中国海相碳酸盐岩勘探领域拓展历程及沉积学的基本驱动作用

回顾中国碳酸盐岩油气勘探领域的拓展历程,共经历了三个阶段:第一阶段,上世纪中后期以靖边气田等为代表的找构造高部位的岩溶型油气藏阶段;第二阶段,2000年以来以普光气田等为代表的台地边缘礁滩油气藏拓展阶段;第三阶段,2010年以来克拉通内幕白云岩油气藏新拓展阶段。沉积学的三种基本的水动力储层宏观成因模式是三大碳酸盐岩勘探领域拓展的基本驱动因素:早期勘探阶段的构造高部位岩溶储层宏观分布受控于隆起暴露期的大气水岩溶作用,台缘礁滩储层的宏观分布受控于镶边台地边缘持续的波浪作用,内幕白云岩储层的宏观分布则受控于潮汐作用。大气水岩溶模式的古水文地质系统除了作用于不整合面附近的隆起区,构造低部位和被断裂沟通的远离不整合面地区也能够发育岩溶储层,值得注意的是短暂暴露的准同生岩溶是未来重要勘探方向。浪控台缘礁滩模式具有“盆包台”、“台包盆”、“盆切台”等多种台缘结构模式,它们的储层宏观分布都处于波浪作用的高能礁滩带上,都基本符合威尔逊碳酸盐岩台地模式,只是不同地区的台地边缘具有不同的复杂形状而已,识别深部隐伏裂陷及其周缘礁滩相带是该领域勘探的难点。潮控陆表海台地潮坪模式指导了碳酸盐岩勘探向克拉通内幕白云岩的拓展,该类白云岩储层呈大面积薄互层席状产出,其宏观分布具有进积潮坪楔和潮坪岛拼嵌两种样式,是一个重要的勘探新领域。     

塔里木盆地塔中地区奥陶系古岩溶包裹体特征及古环境意义

碳酸盐岩古岩溶型储层是油气勘探开发的重点领域,具有极强的非均质性,是世界级难题。古岩溶发育期次的确定一直都是古岩溶储层地质建模的技术难题。现有判别古岩溶发育期次的方法多以地表裸露古岩溶充填物特征为依据。在塔里木盆地塔中地区地质构造复杂,具有多期次古岩溶作用的叠加改造。本次利用古岩溶充填方解石流体包裹体均一温度法,研究塔中地区奥陶系碳酸盐岩古岩溶作用期次与古环境条件,揭示了4期古岩溶作用环境:加里东期古岩溶作用、海西晚期古岩溶作用、印支-燕山期古岩溶作用、喜马拉雅期古岩溶作用。该研究成果对后期岩溶储层预测具有重要意义。      

Hydrochemical properties of transition zone between fresh groundwater and seawater in karst environment of the Adriatic islands,Croatia

Eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea consists of karstified carbonates. It belongs to the well-known Dinaric karst region. The coast is extremely indented and there are 718 islands with numerous rock crags and reefs. Some of the inhabited islands use their own water resources for public water supply, or plan to do it in the future. Since karst rocks are extremely permeable, the seawater intrudes into underground water resources, thereby forming the wedge. A wide transition zone occurs between this seawater wedge and fresh water aquifers. Consequently, island groundwater reserves turn brackish to a certain extent. In this study, 77 water samples were collected from a wide variety of water resources. Comprehensive statistical and mathematical multivariate analysis of these data was performed. Simple statistical approach showed several useful correlations among some parameters, and more complex multivariate techniques extracted three factors in connection with three natural processes: (1) mixing with the seawater, (2) carbonate dissolution and (3) human influence (pollution) and nitrogen transformation processes. The results of this study demonstrate that in situ measurement of electrical conductivity is adequate for the very rough field estimation of numerous parameters.     

