鄂尔多斯盆地王窑地区上三叠统长6油层成岩作用研究

通过多项测试方法，对安塞油田王窑地区长6油层含油砂体的岩石学、成岩作用、储集物性和孔隙发育特征进行分析和研究。结果表明，该区储集砂体为成分成熟度较低的长石砂岩；主要自生矿物为绿泥石、浊沸石、方解石、石英、钾长石、伊利石和钠长石等；储层次生孔隙发育，主要孔隙类型为粒间孔隙、骨架颗粒溶孔和浊沸石溶孔。孔隙结构具有小孔、细喉的特点；储层成岩演化阶段处于晚成岩A亚期；储层性质明显地受到沉积微相和成岩作用的影响。沉积物粒度较粗、厚度较大的河道砂和河口砂坝砂的储集物性明显优于各种粒度较细、厚度较薄的席状砂体。     

西湖凹陷西部斜坡带储层成岩作用及孔隙演化

以大量岩心观察为基础,结合室内电镜扫描和物性特征分析,对西部斜坡带储层成岩序列与孔隙演化进行了研究,认为储层岩石类型主要为长石岩屑砂岩及岩屑长石砂岩,储集空间以粒间溶孔和粒内溶孔为主,属中孔中渗一低孔低渗型储层。成岩作用及孔隙演化对储层物性有重要影响,该区主要经历了压实、胶结、溶解以及交代等多种成岩作用,其中压实作用和交代作用对储层起破坏作用,溶解作用对储层改善起建设性作用。成岩阶段可划分为早成岩A期、B期和晚成岩A1期、A2期及B期,目前储层处于晚成岩A2期,原生孔隙大部分被破坏,次生孔隙发育,并在2900～3200m和3600。4000m处形成两个次生孔隙发育带。     

盐家地区沙四上亚段储层成岩作用及孔隙演化

盐家地区位于东营凹陷北部陡坡带,沙四上亚段形成了近岸水下扇沉积体系.本次研究利用扫描电镜、铸体薄片等方法.结合X-射线衍射分析化验资料,着重对成岩作用以及孔隙演化等方面做了研究.该区储层岩石类型主要为岩屑长石砂岩,成分成熟度和结构成熟度低;对储层有显著影响的成岩作用主要有机械压实作用,胶结作用,以及长石、岩屑等不稳定碎屑的溶蚀作用;通过有机质热演化、黏土矿物的含量变化及相互转化、石英加大程度以及溶蚀作用等的分析,可以推知盐家地区沙四上亚段储层处于中成岩阶段A期;2个次生孔隙发育带的形成分别与长石溶解与碳酸盐溶解有关.     

冀中坳陷深县凹陷古近系碎屑岩储层成岩作用及成岩演化序列分析

通过运用岩心化验分析资料、薄片、扫描电镜资料及X射线衍射等资料,对深县凹陷古近系砂岩储层岩石特征、成岩作用类型、成岩阶段、成岩演化序列和孔隙演化进行了系统的分析。研究结果表明:深县凹陷古近系砂岩类型为长石岩屑砂岩或岩屑长石砂岩,岩石的结构成熟度和成分成熟度均较低;影响该区储层物性的成岩作用主要是压实作用、胶结作用、溶蚀作用和交代作用;在此基础上,通过成岩阶段划分与孔隙演化研究,深县凹陷古近系砂岩储层位于成岩阶段的早成岩B期至晚成岩B期。不同成岩阶段的成岩作用强度不同,因此,不同成岩阶段的储层物性变化较大。     

