A review on pore structure characterization in tight sandstones

J Lai, G Wang, Z Wang, J Chen, X Pang, S Wang… - Earth-Science …, 2018 - Elsevier
Tight sandstone reservoirs typically contain a wide pore throat sizes ranging from the nano-
scale to micro-scale, and have complex pore geometry and pore throat structure …

Review of diagenetic facies in tight sandstones: Diagenesis, diagenetic minerals, and prediction via well logs

J Lai, G Wang, S Wang, J Cao, M Li, X Pang… - Earth-Science …, 2018 - Elsevier
The tight sandstones are characterized by low porosity, low permeability, complex pore
structure and strong heterogeneity due to the extensive diagenetic modifications they …

Impact of diagenesis on the reservoir quality of tight oil sandstones: The case of Upper Triassic Yanchang Formation Chang 7 oil layers in Ordos Basin, China

J Lai, G Wang, Y Ran, Z Zhou, Y Cui - Journal of Petroleum Science and …, 2016 - Elsevier
The Chang 7 tight oil reservoirs are important oil exploration targets in the Ordos basin. The
reservoirs are generally characterized by low porosity, low permeability and strong …

Deep burial diagenesis and reservoir quality evolution of high-temperature, high-pressure sandstones: Examples from Lower Cretaceous Bashijiqike Formation in …

J Lai, G Wang, Y Chai, Y Xin, Q Wu… - Aapg …, 2017 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The deep high-temperature, high-pressure Lower Cretaceous Bashijiqike sandstone (buried
to depths as great as 6.5–7.1 km [21,325–23,293 ft]) is an important natural gas reservoir in …

Petrographic and diagenetic study of siliciclastic Jurassic sediments from the Northeastern Margin of Africa: Implication for reservoir quality

AA Kassem, WS Hussein, AE Radwan, N Anani… - Journal of Petroleum …, 2021 - Elsevier
Northeastern Egypt is one of the most important exposures in the Middle East and North
Africa to study Jurassic facies. The present study analyzes 130 thin sections from a …

Diagenesis and reservoir quality of the Lower Cretaceous Quantou Formation tight sandstones in the southern Songliao Basin, China

K Xi, Y Cao, J Jahren, R Zhu, K Bjørlykke, BG Haile… - Sedimentary …, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract The Lower Cretaceous Quantou Formation in the southern Songliao Basin is the
typical tight oil sandstone in China. For effective exploration, appraisal and production from …

Facies analysis and petrophysical investigation of the Late Miocene Abu Madi sandstones gas reservoirs from offshore Baltim East field (Nile Delta, Egypt)

MI Abdel-Fattah, S Sen, SM Abuzied, M Abioui… - Marine and Petroleum …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The Nile Delta has become an economically important region of Egypt, because of
large-scale natural gas and oil discoveries in recent decades. The offshore Baltim East field …

Impacts of sedimentology and diagenesis on pore structure and reservoir quality in tight oil sandstone reservoirs: Implications for macroscopic and microscopic …

J Qiao, J Zeng, S Jiang, Y Wang - Marine and Petroleum Geology, 2020 - Elsevier
Integrated analysis of reservoir quality, pore structure, depositional and petrologic
characteristics, and types and degree of diagenetic alterations was done in this study by …

Pre-requisites, processes, and prediction of chlorite grain coatings in petroleum reservoirs: A review of subsurface examples

PJ Dowey, DM Hodgson, RH Worden - Marine and Petroleum Geology, 2012 - Elsevier
Deeply buried reservoirs containing chlorite-coated quartz sand grains commonly have
higher than expected porosity and permeability, although prediction of such positive …

Diagenesis and pore evolution for various lithofacies of the Wufeng-Longmaxi shale, southern Sichuan Basin, China

Y Wang, H Cheng, Q Hu, L Liu, L Hao - Marine and Petroleum Geology, 2021 - Elsevier
Mineralogy differences in clastic sediments have a major impact on the diagenetic pathway
and the evolution of pore systems between various lithofacies during burial. There is …