Simulated distribution and ecotoxicity-based assessment of chemically-dispersed oil in Tokyo Bay

To assess risks of chemically-dispersed oil to marine organisms, oil concentrations in the water were simulated using a hypothetical spill accident in Tokyo Bay. Simulated oil concentrations were then compared with the short-term no-observed effect concentration (NOEC), 0.01 mg/L, obtained through toxicity tests using marine diatoms, amphipod and fish. Area of oil concentrations higher than the NOEC were compared with respect to use and non-use of dispersant. Results of the simulation show relatively faster dispersion near the mouth of the bay compared to its inner sections which is basically related to its stronger water currents. Interestingly, in the inner bay, a large area of chemically-dispersed oil has concentrations higher than the NOEC. It seems emulsifying oil by dispersant increases oil concentrations, which could lead to higher toxicity to aquatic organisms. When stronger winds occur, however, the difference in toxic areas between use and non-use of dispersant is quite small.     

Structure of residual oil as a function of wettability using pore-network modelling

In the water flooding of mixed-wet porous media, oil may drain down to relatively low residual oil saturations (S_or). Various studies have indicated that such low saturations can only be reached when oil layers in pore corners are included in the pore-scale modelling. These processes within a macroscopic porous medium can be modelled at the pore-scale by incorporating the fundamental physics of capillary dominated displacement within idealised pore network models. Recently, the authors have developed thermodynamic criteria for oil layer existence in pores with non-uniform wettability which takes as input geometrically and topologically representative networks, to calculate realistic S_or values for mixed-wet and oil-wet sandstones [16, 21]. This previous work is developed in this paper to include (i) the visualisation of the 3D structure of this residual oil, and (ii) a statistical analysis of this “residual/remaining” oil. Both the visualisation and the statistical analysis are done under a wide range of wettability conditions, which is reported for the first time in this paper.The structure of residual oil for strongly water wet systems is well known (where residual = remaining oil) and our model agrees with this but this structure changes radically for mixed wet systems (where residual ≠ remaining) and this has not yet been visualised experimentally. We find that for more water-wet systems high final residual oil saturations are reached at relatively small amounts of water injected and this oil is present in the pores as bulk oil. On the other hand, for more oil-wet systems we find a slow decrease of the amount of remaining oil with increasing amounts of injected water. During the process, the remaining connectivity of the oil phase is increasingly provided by oil layers only, hence the slow drainage. The final residual oil saturation, only reached in the theoretical limit of an infinite amount of injected water, is almost entirely contained in large number of (relatively low volume) oil layers, which are present in pores of most radius sizes.     

Crude-oil hydrocarbon composition characteristics and oil viscosity prediction in the northern Songliao Basin

Crude oil hydrocarbon composition characteristics and oil viscosity prediction are important bases in petroleum exploration.A total of 54 oil/heavy-oil samples and 17 oil sands were analyzed and quantified using both comprehensive 2D gas chromatography(GC×GC)and comprehensive 2D gas chromatography/time-of-flight mass spectrometry(GC×GC/TOFMS).The results show that crude oil in the West slope is mainly heavy oil and its hydrocarbon composition is characterized overall by paraffinsmono-aromaticsnaphthenesnon-hydrocarbonsdi-aromaticstri-aromaticstetra-aromatics.Aromatics are most abundant and non-hydrocarbons are least abundant,whilst content differences among paraffins,naphthenes,aromatics,and non-hydrocarbons are less than 15%.There are two types of heavy oil,secondary type and mixing type.Biodegradation is the main formation mechanism of heavy oil.Biodegradation levels cover light biodegradation,moderate biodegradation,and severe biodegradation.With increasing biodegradation,paraffin content decreases while contents of aromatics and nonhydrocarbons increase.In contrast,naphthene content increases first and then decreases with increasing biodegradation.In severe biodegradation stage,naphthenes decrease more quickly than aromatics and non-hydrocarbons.This provides a new method for studying oil/heavy-oil biodegradation mechanism and biodegradation resistance of different hydrocarbons at different biodegradation stages.In the Longhupao-Daan terrace and Qijia-Gulong depression,most crude oil is conventional oil.Its composition is dominated by paraffins with the lowest content of aromatics.In some casual oil wells from the Longhupao-Daan terrace,crude oil from Saertu oil reservoirs is moderately biodegraded whereas crude oil from Putaohua oil reservoir is lightly biodegraded.Chemical parameters using saturate hydrocarbons and aromatics are usually not suitable for determining organic type and thermal maturity of biodegraded oil,especially of moderately or severely biodegraded oil,whilst Ts/(Ts+Tm)ratio can be used to determine thermal maturity of both conventional crude oil and heavy oil.     

