Lithologic Reservoirs ›› 2026, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (5): 191-200.doi: 10.12108/yxyqc.20260518

• PETROLEUM ENGINEERING AND OIL & GAS FIELD DEVELOPMENT • Previous Articles    

Prediction method for coalbed methane deliverability of Permian Taiyuan Formation in Shenfu block, Ordos Basin

LI Xinze1(), WU Hao1, CHAO Jiahao2, LI Na1(), WANG Suran1, BAI Yuhu1, FENG Ruyong1, CHENG Jialu3   

  1. 1 Exploration and Development Research InstituteBeijing Research Center of CNOOC (China) Ltd., Beijing 100028, China
    2 Research Institute of Exploration and DevelopmentChina United Coalbed Methane Co., Ltd., Beijing 100016, China
    3 College of Petroleum EngineeringChina University of Petroleum (Beijing), Beijing 102249, China
  • Received:2025-09-12 Revised:2025-11-25 Online:2026-09-01 Published:2026-09-04
  • Contact: LI Na E-mail:lixz@cnooc.com.cn;lina28@cnooc.com.cn

Abstract:

During the development of deep coalbed methane, significant variability exists in single-well production, which makes it difficult to predict the deliverability. Based on actual production data of deep coalbed methane from Permian Taiyuan Formation in Shenfu block of Ordos Basin, a research path of “data purification-pattern mining-model construction” was adopted to conduct deliverability evaluation and prediction methods. The results show that: (1) Three typical deliverability patterns are identified in Shenfu block of Ordos Basin: “high production-decline”, “production ramp-up-stable production-decline”, and “dewatering-production rampup-stable production-decline”, with “dewatering-production rampup-stable production-decline” being the dominant type for deep coalbed methane wells in this area. (2) Utilizing the dynamic screening method of deliverability controlling factors and integrating the monotonicity constraint mechanism of parameters on deliverability in seepage theory, a deliverability prediction model that considers both data patterns and seepage mechanisms was constructed. (3) The main controlling factors of deliverability exhibit dynamic evolution characteristics. Initial productivity is primarily controlled by geological factors, while productivity during the stable production period is significantly affected by engineering factors. The physical-constrained Random Forest prediction model achieves a prediction accuracy of 86%, which is 64.5% higher than that of conventional multivariate linear empirical formulas. Engineering optimization strategies proposed based on the model results have effectively increased the average single-well production in the block by nearly two times.

Key words: coalbed methane, machine learning, data mining, random forest prediction model, deliverability prediction, Taiyuan Formation, Permian, Shenfu block, Ordos Basin

CLC Number: 

  • TE319

Fig. 1

Location of Shenfu block (a) and comprehensive stratigraphic column of Permian Taiyuan Formation (b), Ordos Basin"

Fig. 2

Production curves of coalbed methane from Permian Taiyuan Formation in typical wells of Shenfu block, Ordos Basin"

Table 1

Vertical/directional wells characteristic parameters of Permian Taiyuan Formation coalbed methane in Shenfu block, Ordos Basin"

地质参数 范围/平均值 工程参数 范围/平均值 排采参数 范围/平均值
煤层深度/m 1 533.00 ~ 2 638.50
2 129.40
射孔厚度/m 0.6 ~ 16.4
4.9
泵径/(10-3 m) 32.00 ~ 70.00
44.60
煤层垂厚/m 4.50 ~ 27.90
13.40
射开程度/% 7.2 ~ 104.2
37.2
下泵深度/m 1 296.90 ~ 2 552.50
1 989.90
夹层垂厚/m 0 ~ 33.80
3.20
实际净液量/m3 1 193.1 ~ 6 556.9
2 471.6
冲程/m 2.40 ~ 3.95
3.20
含气量/(m3·t-1 7.80 ~ 22.12
14.14
实际砂量/m3 119.8 ~ 901.2
317.5
冲次 0.60 ~ 4.56
1.79
煤岩密度/(10-3 kg·m-3 1.27 ~ 1.65
1.42
净液强度(m3·m-1 15.5 ~ 560.0
164.8
见气时井底流压/MPa 10.66 ~ 25.87
19.93
孔隙度/% 2.91 ~ 5.54
4.23
加砂强度(m3·m-1 1.8 ~ 78.9
20.9
见气时间/d 0 ~ 132.00
26.70
渗透率/mD 0.01 ~ 0.38
0.10
返排率/% 11.3 ~ 120.2
27.7
见气前排采速度/
(10-3 MPa·d-1)
11.00 ~ 331.00
120.00
储层压力/MPa 10.10 ~ 26.40
19.10
砂比/% 4.1 ~ 22.9
11.7
地质强度指标GSI 43.85 ~ 77.52
63.40
破裂压力/MPa 26.1 ~ 36.0
30.4
储隔层应力差/MPa 0.60 ~ 7.60
2.90
混砂液量/m3 0 ~ 4 927.6
1 624.9
水平最小主应力/MPa 13.40 ~ 47.70
32.40
施工排量/m3 7.5 ~ 22.0
17.5
抗压强度/MPa 3.00 ~ 145.40
39.00
前置液量/m3 210.5 ~ 869.5
435.6
弹性模量/(103 MPa) 0 ~ 19.90
6.52
携砂液量/m3 961.3 ~ 3 864.3
1 787.1
泊松比 0.14 ~ 0.44
0.33
顶替液量/m3 20.1 ~ 132.6
43.4

Fig. 3

Flowchart for deliverability characteristic parameters selection of coalbed methane from Permian Taiyuan Formation in Shenfu block, Ordos Basin"

Fig. 4

Correlation of factors affecting the deliverability of deep coalbed methane wells in Permian Taiyuan Formation in Shenfu block, Ordos Basin"

Fig. 5

VIF characteristic correlation heatmap among deliverability influencing factors of coalbed methane in Permian Taiyuan Formation in Shenfu block, Ordos Basin"

Fig. 6

Principle of monotonic knowledge embedding machine learning algorithm"

Fig. 7

Significance assessment of geological parameters (a) and engineering parameters (b) of coalbed methane dynamic deliverability index of Permian Taiyuan Formation in Shenfu block, Ordos Basin"

Fig. 8

Comparison of R² (a) and RMSE (b) of five deliverability prediction algorithms for coalbed methane from Permian Taiyuan Formation in Shenfu block, Ordos Basin"

Fig. 9

Comparison between predicted and actual production of coalbed methane in Permian Taiyuan Formation of 6 newly deployed directional wells in Shenfu block, Ordos Basin"

Table 2

Fracturing parameters and gas production of SF-82 well group in Shenfu block, Ordos Basin"

井名 加液量/m3 加砂量/m3 排量/
(m3·min-1)
90 d峰值
产气量(m3·d-1)
SF-82-1D 3 156 300.4 15 2 500
SF-82-2D 2 589 263.0 15 2 300
SF-82-3D 3 786 504.0 20 4 600
SF-82-4D 3 668 500.0 20 5 400
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