The Hormuz Strait Dam Macroproject—21st Century Electricity Development Infrastructure Node (EDIN)?

ABSTRACT

Ocean gulfs offer a means of artificially creating a depression, which can be used for a regionally significant hydroelectric macroproject. We examine here the case for a dam at the Strait of Hormuz that blocks a large gulf situated in an arid region. A 35 m evaporation of this concentration basin will reduce its watery surface area by ～53% and allow generation of ～2.050 MW (or possibly ～2.500 MW) of electricity. Our conclusion is that the proposed Electricity Development Infrastructure Node (EDIN) is a feasible and desirable macroproject. If the macroproject starts in the near-term future, it would require a significant change in the logistics of oil and gas transport from this region. Alternatively, it can be considered as an attractive future solution for the energy requirements of the region after exhaustion of its oil and gas reserves.     

Insights into zooplankton‐cyanobacteria interactions derived from enclosure studies

Few workers have used enclosures specifically to study interactions between zoo‐plankton and cyanobacteria. Differences among studies in enclosure size, nutrient level, plankton abundance and species composition, presence or absence of fish, and length of experiments make generalisations difficult. Zooplankton had no direct effect on the growth of ungrazed cyanobacteria (Anabaena flos‐aquae, Aphanizomenon flos‐aquae, large Microcystis colonies) in short‐term (<5 days) and long‐term (> 1 month) enclosure studies. When large cyanobacteria were abundant, some Daphnia spp. snowed reduced reproduction and development. When large grazers were abundant they suppressed the growth of edible, colonial cyanobacteria (Aphanizomenon elenkinii, small Microcystis colonies). By altering the ambient light and nutrient environment, large zooplankton may suppress cyanobacteria; evidence for the importance of grazers in promoting cyanobacterial dominance by removing competing phytoplankton species is equivocal. Zooplankton may suppress nitrogen fixation by cyanobacteria through ammonia excretion and may promote a change in dominance from diatoms to cyanobacteria through recycling phosphorus but not silicon.     

Shifts from native to non-indigenous mussels: Enhanced habitat complexity and its effects on faunal assemblages

Ecosystem engineers such as mussels may affect strongly both the structure of benthic assemblages and the ecosystem functioning. The black-pygmy mussel Limnoperna securis is an invasive species that is spreading along the Galician coast (NW Spain). Its current distribution overlaps with the distribution of the commercial native mussel species Mytilus galloprovincialis, but only in the inner part of two southern Galician rias. Here, we analysed the assemblages associated with clumps of the two mussel species and evaluated if the invasive species increased complexity of habitat. To measure complexity of clumps we used a new method modified from the “chain and tape” method. Results showed that the identity of the mussel influenced macrofaunal assemblages, but not meiofauna. L. securis increased the complexity of clumps, and such complexity explained a high percentage of variability of macrofauna. The shift in dominance from M. galloprovincialis to L. securis may alter habitat structure and complexity, affecting the macrofaunal assemblages with unpredictable consequences on trophic web relations.     

Climate driven changes in subtidal kelp forest communities in NW Spain

Reconstructions suggest a massive decline of nearly 1400 ha of kelp forest in North Western Spain in 2007. In line with global rising temperatures, we hypothesized that Sea Surface Temperature (SST) surpassed a lethal threshold for kelp. We examined whether changes in SST correlated to the proposed decline in kelp forest. All investigated SST characteristics suggested to affect kelp abundance increased significantly during the past thirty years, reaching extreme values during the last decade. In addition over the past two decades, the landscape formerly dominated by both cold and warm temperate canopy forming and understory species changed to one dominated by warm temperate understory species, resulting in a loss of vertical community structure. Fisheries landing data of kelp associated species was used to support the suggested change in kelp abundance. Subsequent recovery of the kelp appears to be occurring in deeper waters.     

南方地区页岩气储层工业组分与有机碳测井计算方法

通过南方地区页岩气藏的储层特征和赋存方式的研究,认为页岩各组分含量的准确计算直接关系到含气量评价的精度.以南方3个工区计74块岩心样品组分分析实验为基础,提出页岩的五元工业组分体积模型和体积含量计算方法.对其中表征页岩含气性最关键组分——干酪根（有机碳）含量,分别建立与三孔隙度、电阻率、铀元素等5条测井曲线的线性关系.通过有机碳敏感性分析,引入两种多元回归计算有机碳含量方法,确定了适用于3个南方地区有机碳含量的公式.3口探井应用实例表明该方法符合页岩气藏的实际,提高了页岩气层各组分含量的计算精度,取得了预期的地质效果.     

