Reservoir Evaluation and Development ›› 2022, Vol. 12 ›› Issue (1): 68-81.doi: 10.13809/j.cnki.cn32-1825/te.2022.01.006

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Lithfacies and “sweet spot” interval of marine shale in southern Sichuan: A case study of Shuanghe Outcrop in Wufeng-Longmaxi Formation, Changning

WANG Hongyan1,2(),DONG Dazhong1,2,SHI Zhensheng1,2,QIU Zhen1,2,LU Bin1,2,SHAO Nan3,SUN Shasha1,2,ZHANG Surong1,2   

  1. 1. PetroChina Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration and Development, Beijing 100083, China
    2. National Energy Shale Gas R&D(Experiment) Center, Beijing 100083, China
    3. Technology Administration Department, PetroChina Company Limited, Beijing 100007, China
  • Received:2021-06-30 Online:2022-02-26 Published:2022-03-24

Abstract:

With the comprehensive application of the photography of full thin section, the optical microscope observation of small thin sections, TOC test, whole rocks X-ray composition test, physical property analysis and the observation of field emission scanning electron microscope, Ordovician Wufeng Formation amd Silurian Longmaxi Formation in Shuanghe Outcrop in Changning area are analyzed systematically. The results show that the black shale of Wufeng-Longmaxi Formation in Shuanghe Outcrop of Changning area in southern Sichuan Basin is mainly siliceous shale, calcareous shale and mixed shale, and the average values of quartz, calcium carbonate and clay minerals are 42.5 %, 37.4 % and 14.9 %, respectively, containing a small amount of plagioclase (average 2.5 %), pyrite (average 2.7 %) and organic matter (average 5.6 %). The black shale develops mud laminae and silty laminae, and these two types of laminae are composed of five bedding types: graded horizontal bedding, homogeneous bedding, banded silty sand horizontal bedding, sand mud graded horizontal bedding and sand mud thin interbedded horizontal bedding. Progressive horizontal bedding and homogeneity bedding are developed in Wufeng Formation, while strip silty sand horizontal bedding, sand-mud progressive horizontal bedding and sand-mud thin interbedded horizontal bedding are developed in Longmaxi Formation. On the basis of mineral composition and bedding types, eleven types of lithofacies are divided. LM1 member, which is the “sweet spot” interval in Shuanghe Outcrop in Changning area, is characterized by high TOC content, high siliceous content, high porosity, high permeability, high horizontal/vertical permeability ratio and high organic pore content. The strip silty sand horizontal bedding develops here.

Key words: bedding, lithofacies, black shale, Longmaxi Formation, Wufeng Formation, Sichuan Basin

CLC Number: 

  • TE121