Modeling of the tight sandstone gas accumulation for the Xujiahe Formation, Hechuan-Tongnan Area, Sichuan Basin

Petroleum Exploration and Development

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 409-418

  Guo, Qiulin ^a   Li, Jianzhong ^a   Chen, Ningsheng ^a   Hu, Junwen ^a   Xie, Hongbing ^a,b   Gao, Xiaohui ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF PETROLEUM EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Accumulation modeling; Continuous gas accumulation; Formation pressure; Resource assessment; Tight sandstone gas

Indexed keywords

EQUILIBRIUM; NATURAL GAS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OVERPRESSURE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SANDSTONE; SOURCE ROCK;

CHINA; SICHUAN;

BURIAL DEPTHS; COMPUTATION MODEL; CONTINUOUS GAS ACCUMULATION; DISTRIBUTION OF GAS; DYNAMIC EQUILIBRIUM EQUATION; FORMATION PRESSURE; FORMATION WATER; GAS GENERATION; GAS RESERVOIR; GAS-WATER; MODELING PROCESS; OVERPRESSURE; PRESSURE DIFFERENCES; RESERVOIR PROPERTY; RESOURCE ASSESSMENTS; SICHUAN BASIN; SOURCE ROCKS; TIGHT SANDSTONE GAS; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS; XUJIAHE FORMATION;

GAS GENERATORS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; PRESSURIZATION; ROCKS; SANDSTONE;

GASES;

EID: 80053389784     PISSN: 18763804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1876-3804(11)60044-X     Document Type: Article

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