Pub Date : 2024-10-01DOI: 10.1016/j.petsci.2024.04.013
A microannulus (MA) is the primary reason for sustained casing pressure in multi-stage fractured-shale gas wells. However, the effect of the casing eccentricity on the long horizontal section has not been considered. In this study, a full-scale integrity tester for cement sheaths is adopted to measure the cumulative plastic deformation. Numerical models are applied to evaluate the development of the cumulative plastic deformation and quantify the MA width considering casing centralization and eccentricity in the context of multiple loading and unloading cycles. Subsequently, the influences of the eccentricity distance and angle, cement-sheath mechanical variables, and different well depths on the cumulative sheath plastic deformation and sheath MA development are explored. The research results demonstrate that casing eccentricity significantly increases the cumulative sheath plastic deformation compared with that of the casing-centered condition. Consequently, the risk of sealing integrity failure increases. The accumulated plastic deformation increases when the eccentricity distance increases. In contrast, the initial plastic deformation increases as the eccentricity angle increases. However, the cumulative plastic deformation decreases after a specific loading and unloading cycle count. Affected by the coupled influence of the internal casing pressure and fracturing stages, the width of the MA in the horizontal section increased from the toe to the heel, and the casing eccentricity significantly increased the MA width at each stage, thus increasing the risk of gas channeling. Finally, an engineering case is considered to study the influence of casing eccentricity. The results show that cement slurries that form low and high elastic moduli can be applied to form a cement sheath when the fracturing stage is lower or higher than a specific value, respectively. The results of this study offer theoretical references and engineering support for the integrity control of cement sheath sealing.
微空洞(MA)是多级压裂页岩气井套管压力持续存在的主要原因。然而,套管偏心对长水平段的影响尚未得到考虑。本研究采用全尺寸水泥护套完整性测试仪测量累积塑性变形。在多次加载和卸载循环的情况下,应用数值模型评估累积塑性变形的发展,并量化考虑套管集中和偏心的 MA 宽度。随后,探讨了偏心距和偏心角、水泥-护套力学变量以及不同井深对累积护套塑性变形和护套MA发展的影响。研究结果表明,与套管居中状态相比,套管偏心会显著增加护套累积塑性变形。因此,密封完整性失效的风险增加。当偏心距增大时,累积塑性变形也随之增大。相反,初始塑性变形随着偏心角的增大而增大。然而,在特定的加载和卸载循环次数之后,累积塑性变形会减小。受套管内部压力和压裂阶段的耦合影响,水平段的 MA 宽度从趾部到踵部均有所增加,套管偏心率显著增加了每个阶段的 MA 宽度,从而增加了气体通道的风险。最后,考虑了一个工程案例来研究套管偏心的影响。结果表明,当压裂阶段低于或高于特定值时,可分别使用形成低弹性模量和高弹性模量的水泥浆来形成水泥护套。该研究结果为水泥护套密封的完整性控制提供了理论参考和工程支持。
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Pub Date : 2024-10-01DOI: 10.1016/j.petsci.2024.05.009
Understanding fingering, as a challenge to stable displacement during the immiscible flow, has become a crucial phenomenon for geological carbon sequestration, enhanced oil recovery, and groundwater protection. Typically governed by gravity, viscous and capillary forces, these factors lead invasive fluids to occupy pore space irregularly and incompletely. Previous studies have demonstrated capillary numbers, describing the viscous and capillary forces, to quantificationally induce evolution of invasion patterns. While the evolution mechanisms of invasive patterns have not been deeply elucidated under the constant capillary number and three variable parameters including velocity, viscosity, and interfacial tension. Our research employs two horizontal visualization systems and a two-phase laminar flow simulation to investigate the tendency of invasive pattern transition by various parameters at the pore scale. We showed that increasing invasive viscosity or reducing interfacial tension in a homogeneous pore space significantly enhanced sweep efficiency, under constant capillary number. Additionally, in the fingering crossover pattern, the region near the inlet was prone to capillary fingering with multi-directional invasion, while the viscous fingering with unidirectional invasion was more susceptible occurred in the region near the outlet. Furthermore, increasing invasive viscosity or decreasing invasive velocity and interfacial tension promoted the extension of viscous fingering from the outlet to the inlet, presenting that the subsequent invasive fluid flows toward the outlet. In the case of invasive trunk along a unidirectional path, the invasive flow increased exponentially closer to the outlet, resulting in a significant decrease in the width of the invasive interface. Our work holds promising applications for optimizing invasive patterns in heterogeneous porous media.
