Petroleum Migration Direction of the Silurian Paleo-pools in the Tarim Basin, Northwest China

The results obtained in this paper indicate that carbazole-type compounds have high thermal stability and also show stability in oxidation and bio-degradation. This kind of compounds still has a high concentration and complete distribution in the analyzed dry asphalt samples, showing that they are particularly useful in studying petroleum migration of paleo-pool. During the basin＇s first-stage of oil-gas pool formation in the Silurian in Tazhong and Tabei areas of Tarim Basin （at the end of Silurian period） and the second-stage in the Awati area （in Permian）, the petroleum experienced a long-distance migration. During the formation of the Silurian paleo-pools in Tazhong Uplift at the end of Silurian, the petroleum mainly came from the lower and middle Cambrian source rocks in the Manjiaer sag. The petroleum migrated towards the southwest-south entering the Silurian reservoir beds in Tazhong first. Then, it further migrated within Silurian from northwest to southeast along the highs of the Structural Belts to the region of the Silurian pinchout boundary in Tazhong. In Tabei Uplift, during the first-stage of pool formation, the petroleum was also from the lower and middle Cambrian source rocks in the Manjiaer sag. It migrated northwest entering the Silurian reservoir beds in the Tabei Uplift firstly, and then the migration continued in the same direction within the Silurian reservoirs and finally the petroleum was trapped in higher positions. During the second-stage pool formation in the Silurian beds in the areas around Awati sag, the petroleum mainly came from the lower-middle Cambrian source rocks in the Awati sag. The petroleum migrated from the generation center to Silurian reservoirs in all directions around the sag through major paths, and the petroleum was finally trapped in higher locations.     

塔里木盆地塔中、塔北地区志留系古油藏的油气运移

运用含氮化合物咔唑类探讨塔中、塔北地区在第一期成藏时志留系油气藏的烃类的运移方向, 为建立古油藏成藏模式, 预测原生油气藏分布提供依据.研究表明, 塔中志留系古油藏的油气主要来源于满加尔凹陷的中、下寒武统烃源岩, 向西南—南的方向首先进入塔中志留系, 然后沿不整合面或顺储层从北西向南东和从北东向南西2个方向向志留系在塔中地区的尖灭线附近运移.塔北志留系古油藏的油气也主要来自满加尔凹陷的中、下寒武统烃源岩, 首先向北西方向进入塔北隆起的志留系, 然后在志留系储层内或不整合面沿上倾方向继续向北西方向运移进入圈闭.      

Study on secondary migration of hydrocarbons in Tazhong area of Tarim Basin in terms of carbazole compounds

Fractionated carbazoles have been detected for the first time in crude oils from the Tazhong area of the Tarim Basin, and these nitrogen compounds were successfully utilized in the study of petroleum migration. Alkylcarbazoles are quite abundant in all the samples analyzed; small amounts of benzocarbazoles were detected only in some of the sample, and dibenzocarbazoles were not found in the oils. Based on the distributions of G1, G2 and G3 types of C₂-alkylcarbazoles, the ratio of C₃-/C₂-carbazoles and the relative concentrations of alkylcarbazole and alkylbenzocarbazole, oils in the Carboniferous C_III reservoir in the Tazhong uplift are thought to have laterally migrated to the high level of Tazhong structure No. 4 from both northwest and southeast. The study here also shows that oils in the area may have undergone long-distance migration. This project is financially supported by the China National Petroleum Corporation and the State Educational Commission.     

