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Geoscience ›› 2018, Vol. 32 ›› Issue (01): 191-197.DOI: 10.19657/j.geoscience.1000-8527.2018.01.19

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Influence of Correction of Interfacial Tension and Wetting Angle to the Pore Size Distribution of Shale by Means of High Pressure Mercury Porosity:A Case Study of Qingshankou Formation in Songliao Basin

JIN Jiyang1,2(), XUE Haitao1(), TIAN Shansi1,2, WU Cunzheng1,2, LI Ying1,2, ZHOU Bin1,2, ZHAO Rixin1,2   

  1. 1. Research Institute of Unconventional Oil & Gas and Renewable Energy, China University of Petroleum, Qingdao, Shandong 266580,China
    2. School of Earth Science and Technology, China University of Petroleum,Qingdao, Shandong 266580,China
  • Received:2017-06-11 Revised:2017-07-10 Online:2018-02-10 Published:2018-02-05

Abstract:

It is very important to study the pore structure of shale reservoirs for the exploration and development of shale oil and gas. The high pressure mercury intrusion method is widely used in the study of shale pore structure and pore size distribution. Some scholars have studied the wettability of mercury in graphene materials. It has been found that the interfacial tension γ and wetting angle θ of liquid mercury in the pores are a function of pore radius r. According to this understanding, the traditional data processing method, which regards the interfacial tension γ and wetting angle θ as determinants in the Washburn equation, shows obvious irrationality. So it is necessary to correct the parameters of Washburn equation. In this paper, the high-pressure mercury intrusion test was carried out in the Qingshankou Formation of the Songliao Basin. The data of the mercury intrusion corrected by the Washburn equation before and after the correction were analyzed. It was found that the volume fraction of the micropores (<2 nm) obtained after the calibration was increased by 118%, mesoporous (2 to 50 nm) volume proportion decreased by 7%, macroporous (>50 nm) volume ratio of the basic unchanged. The pore size distributions of the shales can be more accurately characterized by the pore size distributions obtained after the calibration.

Key words: shale, Washburn equation, pore size distribution, high pressure mercury intrusion, interfacial tension, wetting angle

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