石臼坨凸起西段东三段储层差异成岩演化及孔隙定量表征

为了定量评价成岩作用对石臼坨凸起西段X-1井区东三段不同粒级储层孔隙发育的影响,利用铸体薄片、扫描电镜、常规物性、X射线衍射等资料,分析了不同粒级储层孔隙演化的差异及原因。结果表明,中-粗砂岩以较高含量的自生高岭石和次生溶蚀孔发育为特征,砂砾岩胶结物含量中等,但次生溶蚀孔较发育,细砂岩胶结物和次生溶蚀孔欠发育。中-粗砂岩经历的成岩作用类型较完整,砂砾岩整体具有较弱压实、弱溶蚀、弱胶结的成岩特征,而细砂岩以压实作用为主,中成岩A期溶蚀、胶结作用基本不发育。东三段同生期-早成岩B期以机械压实为主,对细砂岩孔隙演化影响最大;中成岩A期早期以溶蚀作用为主,对中-粗砂岩溶蚀增孔效应最明显;中成岩A期晚期以含铁碳酸盐胶结为特色,对中-粗砂岩孔隙演化的影响较大,但其总体孔隙度仍然最高。东三段不同粒级储层中的中-粗砂岩平均孔隙度为15.1%,砂砾岩为13.4%,细砂岩为8.9%。由于中-粗砂岩受压实影响较弱,溶蚀作用最强,故孔隙最为发育;砂砾岩虽然受压实作用较弱,但由于孔隙结构复杂,非均质性强,限制了成岩流体的活动性,影响了储层的溶蚀作用强度;细砂岩泥质含量较高,受压实作用影响最大,孔隙发育相对最差。该研究对于中国湖盆近源快速堆积背景下中深层有效储层的预测与评价具有参考价值。     

冀中坳陷深县凹陷东营组砂岩储层特征及影响因素

冀中坳陷深县凹陷东营组砂岩储层岩石类型以长石岩屑砂岩或岩屑长石砂岩为主,岩石成分成熟度和结构成熟度均较低,反映了近物源和多物源的特征。通过对研究区的岩心化验分析资料、薄片和扫描电镜资料的分析,认为深县凹陷东营组储集空间类型主要包括原生孔隙和次生孔隙两类,其中以原生的粒间孔隙为主。研究区岩性孔渗资料的统计结果表明,储层的物性较好,基本为中高孔中渗型储层,根据深县凹陷储层评价标准,可以将深县凹陷储层分为4类,东营组储层主要是Ⅰ类和Ⅱ类储层。深县凹陷东营组主要为辫状河流相沉积,其沉积作用直接决定着储集砂体的类型、展布范围以及后期成岩改造作用。而储层储集性能主要受原始沉积作用及后期成岩作用共同控制,控制储层孔隙演化的成岩作用主要为机械压实作用和胶结作用。     

南海北部湾盆地迈陈凹陷中南部古近系储层特征与控制因素——以区域探井Y井为例

北部湾盆地迈陈凹陷中南部Y井井壁取心分析、岩屑样品的薄片鉴定结果及地球物理测井综合评价表明,其钻遇的不同层位层段的储层类型主要以含泥质较高的砂岩、粉砂岩及泥质粉砂岩为主,少量砾岩,多属于近—中物源快速沉积充填、储集物性偏差的储集层类型,且成岩程度偏低(处在早成岩A或B期或中成岩A期),总体上属于岩性较细、泥质含量偏高、孔渗参数偏低的中孔中渗和低孔低渗及低孔特低渗型砂岩储层类型。其中,钻遇的渐新统涠洲组砂岩储层总体上偏细且泥质含量较高,砂岩有效孔隙度和渗透率偏低,属于储集物性较差储层;始新统流沙港组二段砂岩属于差—较好储层,储层孔隙类型以粒间孔为主,其次为粒间溶孔,还发育有少量或微量长石溶孔和粒内溶孔,具有一定的孔渗性;古新统长流组砂岩孔隙类型以粒间孔、粒间溶孔为主,发育少量长石溶孔及粒内溶孔,储层致密储集物性偏差。总之,本区储层发育主要受控于碎屑物物源供给远近与沉积相及成岩作用,但总体上储层成岩程度较低,加之溶蚀作用及胶结作用普遍,故严重影响了储层储集物性。     

