Main controlling factors of marine shale compressive strength: A case study on the cambrian Niutitang Formation in Dabashan Mountain

Qianyang He, Delu Li, Qiang Sun, Baowei Wei and Shaofei Wang

Energy, 2022, vol. 260, issue C

Abstract: Lower Paleozoic shale is an important hydrocarbon source rock and natural gas reservoir in the Upper Yangtze Plate. In this study, compressive strength + acoustic emission (AE), low-pressure nitrogen adsorption and desorption (LP-N2A), low-field nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), total organic carbon (TOC), X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy (XRF), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and other experiments were carried out on the marine shale of the Cambrian Niutitang Formation in Fucheng Town, Dabashan Mountain. The results showed that: 1) The compressive strength of shale with an average of 58.38 MPa, and its rupture process can be divided into four stages; 2) The high proportion of mesopores in shale is significantly negatively correlated with compressive strength; 3) TOC in shale averaging 2.37 wt% was positively correlated with compressive strength; 4) The main element was SiO2 averaging 68.47 wt%, which is positively correlated with compressive strength. Meanwhile, Al2O3, Fe2O3 and CaO + MgO content were negatively correlated with compressive strength. To sum up, the organic and quartz content in shale jointly increase the compressive strength of shale, while the mesopores proportion has a constraining effect on the compressive strength. This study provides geological information and a theoretical basis for shale fracture development.

Keywords: Compressive strength; Main controlling factors; Shale; Niutitang formation; Dabashan mountain (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2022.125100

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