Effects of Clay Minerals on Triassic Sandstone Reservoir in Shan Can Ning Basin and Their Significance

Guo Hua Zhu, Qian Kai

Mesozoic sandstone reservoirs in the Shan Can Ning basin contain various clay minerals with different genesis and occurrences, which give rise to different effects on reservoir characteristics. The results of this study suggest that the effects of illite on permeability, electrical resistivity, and oil and water saturation of the Yan 10 sandstone are much more obvious than those due to kaolinite. Authigenic chlorite film covering the peripheral edges of sand grains restrained the coaxial secondary overgrowths of quartz, feldspar, and other grains. This restraint played an effective role in preserving the pores and texture of the Yanchang reservoir rocks. The authigenic chlorite film contains abundant micropores which can adsorb considerable pore water, which is kept in an irreducible state. Thus, given the same water saturation conditions, the water production of Yanchang reservoir rocks rich in authigenic chlorite is significantly lower than that of the rocks poor in chlorite film. Because the occurrence of the pore-lining clay (film type) reduces the size of pore throats, acidization may show notable effects on this type of sandstone reservoir.

AAPG Search and Discovery Article #91022©1989 AAPG Annual Convention, April 23-26, 1989, San Antonio, Texas.