Quantitative evaluation method of fault lateral sealing

• Published in: Petroleum exploration and development Vol. 43; no. 2; pp. 340 - 347
• Main Authors: LYU, Yanfang, WANG, Wei, HU, Xinlei, FU, Guang, SHI, Jijian, WANG, Chao, LIU, Zhe, JIANG, Wenya
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 01.04.2016; KeAi Communications Co., Ltd
• Subjects: displacement pressure; fault rock; lateral sealing ability; Qikou Sag; sealing ability quantitative evaluation; displacement pressure; sealing ability quantitative evaluation; Qikou Sag; fault rock; lateral sealing ability
• ISSN: 1876-3804; 2096-4803; 1876-3804
• DOI: 10.1016/S1876-3804(16)30040-4

The fault-reservoir displacement pressure differential method, as a quantitative evaluation method of fault sealing which considering diagenetic time of fault rock, was improved based on the study of fault sealing mechanism and its influencing factors. A geology and mathematical model of quantitative evaluation of fault sealing considering diagenetic time was established. First, the depth of surrounding rock which has the same shale content and diagenetic degree as the fault rocks at the target was determined using the method of successive approximation at the given step length. Second, the displacement pressure of target fault rocks was calculated based on the relationship between the displacement pressure and the product of shale content and burial depth that was established for the study area. And third, the sealing states and capacity of the faults were quantitatively evaluated by comparing the calculated displacement pressure with that of the target reservoir. By the actual data of reservoirs at Banqiao Fault in Qikou sag and the result comparison between fault rock shale content method (SGR) and fault-reservoir displacement pressure differential method without considering the diagenetic time, it is verified that this method is more feasible and credible.