塔中地区志留系储层成岩作用及孔隙演化

塔中地区志留系主要为无障壁海岸及潮坪沉积体系,其储层以岩屑砂岩、岩屑石英砂岩为主。通过观察岩心和对薄片、扫描电镜、阴极发光、物性、碳酸盐含量等大量资料的研究,认为塔中地区志留系储层砂岩经历了压实作用、胶结作用、交代作用和溶解作用等多种成岩作用,目前已达到晚成岩A2期。孔隙演化与该区的成岩作用关系密切,特别是次生孔隙的发育。孔隙演化经历了原生孔隙的破坏、次生孔隙的形成和次生孔隙的破坏3个阶段,其中机械压实作用和胶结作用是原生孔隙损失的主要原因,溶蚀作用产生的次生孔隙是重要的储集空间。     

鄂尔多斯盆地陕北地区延长组长7段致密油储层特征及其主控因素

鄂尔多斯盆地延长组石油资源丰富,储层致密,为了查明湖盆致密砂岩储层发育机理,综合利用岩心观察、铸体薄片鉴定、X射线衍射分析、扫描电镜观察、高压压汞测试等方法,对鄂尔多斯盆地陕北地区长7段致密油储层特征及其发育主控因素进行了分析。研究结果显示,研究区长7段长石含量高,主要发育长石砂岩和岩屑长石砂岩。致密砂岩储层孔隙类型以长石粒内溶蚀孔隙和粒间溶蚀孔隙为主,同时晶间微孔和微裂缝较为发育。研究区长7段时期主要为三角洲前缘与滨浅湖沉积环境,水动力较弱,发育砂岩中泥质含量较高。中等强度压实作用及早期的方解石胶结作用使原生孔隙消失殆尽,胶结作用进一步使孔隙减小。由于长石及黏土含量较高,其受溶蚀作用形成溶蚀孔隙,改善储层质量,同时也是研究区长7段致密砂岩储层发育的主要控制因素。     

东海西湖凹陷南端砂岩储层特征及其控制因素

本研究区始新统—中新统地层内大套砂质岩储层发育，砂层厚度为２—３０ｍ。分析结果表明：具有一定储集和渗透能力的砂层主要分布在井深１９００—３２００ｍ（Ｃ—１井、ＣＨ—１井深度可达３６００ｍ），即花港组和龙井组，岩性以细砂岩、粉砂岩为主，还有少量中砂岩。其中的细砂岩、粉砂岩具有粒度分选好，胶结物含量低（＜１０％）、孔隙、渗透条件好（φ为１０—２８％、ｋ为＜１—１８００×１０￣（－３）ｕｍ￣２）；以次生粒间扩大孔、粒内孔、铸模孔和粘土矿物中的微孔及少量原生孔为其储集空间。胶结物以粘土矿物为主，其次为碳酸盐和氧化硅胶结物。本区砂岩体储层物性除受原始地质条件、储集岩的成份、结构、埋藏深度等控制外，同时受成岩后生作用的影响，压实作用和胶结作用使其物性降低，而骨架颗粒（长石为主）和胶结物的溶蚀改善了其储集条件。     

Diagenetic model of the Bajo Barreal formation (Cretaceous) in the southwestern flank of the Golfo de San Jorge Basin (Patagonia, Argentina)

