US 12,332,398 B1
Pore pressure prediction method and system for fine-grained hybrid sedimentary rock based on variable p-wave velocity
Dianshi Xiao, Qingdao (CN); Rui Wang, Qingdao (CN); Min Wang, Qingdao (CN); Zhuo Li, Qingdao (CN); Yingjie Liu, Qingdao (CN); and Xian Shi, Qingdao (CN)
Assigned to China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao (CN)
Filed by China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao (CN)
Filed on Dec. 5, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/969,321.
Claims priority of application No. 202410217006.8 (CN), filed on Feb. 28, 2024.
Int. Cl. G01V 11/00 (2006.01)
CPC G01V 11/002 (2013.01) 5 Claims
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1. A pore pressure prediction method for a fine-grained hybrid sedimentary rock based on variable P-wave velocity, comprising:
determining a functional relationship between a variable P-wave velocity and effective stress;
establishing an effective stress influence term prediction model, comprising:
based on measured data of a P-wave velocity and an effective stress of core, using an optimization method to predict parameters A and B in a power function and parameters A, B, C, D, and E in the power function+S function respectively by dividing the fine-grained hybrid sedimentary rock into a mud-grade hybrid sedimentary rock and a sand-grade hybrid sedimentary reservoir, and obtaining effective stress influence term function f1(σ) and f2(σ) of the mud-grade hybrid sedimentary rock and the sand-grade hybrid sedimentary reservoir respectively;
power function+S function is shown in Equation (1):
Vp=V0+AσB+c/(1+(D/σ)E)=V0+f2(σ)  (1)
for the mud-grade hybrid sedimentary rock, the function relationship between the P-wave velocity and the effective stress is denoted by a power function; the power function is shown in Equation (2):
Vp=V0+AσB=V0+f1(σ)  (2)
where, Vp is a P-wave velocity of rock, m/s; V0 is an acoustic velocity background value, m/s; σ is the effective stress, MPa; A, B, C, D, and E are parameter variables, the parameter variables A, B, C, D, and E are obtained by a fitting; f1 and f2 are effective stress influence items of the mud-grade hybrid sedimentary rock and the sand-grade hybrid sedimentary reservoir, respectively;
establishing a logging evaluation model of a P-wave background value; comprising:
combining with measured pore pressure data of a fine-grained hybrid sedimentary rock formation in a work area to calculate an effective stress influence term value, then, deducing a P-wave velocity background value by using an acoustic logging curve of the measured pore pressure corresponding to a depth point; counting a relationship between the P-wave velocity background value and a neutron curve, a density curve, an acoustic logging curve, a resistivity curve, a natural gamma ray curve, and a buried depth, and establishing a logging evaluation model of the acoustic velocity background value; and
predicting a pore pressure of a variable acoustic velocity background value; comprising:
based on the acoustic velocity background value V0 and the effective stress influence term function f1(σ) or f2(σ), combined with a lithology logging identification method, calculating an effective stress value of a target layer by using the neutron curve, the density curve, the acoustic logging curve, the resistivity curve, the natural gamma ray curve and the buried depth, and then obtaining a pore pressure distribution curve, depicting a vertical and planar distribution of the pore pressure, and realizing a prediction of the pore pressure with the variable acoustic velocity background value, wherein the function relationship between the P-wave velocity and the effective stress is determined by:
carrying out a core sampling of the fine-grained hybrid sedimentary rock formation, and carrying out effective stress and P-wave velocity tests to measure a change of the P-wave velocity of rock under different effective stresses, analyzing the functional relationship between the P-wave velocity and the effective stress according to an intersection diagram of the P-wave velocity and the effective stress, and determining a functional relationship for two types of reservoirs, comprising the mud-grade hybrid sedimentary rock and the sand-grade hybrid sedimentary reservoir respectively; and
sampling the fine-grained hybrid sedimentary rock in a study area when the effective stress and P-wave velocity tests are carried out, a sample covers a main lithology, and the sample is a regular cylinder; carrying out the P-wave velocity test on the sample under different effective stresses, and establishing a change curve of the P-wave velocity of the rock with the effective stress, and setting an effective stress point uniformly.