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Geoscience ›› 2022, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (04): 1074-1086.DOI: 10.19657/j.geoscience.1000-8527.2022.205

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Distribution Prediction of High Overpressure in Jurassic Moxizhuang-Yongjin Area, Central Junggar Basin

HAN Hongwei1(), LIU Zhen2,3(), MA Xinruo2,3, LI Hongmei1, HE Yangyang1, XU Zeyang2,3   

  1. 1. Geophysical Research Institute of Shengli Oilfield, SINOPEC, Dongying, Shandong 257022, China
    2. State Key Laboratory of Petroleum Resources and Prospecting, China University of Petroleum, Beijing 102249, China
    3. College of Geosciences, China University of Petroleum, Beijing 102249, China
  • Received:2021-12-07 Revised:2022-01-10 Online:2022-08-10 Published:2022-09-09
  • Contact: LIU Zhen

Abstract:

Prediction of abnormal formation pressure is a hot issue in oil and gas exploration and drilling engineering. For the areas with low exploration degree and few exploration wells, the unclear pore pressure distribution characteristics would hamper oil and gas exploration and efficient drilling execution. Therefore, the prediction accuracy of pore pressure needs to be improved. In this study, based on the static equilibrium principle of formation pores, a new pore pressure prediction model based on grain stress is established according to the actual geological data and pressure test data of Yong-Mo area in the central Junggar Basin. The results show that: (1) the classical pressure prediction model has defects. The Terzaghi model is not in static equilibrium, and effective stress is not the actual support force of grains, but a man-made physical variable; (2) we established the pore static equilibrium equation by using the grain stress parameters of porous medium. By comparing the prediction of overpressure of drilling wells in the local deep Jurassic sequences, we found that the pressure prediction accuracy based on grain stress is improved; (3) The pressure prediction model only considers the internal dynamic factor (i.e.deposition supercharging), and overpressure origin compensation cannot be ignored. We found that the local tectonic compression in the southern basinal margin has transferred to the basin interior, and formed the overpressure component with regular distribution. The compensation of additional tectonic stress is an effective way to improve the overpressure prediction accuracy.

Key words: central Junggar basin, pore pressure prediction, static equilibrium, grain stress, overpressure origins compensation

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