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Geoscience ›› 2022, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (05): 1341-1350.DOI: 10.19657/j.geoscience.1000-8527.2021.076

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Origin and Productivity Response of Gas and Water in Coalbed Methane Field of Yuwang Block at Laochang, Yunnan Province

ZHAI Jiayu1,2,3(), ZHANG Songhang1,2,3, TANG Shuheng1,2,3, GUO Huiqiu1,2,3, LIU Bing1,2,3, JI Chaoqi1,2,3   

  1. 1. School of Energy, China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, China
    2. MOE Key Lab of Marine Reservoir Evolution and Enrichment Mechanism, Beijing 100083, China
    3. Beijing Key Lab of Unconventional Natural Gas Geological Evaluation and Development Engineering, Beijing 100083, China
  • Received:2021-03-08 Revised:2021-05-24 Online:2022-10-10 Published:2022-11-03

Abstract:

To improve the productivity of coalbed methane (CBM) in Yuwang Block at Laochang(Yunnan province), we analyzed the composition of gas samples, methane, carbon isotopes, hydrogen-oxygen (H-O) isotopes of produced water and trace elements in 6 CBM pilot test wells, combined with the geological conditions and productivity characteristics of CBM. And we discussed the productivity indicating significance from isotopes and trace elements of the gas and water. The results show that CH4 is the main component of local CBM, which accounts for over 97%. There are minor amounts of C2H6, N2 and CO2 but no heavy hydrocarbons, and the coalbed methane is mainly of thermal origin and has undergone later-stage secondary transformation. The H-O isotope characteristics of the CBM produced water indicate that the produced water was sourced from meteoric water, which show a clear 18O drift. The result of principal component analysis shows that trace elements in the produced water can be divided into two principal components, which reflect the gas and water production of gas wells, respectively. Integrating the comprehensive gas and water production, hydrogen-oxygen isotopes and trace elements data of the produced water from CBM wells, we suggested that the produced water of other wells in the Yuwang block is mainly fracturing fluid (except LC-C3 well), and that the reservoir pressure drop is limited, causing low gas well production.

Key words: Yuwang block, coalbed methane, hydrogen and oxygen isotopes, trace element, productivity

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