well YS-X of the Yushe area"

Table 3

The influences of the water on the pore volume and surface area for the shales from the coal-bearing Taiyuan Formation in the Well YS-X of the Yushe area"

样品号深度/m孔容减小程度/%比表面积减小程度/%
微孔非微孔总孔微孔非微孔总孔
YS-11 941.9629.252.947.230.586.157.4
YS-21 944.1732.948.439.642.579.049.2
YS-31 947.6961.811.447.858.579.662.3
YS-41 949.5466.216.634.563.140.756.9
YS-51 952.4553.357.856.748.878.261.4
YS-61 956.3627.561.453.232.588.558.6

Fig.6

N2 gas adsorption and desorption isotherms (a), and surface area (b) and pore volume (c) distributions with pore size for the YS-2 shale sample from the coal-bearing Taiyuan Formation of the Yushe area on the dry and as-received conditions"

Fig.7

CO2 gas adsorption isotherms (a), and surface area (b) and pore volume (c) distributions with pore size for the YS-2 shale sample from the coal-bearing Taiyuan Formation of the Yushe area on the dry and as-received conditions"

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