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Pub Date : 2024-10-01DOI: 10.1016/j.petsci.2024.05.015
The cavitation cloud impingement of the jet in the rock breaking process was experimentally investigated to reveal the jet erosion mechanism in drilling of petroleum exploitation. Serial erosion tests and flow visualization were performed, where the cavitation cloud motion in the erosion crater was obtained with the designed transparent specimen. Various erosion patterns were identified in the whole erosion process based on the eroded specimen topography. The shallow eroded crater with a shrinking erosion area is generated by the combination of impinging and scattering cavitation clouds. The increase of ld promotes the development of cavitation cloud σc but reduces the impingement frequency fd, suggesting that the jet aggressive ability is enhanced when the balance between σc and fd is reached. The cavitation cloud motion in the erosion crater was investigated with the transparent specimen. The erosion in the crater at shorter exposure periods Te is generated by the combination of impingement and restricted scattering of cavitation clouds. With the continuous development of the erosion damage, the jet's aggressive ability is diminished due to the erosion expansion on sandstone, where the cavitation clouds impinge on the target and then collapse and vanish without restricted scattering.
实验研究了破岩过程中射流的空化云撞击,揭示了石油开采钻井中的射流侵蚀机理。对设计的透明试样进行了连续侵蚀试验和流动可视化,获得了侵蚀坑中的空化云运动。根据被侵蚀试样的地形,确定了整个侵蚀过程中的各种侵蚀模式。在冲击和散射空化云的共同作用下,产生了侵蚀面积不断缩小的浅侵蚀坑。ld的增加会促进空化云σc的发展,但会降低撞击频率fd,这表明当σc和fd达到平衡时,射流的侵蚀能力会增强。利用透明试样对侵蚀坑中的空化云运动进行了研究。在较短的暴露周期 Te 下,侵蚀坑中的侵蚀是由空化云的撞击和受限散射共同作用产生的。随着侵蚀破坏的不断发展,由于砂岩上的侵蚀扩展,射流的侵蚀能力减弱,空化云撞击目标,然后坍塌并消失,没有限制性散射。
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Pub Date : 2024-10-01DOI: 10.1016/j.petsci.2024.05.012
Shale gas, as an environmentally friendly fossil energy resource, has gained significant commercial development and shows immense potential. However, accurately predicting shale gas production faces substantial challenges due to the complex law of decline, nonlinear and non-stationary features in production data, which greatly repair the robustness of current models in predicting shale gas production time series. To address these challenges and improve accuracy in production forecasting, this paper introduces a novel and innovative approach: a hybrid proxy model that combines the bi-directional long short-term memory (BiLSTM) neural network and random forest (RF) through deep learning. The BiLSTM neural network is adept at capturing long-term dependencies, making it suitable for understanding the intricate relationships between input and output variables in shale gas production. On the other hand, RF serves a dual purpose: reducing model variance and addressing the concept drift problem that arises in non-stationary time series predictions made by BiLSTM. By integrating these two models, the hybrid approach effectively captures the inherent dependencies present in long and nonstationary production time series, thereby reducing model uncertainty. Furthermore, the combination of BiLSTM and RF is optimized using the recently-proposed marine predators algorithm (MPA) to fine-tune hyperparameters and enhance the overall performance of the proxy model. The results demonstrate that the proposed BiLSTM-RF-MPA model achieves higher prediction accuracy and demonstrates stronger generalization capabilities by effectively handling the complex nonlinear and non-stationary characteristics of shale gas production time series. Compared to other models such as LSTM, BiLSTM, and RF, the proposed model exhibits superior fitting and prediction performance, with an average improvement in performance indicators exceeding 20%. This innovative framework provides valuable insights for forecasting the complex production performance of unconventional oil and gas reservoirs, which sheds light on the development of data-driven proxy models in the field of subsurface energy utilization.
