3-D geological modeling for tight sand gas reservoir of braided river facies

Abstract Considering the poor applicability of conventional geological modeling to tight sand gas reservoir in braided river facies, a modeling method of “multi-stage constraints, hierarchical facies control and multi-step modeling” was put forward taking Sulige gas field in Ordos Basin as the study object. The method obtains the GR field by seismic inversion constrained by logging data, and GR model is built under the control of the prior geological knowledge; the relation regression is realized between the GR model and the sandstone probability, sandstone probability model is built, and rock facies model is obtained by multi-point geostatistics theory; sedimentary microfacies model controlled by rock facies and braided-river-system is made; and eventually an effective sand body model is built by integrating sedimentary microfacies, effective sand body scale and reservoir properties distribution. The research method discussed in this paper has put geological constraints into the model as far as possible, enhanced the inter-well sand body predictability and improved the precision rate, thus it can provide a more reliable geological basis for gas reservoir development.