Stratigraphic and regional distribution of fractures in Barremian–Aptian carbonate rocks of Eastern Oman: outcrop data and their extrapolation to Interior Oman hydrocarbon reservoirs

The carbonates of the Barremian to Aptian Qishn Formation are outcrop equivalents to major hydrocarbon reservoirs in the Middle East and in Oman specifically. The rocks are exposed in the Haushi–Huqf area of eastern Oman where they are affected by pervasive jointing and localized folding and faulting. Information gathered in the Huqf outcrops can be used to formulate predictions on fracture patterns in adjacent reservoirs. Systematic joints are confined to few meters-thick intervals of widely differing lithologies, which can be correlated over hundreds of square kilometers. Over the entire area, systematic joints are typically more than tens of meters long, have spacings of 4–18 cm and homogeneous morphologies. These joints are interpreted to be of Late Aptian age. The dominant set of joints strikes consistently NW–SE and developed parallel to the causative maximum horizontal compression S_H. The direction of compression is at an high angle to the two major tectonic domains of the region, the subsiding Oman Interior basins and the elevated Haushi-Huqf High. NW–SE compression is proposed to have caused crustal/lithospheric buckling and thereby to have controlled Jurassic to Early Tertiary patterns of vertical movements. In such a scenario, the direction of compression is predicted to be constant over the entire domain. It is thus expected that Qishn carbonates in the subsiding Oman Interior basins also experienced NW–SE compression and developed systematic joints similar to those observed in the Huqf region. In the Neogene, with the establishment of the Zagros stress field, the maximum horizontal compression became roughly N–S, thereby possibly leading to the closure of pre-existing joint systems.     

Coastal pollution hazards in southern California observed by SAR imagery: stormwater plumes, wastewater plumes, and natural hydrocarbon seeps

Stormwater runoff plumes, municipal wastewater plumes, and natural hydrocarbon seeps are important pollution hazards for the heavily populated Southern California Bight (SCB). Due to their small size, dynamic and episodic nature, these hazards are difficult to sample adequately using traditional in situ oceanographic methods. Complex coastal circulation and persistent cloud cover can further complicate detection and monitoring of these hazards. We use imagery from space-borne synthetic aperture radar (SAR), complemented by field measurements, to examine these hazards in the SCB. The hazards are detectable in SAR imagery because they deposit surfactants on the sea surface, smoothing capillary and small gravity waves to produce areas of reduced backscatter compared with the surrounding ocean. We suggest that high-resolution SAR, which obtains useful data regardless of darkness or cloud cover, could be an important observational tool for assessment and monitoring of coastal marine pollution hazards in the SCB and other urbanized coastal regions.     

松辽盆地朝阳沟阶地扶余-杨大城子油层油源分析与油气运移模式

基于生物标志化合物参数,系统对比分析了朝阳沟阶地扶余-杨大城子油层原油与三肇凹陷及朝阳沟阶地青山口组-段源岩的关系,表明朝阳沟阶地扶余油层有两个主要油源,即三肇凹陷青-段源岩与朝阳沟本地区青-段源岩,且两者对扶余油层的贡献量可能基本相同.朝阳沟地区杨大城子油层原油与三肇凹陷青-段源岩有密切的亲缘关系,与朝阳沟青-段源岩亲缘关系不明显.这与朝阳沟阶地源岩超压值相对较小、导致油气下排距离浅、进入杨大城子油层的油气量较小相符.在油源对比的基础上,结合断裂和砂体分布等各种地质条件,将朝阳沟阶地油气运移模式分为远源长距离侧向运移和近源短距离侧向运移两种类型.     

油气田开发中油气藏地质成因分析

本文从油气藏地质成因分析的基础资料入手,总结该项研究的主要内容包括:构造、储层和油气水分布特征等3方面.结合自身科研实践,认为油气藏地质成因分析方法主要包括:野外露头和现代沉积考察、岩心观察描述、显微镜下薄片观察鉴定、地球物理解释预测、地质统计学分析、分析测试、各种物理模拟和数值模拟、油气藏动态监测和生产动态等,并阐述了不同研究方法的优缺点.目前油气藏地质成因分析存在的主要问题包括:对油气藏地质成因分析重视程度不够、研究方法偏定性、地质成因分析和油气藏表征结合不紧密、油气藏表征精度制约了地质成因分析的准确度、油气藏地质成因分析综合性不强、特殊类型油气藏地质成因分析还存在诸多难题等.本文指出了该研究未来发展方向.主要包括:依靠油气藏地质成因分析解决油气田开发中的难题、通过各种模拟方法提高油气藏地质成因分析定量化水平、加强地质成因分析以提高油气藏表征水平、利用油气藏表征促进地质成因分析进步、拓展油气藏地质成因分析在油气田开发中应用的领域、特殊类型油气藏地质成因分析等.     

