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AAPG Bulletin, V. 103, No. 11 (November 2019), P. 2573-2596.

Copyright ©2019. The American Association of Petroleum Geologists. All rights reserved.

DOI: 10.1306/02251917173

Previous HitPoreNext Hit structure and fractal characteristics of Ordovician Majiagou carbonate reservoirs in Ordos Basin, China

Jin Lai,1 Song Wang,2 Guiwen Wang,3 Yujiang Shi,4 Taiping Zhao,5 Xiaojiao Pang,6 Xuechun Fan,7 Ziqiang Qin,8 and Xuqiang Fan9

1State Key Laboratory of Petroleum Resources and Prospecting, China University of Petroleum (Beijing), Beijing, China; College of Geosciences, China University of Petroleum (Beijing), Beijing, China; sisylaijin@163.com
2State Key Laboratory of Petroleum Resources and Prospecting, College of Geosciences, China University of Petroleum (Beijing), Changping, Beijing, China; 603642162@qq.com
3State Key Laboratory of Petroleum Resources and Prospecting, China University of Petroleum (Beijing), Changping, Beijing, China; wanggw@cup.edu.cn
4Research Institute of Exploration and Development, Changqing Oilfield Company PetroChina, Xi’an, Shaanxi, China; syj_cq@petrochina.com.cn
5Research Institute of Exploration and Development, Changqing Oilfield Company PetroChina, Xi’an, Shaanxi, China; zhaotp_cq@petrochina.com.cn
6College of Geosciences, China University of Petroleum (Beijing), State Key Laboratory of Petroleum Resources and Prospecting, Changping, Beijing, China; 1107503425@qq.com
7College of Geosciences, China University of Petroleum (Beijing), State Key Laboratory of Petroleum Resources and Prospecting, Changping, Beijing, China; 2660318093@qq.com
8Department of Petroleum Engineering, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming; zqin@uwyo.edu
9College of Geosciences, China University of Petroleum (Beijing), Changping, Beijing, China; fanxuqiang00@163.com

ABSTRACT

Fractal analysis was performed on carbonate core plug samples from the Ordovician Majiagou carbonate reservoirs in the Ordos Basin using mercury intrusion capillary pressure (MICP), nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), and the x-ray computed tomography (CT) measurements to improve our understanding of the Previous HitporeNext Hit structure characteristics. The relationships between Previous HitporeNext Hit structure parameters and the fractal dimensions were investigated. The Previous HitporeNext Hit Previous HitsystemsNext Hit are dominated by secondary intercrystalline pores and enlarged dissolution pores as well as microfractures. The fractal curves from MICP analysis break into two segments at the Swanson’s parameter. The small Previous HitporeNext Hit-throat Previous HitsystemsNext Hit can be described by the fractal theory, whereas pores connected by relatively large throats (greater than the Previous HitporeNext Hit-throat radius at the Pittman’s hyperbola’s apex) are not cylindrical in shape, cannot be described by a capillary tube model, and tend to have apparent fractal dimensions larger than 3.0. The fact that the entirety of the capillary curve cannot be fit by a single fractal dimension implies that there are multiple Previous HitporeNext Hit Previous HitsystemsNext Hit present with different fractal dimensions. The CT analysis shows that the pores are dispersed in the three-dimensional spaces mainly with elliptical shapes. The NMR measurements are sensitive to Previous HitporeNext Hit-body size and MICP probes Previous HitporeNext Hit-throat dimensions, the latter being complementary to the Previous HitporeNext Hit-body–size distribution. None of the CT, MICP, and NMR techniques provide “right” or “wrong” answers to the Previous HitporeNext Hit-throat Previous HitsystemsNext Hit, but they probe different aspects of the Previous HitporeNext Hit Previous HitsystemsNext Hit. This study assumes the Previous HitporeNext Hit shapes to be spherical in general, and then the fractal dimension is calculated from the NMR transverse relaxation time (T2) spectrum. The fractal dimensions of all the samples are calculated, and the accuracy of the fractal model is verified by the high regression coefficients. Almost all the Previous HitporeNext Hit Previous HitsystemsNext Hit can be described by fractal theory, and the fractal dimensions are strongly correlated with the T2 values separating the immovable fluid and the free fluid. Microfractures may bias T2 toward larger values, making it hard to derive fractal dimensions from NMR measurements. The coexistence of small pores (Previous HitporeNext Hit radius < 10 μm) and large pores (>50 μm) results in a heterogeneous Previous HitporeNext Hit distribution and a high fractal dimension. Reservoir quality increases with the complexity degree of the microscopic Previous HitporeNext Hit structure. Conversely, samples that are dominated by small Previous HitporeNext Hit Previous HitsystemsNext Hit tend to have a lower fractal dimension and a less complex Previous HitporeTop structure.

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