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Pub Date : 2024-10-01DOI: 10.1016/j.petsci.2024.08.008
Zi-Yi Wang , Shuang-Fang Lu , Neng-Wu Zhou , Yan-Cheng Liu , Li-Ming Lin , Ya-Xin Shang , Jun Wang , Guang-Shun Xiao
In this study, an integrated approach for diagenetic facies classification, reservoir quality analysis and quantitative wireline log prediction of tight gas sandstones (TGSs) is introduced utilizing a combination of fit-for-purpose complementary testing and machine learning techniques. The integrated approach is specialized for the middle Permian Shihezi Formation TGSs in the northeastern Ordos Basin, where operators often face significant drilling uncertainty and increased exploration risks due to low porosities and micro-Darcy range permeabilities. In this study, detrital compositions and diagenetic minerals and their pore type assemblages were analyzed using optical light microscopy, cathodoluminescence, standard scanning electron microscopy, and X-ray diffraction. Different types of diagenetic facies were delineated on this basis to capture the characteristic rock properties of the TGSs in the target formation. A combination of He porosity and permeability measurements, mercury intrusion capillary pressure and nuclear magnetic resonance data was used to analyze the mechanism of heterogeneous TGS reservoirs. We found that the type, size and proportion of pores considerably varied between diagenetic facies due to differences in the initial depositional attributes and subsequent diagenetic alterations; these differences affected the size, distribution and connectivity of the pore network and varied the reservoir quality. Five types of diagenetic facies were classified: (ⅰ) grain-coating facies, which have minimal ductile grains, chlorite coatings that inhibit quartz overgrowths, large intergranular pores that dominate the pore network, the best pore structure and the greatest reservoir quality; (ⅱ) quartz-cemented facies, which exhibit strong quartz overgrowths, intergranular porosity and a pore size decrease, resulting in the deterioration of the pore structure and reservoir quality; (ⅲ) mixed-cemented facies, in which the cementation of various authigenic minerals increases the micropores, resulting in a poor pore structure and reservoir quality; (ⅳ) carbonate-cemented facies and (ⅴ) tightly compacted facies, in which the intergranular pores are filled with carbonate cement and ductile grains; thus, the pore network mainly consists of micropores with small pore throat sizes, and the pore structure and reservoir quality are the worst. The grain-coating facies with the best reservoir properties are more likely to have high gas productivity and are the primary targets for exploration and development. The diagenetic facies were then translated into wireline log expressions (conventional and NMR logging). Finally, a wireline log quantitative prediction model of TGSs using convolutional neural network machine learning algorithms was established to successfully classify the different diagenetic facies.
在本研究中,利用适用性互补测试和机器学习技术,介绍了一种用于致密气砂岩(TGSs)成因面分类、储层质量分析和线性测井定量预测的综合方法。该综合方法专门针对鄂尔多斯盆地东北部的中二叠统石河子地层致密气砂岩,由于孔隙度和微达西范围的渗透率较低,该地区的作业者往往面临着巨大的钻井不确定性和更高的勘探风险。本研究利用光学显微镜、阴极荧光、标准扫描电子显微镜和 X 射线衍射分析了碎屑成分和成岩矿物及其孔隙类型组合。在此基础上划分了不同类型的成岩面,以捕捉目标地层中 TGS 的岩石特征。结合 He 孔隙度和渗透率测量、汞侵入毛细管压力和核磁共振数据,分析了异质 TGS 储层的机理。我们发现,由于初始沉积属性和后续成岩改变的不同,不同成岩面之间孔隙的类型、大小和比例存在很大差异;这些差异影响了孔隙网络的大小、分布和连通性,并改变了储层质量。我们将成岩面划分为五种类型:(ⅰ)晶粒包覆面,具有最小的韧性晶粒,绿泥石包覆抑制了石英的过度生长,大的晶间孔隙主导了孔隙网络,孔隙结构最佳,储层质量最高;(ⅱ)石英加固面,表现出强烈的石英过度生长,晶间孔隙度和孔隙尺寸减小,导致孔隙结构和储层质量下降;(ⅲ)混合胶结面,各种自生矿物的胶结增加了微孔,导致孔隙结构和储层质量变差;(ⅳ)碳酸盐胶结面和(ⅴ)致密胶结面,晶间孔隙被碳酸盐胶结物和韧性晶粒充填,因此孔隙网络主要由孔喉尺寸较小的微孔组成,孔隙结构和储层质量最差。储层性质最好的晶粒涂层面更有可能具有高产气性,是勘探开发的主要目标。然后,将成岩面转化为线性测井表达式(常规测井和核磁共振测井)。最后,利用卷积神经网络机器学习算法建立了 TGS 的线性测井定量预测模型,成功地对不同成因面进行了分类。
