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LI, Teng  y  WU, Cai-fang. Influence of pressure, coal structure and permeability on CBM well productivity at various burial depths in South Yanchuan Block, China. Earth Sci. Res. J. [online]. 2016, vol.20, n.3, pp.D1-D9. ISSN 1794-6190.  https://doi.org/10.15446/esrj.v20n2.58000.

With a burial depth of 1000 m as the demarcation, the coal reservoir in South Yanchuan Block, China is divided into deep reservoir and shallow reservoir regions. A combination of coalbed methane well production data, well logging interpretation, coalbed methane numerical simulations and reservoir properties were used to research various production characteristics at different depths. The results indicate that coal thickness and gas content are not key factors that influence methane production. The shallow reservoir is located in a tension zone, while the deep reservoir is located in both a transformation zone and a compression zone. Although the reservoir and closure pressures increase with the burial depth, the pressures fluctuate in the deep reservoir, especially in the transformation zone. This fluctuation influences the opened degree of the fractures in the reservoir. The effective stress is lower in the deep reservoir than in the shallow reservoir, leading to higher permeability in the deep reservoir. This difference in effective stress is the key factor that influences the methane production. The combination of coal thickness and gas content also significantly influenced the methane production. Influenced by the reservoir and closure pressures, the Type III coal in the shallow reservoir is more developed, while the deep reservoir contained more developed Type I and Type II coal. The permeability increases exponentially with increasing thickness of Type I and Type II coal, which determines the high reservoir permeability in the deep reservoir. The development of Type III coal leads to the poor reservoir hydraulic fracturing effect. However, a reservoir with thick Type I and Type II coal can have a positive effect.

Palabras clave : Burial depth; CBM productivities; reservoir; pressune; closure; permeability.

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