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- Title
Karst architecture characterization of deep carbonate reservoir using image logs in Tarim Basin, West China.
- Authors
Yang, Liu; Li, Zhong; Zhang, Mei; Yu, Jingbo; Liu, Jiaqing
- Abstract
This paper has conducted a high‐resolution characterization of a deeply buried carbonate karst in the Tarim Basin of China by utilizing the FMI (Full‐bore Formation Micro Image) method integrated with seismic data, drilling cores and thin sections. It was found that the type and scale of wellbore karst architecture are mainly controlled by karst paleogeomorphology and vertical faults. The karst highlands and slopes, respectively, develop vadose karst and phreatic karst, with different compositions of karst elements. In terms of the karst thickness in the wellbore, the vertical fault development zone is almost twice that of the non‐development zone, both for the vadose karst and phreatic karst. Furthermore, the vertical fault is also able to promote the development of mixing karst. The mixing zone is located 55 m below the water table, with a strata thickness of approximately 25 m, a net reservoir thickness of 5–15 m, and an average porosity of 4%–8%, which serves as an effective hydrocarbon reservoir in the Yingshan Formation. The results will provide insights into the vertical division of karst reservoir and help predict reservoirs using well logs.
- Subjects
CHINA; CARBONATE reservoirs; KARST; HYDROCARBON reservoirs; CORE drilling; WATER table; CARBONATE minerals; GEOMORPHOLOGY; COALBED methane
- Publication
Geological Journal, 2023, Vol 58, Issue 11, p4283
- ISSN
0072-1050
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/gj.4821