Evidence of Multi—Stage Hydrocarbon Charging and Biodegradation of the Silurian Asphaltic Sandstonesin the Tarim Basin,China

Asphalts distributed widely in the Silurian sandstones of the Tarim Basin include dry asphalt, soft asphalt and heavy oil. These asphaltic sandstones underwent multi-episodic sedimentary and tectonic events, and their occurrence is diverse and complex, being mixed with normal oil usually. So far, very little work has been done on the asphaltic sandstone origin and hydrocarbon charging ages. After detailed study on the Silurian sandstones, the following highlights were obtained from the analytical results: distribution of the mixed asphalt, heavy oil and normal oil in the Silurian sandstones is the result of multi-stage hydrocarbon charging from the Lower Paleozoic marine source rocks; the characters of asphalts formed from oils of different charging ages are of difference; the most important process constraining the asphaltic sandstone origin is thought to be biodegradation. This paper was financially supported by funds of Petroleum & Natural Gas Exploration in the Tarim Basin from the “State 9th Five-Year Plan Period” Key Scientific Project (No. 96-111).     

塔里木盆地志留系储盖组合特征与分布

本文从研究区志留系岩性垂向分布规律及油气显示出发,认为志留系发育4套储盖组合,分别对应3种储盖组合模式:(1)凹陷内部发育平整型储盖组合;(2)隆起边缘斜坡区发育中-低角度储盖组合;(3)隆起高部位发育高角度储盖组合。在对储层和盖层进行综合评价的基础上,通过有利盖层与有利储层在平面上进行叠合,优选出有利储盖组合分布,结合储盖组合发育模式,明确了有利储盖组合与圈闭类型的对应关系。     

塔里木盆地东河砂岩沉积和储层特征及综合分析

东河砂岩是一套海侵初期的沉积产物，东河砂岩不是一个等时沉积体，相当于晚泥盆世晚期至早石炭世早期沉积，具体沉积时间各地有差异。由于东河砂岩是覆盖广泛的海侵初期沉积，因此具有海侵初期填平补齐的特征，其沉积相决定于海侵的速度、沉积物的供给和海侵前的古地貌。塔北地区受塔北古隆起的阻挡，海水在古隆起周围滞留时间较长，又有较粗粒的物源供给，其沉积产物主要是滨岸海滩沉积；塔中地区由于地形复杂，沉积类型也比较复杂，底部砾岩段有河流相沉积，而块状砂岩段和砂砾岩段有河口湾和滨岸海滩沉积，不同段在成分、分选性和粒级上有较大的差异；而其它低平地区主要是海侵期快速的滨岸和陆架沉积。受沉积因素影响，东河砂岩有效储层的分布具有地域性；除沉积因素外，低的地温梯度和短期的深埋藏是优质储层发育的重要控制因素。     

塔里木盆地志留系震积岩特征及其意义

在区域构造背景研究和岩心观察的基础上,在塔里木盆地志留纪地层中识别出震积岩。震积岩的主要标志是发育各种类型的软沉积变形构造,包括微阶梯状正断层、层内小褶皱、扭曲变形、振动液化砂岩脉、震塌岩等。通过对中1井、顺1井、沙98井等岩心的系统观察,发现由于地震强度的不同,震积岩的垂向序列有所不同,地震越强烈,其震积岩序列的完整性越好,确定出震积岩的两种垂向序列。由于不同的震积岩构造特征对应不同的地震强度,因此进一步研究了各种震积岩构造与地震强度的关系。这些研究为塔里木盆地构造演化研究及震积岩的识别和描述提供了重要的地质理论依据,并可为研究该区古地震提供依据。     

塔里木盆地库鲁克塔格志留纪海退沉积和构造背景

塔里木盆地东北缘的库鲁克塔格断隆区志留系土什布拉克组顶部的河流沉积是本区古生界第一次出现的陆相地层,表明志留纪本区发生了大规模的海退事件,由滨--浅海转变为陆相冲积环境。向上变粗的沉积序列反映出盆地的快速充填。志留系顶部的大规模角度不整合、志留系由海相转变为陆相的充填特征、前陆隆起和火山弧造山带的物源区背景反映出盆地发育的挤压构造背景。隆升的库鲁克塔格北缘的前陆隆起和火山弧造山带成为库鲁克塔格志留纪盆地的物源区。该区志留纪的海退事件是在前陆隆升的背景下发生的。志留纪盆地是在震旦-奥陶纪裂谷盆地基础上发育的,这种前陆性质盆地的形成与南天山洋自东向西逐渐闭合和塔里木板块顺时针旋转有关; 志留纪盆地的发育与消亡代表了塔里木盆地震旦纪-志留纪-泥盆纪的拉张--挤压成盆旋回的结束。     

