Experimental Study on Rock Mechanics Parameters-A Case of the Sand Conglomerate Reservoir in M2 Well Area

Abstract

This paper presents the acoustic characteristics tested on 20 groups of cores (20 vertical samples and 60 horizontal samples) from the sand conglomerate reservoir in Baikouquan and lower Wuerhe Formation (two wells in the M2 well area). The average values of dynamic modulus of elasticity and Poisson's ratio of rocks from Baikouquan Formation are 32.1 GPa and 0.2055 respectively, and those of lower Wuerhe Formation are 28.4 GPa and 0.2425 respectively. The three axis rock mechanics test device is used to test the stress-strain curves of the corresponding rock samples. The sand-conglomerate samples in this area generally have good brittleness characteristics; the static modulus of elasticity and Poisson's ratio of the corresponding rock samples are 13.7GPa and 0.2858 respectively, and those of rocks from lower Wuerhe Formation are 14.9GPa and 0.2565, respectively. In general, there is a good correlation between P&S wave velocity, and poor correlation in the dynamic and static mechanical parameters.