Numerical simulation of the relationship between resistivity and microscopic pore structure of sandstone

AbstractThe microscopic pore structure of the sandstone rock layer determines the water richness and permeability of the rock layer. Mastering the relationship between the resistivity of the sandstone rock layer and the microscopic pore structure is an important way to evaluate the water richness of the water-bearing rock layer from qualitative analysis to quantitative calculation. Using the finite element method to study the basic single and double modal structures in the sandstone layer of constant current field, the matrix resistivity, pore throat water resistivity, pore shape and difference in single sand model, pore throat model and capillary model are studied. The relationship between the direction of the current and the resistivity of the rock layer. The results show that the resistivity of the sandstone rock layer changes with the change of the matrix resistivity and has a linear relationship. When the contrast ratio between the sand and the matrix resistivity is between 10−1and 10, the resistivity of the rock layer changes linearly with the resistivity of the sand; when the contrast ratio is greater than 10, the influence of the resistivity of the matrix is smaller. And when the contrast is greater than 103, the resistivity of the rock layer tends to be constant; when the contrast is less than 10−2, the smaller the resistivity of the sand grains, the smaller the effect on the resistivity of the rock layer, and when the contrast is less than 10−3, the resistivity of the rock layer tends to constant. Since the water in the sandstone rock layer is the main conductive medium, when the water resistivity is fixed, the smaller the water saturation or the smaller the porosity, the smaller the pores through which water can flow and the greater the resistivity of the sandstone formation. When the microstructures of the horizontal and vertical rock layers are different, different transmitting and receiving electrode layouts have a greater impact on the resistivity of the rock layer, and the different microstructures lead to electrical anisotropy of the rock layer. The research results of this paper lay the foundation for the analysis of the relationship between the more complex sandstone rock model resistivity and micro-pore structure, and the quantitative calculation of the water richness of the sandstone rock layer.