延吉盆地多期不整合面的形成及其油气地质意义

延吉盆地是一个后期改造较为强烈的断陷盆地。应用地震、地质、测井资料识别出延吉盆地中存在6个较大的不整合面,它们以角度不整合和超覆不整合2种类型为主。分析认为,燕山Ⅰ、Ⅱ幕运动形成了盆地雏形,燕山Ⅳ幕运动则使盆地回返,此期出现大量高岭石（40%）,表明其与大气水淋滤等有关。短暂沉降后（龙井组）,燕山运动晚期（Ⅴ幕）发生的又一次大规模以南北挤压为主的构造运动,导致南北两翼抬起幅度巨大,剥蚀厚度超过700 m,盆地中部剥蚀厚度大约为300 m。不整合面是划分三大构造层（前断陷期、断陷期、坳陷期）的依据。其早白垩世铜佛寺组和大砬子组间的整合关系利于油气的生成。不整合面既可改善储集体的渗透性,又是形成油气二次运移的良好通道。初步预测与不整合有关的油气藏（侵蚀残丘、地层超覆不整合、断层坡折）可作为下一步勘探的目标。     

岛状多年冻土管道周围热-水-应力耦合数值模拟

考虑大气温度以及管内流动介质温度的影响,建立由多个土层构成的岛状冻土物理模型,研究塔河地区埋地输油管道周围热-水-应力（T-H-M）耦合作用,分析水-热-应力耦合作用下管道的受力情况并进行管道强度验算。采用多物理场耦合软件COMSOL Multiphysics进行数值模拟,计算在T-H-M三场耦合及非耦合两种工况下岛状多年冻土管道周围应力和沉降曲线等。分析比较表明,岛状多年冻土区的温度,冰水相变以及水分迁移对应力场存在较大的影响;水分场、温度场以及应力场三者之间耦合作用明显;岛状冻土随季节呈周期性冻融,管道周围出现较大应力集中和沉降现象,会对管道安全产生一定影响。     

祁连山冻土区含天然气水合物层段的油气显示现象

以祁连山冻土区天然气水合物钻孔DK-2孔为例,对含油气显示岩心样品进行了储集岩热解分析,结合野外观察到的含油气显示现象,讨论了油气显示性质及其对水合物的可能指示意义。野外观察到的油迹、油斑、油浸、油染等不同级别油气显示现象大多产出在细砂岩、中砂岩中,部分产出在粉砂质泥岩夹薄层碳酸盐岩接触面及裂隙中,它们均得到室内储集岩热解分析结果的证实。油气显示所指示原油性质以中质油、重质油为主,少部分为超重油,甚至为沥青。钻孔中油气显示现象与水合物密切伴生,特别是水合物产出深度段或下部常见具中质油特征的油气显示,或可作为水合物一种指示。     

澳大利亚西北陆架油气分布规律与主控因素研究

澳大利亚西北陆架油气资源,特别是天然气资源富集,是全球液化天然气的主要供应地之一。西北陆架不仅是澳洲油气勘探潜力最大的地区,而且也是中国油公司拓展海外油气业务的重要地区。以多方面收集的数据资料为基础,探讨澳大利亚西北陆架油气分布规律,揭示油气分布主控因素,进而优选有利勘探区。区域上,已发现的油气储量主要分布于西北陆架最西南端的北卡那封盆地;层系上,油气主要富集于下白玺统泥页岩区域盖层之下的上三叠统、侏罗系或下白玺统碎屑岩储集层。油气分布整体表现为“内油外气、下气上油、以气为主的特征,油田多局限于侏罗纪裂谷作用控制的发育有成熟生油岩的次盆地。腐殖型干酪根类型和烃源岩的高成熟度决定了西北陆架的富气特征,侏罗纪发育的裂谷控制了石油的区域分布。基于油气地质综合研究和油气发现过程,优选出了埃克斯茅斯高地、埃克斯茅斯次盆、巴科一次盆、卡斯韦尔次盆、萨胡尔台地、卡尔德尔地堑和武尔坎次盆7个有利勘探区。     

全球三大富油气前陆盆地油气分布特征对比

波斯湾盆地、东委内瑞拉盆地和西加盆地是全球油气最富集的前陆盆地。根据最新油气地质资料分析,它们的油气分布特征及资源结构存在明显差异。区域上,3个前陆盆地的逆冲褶皱带和前渊一斜坡带均有油气分布,但油气主要分布于前渊一斜坡带。层系上,波斯湾盆地91.0%以上的油气储量分布于被动陆缘层系,而东委内瑞拉盆地和西加盆地的油气则主要富集于前陆盆地层系。波斯湾盆地的油气资源以常规油气为主,而东委内瑞拉盆地和西加盆地则以非常规重油和天然沥青最为富集。区域性盖层与输导体系的配置关系是控制前陆盆地油气资源结构的主要因素。