A Shale Gas Leaking Incident in Fuling Shale Gas Field in Chongqing, China: A Case Study

Ye Zhang, Haijun Mao, Zhiping Zhang, Shu Jiang and Yiming Liu
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Ye Zhang: National Joint Engineering Research Center for Shale Gas Exploration and Development, Chongqing Institute of Geology & Mineral Resources, Chongqing 401120, China
Haijun Mao: State Key Laboratory of Geomechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Institute of Rock and Soil Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China
Zhiping Zhang: National Joint Engineering Research Center for Shale Gas Exploration and Development, Chongqing Institute of Geology & Mineral Resources, Chongqing 401120, China
Shu Jiang: Key Laboratory of Tectonics and Petroleum Resources, Ministry of Education, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China
Yiming Liu: School of Civil Engineering, Architecture and Environment, Hubei University of Technology, Wuhan 430068, China

Energies, 2022, vol. 15, issue 14, 1-11

Abstract: A ground natural gas leaking event at the Fuling shale gas field is reported in this paper. Thirteen leakage spots were discovered in two places near the SW-1 and SW-2 drilling wells. The biggest leak rate was above 1000 m 3 per day, and no H 2 S was identified in any of the 13 leaking spots, according to the field study. The chemical components, carbon isotope properties of the leaking gases, and the geological context of the leaking location were researched in order to determine the reason for the leaking incident. From the geological conditions, the Shimen 1# fault belt cuts the whole strata from bottom to top, according to seismic reverse time migration (RTM), and the fault and leaking spots are located in the range of the surface projection of the horizontal section of the adjacent shale gas well. The fracture development evaluation shows that the Wufeng–Longmaxi Formation, which is also the producing layer of the Fuling shale gas field, has a very high possibility of fracture development. From the geochemical view, the carbon isotope of the leaking gases lies in the range of the Wufeng–Longmaxi Formation, showing that the Wufeng–Longmaxi Formation is the gas source of the leaking gas.

Keywords: Fuling shale gas field; leaking gas accident; chemical composition; carbon isotope; RTM; gas origin (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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