碳酸盐岩岩溶储层类型研究及对勘探的指导意义——以塔里木盆地岩溶储层为例

岩溶储层是中国海相含油气盆地重要的储层类型之一。本文基于塔里木盆地岩溶储层的实例研究,指出岩溶储层的储集空间以缝洞为主,缝洞可以发育于潜山区,也可以发育于内幕区,具不同的地质背景和成因。据此,将岩溶储层细分为四个亚类,其中,潜山(风化壳)岩溶储层又可根据围岩岩性的不同细分为灰岩潜山岩溶储层和白云岩风化壳储层两个次亚类。潜山(风化壳)岩溶储层发育于潜山区,与中长期的角度不整合面有关,准层状分布,峰丘地貌特征明显;层间岩溶储层和顺层岩溶储层发育于内幕区,前者与碳酸盐岩层系内部中短期的平行(微角度)不整合面有关,准层状分布,后者与潜山周缘的斜坡背景有关,环潜山周缘呈环带状分布,与不整合面无关;受断裂控制岩溶储层主要发育于内幕区,分布于断裂发育区,尤其是背斜的核部,与不整合面无关,受断裂控制导致缝洞发育跨度大,沿断裂呈栅状分布。岩溶储层的细分方案突破了岩溶储层只分布于潜山区的传统认识,使岩溶储层勘探由潜山区向内幕区拓展,对中国海相含油气盆地碳酸盐岩油气勘探具重要的指导作用。     

塔里木盆地奥陶系碳酸盐岩岩溶分类、期次及勘探思路

奥陶系海相碳酸盐岩已成为塔里木盆地最重要的勘探开发层系,岩溶作用则是形成优质碳酸盐岩储集层的关键因素之一。针对塔里木盆地碳酸盐岩岩溶分类方案不统一、岩溶术语界定不清楚、生产应用难度大的现状,作者分析了奥陶系不同地区、不同层位、不同时期岩溶储集层特征及岩溶发育程度的差异性,依据岩溶成因及主控因素提出了塔里木盆地奥陶系碳酸盐岩岩溶分类,划分出风化岩溶、礁滩体岩溶和埋藏岩溶3大类,其中风化岩溶又分为潜山岩溶和层间岩溶2个亚类。研究指出礁滩体岩溶、层间岩溶、潜山岩溶是塔里木盆地的重要勘探岩溶类型,并以构造运动为主线将奥陶系岩溶划分为5期,开展了不同类型岩溶特征及分布规律研究,指出了3种重要类型岩溶的勘探思路。此次研究统一了塔里木盆地奥陶系岩溶分类及期次,对勘探开发生产和研究工作具有较强的指导性,具有重要的理论指导及实践应用意义。     

Review: Carbonate aquifers and future perspectives of karst hydrogeology in India

About 3 % of India’s total land surface is occupied by carbonate rocks which are mostly karstified and constitute a significant source of groundwater. The groundwater drawn from these aquifers matches the water demand of ~35 million people living in 106 districts of the country and also the water needs of livestock, irrigation and industry. The studies on karst in India carried out so far have mostly addressed geology, hydrology and groundwater contamination. A literature survey suggests that there is a need for detailed research, applying new approaches and techniques for proper carbonate aquifer identification, characterization and management. Such specific approaches will improve modeling, exploitation and protection of karst groundwater. An overview of the research carried out on groundwater resources of karst formations in India is presented, which also throws light on the protection of karst aquifers from existing anthropogenic activities such as mining and groundwater over-exploitation.     

Nearshore Carbonate Dissolution in the Hawaiian Archipelago?

Inorganic carbon measurements made in the late 1980s suggest that alkalinity in the waters surrounding the Hawaiian Archipelago is elevated relative to the oligotrophic waters of the North Pacific. These observations have been interpreted as evidence for a “halo” of elevated carbonate saturation state produced by the dissolution of highly soluble magnesium calcites and aragonite on the island platform or in the water column surrounding the islands. If present, this “halo” has implications for air–sea carbon dioxide exchange in Hawaiian waters and may impact the response of coral reef communities to the acidification of the surface waters of the global ocean. The purpose of this study was to assess the magnitude and extent of the elevated calcium carbonate saturation state observed on previous expeditions to this region. Transects were conducted near several atolls in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands from shallow water adjacent to the forereef to the open ocean 15 km from the island. Hydrographic profiles were collected at each station, and discrete water samples were collected for the measurement of carbon system parameters necessary to compute calcium carbonate saturation state. Our data were compared with observations made at the Hawaii Ocean Time-series site at Station ALOHA and with hydrographic data collected on the WOCE lines in the North Pacific around the archipelago. We did not detect a carbonate dissolution halo around the islands. We conclude that the previously observed halo was probably an analytical artifact, or possibly a result of extreme variability in carbon chemistry surrounding the islands.     

