Reservoir Evaluation and Development ›› 2020, Vol. 10 ›› Issue (1): 1-8.doi: 10.13809/j.cnki.cn32-1825/te.2020.01.001

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Status and prospect of experimental technologies of geological evaluation for shale gas

XU Xuhui1,2,SHEN Baojian1,2,LI Zhiming1,2,ZHANG Wentao1,2,YU Lingjie1,2,MA Zhongliang1,2   

  1. 1. State Key Laboratory of Mechanism and Effective Development of Oil and Gas Enrichment in Shale, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214126, China
    2. Wuxi Institute of Petroleum Geology, Sinopec Exploration and Production Institute, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214126, China
  • Received:2019-12-11 Online:2020-02-26 Published:2020-02-04

Abstract:

The improvement of experimental technologies of geological evaluation for shale gas is the key factor for the success of shale gas exploration and development in America. The progress in experimental technologies of geological evaluation of shale gas is summarized from three aspects including gas-bearing property, occurrence and fracability of shale. It mainly focuses on the ultramicroscopic organic petrology, formation porosity thermocompression simulation experiment of hydrocarbon generation and expulsion, and the characterization of pore network, which are developed for high thermal maturity marine shale of South China in recent years. The future trends of experimental technologies of geological evaluation for shale gas are discussed. It is proposed that the effectiveness and connectivity of multiscale pore structure, the characterization of organic and inorganic pore in diagenetic evolution, and dynamic evaluation for fracability are the key studying aspects in experimental technologies of geological evaluation of shale gas.

Key words: shale gas, geological evaluation, experimental technologies, research progress

CLC Number: 

  • TE135