Gas generation and expulsion characteristics of Middle–Upper Triassic source rocks,eastern Kuqa Depression,Tarim Basin,China: implications for shale gas resource potential

Frontier exploration in the Kuqa Depression, western China, has identified the continuous tight-sand gas accumulation in the Lower Cretaceous and Lower Jurassic as a major unconventional gas pool. However, assessment of the shale gas resource in the Kuqa Depression is new. The shale succession in the Middle–Upper Triassic comprises the Taliqike Formation (T₃t), the Huangshanjie Formation (T₃h) and the middle–upper Karamay Formation (T_2–3k), with an average accumulated thickness of 260 m. The high-quality shale is dominated by type III kerogen with high maturity and an average original total organic carbon (TOC) of about 2.68 wt%. An improved hydrocarbon generation and expulsion model was applied to this self-contained source–reservoir system to reveal the gas generation and expulsion (intensity, efficiency and volume) characteristics of Middle–Upper Triassic source rocks. The maximum volume of shale gas in the source rocks was obtained by determining the difference between generation and expulsion volumes. The results indicate that source rocks reached the hydrocarbon expulsion threshold of 1.1% VR and the hydrocarbon generation and expulsion reached their peak at 1.0% VR and 1.28% VR, with the maximum rate of 56 mg HC/0.1% TOC and 62.8 mg HC/0.1% TOC, respectively. The volumes of gas generation and expulsion from Middle–Upper Triassic source rocks were 12.02 × 10¹² m³ and 5.98 × 10¹² m³, respectively, with the residual volume of 6.04 × 10¹² m³, giving an average gas expulsion efficiency of 44.38% and retention efficiency of 55.62%. Based on the gas generation and expulsion characteristics, the predicted shale gas potential volume is 6.04 × 10¹² m³, indicating a significant shale gas resource in the Middle–Upper Triassic in the eastern Kuqa Depression.     

松辽盆地中央坳陷南部下白垩统泉头组四段沉积相

松辽盆地中央坳陷南部下白垩统泉头组四段沉积时期,松辽盆地地形平缓,基底沉降缓慢,在湖平面整体扩张及浅水背景下河流入湖成三角洲沉积。通过岩心观察、相标志与测井相研究,该区储层主要为岩屑长石砂岩和长石岩屑砂岩,识别出三角洲平原、三角洲前缘、前角洲3种亚相,以及分支河道、天然堤、决口扇、分支河道间湾、水下分支河道、水下决口扇、河口坝、远沙坝、水下分支河道间湾9种微相三角洲平原、三角洲前缘广泛发育,前三角洲不发育。三角洲平原分支河道通过填积和频繁的分叉改道,向湖盆中心方向长距离推进,在三角前缘的浅水区域发育了大量水下分支河道,分支河道与水下分支河道砂体相互切割、叠加,形成了平均宽度200~600 m、平均厚度3~8 m的道单砂体,（水下）分支河道砂体构成了油气富集的主要储集体。该区沉积相的精细研究,为进一步调整开发井网奠定了基础。     

Geochemical characteristics and genetic types of crude oils from Qinjiatun and Qikeshu oilfields in the Lishu Fault Depression,Songliao Basin,northeastern China

The Qinjiatun and Qikeshu oilfields are new Mesozoic petroleum exploration targets in Lishu Fault Depression of Songliao Basin, northeastern China. Currently, researches on geochemistry of crude oils from Qinjiatun and Qikeshu oilfields have not been performed and the genesis of oils is still uncertain. Based on bulk analyses, the crude oils in the Qinjiatun and Qikeshu oilfields of Lishu Fault Depression from the Lower Cretaceous can be classified as three types. TypeⅠoils, from Quantou and Denglouku formations of Qikeshu oilfield, are characterized by high C24tetracyclic terpane/C26tricyclic terpanes ratios, low gammacerance/C30hopane ratios, tricyclic terpanes/hopanes ratios, C29Ts/C29norhopane ratios and 17α(H)-diahopane/17α(H)-hopane ratios, indicating a brackish lacustrine facies. TypeⅡoils, from Shahezi Formation of Qikeshu oilfield show low C24tetracyclic terpane/C26tricyclic terpanes, high gammacerance/C30hopane ratios, tricyclic terpanes/hopanes ratios, C29Ts/C29 norhopane and C30diahopane/C30hopane ratios, thus suggesting that they originated from source rocks deposited in a weak reducing brackish lacustrine environment, or clay-rich sediments. Type oilsⅢ, from some wells of Qikeshu oilfield have geochemical characteristics intermediate between those two types and may be mixture of typeⅠand Ⅱoils.     

南阳凹陷原油含氮化合物组成及其控制因素

原油的含氮化合物总量及其组成特征不仅受原油运移距离影响,而且还受成油母质类型和成熟度影响.对南阳凹陷27个原油含氮化合物的研究表明,其油气运移指向的规律性不强,原因主要是由于原油运移距离较短,地质色层效应不明显.魏岗南部和北部原油的成熟度差异较大,但含氮化合物组成特征总体上非常相似,表明南阳凹陷原油的含氮化合物总量及其组成主要受控于成油母质类型.     

