This invention provides a method for predicting vertical sweet spots in high-silica shale, comprising the following steps: S1, collecting shale core samples and obtaining measured experimental data and
well logging data of the shale; wherein the measured experimental data of the shale includes measured TOC, NMR
porosity, and relative content of silica minerals; S2, establishing the relationship between measured TOC, NMR
porosity, and relative content of silica minerals, and determining the lower limits of relative content of silica minerals, TOC, and NMR
porosity in the gas-producing section; S3, establishing a calculation model for the relative content of silica minerals in
well logging; S4, determining the
sweet spot section of the shale; S5, verifying the accuracy of the
sweet spot section of the shale. This invention uses the relative content of silica minerals as the key parameter, which is simple and clear; the relative content of silica minerals is also the most important brittle mineral in shale. The higher the relative content of silica minerals, the better the
brittleness of the shale, and the more conducive it is to fracturing. Therefore, the
high silica content section is also the
engineering sweet spot section. This method takes into account the prediction of both geological and
engineering sweet spots.