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JOURNAL OF PETROLEUM SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
Volume 146, Issue -, Pages 626-636Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.petrol.2016.05.002
Keywords
Tectonic fracture; Comprehensive rupture rate; Numerical simulation; Xiagou formation; Tectonic stress field; Qingxi Oilfield
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- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities [2015QNA69]
- Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions
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In the Xiagou low permeability reservoir, tectonic fractures are important reservoir spaces for storage of hydrocarbon and can significantly improve the permeability; therefore, understanding and predicting the development and distribution of tectonic fractures in the Xiagou reservoir are important for both petroleum exploration and exploitation activities in the Qingxi Oilfield. In the present study, the Himalayan paleotectonic stress field, the period of time when the majority of unfilled tectonic fractures generated in the Xiagou Formation of Qingxi Oilfield, was simulated with a three dimensional (3D) finite element (FE) model. Estimations of rock failure criteria (RFC) and comprehensive rupture rate (CRR) Were undertaken to quantitatively determine the development and distribution of tectonic fractures in the Xiagou reservoir. Horizontally, areas with well-developed tectonic fractures were primarily located in fault zones, regions among faults, around Well G107 and with changes in the orientation of faults. Vertically, the K(1)g(3) layer showed a relative higher CRR, indicating that it was highly fractured. Factors of faults and the lithology controlled the development and distribution of tectonic fractures in the Xiagou reservoir of Qingxi Oilfield. Abnormal high fluid pressures in the, Xiagou Formation can promote the development of fractures in reservoirs and the transformation from shear fractures to tensile fractures under certain conditions. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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