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Geoscience ›› 2021, Vol. 35 ›› Issue (04): 1124-1135.DOI: 10.19657/j.geoscience.1000-8527.2021.029

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Mechanism of Differential Oil-gas Distribution in the Steep-slope Zone (Northwestern Margin of Bozhong Sag): Evidence from Reconstruction of Hydrocarbon Accumulation

HAO Peng1(), YANG Jilei1, ZHANG Xudong1, ZANG Chunyan1, CHEN Rongtao2, WANG Bo1, SHUI Leilei1, WANG Sihui1, CAI Tao1   

  1. 1. CNOOC Experimental Center, Engineering Technology Branch Company of CNOOC Energy Technology & Services Limited, Tianjin 300452,China
    2. CNOOC Tianjin Company, Tianjin 300459,China
  • Received:2020-05-05 Revised:2020-07-15 Online:2021-08-10 Published:2021-09-08

Abstract:

Hydrocarbon distribution is low in the western part but high in the eastern part of the steep-slope zone in the northwestern margin of Bozhong sag (Bohai Bay Basin), and the reservoir-forming conditions are complex. Based on fluid inclusions petrographic observation, quantitative grain fluorescence technology, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), and crude oil geochemical properties, and combined with the thermal, and burial history and tectonic evolution, the hydrocarbon accumulation process was unraveled from the paleo- and modern fluid characteristics. Besides, the reason of differential oil-gas distribution was also discussed. Our results define two hydrocarbon charging stages in the study area: stage one started at the early deposition of the Minghuazhen Formation (7 Ma), when the lowly-mature oil was sourced from the Shahejie Formation in the southeast. It has experienced short-range migration and formed reservoirs in the Paleogene sequences in the eastern part of the area. The charging scale is low at this stage. Stage two occurred in the middle deposition stage of the Minghuazhen Formation (5.3 Ma). The highly-mature hydrocarbons may have ascended from east to west, and formed large-scale paleo-oil reservoirs in the Paleogene sequences. During the late deposition stage of the Minghuazhen Formation (3.7 Ma), the activity of boundary faults was strengthened, and the activity rate in the western part of the area was higher than that in the eastern part. The faults may have changed from being hydrocarbon seal to fluid conduits. The Paleogene paleo-oil reservoirs in the western part of the area were largely destroyed, and the oil-water interface of the paleo-oil reservoir in the Dongying Formation (3rd member) moved upward, with the hydrocarbon ascending to shallow formation. During the Quaternary sedimentation (2.2 Ma), the fault activity weakened and the current reservoirs were gradually formed. The hydrocarbon distribution pattern in the steep-slope zone of the northwestern margin of Bozhong sag are likely controlled by the distance from the source rock, the different reservoir formation stages, and the deformation intensity difference of the boundary faults.

Key words: fluid inclusions, quantitative grain fluorescence, paleo-oil reservoir, fault activity rate, accumulation process, steep-slope zone, Bozhong sag

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