塔中隆起碳酸盐岩叠合复合岩溶模式与油气勘探

塔里木盆地大型碳酸盐岩台地形成与构造演化过程中,发育了台缘礁、台内滩与深层白云岩等巨厚的碳酸盐岩建造,经过多期构造运动形成了种类繁多、规模巨大的岩溶缝洞系统,是台盆区海相碳酸盐岩油气勘探开发的重要领域.基于野外露头与井下地质、岩样分析、地球物理预测及岩溶地质刻画,静态特征与生产动态等多学科动静态一体化研究,阐明了洞穴、溶蚀孔洞、裂缝等储集空间发育特征及大型岩溶缝洞系统的形成机理;创建了与不整合暴露、断裂破碎相关的岩溶叠合复合发育模式;揭示了不整合面相关岩溶横向广泛分布、断层相关岩溶纵向局部拓展及其三维展布规律;提出叠合复合岩溶缝洞系统是油气复式成藏的关键,亦是复式油气聚集区立体勘探开发的基础,叠合复合岩溶模式的建立有效指导了塔中隆起碳酸盐岩凝析气田的重大发现与高效开发.      

Characterization of the physical and hydraulic properties of the sediment in karst aquifers of the Springfield Plateau,Central Missouri,USA

Physical and hydraulic properties of sediment from two karst aquifers were measured to determine (1) the similarity of sediment between karst aquifer systems and (2) the importance of sediment in modeling flow through karst aquifers. The sediment from the two systems was similar in size and composition. Within both aquifers, the silt-sized sediment was composed primarily of quartz, with minor amounts of plagioclase and clays. Hydraulic conductivity of the sediment measured directly (falling-head test) ranged from 1.61×10⁻⁷ to 1.33×10⁻⁶ m s^–1 and estimated using the Campbell equation ranged from 8.30×10⁻⁸ to 8.98×10⁻⁷ m s^–1. These values of hydraulic conductivity fall within the span of hydraulic conductivities for carbonate rocks, indicating that the sediment and carbonate matrix could be represented as one mathematical unit in modeling flow through karst aquifers. Statistical agreement in the hydraulic conductivity values generated by the two methods indicates that the estimation technique could be used to calculate hydraulic conductivities; thus allowing karst scientist to collect bulk sediment samples instead of having to collect cores from within karst aquifers. Electronic Publication     

融合生态学和提升岩溶水数值模拟技术的国际前沿研究

岩溶水由于其脆弱性和非均质性被认为是水文地质领域的重点研究方向。2015年6月在英国伯明翰大学举办的岩溶水国际会议吸引了世界上100多位长期从事岩溶水研究的学者参加,会议从岩溶地质、岩溶水模拟、特殊生态系统、岩溶环境以及水文地质技术方法五个方面进行研讨,提出了很多新认识。例如利用岩溶水模拟进行管道位置的预测;发展分布式混合水流模型已经成为岩溶水模拟的主流;开展岩溶含水层地下生物多样性的调查;注重岩溶环境的评价、科普和保护的衔接等。未来岩溶水研究的动向具有以下特征:（1）岩溶水的研究范畴将扩大到生态学领域;（2）岩溶水模拟的精度将得到显著提高;（3）与人类健康有关的岩溶环境得到更多的关注。为此建议中国地质调查项目跟上国际岩溶水研究的形势,提高地质调查成果的科技含量,尽快实现模型化,增强服务社会的功能。      