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Pub Date : 2024-10-01DOI: 10.1016/j.petsci.2024.07.006
Dong-Yin Wang, Chang-Feng Chen, Fei Ju, Yang-Chuan Ke
It has been demonstrated that almost all polymer-clay nanocomposites show higher temperature stability than that of pure polymer, which is attributed to the active exfoliated clay nanosheet firmly adsorbed onto the polymer chains, due to polerization and nucleation effect, the clay nanosheets could protect the polymer chains from destroying. To prove such mechanism, the water-soluble polymer nanocomposites (AAA/SLS-MMT) were synthesized by the in-situ polymerization of 2-acrylamide-2-methyl-propane sulfonic acid, acrylamide, 4-acryloylmorpholine, and organically modified montmorillonite. The techniques of nuclear magnetic resonance, atomic force microscopy and scanning electron microscopy etc., clearly characterized the successful synthesized of sample's structure, the exfoliated MMT nanosheet adsorbed polymer chain's scale, and well-dispersed morphology, espectively. The adsorption model, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy presented the existence of strong adsorption, while molecular simulation calculations first concluded that the strong adsorption energy was −13032.06 kcal/mol. Thermo-gravimetric-analysis proved the temperature of maximum thermal degradation of powder sample (AAA/1.0 wt% SLS-MMT) was over 298 °C. After ageing at 180 °C for 4 h, the apparent viscosity of 5 g/L AAA/1.0 wt% SLS-MMT aqueous solution was 326.7 mPa⋅s, while that of pure polymer (AAA) was only 8.3 mPa⋅s. This optimized sample has the smallest FLAPI value at all test temperatures from 180 to 220 °C in both fresh and salt water based drilling fluid. All the evidences of high temperature resistance indicate that the strong adsorption can enhance the thickness of hydrated shell and adsorption of clay particles in drilling fluid at high temperature. Such mechanism supplied the better way to design high-temperature resistant fluid loss additives for deep and ultra-deep oil and gas formation engineering.
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Pub Date : 2024-10-01DOI: 10.1016/j.petsci.2024.05.008
In order to ensure the penetrability of double-cased perforation in offshore oil and gas fields and to maximize the capacity of perforation completion, This study establishes a dynamic model of double-cased perforation using ANSYS/LS-DYNA simulation technology. The combination of critical perforation parameters for double casing is obtained by studying the influencing factors of the jet-forming process, perforation depth, diameter, and stress changes of the inner and outer casing. The single-target perforation experiments under high-temperature and high-pressure (HTHP) conditions and ground full-scale ring target perforation tests are designed to verify the accuracy of numerical simulation results. The reduced factor is adopted as the quantitative measure of perforation depth and diameter for different types of perforation charge under different conditions. The results show that the perforation depth reduction increases with temperature and pressure, and the reduced factor is between 0.67 and 0.87 under HTHP conditions of 130 °C/44 MPa and 137 °C/60 MPa. Comparing the results of the numerical simulation and the full-scale test correction, the maximum error is less than 8.91%, and this numerical simulation has strong reliability. This research provides a basis for a reasonable range of double-cased perforation parameters and their optimal selection.