东营凹陷牛38井沙三段高分辨率旋回地层研究

自然伽玛测井资料取自山东省东营市胜利油田的牛38井。该井的沙河街组划分为四个段,其中沙三段依据含艾氏鱼群组合的鲱科化石和沉积物旋回堆积速率(AR)等研究,可与北美始新统绿河组进行对比。根据上世纪90年代沙三段古地磁研究结果,井深3263m处C18n.1n/C18n.1r界线调整为38.975MaBP。通过频谱分析和数字滤波计算,得出了沙三段几个界线的年龄值,其中,在沙三下、中亚段界线算出的36.9MaBP,岁差旋回幅度有明显变化,这一变化与Palike(Palikeetal.,2001)在ODP71线1052孔中发现的类似图像(36.7Ma)可比较。     

高分辨率层序地层学在泌阳凹陷碱矿勘查中的应用

文章根据泌阳凹陷钻井、地球物理测井、三维地震方面的资料分析,通过地震资料解译、层位综合标定、层位和断层精细解释、速度场建立、构造图制作,构建了泌阳凹陷高分辨率层序地层格架。将泌阳凹陷核一段至核三上段划分为3个长期、7个中期基准面旋回。含碱岩系主要分布于核桃园组中,与层序单元具有很好的对应关系,典型界面的地层切片和沉积体系识别显示,泌阳凹陷自核一段至廖庄组安棚次凹一直发育,到核三段逐渐萎缩;确定了核桃园组含碱岩系地层主要位于凹陷东南部深凹区的分布区域,可以指导钻井的部署。     

Diagenetic fluid evolution and water-rock interaction model of carbonate cements in sandstone: An example from the reservoir sandstone of the Fourth Member of the Xujiahe Formation of the Xiaoquan-Fenggu area,Sichuan Province,China

Carbonate cement is the most abundant cement type in the Fourth Member of the Xujiahe Formation in the Xiaoquan-Fenggu area of the West Sichuan Depression. Here we use a systematic analysis of carbonate cement petrology, mineralogy, carbon and oxygen isotope ratios and enclosure homogenization temperatures to study the precipitation mechanism, pore fluid evolution, and distribution of different types of carbonate cement in reservoir sand in the study area. Crystalline calcite has relatively heavy carbon and oxygen isotope ratios(δ13C = 2.14‰, δ18O = -5.77‰), and was precipitated early. It was precipitated directly from supersaturated alkaline fluid under normal temperature and pressure conditions. At the time of precipitation, the fluid oxygen isotope ratio was very light, mainly showing the characteristics of a mixed meteoric water-seawater fluid(δ18O = -3‰), which shows that the fluid during precipitation was influenced by both meteoric water and seawater. The calcite cement that fills in the secondary pores has relatively lighter carbon and oxygen isotope ratios(δ13C = -2.36‰, δ18O = -15.68‰). This cement was precipitated late, mainly during the Middle and Late Jurassic. An important material source for this carbonate cement was the feldspar corrosion process that involved organic matter. The Ca2+, Fe3+ and Mg2+ ions released by the clay mineral transformation process were also important source materials. Because of water-rock interactions during the burial process, the oxygen isotope ratio of the fluid significantly increased during precipitation, by about 3‰. The dolomite cements in calcarenaceous sandstone that was precipitated during the Middle Jurassic have heavier carbon and oxygen isotope ratios, which are similar to those of carbonate debris in the sandstone(δ13C = 1.93‰, δ18O = -6.11‰), demonstrating that the two are from the same source that had a heavier oxygen isotope ratio(δ18O of about 2.2‰). The differences in fluid oxygen isotope ratios during cement precipitation reflect the influences of different water-rock interaction systems or different water-rock interaction strengths. This is the main reason why the sandstone containing many rigid particles(lithic quartz sandstone) has a relatively negative carbon isotope ratio and why the precipitation fluid in calcarenaceous sandstone has a relatively heavier oxygen isotope ratio.     

东营凹陷油气运聚古地下水动力场剖面数值模拟

本文对东营凹陷油气运聚古地下水动力场剖面数学模型的建立、古水文地质参数的再造、模拟初始值的恢复进行了阐述。在此基础上,进行了东营凹陷油气运聚古地下水动力场剖面数值模拟。模拟结果与已知油田的分布具有较好的一致性。推断的东营凹陷油气聚集有利地段,可以作东营凹陷油气田进一步勘探开发的依据。     

东营凹陷沙河街组碳酸盐胶结物成因机制

正碳酸盐矿物是砂岩储层中主要的成岩产物之一。碳酸盐胶结物较为活跃,其溶蚀及沉淀广泛发育于砂岩储层内。碳酸盐的溶蚀及沉淀是砂岩储层改造的重要成因之一。明确碳酸盐胶结物的成因机制对预测深部储层具有重要的意义。本次研究,采用铸体薄片及扫描电镜观察,明确碳酸盐胶结物的产状。对不同产状碳酸盐胶结物的分布、     

山东车镇凹陷东部古近系沙河街组成岩作用

车镇凹陷沙河街组的沉积体系受控于盆地内的构造、物源供给以及沉积时的气候环境。以岩石学特征为基础，描述了成岩过程中压实与压溶作用、胶结作用、溶解作用与次生孔隙的特征，以及次生孔隙带在本区的分布。论述了碳酸盐胶结物与粘土矿物胶结作用的特点。粘土矿物蒙脱石-伊利石转变具有明显的渐变与突变交替的演化程式，其演化经历了蒙脱石带、渐变带、迅速转化带和伊利石带以及蒙脱石向伊利石的转变带。沙河街组的成岩作用划分为早期成岩阶段（A期、B期）和晚期成岩阶段（A期、B期、C期），并提出了成岩阶段的划分标志。