西南石油大学学报(自然科学版) ›› 2017, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (2): 93-98.DOI: 10.11885/j.issn.1674-5086.2015.06.23.03

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Comprehensive Limits of the Movable Reserves in Fractured-Porous Sandstone

FANG Jianlong1,2, PENG Xian3, LIU Linqing3, YE Liyou4   

  1. 1. School of Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering, Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610500, China;
    2. Exploration and Development Branch Company, CNPC, Dongcheng, Beijing 100007, China;
    3. Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration and Development, Southwest Oil & Gas Field Company, PetroChina, Chengdu, Sichuan 610051, China;
    4. Langfang Branch of Petroleum Exploration and Development Research Institute, PetroChina, Langfang, Hebei 065007, China
  • Received:2015-06-23 Online:2017-04-01 Published:2017-04-01
  • Contact: 方建龙,E-mail:fangjianlong@petrochina.com.cn

Abstract:

The identification of limits in the movable reserves of a reservoir is the basis for the determination of its movable and immovable reserves. Through the simulation of fractured gas reservoirs using equivalent medium models, and evaluations based on the economic limits of single wells, we have identified the comprehensive limits of movable reserves in reservoirs with varying levels of fracture development in the XU-2 fractured porous sandstone gas reservoir of Pingluoba in Western Sichuan. The results of this study have shown that the properties of the matrix have the most significant impact on the cumulative gas production of a single well, whereas the fracture angle only has a very small effect. The influence of fracture density on the cumulative gas production of a single well was found to increase with decreases in matrix permeability. The comprehensive limits of the movable reserves also appear to decrease as natural fractures develop further. In reservoirs without developed fractures, the comprehensive limits of its movable reserves are as follows:its lower limit of permeability under overburden pressure is 0.008 mD, while its upper limit of water saturation is 42%, and its lower limit of porosity is 6.4%.

Key words: fractured porous sandstone gas reservoirs, movable reserves, equivalent medium, fracture density, comprehensive limits

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