{"title":"Dynamic simulation of double-cased perforation in deepwater high temperature and high-pressure oil and gas wells","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.petsci.2024.05.008","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.petsci.2024.05.008","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In order to ensure the penetrability of double-cased perforation in offshore oil and gas fields and to maximize the capacity of perforation completion, This study establishes a dynamic model of double-cased perforation using ANSYS/LS-DYNA simulation technology. The combination of critical perforation parameters for double casing is obtained by studying the influencing factors of the jet-forming process, perforation depth, diameter, and stress changes of the inner and outer casing. The single-target perforation experiments under high-temperature and high-pressure (HTHP) conditions and ground full-scale ring target perforation tests are designed to verify the accuracy of numerical simulation results. The reduced factor is adopted as the quantitative measure of perforation depth and diameter for different types of perforation charge under different conditions. The results show that the perforation depth reduction increases with temperature and pressure, and the reduced factor is between 0.67 and 0.87 under HTHP conditions of 130 °C/44 MPa and 137 °C/60 MPa. Comparing the results of the numerical simulation and the full-scale test correction, the maximum error is less than 8.91%, and this numerical simulation has strong reliability. This research provides a basis for a reasonable range of double-cased perforation parameters and their optimal selection.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":19938,"journal":{"name":"Petroleum Science","volume":"21 5","pages":"Pages 3482-3495"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141028302","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-10-01DOI: 10.1016/j.petsci.2024.06.005
Air injection technique for developing shale oil has gained significant attention. However, the ability of the heat front to consistently propagate within the shale during air injection remains uncertain. To address this, we investigated the heat front propagation within oil–detritus mixtures, shale cores, and fractured shale cores using a self-designed combustion tube (CT) and experimental schemes. By integrating the results obtained from high-pressure differential scanning calorimetry and CT, we developed a comprehensive reaction kinetics model to accurately analyze the main factors influencing the heat front propagation within fractured shale. The findings revealed that in the absence of additional fractures, the heat front failed to propagate within the tight shale. The flow of gases and liquids towards the shale core was impeded, resulting in the formation of a high-pressure zone at the front region of the shale. This pressure buildup significantly hindered air injection, leading to inadequate oxygen supply and the extinguishment of the heat front. However, the study demonstrated the stable propagation of the heat front within the oil–detritus mixtures, indicating the good combustion activity of the shale oil. Furthermore, the heat front successfully propagated within the fractured shale, generating a substantial amount of heat that facilitated the creation of fractures and enhanced gas injection and shale oil flow. It was important to note that after the heat front passed through the shale, the combustion intensity decreased. The simulation results indicated that injecting air into the main fracturing layers of the shale oil reservoir enabled the establishment of a stable heat front. Increasing the reservoir temperature (from 63 to 143 °C) and oxygen concentration in the injected gas (from 11% to 21%) promoted notable heat front propagation and increased the average temperature of the heat front. It was concluded that temperature and oxygen concentration had the most important influence on the heat front propagation, followed by pressure and oil saturation.
{"title":"Heat front propagation in shale oil reservoirs during air injection: Experimental and numerical studies","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.petsci.2024.06.005","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.petsci.2024.06.005","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Air injection technique for developing shale oil has gained significant attention. However, the ability of the heat front to consistently propagate within the shale during air injection remains uncertain. To address this, we investigated the heat front propagation within oil–detritus mixtures, shale cores, and fractured shale cores using a self-designed combustion tube (CT) and experimental schemes. By integrating the results obtained from high-pressure differential scanning calorimetry and CT, we developed a comprehensive reaction kinetics model to accurately analyze the main factors influencing the heat front propagation within fractured shale. The findings revealed that in the absence of additional fractures, the heat front failed to propagate within the tight shale. The flow of gases and liquids towards the shale core was impeded, resulting in the formation of a high-pressure zone at the front region of the shale. This pressure buildup significantly hindered air injection, leading to inadequate oxygen supply and the extinguishment of the heat front. However, the study demonstrated the stable propagation of the heat front within the oil–detritus mixtures, indicating the good combustion activity of the shale oil. Furthermore, the heat front successfully propagated within the fractured shale, generating a substantial amount of heat that facilitated the creation of fractures and enhanced gas injection and shale oil flow. It was important to note that after the heat front passed through the shale, the combustion intensity decreased. The simulation results indicated that injecting air into the main fracturing layers of the shale oil reservoir enabled the establishment of a stable heat front. Increasing the reservoir temperature (from 63 to 143 °C) and oxygen concentration in the injected gas (from 11% to 21%) promoted notable heat front propagation and increased the average temperature of the heat front. It was concluded that temperature and oxygen concentration had the most important influence on the heat front propagation, followed by pressure and oil saturation.