东濮凹陷盐湖盆地油气富集规律研究

国内外油气勘探实践表明,含盐盆地的油气富集和分布与盆地内沉积的盐岩密切相关。东濮凹陷是我国东部地区典型的含盐油气富集盆地,作者通过深入研究其地层层序特征及盐岩纵横向分布特点,进一步剖析了盐岩沉积的主要控制因素及其与生储盖层的关系,搞清了含盐盆地油气的分布和富集与盐岩的关系,指出无论在垂向上还是横向上,东濮凹陷盐岩一般都与暗色烃源岩共生,而且盐岩与同期沉积的砂岩表现为长消关系。研究认为盐岩可作为油气上盖或侧向遮挡,与源岩、储集层可组成良好的生储盖配置关系,利于油气富集区带的形成,对构造和隐蔽油气藏的形成都发挥了积极的作用,并指出与盐岩有关的文东北部和胡状集地区是下一步挖潜的有利勘探方向。研究成果也可为国内外同类含盐盆地的油气勘探提供一定的借鉴经验。     

东濮凹陷盐湖准层序发育特征研究

层序地层学理论是在研究海相地层的基础上发展起来的,它注重的是地层的沉积成因和周期性的旋回变化。准层序是层序的基本组成单元,代表一个水体向上变浅的沉积过程,在开展层序地层学研究工作时加强对准层序的分析非常重要。通过应用岩心、测井等资料开展高分辨层序地层学研究发现,陆相地层中准层序的发育特征与海相明显不同,表现为以向上变细的正韵律为主。通过深入分析影响陆相地层层序发育的主要控制因素,指出构造是决定湖盆有无的先决条件,气候和沉积物供给是层序发育的决定性因素。研究成果进一步丰富了陆相层序地层学理论,使得层序边界的划分和识别更趋合理和可操作性,使等时性地层对比和岩性对比趋于统一,从而也可以更好地开展沉积相和沉积微相描述。通过实际应用,进一步明确了东濮凹陷深水成盐观点,指出砂岩与盐岩属于夹在稳定泥页岩中的同时异相的沉积体,这种认识为东濮凹陷深层低渗透储层地震预测提供了新的思路。     

潜江盐湖盆地层序地层特征

盐湖沉积不仅是一种重要化工矿产沉积建造 ,还是一种重要的含油气沉积组合 ,其中常常蕴藏有十分丰富的油气资源。但是 ,此类盆地的层序地层学研究起步较晚 ,尤其是对于陆相盐湖盆地更是如此 ,其关键在于国内外的专家学者对盐湖层序的划分与特征了解较少 ,层序地层划分标准不统一。在充分吸收和消化前人研究成果的基础上 ,从当今的盐湖形成理论出发 ,以潜江古盐湖为研究对象 ,讨论了盐湖盆地沉积的层序地层划分标准 ,及层序地层单元基本特征。认为从层序地层的基本控制因素———可容纳空间 (Accommo dationSpace)出发 ,可将盐岩沉积作为盆地水体浓缩的产物———水面下降阶段的沉积代表 ,从而建立起盐湖的层序地层划分标准。     

裂谷盆地转换带浅水三角洲沉积特征与沉积模式——以东非Albertine地堑为例

东非裂谷Albertine地堑属于典型裂谷盆地,也是世界上最年轻的裂谷含油气盆地,目前油气发现主要集中在Albert湖北部转换带附近。由于处于勘探发现的早期,对于该地区沉积类型和沉积体系的研究较为薄弱。本文在层序地层格架建立的基础上,从岩心、录井、测井和地震等方面寻找证据,认为在转换带油气发现区主要发育浅水三角洲沉积,并根据其演化特征,建立了裂谷盆地转换带浅水三角洲沉积模式。     