This paper analyses the diagenetic evolution of sandstones belonging to the Bajo Barreal Formation (Cretaceous) in the Golfo de San Jorge Basin (Patagonia, Argentina). The Bajo Barreal Formation includes the main reservoirs, which are located along the western area of the basin and is composed of sandstones, conglomerates, mudstones, tuffaceous mudstones and some layers of tuffs. The principal reservoirs comprise medium-to coarse-grained sandstones, which are dominated by feldspathic litharenites and contain minor amounts of litharenites and lithic arkoses. The authigenic minerals include kaolinite, smectite, chlorite, quartz overgrowths, microquartz and calcite, with minor proportions of megaquartz, siderite, analcime, laumontite, feldspar overgrowths and illite/smectite and chlorite/smectite mixed layers. Secondary porosity is much more important than primary porosity and is produced by the dissolution of feldspar, lithic clasts and clay cements. The diagenetic history of the Bajo Barreal sandstones can be divided into seven diagenetic stages, each of which is characterized by a specific assemblage of authigenic minerals and diagenetic processes. Eogenetic conditions occur in stages 1, 2, 3 and 4. Stage 1 corresponds to shallow burial characterized by the physical reduction of primary porosity by compaction; during stage 2, rim clay cements of chlorite, smectite and clinoptilolite, as well as thin quartz overgrowths, were formed. The precipitation of pore-filling cements of kaolinite, chlorite and smectite occurred during stage 3, while stage 4 records the intense dissolution of feldspar, lithic fragments and kaolinite cements. Mesogenesis occurs in diagenetic stages 5 and 6. The former corresponds to a new phase of authigenic kaolinite, while the latter records the significant dissolution of feldspar, lithic clasts and previous cements, which produced the highest values of secondary porosity. Finally, stage 7 corresponds to the highest degree of diagenesis in the Bajo Barreal Formation (mesogenesis), which resulted in the precipitation of cements of zeolites and calcite, as well as quartz and plagioclase overgrowths.     

Lithologic characteristics and diagenesis of the Devonian Jauf sandstone at Ghawar Field, Eastern Saudi Arabia

The Lower Devonian Jauf Formation in Saudi Arabia is an important hydrocarbon reservoir. However, in spite of its importance as a reservoir, published studies on the Jauf Formation more specifically on the reservoir quality (including diagenesis), are very few. This study, which is based on core samples from two wells in the Ghawar Field, northeastern Saudi Arabia, reports the lithologic and diagenetic characteristics of this reservoir. The Jauf reservoir is a fine to medium-grained, moderate to well-sorted quartz arenite. The diagenetic processes recognized include compaction, cementation (calcite, clay minerals, quartz overgrowths, and a minor amount of pyrite), and dissolution of the calcite cements and of feldspar grains. The widespread occurrences of early calcite cement suggest that the Jauf reservoir lost a significant amount of primary porosity at a very early stage of its diagenetic history. Early calcite cement, however, prevented the later compaction of the sandstone, thus preserving an unfilled part of the primary porosity. Based on the framework grain–cement relationships, precipitation of the early calcite cement was either accompanied or followed by the development of part of the pore-lining and pore-bridging clay cement. Secondary porosity development occurred due to partial to complete dissolution of early calcite cements and feldspar. Late calcite cement occurs as isolated patches, and has little impact on reservoir quality of the sandstones.In addition to calcite, several different clay minerals including illite and chlorite occur as pore-filling and pore-lining cements. While the pore-filling illite and chlorite resulted in a considerable loss of porosity, the pore-lining chlorite may have helped in retaining the porosity by preventing the precipitation of syntaxial quartz overgrowths. Illite, which largely occurs as hair-like rims around the grains and bridges on the pore throats, caused a substantial deterioration to permeability of the reservoir. Diagenetic history of the Jauf Formation as established here is expected to help better understanding and exploitation of this reservoir.     

