Journal of Southwest Petroleum University(Science & Technology Edition) ›› 2025, Vol. 47 ›› Issue (5): 62-74.DOI: 10.11885/j.issn.1674-5086.2024.12.27.03

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Geology Sweet Spot of Shale Gas Optimization Evaluation Based on Analytic Hierarchy Process

LENG Yijiang1,2, TANG Hongming1,2, WANG Ying3, SHI Xuewen1,2,4, LIU Jia4   

  1. 1. School of Geoscience and Technology, Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610500, China;
    2. Natural Gas Geology Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Chengdu, Sichuan 610500, China;
    3. Geological Exploration and Development Research Institute of CCDC, CNPC, PetroChina, Chengdu, Sichuan 610051, China;
    4. Shale Gas Research Institute, Southwest Oil and Gas Field Company, PetroChina, Chengdu, Sichuan 610051, China
  • Received:2024-12-27 Published:2025-11-04

Abstract: Shale gas geological sweet spot evaluation is a comprehensive problem involving multiple parameters, and its prediction methods are diverse and the definition of the threshold of each index parameter is difficult to be unified. Based on clarifying the petrophysical properties of shale formations and integrating core experimental analysis results, this study systematically conducted optimization of geological sweet spot parameters for shale gas reservoirs. The prediction models of TOC content, porosity, gas saturation and gas content were established. And the weight coefficients of each key reservoir parameter were determined by analytic hierarchy process. Finally, the quantitative evaluation model of geological sweet spot index was established. The application results in Luzhou deep shale reservoir and Changning middle deep shale reservoir show that the correlation coefficients between the predicted values and the measured values of the four parameters are all above 0.85, which effectively improves the prediction accuracy of key parameters of shale gas reservoir. Both regions show higher geological sweet spot parameters at the bottom of Longmaxi Formation, which is highly consistent with the actual production situation. This study not only solves the contradiction of multi-parameter difficult to quantify in the evaluation process of geological sweet spot, provides a new comprehensive quantitative evaluation model of shale gas geological sweet spot, but also deepens the understanding and understanding of the complex mechanism of geological sweet spot, and provides scientific basis and theoretical support for the formulation of future shale gas exploration and development strategies.

Key words: shale gas, geological sweet spot, analytic hierarchy process, southern Sichuan, Longmaxi Formation

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