潜江凹陷潜江组古盐湖沉积层序的地球化学特征

通过对江汉盆地潜江凹陷古盐湖的碳氧同位素等地球化学参数的测试分析 ,讨论了在湖平面变化周期内 ,碳、氧同位素以及粘土矿物中Al2 O3/MgO比值等参数的变化特征 ,而且它们与层序地层单元的发育有较好的对应关系。潜江凹陷岩心实测资料的研究表明 ,层序地层单元中的各个体系域具有一定的地球化学特征。可以利用这些地球化学指标来判断湖平面的变化 ,划分三级层序以及内部的体系域     

二连盆地准宝力格凹陷赛汉组上段砂体及铀矿化特征

准宝力格凹陷内下白垩统赛汉组上段内砂岩型铀含矿层是一套以辫状河流沉积的粗碎屑岩层。本文从赛汉组上段砂体的规模、空间展布特征着手,研究其沉积类型及亚相旋回,分析砂体的物质成分、结构及后生蚀变;对已发现的铀矿(体)化分布规律、产出特征等方面进行分析总结,认为目的层砂体及后生氧化发育,铀矿体受潜水、潜水-层间氧化带控制,赋矿岩性为多粒级砂岩组合体,具有较大的成矿前景。     

大兴安岭克什克腾旗二叠系中统哲斯组岩石地层及形成环境

大兴安岭克什克腾旗二叠系中统哲斯组灰岩中发现牙形石化石,根据其常见分子Mesogondolella neoprolongata及Wardlawella jisuensis的形成时代,将哲斯组地层时代确定为中二叠世晚期。哲斯组一段地层中富含海相化石,平行层理、粒序层理发育,并具有粗砂岩—细砂岩—泥岩、细砂岩—泥岩—灰岩沉积旋回特点,表明是在扰动条件下形成的产物。哲斯组二段沉积环境从下向上逐渐减弱,并伴有凝灰质的出现,表明附近发生过火山活动,推断该区属活动型的沉积建造—大陆岛弧环境。哲斯组地层时代的确定及形成环境分析为大兴安岭地区上古生界岩石地层划分提供了新资料,对于进一步研究该区地层层序特征、地层格架及区域地层对比具有地质的重要意义。     

盐湖沉积改造与地下卤水成因——以库车和渤海湾盆地为例

2015年在新疆库车盆地发现高钾盐泉水，进一步为库车盆地地下钾盐找矿提供了线索。为探讨地下卤水成因，结合渤海湾盆地总结了受断裂活动控制发育的古盐湖底辟构造的盐湖沉积改造模式。控制盐体改造的断裂带及后期发育的断裂系为地下卤水的沟通和混合提供了空间和通道，从而影响地下卤水的矿化度和化学组分。氢氧同位素特征揭示：库车盆地高钾盐泉水的水体来源主要为当地大气降水，而钾的物质来源与古盐湖析盐后期浓缩卤水或地下固体钾盐的溶解有关；渤海湾盆地地层水则继承了古盐湖沉积卤水，后期接受水岩反应、浅层水体掺杂等改造作用，最终形成矿化度分布具有极大差异性的地层水。沉积盐体的“古凹今隆”决定着钾盐的沉积、分异变形改造和保存，隆起盐体的次级凹陷及陡坡一侧是高矿化度卤水储存及钾盐矿物沉积的有利部位，值得关注和深入研究。     