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":19938,"journal":{"name":"Petroleum Science","volume":"21 5","pages":"Pages 3379-3389"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141403769","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-10-01DOI: 10.1016/j.petsci.2024.06.007
The Pinghu slope belt in the Xihu sag of the East China Sea Shelf Basin (ECSSB) is a crucial hydrocarbon production area in eastern China. However, due to the complex geological conditions, publications have lacked comprehensive research on the spatial-temporal coupling relationships of primary factors that impact hydrocarbon accumulation in the Pinghu slope belt. Furthermore, the hydrocarbon distribution patterns and the controlling factors across different study areas within the same slope belt are not yet fully understood. This study extensively utilized three-dimensional seismic data, well logging data, geochemical analysis, fluorescence analysis, and oil testing and production data to address these issues. Following a “stratification and differentiation” approach, the study identified seven distinct hydrocarbon migration and accumulation units (HMAU) in the Pinghu slope area based on the structural morphology characteristics, hydrocarbon source-reservoir-cap rock patterns, hydrocarbon migration pathways, and hydrocarbon supply range. Detailed analysis was conducted to examine the hydrocarbon distribution patterns and controlling factors within each migration and accumulation unit across different structural units, including high, medium, and low structural components. All data sources support a “southern‒northern sub-area division, eastern‒western sub-belt division, and variations in hydrocarbon accumulation” pattern in the Pinghu slope belt. The degree of hydrocarbon accumulation is controlled by the factors of structural morphology, hydrocarbon generation potential of source rocks, the spatial position of source slopes, fault sealing capacity, and sand body distribution. Furthermore, different coupling patterns of faults and sand bodies play a pivotal role in governing hydrocarbon enrichment systems across various migration and accumulation units. These observations indicate that three hydrocarbon accumulation patterns have been established within the slope belt, including near-source to far-source gentle slope with multiple hydrocarbon kitchens in the XP1−XP4 zones, near-source to middle-source gentle slope with dual-hydrocarbon kitchens in the XP5 zone, and near-source steep slope with a single hydrocarbon kitchen in the XP6−XP7 zones. These findings contribute to enhancing the theoretical system of hydrocarbon accumulation in the slope belt.
{"title":"Differences in hydrocarbon accumulation and controlling factors of slope belt in graben basin: A case study of Pinghu Slope Belt in the Xihu sag of the east China Sea Shelf basin (ECSSB)","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.petsci.2024.06.007","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.petsci.2024.06.007","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The Pinghu slope belt in the Xihu sag of the East China Sea Shelf Basin (ECSSB) is a crucial hydrocarbon production area in eastern China. However, due to the complex geological conditions, publications have lacked comprehensive research on the spatial-temporal coupling relationships of primary factors that impact hydrocarbon accumulation in the Pinghu slope belt. Furthermore, the hydrocarbon distribution patterns and the controlling factors across different study areas within the same slope belt are not yet fully understood. This study extensively utilized three-dimensional seismic data, well logging data, geochemical analysis, fluorescence analysis, and oil testing and production data to address these issues. Following a “stratification and differentiation” approach, the study identified seven distinct hydrocarbon migration and accumulation units (HMAU) in the Pinghu slope area based on the structural morphology characteristics, hydrocarbon source-reservoir-cap rock patterns, hydrocarbon migration pathways, and hydrocarbon supply range. Detailed analysis was conducted to examine the hydrocarbon distribution patterns and controlling factors within each migration and accumulation unit across different structural units, including high, medium, and low structural components. All data sources support a “southern‒northern sub-area division, eastern‒western sub-belt division, and variations in hydrocarbon accumulation” pattern in the Pinghu slope belt. The degree of hydrocarbon accumulation is controlled by the factors of structural morphology, hydrocarbon generation potential of source rocks, the spatial position of source slopes, fault sealing capacity, and sand body distribution. Furthermore, different coupling patterns of faults and sand bodies play a pivotal role in governing hydrocarbon enrichment systems across various migration and accumulation units. These observations indicate that three hydrocarbon accumulation patterns have been established within the slope belt, including near-source to far-source gentle slope with multiple hydrocarbon kitchens in the XP1−XP4 zones, near-source to middle-source gentle slope with dual-hydrocarbon kitchens in the XP5 zone, and near-source steep slope with a single hydrocarbon kitchen in the XP6−XP7 zones. These findings contribute to enhancing the theoretical system of hydrocarbon accumulation in the slope belt.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":19938,"journal":{"name":"Petroleum Science","volume":"21 5","pages":"Pages 2901-2926"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141414409","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-10-01DOI: 10.1016/j.petsci.2024.06.020
