Xinjiang Petroleum Geology ›› 2023, Vol. 44 ›› Issue (3): 289-298.doi: 10.7657/XJPG20230304

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Diagenesis and Pore Evolution of Tight Reservoirs of Sanjianfang Formation in Shengbei Subsag

ZHOU Gang1(), CHENG Tian2a, LI Jie2b, CHEN Anqing1, LI Fuxiang1, XU Hui1, XU Shenglin1()   

  1. 1. Chengdu University of Technology, a.State Key Laboratory of Oil and Gas Reservoir Geology and Exploitation; b.Institute of Sedimentary Geology; Chengdu, Sichuan 610059, China
    2. PetroChina Tuha Oilfield Company, a.Development Department; b.Research Institute of Exploration and Development, Hami, Xinjiang 839009, China
  • Received:2022-09-15 Revised:2022-11-30 Online:2023-06-01 Published:2023-05-19

Abstract:

The Sanjianfang formation in the Shengbei subsag of the Tabei sag in the Turpan-Hami basin is rich in oil and gas resources. However, the sandstone reservoirs in this formation are tight and heterogeneous, which hinders the exploration and development of oil and gas. Based on core and thin-section observations, electron microscopy scanning, and high-pressure mercury injection tests, the diagenetic processes and pore evolution of the tight sandstone reservoirs of the Middle Jurassic Sanjianfang formation in the Shengbei subsag were studied. The results show that the tight sandstone reservoirs of the Sanjianfang formation are mainly composed of feldspathic litharenite and lithic sandstone, and dominantly contain secondary pores, with an average porosity of 6.44% and an average permeability of 0.18 mD, indicating low-porosity and low-permeability reservoirs. The diagenetic evolution process includes compaction-authigenic clay mineral cementation, chlorite-rimming cementation-phase-Ⅰ quartz enlargement and feldspar dissolution-albitization-rimmed chlorite cementation-carbonate cementation-feldspar dissolution-kaolinite illitization. The sandstone is currently in phase B of the middle diagenetic stage. The average initial porosity of the Sanjianfang formation sandstones is 34.66%. The average reduction in porosity is 14.05% due to compaction and 0.50% due to the cementation in phase A of the early diagenetic stage, 3.21% due to compaction and 0.75% due to cementation in phase B of the early diagenetic stage, 7.02% due to compaction and 4.26% due to cementation in phase A of the middle diagenetic stage, and 1.08% due to compaction and 0.75% due to cementation in phase B of the middle diagenetic stage. The dissolution process in phase A of the middle diagenetic stage is crucial to the increase in porosity, with an average increase of 3.38%.

Key words: Turpan-Hami basin, Taibei sag, Shengbei subsag, Sanjianfang formation, Middle Jurassic, tight reservoir, diagenesis, pore evolution

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