富火山物质烃源岩评价方法——以北疆石炭系为例

正新疆北部石炭系发育一套巨厚的混杂有火山物质的烃源岩。有机质丰度以及类型等指标显示具有作为烃源岩的潜力。笔者综合运用薄片等分析资料将其划分为凝灰岩、沉凝灰岩、凝灰质泥岩、含碳质泥岩,并分类研究了其地球化学特征。针对富火山物质烃源岩成熟度高、有机质丰度低的特点,首次运用生烃模拟实验结合数值模拟开展其有机碳含量恢复,建立了不同火山物质含量烃源岩有机     

春风油田石炭系火山岩油气层综合判识研究

火山岩油气藏是一种特殊类型油气藏,受岩性、岩相、储集空间类型等因素影响较大。常规测井仅能对储层进行评价,录井仅能对岩性及油气显示进行评价。利用测录井资料无法快速判识油气层现状,制约了现场完井方式及试油方案的及时决策,并影响钻井周期、成本及对区块的潜力评价。通过岩心描述、镜下薄片储集空间及含油性观察,结合测井解释和试油结果,总结了春风油田石炭系火山岩油藏岩石类型及含油性特征;火山岩储集空间类型、影响因素、识别方法及物性有效性;孔隙、裂缝等储集空间有效性电性识别方法;建立了春风油田石炭系油气层综合判识准则。本次研究可快速对该区石炭系完钻探井进行油气层综合判识,指导现场完井方式决策,提高勘探效益。     

特殊测井在准南地区乌鲁木齐一带芦草沟组页岩油气层评价中运用

以地表地质调查成果为基础,以钻探、地质综合录井、核磁共振测井、电成像测井、正交多极子阵列声波等测井方法为手段,以岩石学特征、储层物性、储集空间类型和储集性能研究为重点,开展准南冲段带东段乌鲁木齐一带二叠系芦草沟组页岩油气评价。研究结果表明:该区带芦草沟组页岩含油气7层,其中优质含油层2层(64和66层);页岩储层矿物成分以高脆性矿物为主,物性特征表现为天然高导裂缝发育和低孔特低渗;油气藏表现为具中等含油饱和度的典型裂缝型油气藏特征。页岩储层各向异性较强,总体最大水平主应力为NWW向。     

晋东南山西组主煤层热演化生烃史及热源分析

以晋城矿区山西组主煤层为代表,利用时间-温度指示法、有机质变质程度法、挥发分产率法对该煤层煤化作用历史进行了定量分析,指出其埋藏历史经历了4个发展阶段:(1)P₁-T₃的快速沉降阶段,平均沉降速度达94m/Ma;(2)J₁的逐渐抬升阶段,抬升幅度大于750m;(3)J₂的缓慢沉降阶段,平均沉降速率为10m/Ma;(4)J₃-现代的再次回返阶段。主煤层热演化主要发生在埋藏历史的第1阶段和第4阶段的J₃-K时期,前者为深成变质作用,主要生成湿气且难于保存;后者为异常高热古地温场所致,促使主煤层出现二次生烃作用,为裂解气阶段,主要生成干气,易于保存。最后指出晚中生代异常高温古地温场是由于上地幔顶界面隆起、地壳变薄、岩浆作用加剧、热流值增高所致。而上地幔顶界面的隆起则与幔柱构造中的热幔柱上涌辐射有关。     

基于同步挤压小波变换的烃类识别技术

利用频谱分解得到的频率能量数据体进行属性提取,是烃类检测的常用手段之一.同步挤压小波变换能够提供高分辨率的时频谱,具有较好的应用潜力.本文以同步挤压小波变换为基础,提出了一套烃类检测方法,包括低频阴影检测、流体流动性估计以及高频能量衰减等,通过自适应选取优势频段,实现了多属性联合高精度刻画烃类的分布范围.实际资料处理结果与现有钻井情况吻合,具有较好的实用性,实现了对储层位置的高精度描述,对指导油气田开发具有重要的理论意义和实用价值.     

文莱-沙巴盆地深水褶皱冲断带构造变形特征及成因机制

为揭示活动陆缘深水褶皱冲断带的特征及成因,本文利用地震和区域地质资料的综合分析,系统阐述了文莱—沙巴盆地深水褶皱冲断带的构造变形特征,并结合盆地演化动力学特点,探讨其构造变形机制及其对深水区油气成藏的影响.研究结果表明,文莱—沙巴盆地深水褶皱冲断带具有"垂向分期、平面分段"的特点,垂向上,以中中新统底界面为界可划分为下部（始新世-早中新世）和上部（中中新世-现今）两套逆冲褶皱冲断体系,其中下部逆冲褶皱冲断带的形成与古南海的俯冲作用密切相关,上部逆冲褶皱冲断带是中中新世以来三角洲前缘重力滑动与苏禄海扩张造成的区域挤压应力远程效应共同作用的结果,且苏禄海扩张造成的远程挤压效应主控平面上南北段褶皱冲断带变形的差异性,导致北段褶皱变形强度大于南段,具有背斜褶皱数量多、褶皱间距离短、逆冲断层倾角陡的特点,南段反之;且晚上新世以来北段深水区地层缩短量大于陆架区伸展量,两者之差为2~6 km,而南段两者相当,仅受三角洲前缘重力滑动影响.整个褶皱冲断带发育断弯、断展、断滑褶皱等3种断层相关褶皱以及叠瓦扇和冲起构造2种逆冲构造组合,是多期NW向挤压应力作用下形成的大型逆冲推覆构造,以前展式向盆地扩展.此外,由于中中新世以来逆冲断层的持续活动,研究区深水褶皱冲断带发育众多构造圈闭,油气成藏条件优越,且南段优于北段,靠近陆坡的近端优于远端,可作为勘探部署重点.