东海陆架盆地西湖凹陷南部花港组砂岩储层成岩流体演化特征：来自岩石、矿物及同位素地球化学的约束

渐新世花港组是东海陆架盆地西湖凹陷发育的最主要储层,基于普通薄片、铸体薄片、扫描电镜和荧光显微观察,结合同位素地球化学对东海陆架盆地西湖凹陷花港组砂岩储层的成岩作用、成岩序列及成岩流体演化进行了研究。结果表明,花港组砂岩储层目前处于中成岩阶段B期,主要经历了机械压实、绿泥石粘土摸、酸性及碱性溶蚀作用,石英次生加大,碳酸盐胶结和自生高岭石胶结等成岩作用。研究区发育有三期碳酸盐胶结物,早期菱铁矿胶结物,中期铁方解石和晚期铁白云石。根据碳酸盐胶结物的碳氧同位素特征分析认为早期碳酸盐胶结物是由过饱和的碱性湖水沉淀造成的,而晚期碳酸盐胶结物的形成与有机酸密切相关。研究区存在两类溶蚀作用,酸性溶蚀作用和碱性溶蚀作用,早期的酸性溶蚀作用主要是有机酸对长石、岩屑及早期碳酸盐胶结物的溶蚀,晚期的碱性溶蚀作用主要是发生于碱性环境下流体对石英及硅质胶结物的溶蚀。研究区发育有两期油气充注,早期发生于晚中新世,早期发生于晚中新世,早于中期碳酸盐胶结,晚于长石溶蚀和石英胶结充注,充注量较大,第四纪以来研究区发生了第二次充注,第二次充注发生于铁白云石胶结之后,此时储层已非常致密。     

Depositional and Diagenetic History and Petroleum Geology of the Jurassic Norphlet Formation of the Alabama Coastal Waters Area and Adjacent Federal Waters Area

The discovery of deep (20,000 ft) gas reservoirs in eolian sandstone of the Upper Jurassic Norphlet Formation in Mobile Bay and offshore Alabama in the late 1970s represents one of the most significant hydrocarbon discoveries in the nation during the past several decades. Estimated original proved gas from Norphlet reservoirs in the Alabama coastal waters and adjacent federal waters is 7.462 trillion ft3 (Tcf) (75% recovery factor). Fifteen fields have been established in the offshore Alabama area. Norphlet sediment was deposited in an arid environment in alluvial fans, alluvial plains, and wadis in updip areas. In downdip areas, the Norphlet was deposited in a broad desert plain, with erg development in some areas. Marine transgression, near the end of Norphlet deposition, resulted in reworking of the upper part of the Norphlet Formation. Norphlet reservoir sandstone is arkose and subarkose, consisting of a simple assemblage of three minerals, quartz, albite, and K-feldspar. The present framework grain assemblage of the Norphlet is dominantly diagenetic, owing to albitization and dissolution of feldspar. Despite the simple framework composition, the diagenetic character of the Norphlet is complex. Important authigenic minerals include carbon ate phases (calcite, dolomite, Fe-dolomite, and breunnerite), feldspar (albite and K-feldspar), evaporite minerals (anhydrite and halite), clay minerals (illite and chlorite), quartz, and pyrobitumen. The abundance and distribution of these miner als varies significantly between onshore and offshore regions of Norphlet production. The lack of sufficient internal sources of components for authigenic minerals, combined with unusual chemical compositions of chlorite (Mg-rich), breunnerite, and some minor authigenic minerals, suggests that Louann-derived fluids influenced Norphlet diagenesis. In offshore Alabama reservoirs, porosity is dominantly modified primary poros ity. Preservation of porosity in deep Norphlet reservoirs is due to a combination of factors, including a lack of sources of cement components and lack of pervasive early cement, so that fluid-flow pathways remained open during burial. Below the dominantly quartz-cemented tight zone near the top of the Norphlet, pyrobitumen is a major contributor to reduction in reservoir quality in offshore Alabama. The highest reservoir quality occurs in those wells where the present gas water contact is below the paleohydrocarbon water contact. This zone of highest reservoir quality is between the lowermost occurrence of pyrobitumen and the present gas water contact.     

