Influence of Stress Anisotropy on Petrophysical Parameters of Deep and Ultradeep Tight Sandstone

Abstract

Rock mechanics parameters control the distribution of in situ stress and natural fractures, which is the key to sweet spot evaluation in reservoir engineering. Combined with the distribution of in situ stress, an experimental scheme of stress on rock physical parameters was designed. The results show that rock sonic velocity is extremely sensitive to water saturation under overburden pressure. At ultrasonic frequencies, when the water saturation increases from 0% to 80%, the P-wave velocity increases first and then decreases. When the water saturation continues to increase to 100%, the P-wave velocity increases. This is due to the effect of water saturation on the shear modulus. Saturation is negatively correlated with shear wave velocity and resistivity. Different minerals have different control effects on the rock P-S wave velocity ratio. Quartz content plays a dominant role, and the two are negatively correlated, followed by feldspar and clay, and the two are positively correlated with the P-S wave ratio. The confining pressure, axial compression, stress ratio and burial depth are positively correlated with the P-S wave and negatively correlated with the P-S wave ratio; in descending order, the influencing factors of stress on the petrophysical parameters are maximum stress ratio > confining pressure > axial pressure.