大柴旦盐湖化学沉积特征及其控制因素

大柴旦盐湖岩性地层层序依据湖底沉积剖面DCD-2和DCD03自上而下可划分为蒸发盐类盐层与灰黑色淤泥层混合层(Ⅰ层)、灰白色柱硼镁石矿层(Ⅱ层)和土黄色泥质沉积层(Ⅲ层)。湖底化学沉积以石膏为主,并见有石盐和碳酸盐等盐类矿物,这些蒸发盐类矿物几乎贯穿整个化学沉积过程,碎屑矿物夹杂其中,化学沉积分异很不充分。在柱硼镁石矿层形成前的较长时期内,大柴旦盐湖是以碎屑沉积为主的非盐湖相沉积环境,此后快速进入硫酸盐型盐湖阶段和湖底柱硼镁石矿层形成阶段。个别层位见有大柴旦盐湖这种独特化学沉积序列,与其它陆相和海相蒸发沉积序列有明显的差异,这可能主要受该地区的构造环境、物源背景以及气候变化等因素的控制。新构造运动、气候的持续干旱化、湖底柱硼镁石矿层形成前后截然不同的湖区气温、水量平衡和水化学条件(包括化学动力学因素)以及盐湖硼酸盐矿物形成的内外耦合条件,促使全球分布有限的柱硼镁石矿层在大柴旦湖底形成。构造运动、气候干湿变化以及不同水体(包括入湖淡水、盐湖卤水和周边出露泉水)的掺杂兑卤作用的耦合机制控制了大柴旦盐湖如此特殊的化学沉积序列。     

大别山北淮阳金寨三仙山地区石炭纪地层岩石学特征

金寨三仙山地区石炭系为一套未变质或轻微变质的沉积地层,且前人对其岩石学特征归纳较为笼统。本文在野外调查基础上,对金寨三仙山地区出露的石炭纪地层进行岩石学调查与研究发现,三仙山地区石炭纪杨山组岩性为浅灰、浅灰白色厚层—块状石英细砂岩夹浅灰白色薄—中薄层砾岩及含砾石英砂岩;道人冲组为浅灰白、乳白色厚层—块状石英砂岩夹青灰、灰绿色泥质粉砂岩。胡油坊组为浅灰、灰、深灰色块状复成分砾岩、夹灰、深灰色块状含砂细(微)晶灰岩、青灰、灰绿色块状钙质粉砂岩。     

盐相关盆地油气地质特征及其勘探认识——以红海盆地为例

全球已发现的工业油气田中与盐系地层有关的约为58%,总结盐相关盆地油气地质特征及其勘探经验,为含盐盆地的油气发现具有非常重要的意义。通过对红海盆地的岩盐发育和分布规律研究、盆地生储盖特征分析及红海盆地实际勘探经验总结,认为含盐盆地具有以下特征:含盐盆地盐系地层发育,岩盐因构造变形可形成多种类型的盐构造,油气勘探应以寻找各种盐构造油气藏为主;含盐盆地盐下易形成高温高压,盐下储层主要为碳酸盐岩和砂岩,这种异常高压对储集层的储集性能是有利的,盐下应以储层类型和圈闭识别为主要勘探目标;含盐盆地地质情况复杂,勘探工程难度大,需加强钻井工程研究;含盐盆地盐下地震成像普遍较差,加强盐下地震处理技术研究,辨别盐下"假构造",是盐盆勘探取得突破的关键。     

Provenance of the Lower Triassic Bunter Sandstone Formation: implications for distribution and architecture of aeolian vs. fluvial reservoirs in the North German Basin

