Geological evaluation indexes and lowest limit standards for selection of shale gas industrial construction areas: Case study of X block in southern Sichuan Basin
As a demonstration zone for commercial shale gas development in my country, the areas in southern Sichuan Basin have a good prospect for exploration and development. In order to solve the problem of large different single well productivity in shale gas and low energy and low efficiency of some production wells, starting from the actual gas production effect of the X block, combined with shale logging interpretation data, X-ray diffraction, rock organic carbon analysis and reservoir physical properties, the factors which influence shale gas production were analyzed to determine the evaluation index of the geological selection of the shale gas industrial production area, also using 8.0×104 m3/d as shale gas industrial flow lowest limit, exploring the lowest limit standard of corresponding evaluation index. The study shows that: (1) The drilling rate of high-quality reservoir, TOC content, porosity, and brittleness index have a significant effect on shale gas production capacity, and these can be used as a key indicator for the selection of shale gas industrial production areas. (2) Shale gas production capacity is not necessarily related to the total gas content of shale, but it has a very obvious positive correlation with the relationship between free gas content and free gas proportion. Therefore, free gas content and proportion of shale can be used as one of the evaluation indicators for the selection of production areas. (3) Compared with BImer and BRMC4, BIbm can better indicate the shale brittleness. (4) To reach the lowest limit of industrial oil and gas flow, it is recommended that the drilling rate of high-quality reservoirs should reach at least 65%, TOC content should reach 3.3%, porosity should reach 3.5%, gas content should reach 3.0 m3/t, and the ratio of free gas accounts should reach more than 60%,that is,the free gas content should reach 2.0 m3/t, and the BIbm should reach 0.5.
Keywords:Shale gas
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Industrial production areas
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Evaluation index
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Lowest limit standard
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X block in southern Sichuan Basin
Zhuo WEN, Yong-shang KANG, Liu-xu KANG, Jun LI, Qun ZHAO, Hong-yan WANG. Geological evaluation indexes and lowest limit standards for selection of shale gas industrial construction areas: Case study of X block in southern Sichuan Basin. Natural Gas Geoscience[J], 2021, 32(7): 950-960 DOI:10.11764/j.issn.1672-1926.2021.01.010
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