中国古生界海相地层油气勘探

影响中国古生界海相油气勘探并且需要加强研究的主要问题是:保存条件的认识与有利区预测;有效烃源岩与资源潜力;储层的复杂性及其对非构造圈闭的影响。保存条件分为三个层次:含油气盆地的保存、含油气系统的保存、油气藏的保存。塔里木、四川、鄂尔多斯三大克拉通盆地是中国古生界保存较好的盆地,是海相油气勘探的战略目标区,另外还有准噶尔、楚雄等盆地。盆地斜坡相泥岩及泥状灰岩是海相油气勘探的主要烃源;海陆过渡相烃源岩发育区是重要战略方向;陆表海碳酸盐岩烃源岩区是中小油气田勘探领域。从储层条件来说,下古生界应以非砂岩岩溶储层为主要勘探对象,溶蚀不整合面广泛发育,已发现的下古生界大中型油气田仅见于碳酸盐岩溶储层;上古生界以孔隙性碎屑岩及碳酸盐岩储层为主要勘探对象,晚古生代的构造一古地理演化为这两类储层的广泛发育提供了条件。     

碳酸盐岩早成岩岩溶作用及油气地质意义

碳酸盐岩早成岩岩溶作用可发育溶蚀孔洞或具有规模的溶洞,这对于认识我国塔里木盆地、四川盆地碳酸盐岩内幕岩溶区孔洞成因与分布具有重要参考价值。然而碳酸盐岩早成岩岩溶在我国现代岩溶发育较少,研究程度低。文章通过总结国外在碳酸盐岩早成岩岩溶形成机理及孔洞发育特征的研究成果,探讨早成岩岩溶的油气地质意义:（1）成岩早期碳酸盐岩胶结程度差,岩石疏松,孔隙度、渗透率极高,介质空间较均匀;（2）早成岩岩溶作用与海平面升降具有明显的关系,尤其海岛或滨岸地区的淡水-海水交互带,以混合水岩溶为特征的岩溶作用较强烈;（3）早成岩岩溶孔洞发育分布具有一定特点,岛屿岩溶以发育侧面边缘洞穴为特征,而滨海岩溶以发育混合带管道为特征;（4）孔洞的发育主要受淡水中CO2含量、水流通过混合过渡带的水动力及海平面变化速率控制;（5）早成岩岩溶为研究我国地质历史时期碳酸盐岩短期暴露岩溶作用提供借鉴,对其孔洞发育分布特征的认识,将促进碳酸盐岩内幕区孔洞型油气储层形成机理研究,指导内幕区孔洞储层分布预测和油气勘探。      

早成岩期喀斯特化研究新进展及意义

基于四川盆地多个层位的、不同岩相的碳酸盐岩具有差异岩溶特征的发现与思考,结合当今国外有关碳酸盐岩早成岩期喀斯特化研究进展的调研,进行了简单的梳理与归纳。(1)喀斯特物质基础可分为孔渗性较好的早成岩期岩石与致密的晚成岩期岩石2类。它们分别以基质粒间孔和裂缝作为岩溶水的输导介质,形成所谓的非受限管道与受限管道,从而控制了不同成岩期岩石的喀斯特形态特征,并强调不同成岩期碳酸盐岩孔渗性控制喀斯特缝洞发育模式。(2)重视不同地理环境对喀斯特化的影响,按地理环境可以分为岛屿、海岸型喀斯特和大陆型喀斯特2类:前者主要以与大气淡水透镜体相关的化学溶蚀为主,发育极具识别意义的侧翼边缘溶洞,但其影响是局部性的;后者以地表、地下河流的机械侵蚀为主,地下暗河沉积发育,其影响是区域性的。(3)重点关注目前国内涉及较少的早成岩期喀斯特的宏观与微观特征、判识标志以及溶蚀机理等研究成果。最后,结合四川盆地古生界多个层位类似早成岩期喀斯特的发现与识别,分析总结早成岩期喀斯特型储集层发育及分布特征,以期今后对类似喀斯特现象的发现、识别以及相关储集层的勘探提供参考与借鉴。     