Zircon U–Pb geochronometry, heavy mineral analyses and conventional seismic reflection data were used to interpret the provenance of the Lower Triassic Bunter Sandstone Formation. The succession was sampled in five Danish wells in the northern part of the North German Basin. The results show that sediment supply was mainly derived from the Ringkøbing‐Fyn High situated north of the basin and from the Variscan belt located south of the basin. Seismic reflection data document that the Ringkøbing‐Fyn High was a local barrier for sediment transport during the Early Triassic. Hence, the Fennoscandian Shield did not supply much sediment to the basin as opposed to what was previously believed. Sediment from the Variscan belt was transported by wind activity across the North German Basin when it was dried out during deposition of the aeolian part of the Volpriehausen Member (lower Bunter Sandstone). Fluvial sand was supplied from the Ringkøbing‐Fyn High to the basin during precipitation events which occurred most frequently when the Solling Member was deposited (upper Bunter Sandstone). Late Neoproterozoic to Carboniferous zircon ages predominate in the Volpriehausen Member where the dominant age population with a peak age of 337 Ma corresponds to the culmination of Variscan high‐grade metamorphism, whereas a secondary age population with a peak at 300 Ma matches the timing of volcanism and magmatism at the Carboniferous/Permian boundary in the northern Variscan belt. Parts of the basement in the Ringkøbing‐Fyn High were outcropping during the Early Triassic and zircon ages similar to this Mesoproterozoic basement are present in the Bunter Sandstone. The heavy mineral assemblage of the Solling Member is uniform and has a high garnet content compared to the contemporaneous sediments in the Norwegian‐Danish Basin and in the southern part of the North German Basin. This finding confirms that a local source in the Ringkøbing‐Fyn High supplied most of the fluvial sediment in the northern part of the North German Basin. The northernmost part of the Bunter Sandstone is situated on a platform area that is separated from the basin area by a broad WNW–ESE‐oriented fault zone. The most promising reservoir in the basin area is the aeolian Volpriehausen Member since the sandstone has a wide lateral distribution and a constant thickness. The alluvial to ephemeral fluvial Solling Member may be a good reservoir in the platform area and marginal basin area, but the complex sand‐body architecture makes it difficult to predict the reservoir quality.     

Imaging of Stratigraphic Pinch-Out Traps Within the Lower-Cretaceous Shaly-Sandstone System,Pakistan, Using 3D Quantitative Seismic Inverted Porosity–Velocity Modeling

Incised valleys form excellent stratigraphic pinch-out traps. Traditional seismic data analysis techniques fail to predict quantitatively the porous and low-velocity sand-fills for incised valleys. The 3D quantitative seismic inverted porosity–velocity (3DQSIPV) analysis was applied in the Indus Basin, SW Pakistan. The reflection strength attribute better portrayed the reservoir sandstone and faults compared to seismic amplitude attribute. The sweetness-based continuous wavelet transform authenticated the development of the stratigraphic play. The 17 Hz amplitude delineated the non-porous seal and porous reservoirs of sand-filled incised valley and strand plain, and faults. The integrated model of seismic attributes categorizes the reservoir and seal constituents. The petrophysical modeling corroborated the gas-bearing “sweet-spots” within the stratigraphic-based dynamical system. The facies modeling predicted the for coarse-grained sandstone and fine-grained shales, depositional environments, fluctuations of sea level and their impacts on the overall development of stratigraphic plays. The predicted density and P-wave velocity for the sandstone-filled incised valley of the lowstand system tract were?~?1.4–1.75 g/cc and?~?3217–3802 m/s, respectively. The predicted density and P-wave velocity for the sealing shales facies of strand plain of transgressive system tract were?~?1.9–2.1 g/cc and 2.55–2.7 g/cc and 3900–4700 m/s, respectively. The 3DQSIPV predicted?>?25% porosity and?~?3300 m/s velocity of reservoirs in the west. The eastern zones shows?<?12% porosity and high velocity of?~?4580 m/s. Cross-plots of porosity, velocity, and thickness showed correlation coefficients of R²?>?0.90 for inverted velocity. This workflow may serve as an analogue for the remaining oil and gas fields of the Indus Basins of Pakistan and similar geological settings of divergent plate margins.

     

Source‐to‐sink analysis of ancient sedimentary systems using a subsurface case study from the Møre‐Trøndelag area of southern Norway: Part 1 – depositional setting and fan evolution