Geochemical evolution during the cracking of crude oil into gas under different pressure systems

Two comparative simulation experiments(a normal atmospheric-pressure opening system and a 20 MPa closed system)were conducted to study the geochemical evolution of n-alkane,sterane,and terpane biomarkers in the process of oil cracking into gas under different pressures.With an initial experimental temperature set at 300°C,the temperature was increased to 650°C at a heating rate of 30°C/h.The products were tested every 50°C starting at 300°C,and a pressure of 20 MPa was achieved using a water column.The low-maturity crude oil sample was from the Paleogene system in the Dongying sag in eastern China.The threshold temperature obtained for the primary oil cracking process in both pressure systems was 450°C.Before the oil was cracked into gas,some components,including macromolecular n-alkanes,were cracked into medium-or small-sized n-alkanes.The secondary oil cracking of heavy hydrocarbon gases of C2–5to methane mainly occurred between 550°C to 650°C,and the parameters Ln(C1/C2)and Ln(C1/C3),as well as the dry coefficients,increased.Overpressure inhibited the oil cracking process.In the 20 MPa system,the oil conversion rate decreased,the temperature threshold for gas generation rose,and oil cracking was inhibited.Compared with the normal pressure system,high-carbon n-alkanes and other compounds in the 20 MPa pressure system were reserved.Furthermore,the parameters∑C21-/∑22+,Ln(C1/C2),and Ln(C1/C3),as well as the dry coefficients,decreased within the main temperature range.During secondary oil cracking(550°C to 600°C),the Ph/nC18and Pr/nC17decreased.High pressure influenced the evolution of the biomarkers Ts and Tm,C31homohopane,C29sterane,and their related maturity parameters to different extents during oil cracking under different temperature ranges.     

基于流固耦合的围岩后注浆对大型水封石油洞库水封性影响分析

基于多孔弹性连续介质流固耦合理论,通过合理选取围岩主要物理力学参数,建立了大型石油储备地下水封洞库全断面开挖后洞室涌水量计算模型,利用大型商业软件Comsol对黄岛国家石油储备地下水封洞库地下水渗流场和位移场进行数值模拟分析。通过不同注浆方案及不同注浆厚度情况下地下水渗流量的比较分析发现,并不是注浆圈的厚度越大对洞室渗水量的控制效果越好,而是存在相对经济合理的阈值。研究表明,最佳的注浆方式是形成全断面闭合注浆圈,最佳注浆厚度为5 m。     

总氮对土物理力学性能影响的试验研究

通过室内试验,考察了去离子水及不同浓度总氮溶液对土体物理力学性能的影响,并通过土体矿物成分含量及微观形貌分析,对总氮溶液与土体作用机制进行了初步探讨。结果表明,总氮对土体物理力学性能影响明显：（1）土体塑性指数、相对密度和有效黏聚力随总氮溶液浓度增大而减小,有效内摩擦角随溶液浓度的增大而增大;（2）各浸泡条件下,土体应力-应变关系曲线变化规律基本一致,均呈应变硬化现象,土体剪切峰值随总氮溶液浓度的增大先减小后增大;（3）孔隙水压力随轴向应变的增加先增加,然后缓慢降低,最后曲线逐渐趋于水平,表现出较大的剪胀性;（4）总氮溶液与土体间相互作用主要包括离子交换作用、微生物分解作用和溶蚀及胶结作用,这些作用通过改变土体的矿物成分含量,使其微观形貌及孔隙特征发生明显变化,最终导致土体的宏观力学特性改变。     

