Method for correcting measurement values of physical properties of laumontite-rich clastic rock reservoirs that are obtained based on overburden pressure porosity and permeability tests

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12486764-B2
Application number	US-202318334348-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 13, 2023
Priority date	Jun 13, 2023
Publication date	Dec 2, 2025
Grant date	Dec 2, 2025

Abstract

A method for correcting measurement values of physical properties of laumontite-rich clastic rock reservoirs that are obtained based on overburden pressure porosity and permeability tests. The method includes: selecting rock samples taken from laumontite-rich clastic rock reservoir spaces; conducting porosity and permeability tests on the selected rock samples under normal temperature and pressure conditions; analyzing a type of a reservoir cement and characteristics of a reservoir space by using a respective selected rock sample; determining laumontite contents and development degrees of pseudo fractures in the selected rock samples having different laumontite contents; comparing variations in porosity and permeability between the selected rock samples taken from the laumontite-containing reservoir spaces and rock samples taken from a laumontite-free reservoir space under overburden pressure conditions; fitting a variation function to establish relations between the porosity, permeability, and overburden pressure for the selected rock samples taken from laumontite-rich clastic rock reservoir spaces; and creating a correction plate of permeability of reservoirs having different laumontite contents.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A method for correcting measurement values of physical properties of laumontite-rich clastic rock reservoirs that are obtained based on overburden pressure porosity and permeability tests, comprising:
step 1: selecting rock samples taken from a laumontite-rich clastic rock reservoir in a research area and subjecting the rock samples to porosity and permeability tests under a normal temperature and pressure condition; step 2: grinding the rock samples into casting thin-sections, and analyzing a type of a reservoir cement and characteristics of a reservoir space corresponding to the rock samples taken therefrom; step 3: determining laumontite contents and development degrees of pseudo fractures in the rock samples having different laumontite contents; step 4: measuring a porosity and permeability of selected representative rock samples having the different laumontite contents under an overburden pressure condition; step 5: comparing variations in the porosity and permeability between the selected representative rock samples taken from the laumontite-rich clastic rock reservoir and rock samples taken from a laumontite-free reservoir under the overburden pressure condition; step 6: fitting a variation relation function of the porosity and permeability of the selected representative rock samples taken from the laumontite-rich clastic rock reservoir and the rock samples taken from the laumontite-free reservoir under the overburden pressure condition to derive a correction; and step 7: establishing a correction plate of permeability of the laumontite-rich clastic rock reservoir having different laumontite contents by comparing the variations in the porosity and permeability corresponding to the rock samples taken from the laumontite-rich clastic rock reservoir having the different laumontite contents under the overburden pressure condition.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the porosity test in step 1 comprises:
preparing a selected rock sample and determining a total volume of the prepared rock sample by measuring a length and diameter of the prepared rock sample using a vernier caliper; reading a pore volume of the rock sample under a corresponding gas input pressure by adjusting a pressure regulator; determining a solid phase volume of the rock sample by comparing the pore volume with a standard curve; and quantitatively calculating the porosity of the rock sample according to the Boyle's law; wherein the pore volume is obtained by subtracting a particle volume from the total volume of the rock sample, and the porosity is calculated according to the following formula:

φ
=

V
p

V
b

=

V
b

-

V
g

V
b

Formula
⁢

(
1
)

wherein V b represents the total volume of the rock sample; V g represents the particle volume; V p represents the pore volume; and φ represents the porosity.

3 . The method according to claim 2 , wherein the permeability test in step 1 comprises:
calculating a cross-sectional area by measuring the length and diameter of the prepared rock sample using the vernier caliper; measuring a pressure difference and a flow rate by allowing helium with a known viscosity to flow through a rock sample with a known size; measuring an inlet pressure and an outlet pressure using a pressure gauge; and measuring a gas flow by using a calibrated vent hole to calculate a gas permeability of the rock sample, wherein the gas permeability is calculated according to the following formula:

K
=

2
⁢
μ
⁢
Q
⁢
L
⁢

P
0

A
⁡
(

P
1
2

-

P
2
2

)

×
1
⁢

0

-
1

Formula
⁢

(
2
)

wherein K represents a permeability of the rock sample, in the unit of μm 2 ; A represents a cross-sectional area of the rock sample, in the unit of cm 2 ; L represents a length of the rock sample, in the unit of cm; μ represents a gas viscosity, in the unit of mPa·S; Q represents a gas flow under an absolute atmospheric pressure, in the unit of cm 3 /s; P 0 represents an atmospheric pressure, in the unit of MPa; P 1 represents an inlet pressure of the rock sample, in the unit of MPa; and P 2 represents an outlet pressure of the rock sample, in the unit of MPa.

4 . The method according to claim 3 , wherein grinding the rock samples into the casting thin-sections in step 2 comprises:
performing vacuum perfusion and pressure perfusion for the rock samples using a casting instrument; performing rough, medium, fine, and accurate grinding for surfaces of the rock samples using a lapping machine; gluing the fine-ground rock samples to micro slides with one side thereof ground to hairy surfaces by applying solid abies balsam to central parts of the micro slides, and squeezing the micro slides firmly using a tweezer such that the colloidal layer is thin, uniform, and free of bubbles; roug

Assignees

• Univ Chengdu Technology

Inventors

• Yang Tian
• He Qing
• Cai Laixing
• Yu Wenqiang
• Li Xiaofang

Classifications

• G01N15/0826

  and measuring fluid flow rate, i.e. permeation rate or pressure change · CPC title

• G01N15/08

  Investigating permeability, pore-volume, or surface area of porous materials · CPC title

• G01N15/088

  Investigating volume, surface area, size or distribution of pores; Porosimetry · CPC title

• E21B49/088 Primary

  combined with sampling · CPC title