In this study, we use seismic reflection, well and core data to investigate the role that basin physiography and sediment routing systems played on the distribution, geometry and stratigraphic architecture of Upper Cretaceous submarine fans (SF) offshore Norway. The Late Cretaceous Møre‐Trøndelag margin of western Norway was characterised by steep submarine slopes (gradient of ~0.3°–3°). Mudstones dominate the Upper Cretaceous slope succession, although a few regionally extensive, sandstone‐dominated units are developed. We focus on the most regionally extensive sandstone unit, which is of Late Turonian‐to‐Early Coniacian age. Mapping and visualisation of 2D and 3D seismic reflection data and analysis of well data indicates that the sandstone unit comprises a total of 11 SF, which were fed by sand‐rich sediment gravity flows routed through multiple upper slope canyons. Based on the internal organisation of seismic facies, four fan types have been identified: (i) Type Ia fans, which are characterised by <10 erosional channel complexes at their bases and aggradational to landward‐stepping lobes in their upper parts; (ii) Type Ib fans, which are characterised by >10 erosional channel complexes at their bases and aggradational to landward‐stepping lobe and mass‐transport deposits near the fan apex in their upper parts; (iii) Type II fans, which are dominated by aggradational lobe deposits; and (iv) Type III fans, which are dominated by a single channel complex that passes downdip into a small terminal lobe. The different fan types are interpreted to reflect variable stratigraphic responses to source proximity and basin physiography, which is principally related to the degree of local fault reactivation and differential compaction. This variability highlights the diversity of fan types that may occur over short distances along continental margins, and demonstrates the importance of local controls in understanding the internal stratigraphic variability that may be present in deep‐marine successions.     

Basin‐axial progradation of a sediment supply driven distributive fluvial system in the Late Cretaceous southern Utah foreland

The Turonian‐Coniacian Smoky Hollow Member of the Straight Cliffs Formation in the Kaiparowits basin of southern Utah records a stratigraphic transition from isolated fluvial channel bodies to increasingly amalgamated channel belts capped by the Calico bed, a sheet‐like sand‐gravel unit. Characteristics of the Smoky Hollow Member are consistent with a prograding distributive fluvial system including: up‐section increases in average grain size, bed thickness, channel‐body amalgamation, a fan‐shaped planform morphology and a downstream increase in channel sinuosity. The system prograded to the northeast based on thickness and facies patterns, and palaeocurrent indicators. This basin‐axial sediment‐dispersal trend, which was approximately parallel to the fold‐thrust belt at this latitude, is supported by provenance data including detrital zircons and modal sandstone compositions indicating sediment derivation mainly from the Mogollon Highlands and Cordilleran magmatic arc to the southwest, with episodic input from the more proximal Sevier fold‐thrust belt to the west. Progradation occurred during a eustatic still‐stand, relatively stable climatic conditions, and continuous tectonic subsidence, thus suggesting increased extrabasinal sediment supply as a primary control on basin‐fill. Progradation of the Smoky Hollow Member fluvial system culminated in a ~2–3 My hiatus at the top of the lower Calico bed. Correlation with the Notom delta of the Ferron Sandstone, 80 km northeast in the Henry basin, is proposed on the basis of facies relationships and geochronology. The Calico bed unconformity is linked to regional tectonically driven tilting and erosion observed in both basins.     

Deep seismic reflectors in the Campos basin, offshore Brazil

Summary. Some deep crustal features underlying the Campos basin are best recognized in a few reflection seismic sections that have been reprocessed recently to 10 s two-way traveltime. A prominent climbing-to-the-basin reflector is interpreted as the Moho, and a relatively steep fracture zone is, probably, the first example so far of an extensional fault crossing the whole crust and offsetting the Moho. Further constraints on the deep structure of the basin are provided by estimating the thinning of the crust from shallow seismic data and gravity modelling, and by cross-plotting backstripped subsidence curves against curves predicted by the lithospheric stretching model.     

Syn-sedimentary structural controls on basin deformation in the Gulf of Corinth, Greece