碳酸盐岩溶洞型储集体地质建模的几个关键问题

与常规储层不同,碳酸盐岩溶洞型储层是一种由古岩溶作用形成的特殊储层,其发育特征复杂,非均质性极强,碎 屑岩储层建模中较为成熟的方法并不适用于该类储层。本文在分析现有研究成果的基础上,以塔河油田为例,讨论了溶洞 型储集体建模中的几个关键问题：以溶洞型储集体成因特征为前提实现地质约束,考虑建模软硬数据的相对性,进行多类 多尺度数据整合以及较完善的溶洞型储集体形态模拟方法;对溶洞型储集体建模研究中亟待发展的问题进行了展望,指出 表征溶洞型储集体复杂形态、配置关系及内部充填特征是下一步的研究方向;认为多点地质统计学方法在表征溶洞型储集 体复杂形态方面是可行的,根据溶洞型储集体充填程度及充填物类型进行属性表征有利于建立更准确的地质模型。     

Fragments of oceanic islands in accretion–collision areas of Gorny Altai and Salair, southern Siberia, Russia: early stages of continental crustal growth of the Siberian continent in Vendian–Early Cambrian time

The Altai-Salair area in southern Siberia is a Caledonian folded area containing fragments of Vendian–Early Cambrian island arcs. In the Vendian–Early Cambrian, an extended system of island arcs existed near the Paleo-Asian Ocean/Siberian continent boundary and was located in an open ocean realm. In the present-day structural pattern of southern Siberia, the fragments of Vendian–Early Cambrian ophiolites, island arcs and paleo-oceanic islands occur in the accretion–collision zones. We recognized that the accretion–collision zones were mainly composed of the rock units, which were formed within an island-arc system or were incorporated in it during the subduction of the Paleo-Asian Ocean under the island arc or the Siberian continent. This system consists of accretionary wedge, fore-arc basin, primitive island arc and normal island arc. The accretionary wedges contain the oceanic island fragments which consist of OIB basalts and siliceous—carbonate cover including top and slope facies sediments. Oceanic islands submerged into the subduction zone and, later were incorporated into an accretionary wedge. Collision of oceanic islands and island arcs in subduction zones resulted in reverse currents in the accretionary wedge and exhumation of high-pressure rocks. Our studies of the Gorny Altai and Salair accretionary wedges showed that the remnants of oceanic crust are mainly oceanic islands and ophiolites. Therefore, it is important to recognize paleo-islands in folded areas. The study of paleo- islands is important for understanding the evolution of accretionary wedges and exhumation of subducted high-pressure rocks.     

渤海湾盆地渤中凹陷西南环古生界沉积微相及其对岩溶储集层的控制作用*

渤海湾盆地渤中凹陷西南环古生界深埋碳酸盐岩潜山天然气获得重大突破,钻井资料揭示该地区碳酸盐岩岩溶储集层具有很强的非均质性。由于沉积相是岩溶储集层发育的主控因素之一,因此文中根据岩心和薄片资料、测井相、微量元素和古生物特征等多种手段综合分析沉积相特征。结果表明,研究区现存奥陶系纵向上表现为1个较为完整的海退— 海进序列,主要发育开阔台地和局限台地2种沉积亚相,并可进一步划分为台内滩、滩间、潮下带和潮间带4种沉积微相。台内滩和潮下带微相横向分布连续稳定,水动力条件强,形成的储集层早期溶孔发育,且这2种沉积环境里发育的碳酸盐岩较纯净,经后期风化淋滤形成的岩溶储集层厚度大、质量好,因此是有利的岩溶储集层发育相带。该研究明确了研究区台内滩及潮下带的发育特征,对下一步油气勘探具有一定的指导意义。     

Are carbonate barrier islands mobile? Insights from a mid to late-Holocene system,Al Ruwais,northern Qatar

