Deep Sandstone Reservoirs Characterization
A special issue of Minerals (ISSN 2075-163X). This special issue belongs to the section "Mineral Exploration Methods and Applications".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 May 2025 | Viewed by 97
Special Issue Editors
Interests: reservoir geology; seismic sedimentology; tight reservoir prediction; remaining oil prediction; reservoir architecture
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Interests: sedimentology; reservoir characterization
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Deep layers are one of the main areas for future oil and gas exploration and development. Compared with shallow layers, deep sandstones undergo complex geochemical processes, stronger diagenetic processes and multi-period structural processes, and reservoirs have stronger heterogeneity and complex genesis mechanisms. Meanwhile, the quality of deep seismic data is low and drilling data are scarce, requiring new reservoir characterization methods and technologies. Through precise characterization, we can understand reservoir types, microscopic pore structures, mineral diagenesis and its physical/geochemical processes, fractures, mineral deposition and its evolution, sand body distribution, and the porosity and permeability distribution laws of deep sandstone. This characterization can also reveal the formation mechanism and control factors of deep "sweet spot" reservoirs and predict reservoir quality and distribution. This Special Issue provides a platform for exchanging theories, technologies, and application examples in the systematic study for deep sandstone reservoirs, including reservoir geological research, geological modeling, logging interpretation, seismic prediction methods, etc. Papers must be within the scope of the journal Minerals and should thus include a consideration of the mineral composition of the reservoir rocks.
Dr. Xianguo Zhang
Dr. Aleem Zahid
Dr. Hui Xu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- reservoir architecture
- deep reservoir
- tight sandstone
- sedimentary facies
- diagenesis facies
- digital core
- reservoir modeling
- reservoir evaluation
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