Fractal Analysis of Pore Network in Tight Gas Sandstones Using NMR Method: A Case Study from the Ordos Basin, China

To characterize the pore structure and quantify fractal dimensions of tight gas sandstones, a case study is performed on the Lower-Middle Permian tight sandstones in the Ordos Basin in China by conducting a series of experiments including X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis, routine petrophysical measurements, thin section and scanning electronic microscope (SEM) observations, and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) experiment. The studied tight sandstones mainly consist of quartz and clay minerals, and pore types include primary intergranular pores, inter- and intragranular dissolution pores, as well as micropores associated with clay aggregates; T2 spectra reflect three types of pore size distributions in the studied samples, indicating a rather irregular pore distribution pattern in tight sandstones; NMR can estimate porosity of tight sandstones accurately, and movable-fluid porosity from NMR can better reflect the permeability of tight sandstones than total porosity. Two fractal dimensions, Dbnd (with respe...

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