Study on dynamic sealing evaluation of carbonate gas storage cap rock
Author of the article:TENG Zhenchao1, ZHANG Pinjin1, JIA Shanpo2, XU Meng3, ZHANG Guangquan4, JIA Yuewei4
Author's Workplace:1. School of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Northeast Petroleum University, Daqing, Heilognjiang, 163000, China; 2. Institute of Unconventional Oil & Gas, Northeast Petroleum University, Daqing, Heilongjiang, 163000, China; 3. School of Earth Sciences, Northeast Petroleum University, Daqing, Heilongjiang, 163000, China; 4. Sinopec Petroleum Exploration and Production Research Institute, Beijing, 100089, China
Key Words:Carbonate rock; Gas storage; Cap rock; Dynamic sealing evaluation; Acoustic emission
Abstract:
Injection-production disturbance will lead to varying degrees
of elastic-plastic deformation of
micro-pore structure of
carbonate gas storage caprock, and even macro damage of the cap rock, resulting
in cap rock leakage. According to the characteristics of high-speed reciprocating injection-production in gas storage, the dynamic sealing
evaluation of caprock under injection-production
conditions was carried out from geological features, capillary physical sealing
and macro mechanical integrity. Taking the carbonate caprock of Q gas storage
as the background, the influence of alternating mechanics on the dynamic
sealing of caprock was clarified through the dynamic sealing test under
injection-production conditions.
It was found that under alternating load, the permeability and breakthrough
pressure showed the trend of first decline-stability-rise. When the confining pressure was large, the
law is mainly in the decline-stability
stage; Through the stress-strain
curve and acoustic emission characteristics, the fatigue failure risk and
acoustic emission signal characteristics of caprock were defined, which showed
that the alternating fatigue failure risk was low under injection-production conditions; Using AHP and extension
theory comprehensively, the dynamic sealing of carbonate gas reservoir cap was
evaluated. Q gas reservoir cap is evaluated as excellent dynamic sealing. The
establishment of the evaluation system provides a scientific basis for the
dynamic sealing evaluation of carbonate gas reservoir caprock.