Ling Li , Zhi-Zhang Wang , Shun-De Yin , Wei-Fang Wang , Zhi-Chao Yu , Wen-Tian Fan , Zhi-Heng Zhang
Wavelet transformation is a widely used method in high-frequency sequence stratigraphic analysis. However, the application is problematic since different wavelets always return the same sequence analysis results. To address this issue, we applied five commonly used wavelets to theoretical sequence models to document some application criteria. Five gradual scale-change sequence models were simplified from the glutenite succession deposition by gravity flows to form the fining-upwards cycle sequences (FUCS) and coarsening-upwards cycle sequences (CUCS). After conducting theoretical sequence model tests, the optimal wavelet (sym4) was selected and successfully used with actual data to identify the sequence boundaries. We also proposed a new method to optimize the scale of continuous wavelet transformation (CWT) for sequence boundary determination. We found that the balloon-like marks in scalograms of db4, sym4, and coif4 wavelet determine, respectively, the fourth-order sequence boundary, the thick succession sequence boundaries in FUCS, and the thick succession sequence in FUCS and CUCS. Comparing the sequence identification results shows that the asymmetric wavelets had an advantage in high-frequency sequence boundary determination and sedimentary cycle discrimination through the amplitude trend of the coefficient, in which the sym4 wavelet is the most effective. In conclusion, the asymmetry of wavelets is the first selection principle, of which asymmetric wavelets are more sensitive to sediment deposition by flood flows. The match of the wavelet between the sequence is the second selection principle, in which the correlation of time-frequency impacts the accuracy of sequence surface localization. However, the waveform of the wavelet is a visual and abstract parameter for sequence boundary detection. The appropriate wavelet for lacustrine sequence analysis is the asymmetric wavelet with a weak number of side lobes. The depositional flows, depositional process, and autogenic are three sedimentary factors that influence the sequence analysis results.
{"title":"Selection and application of wavelet transform in high-frequency sequence stratigraphy analysis of coarse-grained sediment in rift basin","authors":"Ling Li , Zhi-Zhang Wang , Shun-De Yin , Wei-Fang Wang , Zhi-Chao Yu , Wen-Tian Fan , Zhi-Heng Zhang","doi":"10.1016/j.petsci.2024.06.020","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.petsci.2024.06.020","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Wavelet transformation is a widely used method in high-frequency sequence stratigraphic analysis. However, the application is problematic since different wavelets always return the same sequence analysis results. To address this issue, we applied five commonly used wavelets to theoretical sequence models to document some application criteria. Five gradual scale-change sequence models were simplified from the glutenite succession deposition by gravity flows to form the fining-upwards cycle sequences (FUCS) and coarsening-upwards cycle sequences (CUCS). After conducting theoretical sequence model tests, the optimal wavelet (sym4) was selected and successfully used with actual data to identify the sequence boundaries. We also proposed a new method to optimize the scale of continuous wavelet transformation (CWT) for sequence boundary determination. We found that the balloon-like marks in scalograms of db4, sym4, and coif4 wavelet determine, respectively, the fourth-order sequence boundary, the thick succession sequence boundaries in FUCS, and the thick succession sequence in FUCS and CUCS. Comparing the sequence identification results shows that the asymmetric wavelets had an advantage in high-frequency sequence boundary determination and sedimentary cycle discrimination through the amplitude trend of the coefficient, in which the sym4 wavelet is the most effective. In conclusion, the asymmetry of wavelets is the first selection principle, of which asymmetric wavelets are more sensitive to sediment deposition by flood flows. The match of the wavelet between the sequence is the second selection principle, in which the correlation of time-frequency impacts the accuracy of sequence surface localization. However, the waveform of the wavelet is a visual and abstract parameter for sequence boundary detection. The appropriate wavelet for lacustrine sequence analysis is the asymmetric wavelet with a weak number of side lobes. The depositional flows, depositional process, and autogenic are three sedimentary factors that influence the sequence analysis results.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":19938,"journal":{"name":"Petroleum Science","volume":"21 5","pages":"Pages 3016-3028"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141694492","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}