Depositional and diagenetic controls on deeply-buried Eocene sublacustrine fan reservoirs in the Dongying Depression,Bohai Bay Basin,China

This paper investigates the reservoir potential of deeply-buried Eocene sublacustrine fan sandstones in the Bohai Bay Basin, China by evaluating the link between depositional lithofacies that controlled primary sediment compositions, and diagenetic processes that involved dissolution, precipitation and transformation of minerals. This petrographic, mineralogical, and geochemical study recognizes a complex diagenetic history which reflects both the depositional and burial history of the sandstones. Eogenetic alterations of the sandstones include: 1) mechanical compaction; and 2) partial to extensive non-ferroan carbonate and gypsum cementation. Typical mesogenetic alterations include: (1) dissolution of feldspar, non-ferroan carbonate cements, gypsum and anhydrite; (2) precipitation of quartz, kaolinite and ferroan carbonate cements; (3) transformation of smectite and kaolinite to illite and conversion of gypsum to anhydrite. This study demonstrates that: 1) depositional lithofacies critically influenced diagenesis, which resulted in good reservoir quality of the better-sorted, middle-fan, but poor reservoir quality in the inner- and outer-fan lithofacies; 2) formation of secondary porosity was spatially associated with other mineral reactions that caused precipitation of cements within sandstone reservoirs and did not greatly enhance reservoir quality; and 3) oil emplacement during early mesodiagenesis (temperatures > 70 °C) protected reservoirs from cementation and compaction.     

Diagenetic and sedimentary controls on porosity in Lower Carboniferous fine-grained lithologies,Krechba field,Algeria: A petrological study of a caprock to a carbon capture site

Fine-grained siliciclastic lithologies commonly act as sealing caprocks to both petroleum fields and host reservoirs for carbon capture (CO₂ sequestration) projects. Fine-grained lithologies are thus of great importance in controlling fluid flow and storage in the subsurface. However, fine-grained rocks are rarely characterised in terms of primary sedimentary characteristics, diagenesis and how these relate to their flow properties (i.e. sealing or caprock quality). Seventeen samples from Lower Carboniferous estuarine caprock to a gas field (also to be used as a carbon capture site), have been analysed using a range of petrological and petrophysical techniques. The rock unit that represents the caprock to this gas field was found to be predominantly silt grade with porosity values as low as 1.8%. In these rocks, caprock quality (porosity) is controlled by intrinsic and extrinsic factors linked to primary mineralogy and diagenetic processes. Depositional mineralogy was dominated by quartz, detrital mica, detrital clay (likely Fe-rich 7Å clay and illite–smectite) with minor feldspar and oxide phases. Diagenetic processes included compaction, minor feldspar dissolution and kaolinite growth and the more important processes of chlorite, siderite and quartz cementation, as well as the likely transformation of smectite into illite. Caprock quality is controlled by the primary quantity of illite-muscovite in the sediment and also by the localised extent of chlorite and quartz cementation. Deposition in an estuarine environment led to highly heterogeneous distribution of primary and diagenetic minerals, and thus caprock quality, between and within the samples.     

珠江口盆地陆丰凹陷古近系储层特征及优质储层主控因素

随着珠江口盆地勘探层系由浅层转向深层,古近系已成为陆丰凹陷油气“增储上产”的重要层系,但储层尚存在非均质性较强、产能释放难度大等问题,严重制约油气勘探进程。综合运用陆丰凹陷36口古近系钻井的铸体薄片、扫描电镜、物性分析、X衍射等分析化验数据,对文昌组和恩平组开展储层特征、成岩作用和优质储层主控因素研究。结果表明,陆丰凹陷古近系储层具有高石英、低长石和低岩屑含量的特征,文昌组主要发育岩屑石英砂岩,为特低—低孔隙度、超低—低渗透率储层,平均孔隙度为11.15%,平均渗透率10.93×10−3 μm2;恩平组主要发育长石石英砂岩,为低—中孔隙度、特低—中渗透率储层,平均孔隙度为15.23%,平均渗透率为139.53×10−3 μm2;储层孔隙类型以原生粒间孔为主,其次为粒间溶孔和粒内溶孔,但文昌组溶蚀孔占比高。古近系储层主要处于中成岩阶段A期,压实作用对减孔起决定性作用,胶结作用降低储层物性,溶蚀作用进一步改善储层物性。陆丰凹陷古近系优质储层形成条件包括：①母岩区石英含量高,搬运距离较远,高成分和结构成熟度,杂基含量低,单层砂体厚度大;②强流体改造改善储集空间,长石溶蚀对古近系尤其是文昌组储层改善明显,拥有良好断裂沟通源岩或临近源岩的砂岩储层溶蚀作用强;③凝灰质充填导致储层渗透率降低,低火山活动影响区更有利于优质储层发育。     

