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Characteristics and pore evolution of the tight sandstone reservoirs of the Chang-7 Member of the Yanchang Formation in the Xin’anbian area, Ordos basin

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More than 100 million tons of tight oil reserves have been discovered in the Xin’anbian area of the Ordos basin in recent years, of which the main reservoir is the Chang-7 Member of the Yanchang Formation. To identify the characteristics of the tight sandstone reservoir and their the development of the Chang-7 Member in the study area, casting thin sections, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), high-pressure mercury injection, cathodoluminescence and other technical methods were used to analyze the reservoir rock types and their physical properties and pore structure. Based on reservoir diagenesis research and quantitative evaluations of reservoir pores, a reservoir pore evolution mode was established. The results showed that the main rock types in the tight sandstone reservoirs in the Chang-7 Member of the Xin’anbian area were lithic feldspathic sandstone and feldspathic detritus sandstone and that the reservoir space types were mainly feldspar dissolved pores, with a few residual intergranular pores, clay intercrystalline pores, and microfractures. The reservoirs were classified as having low porosity and low permeability and extra-low porosity and extra-low permeability. The porosity and permeability of the reservoirs were between 4 ~ 10% and 0.01 ~ 1 mD, respectively, and were mainly controlled by compaction, cementation, and dissolution. Compaction and cementation reduced the porosity and permeability, while dissolution increased the porosity and permeability. The Chang-7 Member reservoir mainly experienced weak-medium compaction, medium-strong cementation, and different degrees of dissolution. The average loss of porosity due to cementation was around 25%, while the average loss due to compaction was around 13%. This research determined four key stages in the porosity evolution of the Chang-7 Member in the study area: (1) the porosity was reduced to 26% from the Triassic to the Early Jurassic period, which was mainly due to compression compaction; (2) the reservoir was seriously damaged by cementation from the Middle Jurassic to Late Jurassic period, where the porosity decreased to 5%; (3) in the Early Cretaceous period, the porosity increased to 11% due to dissolution; and (4) the porosity was reduced to 7% from the late Early Cretaceous to early Late Cretaceous period, which was mainly due to cementation.

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This study was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (41702142), the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities and the Development Fund of Key Laboratory of Deep Oil & Gas (20CX02110A).

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  1. Key Laboratory of Deep Oil and Gas, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao, 266580, China

    Jiale Xu, Jingdong Liu & Tao Liu

  2. Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Reservoir Geology, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao, 266580, China

    Jiale Xu, Jingdong Liu & Tao Liu

  3. School of Geosciences, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao, 266580, China

    Jiale Xu, Jingdong Liu & Tao Liu

  4. Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration and Development, PetroChina, Beijing, 100083, China

    Songtao Wu

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Xu, J., Liu, J., Wu, S. et al. Characteristics and pore evolution of the tight sandstone reservoirs of the Chang-7 Member of the Yanchang Formation in the Xin’anbian area, Ordos basin. Carbonates Evaporites 35, 93 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13146-020-00625-1

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