塔里木盆地志留纪脊椎动物的特征及其沉积相、古环境

20世纪80年代以来,在塔里木盆地西北部柯坪—巴楚地区发现了许多志留纪脊椎动物化石,其中包括无颌类、软骨鱼类等。这些化石的发现和深入研究揭示了塔里木盆地志留纪时期的古地理位置及其格局,进一步确定了塔里木陆块在该时期的古生物地理区应属于塔里木-扬子古脊椎动物生物地理区系。记述了采自塔里木盆地中心2个钻井岩心中的3件早志留世脊椎动物化石,其中1件化石为无颌类的新科、新属、新种。同时对志留纪时期塔里木陆块的沉积特征、古环境进行了分析和探讨。上述研究为油气勘探提供了有价值的科学依据。     

塔里木盆地志留系沥青砂岩的形成期次及演化

从志留纪起,塔里木盆地下古生界烃源岩经历了三期生、排烃。下古生界源岩的生烃期和志留系的圈闭形成期控制了志留系沥青砂岩的形成期次及演化。志留系早期沥青砂岩形成后,经历了后期多次的构造沉积事件和三次烃类注入、混染,改变了志留系古油藏沥青形成时的原始产状。志留系沥青砂岩的三次注入分别是 :第一次是晚加里东注入期;第二次是晚海西-印支注入期;第三次是燕山-喜山注入期。志留系砂岩中沥青、稠油或其它油气显示是这三期作用的综合结果。     

塔里木盆地志留纪脊椎动物的特征及其 沉积相、古环境

20世纪80年代以来,在塔里木盆地西北部柯坪—巴楚地区发现了许多志留纪脊椎动物化石,其中包括无颌类、软骨鱼类等。这些化石的发现和深入研究揭示了塔里木盆地志留纪时期的古地理位置及其格局,进一步确定了塔里木陆块在该时期的古生物地理区应属于塔里木-扬子古脊椎动物生物地理区系。记述了采自塔里木盆地中心2个钻井岩心中的3件早志留世脊椎动物化石,其中1件化石为无颌类的新科、新属、新种。同时对志留纪时期塔里木陆块的沉积特征、古环境进行了分析和探讨。上述研究为油气勘探提供了有价值的科学依据。     

Accumulation and Reformation of Silurian Reservoir in the Northern Tarim Basin

Silurian sandstone in Tarim Basin has good reservoir properties and active oil and gas shows, especially thick widely-distributed bituminous sandstone. Currently, the Silurian was found containing both bitumen and conventional reservoirs, with petroleum originating from terrestrial and marine source rocks. The diversity of their distribution was the result of "three sources, three stages" accumulation and adjustment processes. "Three sources" refers to two sets of marine rocks in Cambrian and Middle-Upper Ordovician, and a set of terrestrial rock formed in Triassic in the Kuqa depression. "Three stages" represents three stages of accumulation, adjustment and reformation occurring in Late Caledonian, Late Hercynian and Late Himalayan, respectively. The study suggests that the Silurian bitumen is remnants of oil generated from Cambrian and Ordovician source rocks and accumulated in the sandstone reservoir during Late Caledonian-Early Hercynian and Late Hercynian stages, and then damaged by the subsequent two stages of tectonic uplift movements in Early Hercynian and Pre-Triassic. The authors presumed that the primary paleo-reservoirs formed during these two stages might be preserved in the Silurian in the southern deep part of the Tabei area. Except for the Yingmaili area where the Triassic terrestrial oil was from the Kuqa Depression during Late Himalayan Stage, all movable oil reservoirs originated from marine sources. They were secondary accumulations from underlying Ordovician after structure reverse during the Yanshan-Himalayan stage. Oil/gas shows mixed-source characteristics, and was mainly from Middle-Upper Ordovician. The complexity and diversity of the Silurian marine primary properties were just defined by these three stages of oil-gas charging and tectonic movements in the Tabei area.     