加拿大魁北克省奥陶系Utica海相页岩矿物分析及孔隙结构特征

北美圣劳伦斯地台发育的奥陶系Utica海相页岩是加拿大魁北克省的页岩油气潜在有利区。以这套页岩为研究对象,基于野外露头和钻井岩心样品,综合运用了场发射扫描电镜、TIMA集成矿物分析系统和有机地球化学分析等多种分析测试手段,系统研究了Utica页岩的矿物组成和有机质特征,分析了孔隙特征及其影响因素。研究结果表明：Utica页岩经历了从成熟—高成熟阶段至过成熟阶段的热演化过程,有机质含量较高;Utica页岩矿物成分以方解石、石英、长石和黏土矿物为主,含少量白云石及黄铁矿等,且页岩样品随热演化程度的增加而表现为方解石含量逐渐减小,长石和石英含量逐渐增加,黏土矿物含量变化不大;其孔隙类型主要为基质孔隙（粒间孔隙和粒内孔隙）、有机质孔隙和裂隙,且平均孔隙度随埋藏深度的增加呈现降低的趋势;埋藏热演化和成岩作用对孔隙影响较为明显,成熟—高成熟阶段主要的孔隙类型为有机质孔隙,碳酸盐胶结会显著降低孔隙度,黏土矿物粒内孔隙较为发育并对总孔隙度有一定贡献,而过成熟阶段的压实作用构成了该阶段孔隙演化的主要因素,进一步降低了页岩孔隙空间,孔隙类型则多以基质孔隙为主。     

Facies controls on the distribution of diagenesis and compaction in fluvial-deltaic deposits

The Upper Triassic – Lower Jurassic Åre Formation comprising the deeper reservoir in the Heidrun Field offshore mid-Norway consists of fluvial channel sandstones (FCH), floodplain fines (FF), and sandy and muddy bay-fill sediments (SBF, MBF) deposited in an overall transgressive fluvial to lower delta plain regime. The formation has been investigated to examine possible sedimentary facies controls on the distribution of cementation and compaction based on petrography and SEM/micro probe analyses of core samples related to facies associations and key stratigraphic surfaces. The most significant authigenic minerals are kaolinite, calcite and siderite. Kaolinite and secondary porosity from dissolution of feldspar and biotite are in particular abundant in the fluvial sandstones. The carbonate minerals show complex compositional and micro-structural variation of pure siderite (Sid I), Mg-siderite (Sid II), Fe-dolomite, ankerite and calcite, displaying decreasing Fe from early to late diagenetic carbonate cements. An early diagenetic origin for siderite and kaolinite is inferred from micro-structural relations, whereas pore filling calcite and ankerite formed during later diagenesis. The Fe-dolomite probably related to mixing-zone dolomitization from increasing marine influences, and a regional correlatable calcite cemented layer has been related to a flooding event. Porosity values in non-cemented sandstone samples are generally high in both FCH and SBF facies associations averaging 27%. Differential compaction between sandstone and mudstone has a ratio of up to 1:2 and with lower values for MBF. We emphasize the role of eogenetic siderite cementation in reducing compactability in the fine-grained, coal-bearing sediments most prominent in MBF facies. This has implications for modeling of differential compaction between sandstone and mudstones deposited in fluvial-deltaic environments.