YOU Lijun, ZHOU Yang, KANG Yili, et al. Effect of oxidizing working fluid on permeability of organic-rich shale[J]. Petroleum Reservoir Evaluation and Development, 2020, 10(1): 56-63. DOI: 10.13809/j.cnki.cn32-1825/te.2020.01.009.
Effect of oxidizing working fluid on permeability of organic-rich shale
Organic-rich shale deposits in the anoxic reductive environment
and is rich in pyrite
chlorite
organic matter and other reductive components. In the process of oil and gas development
a large amount of oxidizing working fluids enter the reservoir
which is incompatible with rock and fluids in reservoir
thus breaking the physical and chemical equilibrium between shale reservoir and formation fluids such as oil
gas and water. The organic-rich shale of Silurian Longmaxi Formation in Pengshui area of southeast Sichuan Basin was selected to conduct the experiment on the interaction between oxidizing fluid and organic-rich sh
ale
so that to analyze the effect of oxidizing working fluid on shale reservoir permeability. The results show that the after the contact of organic shale and oxidizing working fluid
the permeability will change with the fluid oxidation-reduction potential(
Eh
)
which is called oxygen sensitivity. When the fluid oxidation-reduction potential is less than 450 mV
the generated chemical precipitation solid particles and solid particles of shale debris
such as Fe
2
O
3
Fe(OH)
3
siderite(FeCO
3
)
calcium sulphate dihydrate(CaSO
4
·2H
2
O)
MgSO
4
and BaSO
4
lead to the reduction of shale permeability. Regulating
Eh
of working fluid
inhibiting oxygen sensitivity damage
and playing the role of oxidation and permeability enhancement are the development direction of completion fluid of oil and gas reservoirs under reductive environment.