Xinjiang Petroleum Geology ›› 2020, Vol. 41 ›› Issue (6): 658-665.doi: 10.7657/XJPG20200604

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Characteristics and Genesis of Pores in Volcanic Reservoirs of Haerjiawu Formation in Santanghu Basin

FAN Tanguang()   

  1. Research Institute of Exploration and Development, Tuha Oilfield Company, PetroChina, Hami, Xinjiang 839009, China
  • Received:2020-09-02 Revised:2020-09-21 Online:2020-12-01 Published:2020-12-02

Abstract:

As one of the important methods to study the microscopic pore structure of tight reservoirs, low-temperature nitrogen adsorption experiment has achieved better application in tight clastic reservoirs. This paper takes the Carboniferous volcanic reservoirs in the Santanghu basin as a case to study the genesis of nano-pores in tight reservoirs by applying low-temperature nitrogen adsorption experiment. Experimental analysis shows that the low-temperature nitrogen adsorption curve of the volcanic rock in the Upper Carboniferous Haerjiawu formation of the Santanghu basin is like a “ink bottle”; as the sampling depth increases, the average pore diameter of the samples decreases, the total pore volume increases, the specific surface area increases, and the fractal dimensionality that can characterize the roughness of the pore surface increases too. Further combination with field emission scanning electron microscopy analysis shows that the microscopic pore structure and morphology of the tight volcanic reservoirs of the Haerjiawu formation in the Santanghu basin is related to dissolution. The deeper the reservoir is buried, the more organic acid is produced by the source rock inside the volcanic rock, and the stronger the dissolution is. After unstable minerals such as feldspar are dissolved, new minerals form and then precipitate near pores and throats. This can increase the microscopic pore volume of the reservoirs and reduce their permeability.

Key words: Santanghu basin, Haerjiawu formation, volcanic rock, tight reservoir, microscopic characteristic, low-temperature nitrogen adsorption, specific surface area, fractal dimensionality

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