The Silurian Reservoir Bed—Differentiated Asphalts in Tarim Basin and Modeling Experiments on Their Origin

There is a type of asphalt that originated from differentiation from reservoir bed (named reservoir bed-differentiated asphalt)in the Silurian asphaltic sandstones of the Tarim Basin.These asphalts are the result of second-time charging of hydrocarbons into the Silurian reservoir,which were derived from Lower Paleozoic source rocks.Asphalt was differentiated from the reservoir bed in the hydrocarbon gathering area of secondary migration.The different-tiation is caused by changes in reservoir physical properties when pearl or chain hydrocarbons migrating through and gathering in the reservoir bed,and light components are lost and heavy ones are involved in the formation of asphalt or heavy oil.There are two kinds of occurrence of these asphalts in the Silurian system of the Tarim Basin.One is the poor heavy oil layer with lower oil saturation in trap and the other is scattered hydrocarbon distributed along the trans-port layer and unconformity surface.Reservoir bed-differentiated asphalts have two characteris-tics:total hydrocarbon content is high in extractable organic matter and the ratio of saturated to aromatic hydrocarbon is usually greater than unity.The physically modeling experiment has confirmed these characteristics and the genesis of the reservoir bed-differentiated asphalts.     

塔里木盆地志留纪沉积层序构成及充填响应特征

塔里木盆地志留系是由角度不整合面所限定的一个区域性（二级）的沉积层序,其内可划分出5个三级沉积层序。总体上显示一个从水进到水退的沉积旋回,可识别出曲流河三角洲—辫状河三角洲、滨外陆棚及较深水盆地、无障壁碎屑滨岸—无障壁碎屑潮坪沉积体系组合,它们代表了二级沉积层序中相对低位、海侵和高位的3个沉积体系组合。研究区构造、沉积、古生物和古气候资料表明,层序1底界面和层序5顶界面是塔里木周缘板块构造挤压、盆地隆升作用的结果;层序2底界面是周缘板块强烈挤压、盆地挠曲下降作用结果,同期全球海平面快速上升;层序3、层序4和层序5的底界面是在构造作用稳定、全球海平面下降背景之上由相对海平面次一级旋回变化形成的,是古气候变化、沉积物供给及构造沉降共同作用的结果。     

新疆柯坪地区志留系依木干他乌组的遗迹化石

通过对塔里木盆地柯坪露头志留系依木干他乌组中遗迹化石的研究,鉴别出6 属7 种。化石分子有Chondrites isp.,Gordia.isp., Helminthopsis aff. abeli, Ophiomorpha nodosa, Planolites beverleyensis, Planolites montanus, Thalassinoides isp.。这些遗迹化石具有较高的分异度和较低的丰度。按古生态或造迹生物的行为习性分类,可分为3 种生态类型：①居住迹（Domichnia）,Ophiomorpha nodosa, Thalassinoides isp.;② 进食迹（Fodinichnia）,Planolites beverleyensis, Planolites montanus, Chondritesisp.;③觅食迹（Repichnia）,Gordia isp.,Helminthopsis aff. abeli。根据遗迹化石的古生态特征、沉积序列上的分布特点及围岩和沉积构造特征,依木干他乌组的遗迹化石可归为Planolites -Chondrites 遗迹组合,属于Cruziana 遗迹相,形成于泥坪沉积环境。     

