Characteristics of occurrence and distribution rule of deep coalbed methane in supercritical state
周立宏闫霞熊先钺王峰刘文超杨月洁杨兆彪冯延青
ZHOU Lihong;YAN Xia;XIONG Xianyue;WANG Feng;LIU Wenchao;YANG Yuejie;YANG Zhaobiao;FENG Yanqing
中联煤层气国家工程研究中心有限责任公司中石油煤层气有限责任公司北京科技大学中国矿业大学 煤层气资源与成藏过程教育部重点实验室
深部煤层气成为天然气增储上产的重要方向,但其吸附气、游离气原始赋存状态不清、不同条件下的赋存态分配规律不明,制约了深部煤层气储量准确评估和产出规律认识。随着埋深增加,温度和压力不断升高,甲烷进入超临界相态,其流体密度将不断增重、黏度与气态相近,表明当前现有认识低估了游离气的资源量和流体易于产出的流动能力。在深层高温高压下,甲烷超临界流体特征更为显著,不能被忽视。现在基于储层压力的含气量计算方法,未考虑煤层微孔内流体压力要高于储层压力,即“微孔超压”环境的存在,故实际含气量被低估。针对国内深部煤层埋深最深至
Deep Coalbed methane(CBM) has become an important direction for gas storage and production, but its original occurrence state of adsorbed gas and free gas and distribution law under different geological conditions are unclear, which restricts the accurate estimation of deep CBM reserves and the understanding of production law. With the increase of burial depth, temperature and pressure, methane enters the supercritical phase, its fluid density will continue to increase, and its viscosity is similar to that of the gas phase, indicating that the current understanding has underestimated the amount of free gas resources and the flow ability of fluid easy to produce. Under high temperature and high pressure in deep coal seams, the “supercritical fluid characteristics” of methane are more significant and cannot be ignored. The current gas content calculation method based on reservoir pressure does not take into account the fact that the fluid pressure inside the coal seam micropores is higher than the reservoir pressure, that is, the existence of a “micropore overpressure” environment, so the actual gas content is underestimated. A calculation model for the content of free gas and adsorbed gas in deep coalbed methane considering the characteristics of micropore overpressure and methane supercritical fluid was established based on the variation of methane physical properties with pressure and temperature, as well as the theory of micropore overpressure, targeting the deepest coal seam burial depth in China up to 5000m and coal rank range of 0.8% to 3.0%. The results show that: ① Under high temperature and high pressure, methane viscosity, density, compression factor, volume coefficient and other high pressure physical property parameters do not change linearly with temperature and pressure. Based on the quantitative relationship between high pressure physical property parameters and temperature and pressure, empirical calculation formulas for each parameter are established.② The distribution law of adsorbed gas and free gas occurrence states in deep CBM is revealed under different thermal evolution degrees, different burial depths and different temperature and pressure conditions. At the same depth, with the increase of coal rank, the adsorbed gas content is higher, the free gas content is lower, and the proportion of free gas is decreasing. With the increase of coal seam depth, the content of adsorbed gas and free gas increases first and then decreases, but the proportion of free gas increases gradually. ③ Considering the influence of methane supercritical fluid properties on adsorption, compared to the same situation where this feature is ignored, the actual adsorbed gas content is not as high as the existing understanding, and the proportion of adsorbed gas is reduced by 6%-9%.④ Four model methods were established to clarify the critical transition depth of adsorbed gas, total gas content, and the proportion of adsorbed gas/free gas at different coal ranks and depths, as well as the variation laws and charts, based on whether Langmuir correction and water saturation with burial depth were considered. ⑤ Based on the new understanding of “micro pore overpressure and macro pore atmospheric pressure”, a calculation method for free gas and adsorbed gas content considering “micro pore overpressure+supercritical state” has been established. Compared with traditional methods that only consider reservoir pressure, the calculation results are more in line with production reality. When the burial depth of Daji block reaches 2000m, the proportion of free gas in high rank coal seams can conservatively reach 41%, an increase of 20% compared to existing understanding. The research results can provide scientific theoretical basis for revealing the distribution law of deep coalbed methane occurrence and reserve evaluation.
深部煤层气超临界赋存吸附气游离气临界转折深度超吸效应微孔超压
deep coalbed methane;supercritical;occurrence;adsorbed gas;free gas;critical turning depth;transcendental effect;microporous overpressure
主办单位:煤炭科学研究总院有限公司 中国煤炭学会学术期刊工作委员会