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Geoscience ›› 2018, Vol. 32 ›› Issue (06): 1109-1124.DOI: 10.19657/j.geoscience.1000-8527.2018.06.01

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Characteristics and Formation Mechanisms for the Saline Lacustrine Oil in the West Slope of the Dongpu Sag

LI Lei1,2(), LI Sumei1,2(), ZHANG Hongan3, XU Tianwu3, ZHANG Yunxian3, JI Hong1,2   

  1. 1. State Key Laboratory of Petroleum Resources and Prospecting, China University of Petroleum, Beijing 102249, China
    2. College of Geosciences, China University of Petroleum, Beijing 102249, China
    3. SINOPEC Zhongyuan Oilfield Company,Puyang, Henan 457001, China
  • Received:2018-03-27 Revised:2018-06-10 Online:2018-12-10 Published:2018-12-20

Abstract:

The hydrocarbons generation and migration style in the West Slope of the Dongpu Sag is rather complex. Geochemical methods including GC/MS, ESI FT-ICR MS and isotopic analysis, combined with geological methods are used to reveal hydrocarbon characteristics and genetic mechanisms for the saline lacustrine oils. The crude oils analyzed were subdivided into two oil families. Oil family-I is these oils in the Mazhai Tectonic Belt, which were characterized by relatively low ratios of Pr/Ph (mean 0.39) and C29-/C30-hopane (mean 0.33), and relatively high ratios of C35-/C34-hopane (mean 1.56) as well as dibenzothiophene/phenanthrene (mean 0.27). This family was primarily derived from the Es3L-Es4U mudstones/shales deposited under strong reduction and saline-water paleoenvironment in the Mazhai Sag. Oil family-Ⅱ is those oils in the Huqing-Xingzhuang area, featured by characteristics of a little different from the family-I, which has a relatively low ratio of C35-/C34-hopane and dibenzothiophene/phenanthrene relative to the oil family-I. The oils of family-Ⅱ are primarily derived from the Es3L-Es4U mudstones/shales in the Huqing Tectonic Belt and the adjacent Haitongqi Subsag with a burial depth >3,000 m according to oil-source rock correlation. It is the precursors and paleoenvironment which caused the differences between the oils. Abundant sulfur compounds with relatively low thermal stability were detected in the deep oils analyzed by ESI FT-ICR MS, accompanied by relatively high sulfur isotope of individual sulfur compounds. Both of the phenomenon suggest thermochemical sulfate reduction (TSR) experienced by the oils. Two thermal evolution trends were observed for the source rocks in the area suggesting affection of thick gypsum-salt rocks on the hydrocarbons generation of the source rocks. Most of the crude oils in the Huqing area are less mature, which is not coincided with the considerable amounts of deep source rocks developed in the area, suggesting a good potential of deep tight oil-gas exploration and exploitation in the area.

Key words: Dongpu Sag, the West Slope, saline lacustrine oil, biomarker, oil genetic type, oil-source rock correlation, TSR

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