塔里木盆地西部四十厂剖面志留系柯坪塔格组沥青砂岩沉积特征

塔里木盆地西部四十厂剖面志留系柯坪塔格组上部发育典型的沥青砂岩,分别位于若干个正韵律沉积旋回的中下部。通过典型露头剖面写实、沉积物粒度分析、矿物镜下鉴定、铸体薄片鉴定和X衍射等手段,对该剖面沥青砂岩进行了精细研究,发现沥青砂岩形成于潮坪沉积体系中潮间带下部的砂坪或混合坪内,岩性以细砂岩和粉砂岩为主,发育典型的双向交错层理和浅水动物遗迹等;其沉积物以跳跃搬运为主,受潮汐改造作用明显;碎屑矿物以石英或生物碎屑为主,含少量长石和粘土矿物。结合储层物性测试对沥青砂岩储集性进行了分析,结果表明,优质沥青砂岩储层往往是中等成分成熟度的长石石英砂岩,其内部长石含量在5%~10%之间,石英含量在75%~83%之间,其次是较高成分成熟度的石英砂岩,其内部长石含量一般在2%左右,石英含量在90%以上,较差的是含大量生物碎屑的砂岩,其内部生屑含量在60%左右,石英含量在35%左右。这对该区志留系沥青砂岩储层评价具有一定的借鉴意义。     

塔里木盆地东部下志留统下砂岩段储层特征

塔里木盆地东部的志留系为一套海相碎屑岩沉积,现今仅保存有下志留统,分布在铁南2井、维马1井以南、阿南1井以北的东西向狭长地带内。下志留统的下砂岩段是油气勘探的主要目的层之一,发育扇三角洲沉积体系。下砂岩段储层岩性为岩屑砂岩,储集空间类型主要为剩余原生粒间孔,压实作用是影响储层物性的主要因素。在下砂岩段储层中,中砂岩的储集性能相对较好,其孔隙度多数在10%以上,是下砂岩段的主要含油气储层。后期的成岩作用改善了局部层段的储层物性。经历了漫长的地质演化后,下砂岩段依然保存有物性条件较好的储层段,可能蕴涵了商业油气储量。     

Ordovician Basement Hydrocarbon Reservoirs in the Tarim Basin, China

Ordovician marine carbonate basement traps are widely developed in the paleo-highs and paleo-slopes in the Tarim Basin. Reservoirs are mainly altered pore-cavity-fissure reservoirs. Oil sources are marine carbonate rocks of the Lower Paleozoic. Thus, the paleo-highs and paleo-slopes have good reservoiring conditions and they are the main areas to explore giant and large-scale oil reservoirs. The main factors for their reservoiring are: (1) Effective combination of fenestral pore-cavity-fracture reservoirs, resulting from multi-stage, multi-cyclic karstification (paleo-hypergene and deep buried) and fracturing, with effective overlying seals, especially mudstone and gypsum mudstone in the Carboniferous Bachu Formation, is essential to hydrocarbon reservoiring and high and stable production; (2) Long-term inherited large rises and multi-stage fracture systems confine the development range of karst reservoirs and control hydrocarbon migration, accumulation and reservoiring; (3) Long-term multi-source hydroc     

塔中志留系层序及其可容纳空间分析

根据经典层序地层学理论,综合研究野外露头、测井、地震等资料,将塔中地区志留系划分为5个层序,每个层序均由海侵和高位体系域两部分组成。除SQ₁为Ⅰ型层序外,其余4个层序均为Ⅱ型层序,而且SQ₃为一个三级中间体系域。受加里东运动影响,隆升后的塔中地区在晚奥陶世遭受剥蚀,地形变得平缓,在此基础上形成了以潮坪沉积为主的志留纪滨浅海沉积。在志留纪塔中地区构造稳定,海平面的升降决定了可容纳空间的大小。潮坪沉积相带的迁移反映了在全球海平面升降形成的异旋回中发育的潮坪自旋回沉积,可容纳空间动态变化是外在的表现形式。     

塔里木盆地关键构造变革期不整合特征及其地质意义

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