ZHAO Bo, ZHANG Guang-qing, TANG Mei-rong, et al. Mechanism of the effect of long-term water injection on mechanical
properties of tight sandstone[J]. 2019, 40(9): 3344-3350.
DOI:
ZHAO Bo, ZHANG Guang-qing, TANG Mei-rong, et al. Mechanism of the effect of long-term water injection on mechanical
properties of tight sandstone[J]. 2019, 40(9): 3344-3350.DOI: 10.16285/j.rsm.2018.0989.
Mechanism of the effect of long-term water injection on mechanical
properties of tight sandstone
Water injection is an important means to increase the production of tight sandstone reservoirs
which is widely used in tight oil and gas exploration. However
long-term water injection changes the physical and mechanical properties of formation rocks and further affects the production of oil wells. Comparison experiments were carried out on the same formation cores with water injection for 15 years and without water injection to explore the microscopic mechanism of the effect. The differences of elastic mechanics parameters
mineral composition and microscopic structure of the formation rocks before and after water injection were obtained through experiments. After the long-time water injection
the mineral composition and internal structure of rock were changed. Especially the loss of clay minerals in the form of cement and fillers caused a decrease in the cohesion among the rock particles and an increase in the porosity. After long-time water injection
clay minerals and calcite content decreased
the fillers and cements between rocks particles reduced
the small pores developed into large pores. Thus
the mechanical properties of sandstone were weakened and the deformation capacity increased.