YIN Shuai, DING Wen-long, SHAN Yu-ming, et al. A new method for quantitative evaluation of microcrack stress sensitivity of tight sandstone reservoir based on inversion of acoustic data[J]. 2017, 38(2): 409-418.
YIN Shuai, DING Wen-long, SHAN Yu-ming, et al. A new method for quantitative evaluation of microcrack stress sensitivity of tight sandstone reservoir based on inversion of acoustic data[J]. 2017, 38(2): 409-418.DOI: 10.16285/j.rsm.2017.02.014.
Acoustics tests are conducted on deep tight sandstone reservoir samples in Tazhong area. A new method is developed for quantitatively evaluating the microcrack stress sensitivity of tight sandstone reservoir using inversion of acoustic data. The fracture density and the aspect ratio are inversed by using the Biot consistent model and the DEM model
and the variations of and are discussed under different confining pressures. The stress sensitivity of microfractures are also evaluated. The results show that
with the increase of confining pressure
decreases and increases
mainly due to the closing of the microfracture. According to the reducing amplitude of under different confining pressures
the percentage of fractures that close or open can be determined. Samples with a larger under high confining pressure represent low stress sensitivity. Otherwise
the stress sensitivity is higher. This paper defines the point
where the pore-fracture in the rock changes greatly
as the turning point. The values of corresponding to the turning points of different samples are similar. This phenomenon can be seen as the common characteristics of tight sandstone reservoir fractures
and it can also act as the contrast indicator of the fracture development degree. The correlations of (with a confining pressure of 65 MPa) and turning pressure with rock porosity are discussed
which shows that they both have a very good positive correlation. For the deep low permeability sandstone reservoir in this region
the favorable fracture that has weak stress sensitivity is influenced mostly by physical properties of rock.