Journal of Southwest Petroleum University(Science & Technology Edition) ›› 2022, Vol. 44 ›› Issue (1): 79-90.DOI: 10.11885/j.issn.16745086.2019.11.22.03

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A Study on Pattern and Mechanism of Surface Deformation of Underground Gas Storage in Hutubi

WANG Zegen1, DOU Kepu1, YANG Yinghui2   

  1. 1. School of Geoscience and Technology, Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610500, China;
    2. State Key Laboratory of Geohazard Prevention and Geoenvironment Protection, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu, Sichuan 610059, China
  • Received:2019-11-22 Published:2022-01-25

Abstract: In order to explore the spatial distribution characteristics and influencing factors of the surface deformation of Hutubi underground gas storage by monitoring its surface deformation information. Using Sentinel-1A ascending orbit synthetic aperture radar data and based on small baseline subsets radar interferometry (SBAS-InSAR) technology, the time series surface deformation information of Hutubi underground gas storage during March 2017 to May 2019 is obtained. It turns out that in terms of time, from April to October every year, the surface of gas storage is about 10\begin{document}$\sim$\end{document}30 mm close to the line of sight of the satellite at the gas injection stage; at the same time, when the summer rainfall cannot meet the requirement of farmland water supply and groundwater needs to be pumped for irrigation, the gas storage area, especially the area close to farmland irrigation wells, has a obvious decrease in uplift phenomenon due to the pumping of groundwater during the gas injection period. During the gas production stage from November to March of the following year, the extraction of gas causes the surface of the gas storage to be 5\begin{document}$\sim$\end{document}10 mm away from the line of sight of the satellite. In space, the line of sight of the satellite on the west side of gas storage rises more than that on the east side, and the response of surface uplift is fast when gas is injected. At the same time, the area closer to the irrigation well will cause obvious decrease in uplift due to groundwater exploitation. It is found that the surface uplifted during gas injection and the surface subsided during gas production, and there is a tendency that decrease in surface uplift when the groundwater is extracted. The surface deformation in the gas storage area is the result of the combined effect of gas injection and groundwater extraction.

Key words: gas storage of Hutubi, small baseline set radar interferometry, surface deformation, gas injection and withdrawal period, rainfall, underground water extraction

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