Abstract The Plio-Quaternary history of the Gulf of Corinth Basin has been controlled by dominantly north-south extension. The basin has an asymmetric graben geometry that is, at the present time, controlled by a master fault (the Gulf of Corinth Fault) downthrowing to the north and running offshore from the north Peloponnese coast.
Detailed structural interpretation of single-channel seismic data collected during RRS 'Shackleton' cruise 1/82 combined with onshore structural studies indicates that the basin geometry is not controlled simply by the main Gulf of Corinth Fault. The subsidence history for the uppermost 1 km of sediment can be documented using time-structure contour maps and isochron maps. These indicate that there is a general narrowing in the size of the basin with time, achieved by fault-controlled subsidence switching to antithetic faults concentrated towards the basin centre. It can also be demonstrated that growth of sediments into topographic lows is not only controlled by sea bed rupture but also by more passive sea bed flexure over 'blind' faults at depth.
The main conclusion of this study is that the 3D geometry of the Gulf of Corinth Basin changes not only spatially but also temporally. Active growth faulting and, therefore, the position of depocentres can switch across the basin and the relative importance of synthetic and antithetic faults controls the geometry of the basin, forming grabens, asymmetric grabens and half-grabens throughout the basin history.     

Tectonic evolution of the Alboran Sea basin

The Alboran Sea is an extensional basin of Neogene age that is surrounded by highly arcuate thrust belts. Multichannel seismic (MCS) reflection profile data suggest the basin has a complex tectonic fabric that includes extensional, compressional and strike-slip structures. The early Miocene history appears to be dominated by graben formation with border faults that are in large part contemporaneous with thrust movements in the external zones of the Betic and Rif mountains. Extension appears to have continued into the late Miocene although the main movements were probably completed by the time of the Messinian ‘salinity crisis’. The Pliocene and younger history of the basin is dominated by infilling of the Messinian topography, gentle subsidence, and extensional, compressional and strike-slip movements. There is evidence from the sea-floor morphology and seismicity patterns that the basin is actively deforming in response to present-day plate motions. Backstripping of well data in the basin margin suggests that the initial extensional event was accompanied by crustal and lithospheric thinning. The depth to Moho inferred from backstripping is greater than the depth expected based on seismic and gravity modelling, suggesting that backstripping underestimates the true amount of thinning. One explanation is that some of the thinning occurred while the crust was above sea level, perhaps as a result of either crustal thickening, or a period of lithospheric heating and thinning, prior to rifting. We found that a model with a ‘normal’ crustal thickness of 31.2 km, a lithospheric thickness of 50 km, and β= 1.4 predicts 0.8 km of initial uplift. These parameters fit the well subsidence data and bring the backstripped Moho into better agreement with the seismic and gravity Moho. The origin of such a thin lithosphere is not constrained by the data, but we believe that it may be a result of the detachment of a cold lithospheric ‘root’ that formed during pre-Neogene collisional orogeny in the region.     

Subsurface evidence for late Mesozoic extension in western Mongolia: tectonic and petroleum systems implications

New seismic reflection profiles from the Tugrug basin in the Gobi‐Altai region of western Mongolia demonstrate the existence of preserved Mesozoic extensional basins by imaging listric normal faults, extensional growth strata, and partially inverted grabens. A core hole from this region recovered ca. 1600 continuous meters of Upper Jurassic – Lower Cretaceous (Kimmeridgian–Berriasian) strata overlying Late Triassic volcanic basement. The cored succession is dominated by lacustrine and marginal lacustrine deposits ranging from stratified lacustrine, to subaqueous fan and delta, to subaerial alluvial‐fluvial environments. Multiple unconformities are encountered, and these represent distinct phases in basin evolution including syn‐extensional deposition and basin inversion. Prospective petroleum source and reservoir intervals occur, and both fluid inclusions and oil staining in the core provide evidence of hydrocarbon migration. Ties to correlative outcrop sections underscore that, in general, this basin appears to share a similar tectono‐stratigraphic evolution with petroliferous rift basins in eastern Mongolia and China. Nevertheless, some interesting contrasts to these other basins are noted, including distinct sandstone provenance, less overburden, and younger (Neogene) inversion structures. The Tugrug basin occupies an important but perplexing paleogeographic position between late Mesozoic contractile and extensional provinces. Its formation may record a rapid temporal shift from orogenic crustal thickening to extensional collapse in the Late Jurassic, and/or an accommodation zone with a Mesozoic strike‐slip component.