Comprehensive Analysis of Factors Affecting Coalbed Methane Productivity: A Case Study of Southern Qinshui Basin

Abstract:

Coalbed methane (CBM) productivity is influenced by various factors. Based on field production data and test data of southern Qinshui Basin, factors including geological factors, engineering factors and drainage factors that affect CBM productivity are analyzed. Analytic hierarchy process (AHP) is introduced to calculate the contribution of each parameter to CBM productivity. A three-level model for evaluating CBM productivity based on AHP is established. The results show that average daily gas production of single well in southern Qinshui Basin increases with gas content, coal seam thickness, permeability, porosity, gas saturation, critical desorption pressure. Filling minerals in pores and fractures of coal can decrease gas content, porosity and permeability of coal reservoir. When burial depth is deeper than 500m or reservoir pressure is greater than 2MPa and burial depth is shallower than 1000m or reservoir pressure is less than 10MPa, CBM productivity is relatively high. According to the calculation, the weight of geological factors, engineering factors and drainage factors are 50%, 25% and 25%, respectively. Reservoir physical properties, geological conditions, fracturing technology and drainage process have the most impact, the weight of which are 33.33%, 16.67%, 11.79%, and 15.00%, respectively.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 962-965)
• Pages: 21-28
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.962-965.21
• Online since: June 2014
• Authors: Bei Liu, Wei Hua Ao*, Wen Hui Huang, Qi Lu Xu, Juan Teng
• Keywords: Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP), Coalbed Methane Productivity, Qinshui Basin, Weight Evaluation

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