A Quantitative Evaluation Method for Lateral Sealing of Faults

Abstract

The invention proposes a quantitative evaluation method for lateral sealing of faults, which belongs to the field of oil and gas exploration. The method considers formation compaction and correction, and can accurately evaluate the evolution characteristics of lateral sealing of faults in multiple periods from the oil and gas accumulation period to the present. The evaluation method includes the following steps: For each time unit from the hydrocarbon accumulation period to the present period, the formation of each time unit from the hydrocarbon accumulation period to the present period is restored by the decompaction correction method, and the The ancient mudstone smear factor, ancient mudstone smear potential and ancient fault gouge ratio corresponding to single sand layer at different depths in a time unit; calculate the present mudstone smear factor, present mudstone smear potential and present fault gouge ratio corresponding to the present period; When the mudstone smear factor, mudstone smear potential and fault gouge ratio corresponding to the present period all meet the threshold requirements, the fault is laterally closed; otherwise, the fault has been laterally opened.

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technical field [0001] The invention belongs to the field of oil and gas exploration, and in particular relates to a quantitative evaluation method for lateral sealing of faults. Background technique [0002] In faulted basins, faults play a very important role in controlling the migration and accumulation of oil and gas: when faults are active, they can serve as important transport channels for oil and gas migration; when faults cease to be active, they can serve as important barriers for oil and gas accumulation . In oil and gas exploration, determining whether a fault blocks oil and gas is good or bad is the basis for judging the effectiveness of traps and an important prerequisite for the successful deployment of exploratory wells. Therefore, accurate evaluation of the lateral sealing of faults is helpful to analyze the effective sealing area and position of traps and the maximum height of oil and gas columns in traps, and then help to correctly understand the current o...

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Problems solved by technology

According to the evaluation results obtained by these three algorithms, there are often cases where traps with very good lateral sealing of faults have no oil and gas accumulation or only oil and gas shows. In the current time period, the paleolateral sealing ability of faults is weaker than the lower limit of sealing oil and gas, which leads to the loss of oil and gas

In this case, the original CSP, SSF and SGR algorithms can no longer meet the evaluation requirements

[0004] Wang Chao (2017) proposed to use the same stratum compaction correction formula to restore the paleoparameters to improve the SGR algorithm, but he ignored the characteristics of differential compaction of the strata on the two sides of the fault, and there are also differences between different strata and different lithologies. There is differential compaction, so the same formula cannot be used to recover the paleo-thickness of different strata on the two sides of the fault

In addition, the method proposed by Wang Chao must rely on the shale content log curve data for calculation, but in practice, the popularity of the log data is low, so this method cannot be widely used

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