Barrier islands are important landforms in many coastal systems around the globe. Studies of modern barrier island systems are mostly limited to those of siliciclastic realms, where the islands are recognized as mobile features that form on transgressive coastlines and migrate landward as sea-level rises. Barrier islands of the ‘Great Pearl Bank’ along the United Arab Emirates coast are the best-known carbonate examples. These Holocene islands, however, are interpreted to be anchored by older deposits and immobile. The mid-Holocene to late-Holocene depositional system at Al Ruwais, northern Qatar, provides an example of a mobile carbonate barrier island system, perhaps more similar to siliciclastic equivalents. Sedimentological and petrographic analyses, as well as ¹⁴C-dating of shells and biogenic remains from vibracored sediments and surface deposits, show that after 7000 years ago a barrier system with a narrow back-barrier lagoon formed along what is now an exposed coastal zone, while, contemporaneously, a laterally-extensive coral reef was forming immediately offshore. After 1400 years ago the barrier system was forced to step ca 3 km seaward in response to a sea-level fall of less than 2 m, where it re-established itself directly on the mid-Holocene reef. Since that time, the barrier has retreated landward as much as 1000 m to its current position, exposing previously-deposited back-barrier lagoonal sediment at the open-coast shoreline. In modern neritic warm-water carbonate settings mobile barrier island systems are rare. Their construction and migration may be inhibited by reef formation, early cementation, and the relative inefficiency of sourcing beach sediments from open carbonate shelves. Carbonate barrier island systems likely formed more commonly during geological periods when ramps and unrimmed shelves predominated and in calcite seas, when meteoric cementation was minimized as a result of initial calcitic allochem mineralogy. As with their siliciclastic analogues, however, recognition of the influence of these transient landforms in the rock record is challenging.     

海平面周期性升降变化与岩溶洞穴层序次关系探讨

层序地层学理论为全球或跨地区的等时地层对比提供了理论和技术方法,它对洞穴层的跨地区对比及序次分析同样适用。从洞穴层的发育期总是与水平面稳定期对应关系出发,通过水平面周期性升降变化与岩溶洞穴层序次关系研究,探索层序地层学与岩溶学交叉学科研究领域中的一些基本问题。认为同一个水平面稳定期发育的所有水平洞穴可形成一个跨地区对比的洞穴层,岩溶旋回应包括侵蚀基准面上升和下降两种旋回,在海平面的间歇性上升(或下降)过程中可以发育多个水平洞穴层及下老上新(或上老下新)的洞穴层序列。在总结前人研究成果及美国YATE油田、四川峨眉山剖面、塔河油田实例分析基础上,概括了3种受海平面间歇性上升(或下降)变化控制的洞穴层序次模式,包括层序地层内部同生期岩溶形成的下老上新的洞穴层序次,以及碳酸盐岩陆块近地表风华壳岩溶形成的上老下新和下老上新的洞穴层序列。利用塔河油田早海西期古岩溶地质条件、洞穴充填结构等直接和间接证据,求证该洞穴系统的洞穴层序次,指出该特大洞穴系统为晚泥盆-早石炭世海平面间歇性上升过程中形成的下老上新的洞穴层序列,并由此推测塔里木盆地早海西期大规模岩溶的时代。指出利用水平洞穴层同时期形成的沉积地层等地质体可以确定洞穴层的形成年代,预测洞穴的发育分布。     

川北元坝地区茅口组顶面古地貌恢复与岩溶发育特征

川北元坝地区茅口组碳酸盐岩岩溶储层发育,但该套储层非均质性强,储层预测有较大困难,需要进一步恢复岩溶古地貌、古水系,从而掌握储层分布规律,指导下一步油气勘探开发。文章选用残厚法恢复了元坝地区茅口组顶面岩溶古地貌,并结合现代岩溶学和岩溶动力学理论,划分了岩溶台地、岩溶缓坡地、岩溶平原和岩溶盆地4类二级地貌单元。应用现代岩溶分类方法,根据微地貌组合形态,划分了6类三级地貌单元,并对古水系进行了刻画。分析认为元坝地区茅口组顶面岩溶古地貌属岩溶地貌形成演化的初期阶段,不同地貌位置岩溶发育有较大差异,岩溶缓坡地属地下水径流区,水动力条件最强,孔洞最发育,是下一步储层勘探方向。      

重庆涪陵页岩气勘查开发区岩溶水文地质结构研究

通过对页岩气勘查开发区碳酸盐岩分布特征、岩溶发育规律及岩溶水的赋存与动力循环过程展开研究,采用系统分析法,归纳出平缓单斜型单层、背斜褶曲型多层、向斜褶曲型单层和断裂型四种岩溶水文地质结构,其中平缓单斜型单层和背斜褶曲型多层水文地质结构区岩溶介质类型主要为管道-裂隙型,地下水径流畅通,易导致岩溶水污染。