松辽盆地三肇凹陷多边形断层系的油气成藏意义

松辽盆地三肇凹陷白垩系中发育了大量规模不等的断层,一般认为大断层是油气运移的重要通道,对小断层研究较少。小断层在平面上相互交织形成多边形的形态,还具有平面延伸长度小、断距小、倾角大的特征,综合分析认为这些小断层为多边形断层系。三肇凹陷多边形断层系发育广泛,平面上遍布整个凹陷,垂向上在扶杨油层和葡萄花油层中均有发育。研究表明多边形断层系有着重要的油气成藏意义：多边形断层系是扶杨油层的主要运移通道,控制着油层的分布,广泛发育的多边形断层系是扶杨油层平面连片的主要原因;大断层和多边形断层系均是葡萄花油层的运移通道,其中多边形断层系在葡萄花油层的油气运移过程中起分流作用,对葡萄花油层的分布有一定的影响作用。     

明格布拉克油田超压流体封存箱特征

费尔干纳盆地明格布拉克油田属于超深层油气藏,油气层普遍存在超压异常,压力系数可达2.0以上,地层发育盐岩、膏盐层,低孔隙储层中裂缝发育,油田的这些特征与流体封存箱的形成和存在有很大关系。通过研究认为,不均衡压实及构造挤压环境是新近系地层形成超压的宏观成因机制,而发育岩盐层且累积厚度达到了200 m以上是现今油田保存超压的重要条件;古近系及新近系下部地层中存在两个超压流体封存箱,上部封存箱的地层压力系数略大于下部封存箱,上、下超压封存箱内流体性质存在较大的差异,是两个相对独立的成藏系统。上部封存箱又被2个岩盐封隔层分隔为3个次一级的、呈阶梯式的超压箱。封存箱内的超压、微裂缝以及岩盐层是钻探过程中发生井涌、井漏及卡钻等钻井事故的主要原因;除已发现的下部封存箱和上Ⅲ次级封存箱油气藏外,上Ⅱ次级封存箱的底部具有一定的勘探潜力;超深层的高密度原油与超压流体封存箱的存在有关,封存箱内的超高压使油气藏储层裂缝处于开启状态,有利于形成高产油气流,但同时也易于早期见水。     

尺度政治视角下的地缘能源安全评价方法及应用

通过引入政治地理学的尺度政治、国际关系学的安全理论和能源安全理论,考虑到能源争夺中的尺度转换、地缘环境中的地缘关系和地缘结构以及安全的三个属性等因素,重新构建了地缘能源安全评价模型,并基于此模型对1995-2010 年俄罗斯太平洋石油管道建设中的中国地缘石油能源安全进行了定量评价。结果表明：① 从时间上来看,中国在俄罗斯太平洋石油管道建设中的地缘石油安全指数不断攀升,中国在此石油能源尺度政治争夺中越来越处于不利地位,考虑到今后韩国、美国等国家的参与,竞争将更加激烈;② 从地缘关系上看,中日两国能源竞争指数趋于减少,但是两国从俄罗斯进口能源竞争加剧;③ 俄罗斯能源出口战略长期以来一直偏重欧洲,但是已经出现转向的趋势,其能源出口战略指数已显著下降;④ 中国石油消费的比重稳定和中俄之间友好关系在一定程度上缓解了中国地缘石油能源安全;⑤ 从地缘结构上来看,中国经济增长带动下的整体综合国力的增强,将会加剧东北亚地区的地缘石油竞争。     

中国石油资源空间流动的驱动机制分析

采用重心分析方法、指示克里金内插方法和空间相关系数,探讨了中国石油资源空间流动的驱动机制,结果表明：① 多数年份内,汇地系统重心演变受经济发展的影响更大;而2003 年以后经济重心对源地系统重心的影响也在逐渐加强。② 从源地系统空间相关分析来看,石油生产-进口量的区域差异,决定了源地系统与国内油田和国内油田-石油进口港（口岸） 的空间相关程度;而石油流动要素的空间分布及演变,对空间相关系数的数值变化产生一定影响,这使得源地系统在1985 和1995 年主要由单一国内油田驱动机制所决定,在1999、2003 和2009 年则由国内油田-进口石油港（口岸）的双重驱动机制所决定。③ 对汇地系统来说,国内炼厂的资源需求是汇地系统空间格局演变的重要驱动力。